https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-and-usa-sign-science-and-technology-cooperation-agreement
Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy Kyriacos Kokkinos and US Ambassador to Cyprus Judith Garber signed on Friday a Cooperation Agreement on Science and Technology between Cyprus and the United States, on the occasion of the International Women and Girls in Science Day....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-feels-the-need-to-transform-shipping-into-a-low-carbon-industry-says-president
As a leading maritime nation, Cyprus feels responsible to accelerate the transition of shipping to a low carbon and climate-resilient industry, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday, addressing the One Ocean Summit taking place in Brest, under the aegis of the EU French Presidency....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/macron-refused-russian-covid-test-in-putin-trip-over-dna-theft-fears-sources
French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request that he take a Russian COVID-19 test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin this week, to prevent Russia from getting hold of Macron's DNA, two sources in Macron's entourage told Reuters....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-russia-may-annex-one-third-of-ukraine
He knows Russia and Ukraine pretty well as he served as US ambassador to NATO in 2008-09 and US representative for Ukraine negotiations in 2017-19. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-opposition-leader-refuses-to-pay-power-bill-in-protest
Turkey’s main opposition leader said he will not pay his power bills until Tayyip Erdogan withdraws recent price hikes, and the president’s ruling party slammed the move on Thursday as a provocation amid growing discontent over surging inflation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-holds-drills-in-belarus-as-west-warns-of-dangerous-moment
Britain said on Thursday the West could face the "most dangerous moment" in its standoff with Moscow in the next few days, as Russia held military exercises in Belarus and the Black Sea following its troop buildup near Ukraine....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sweden-ends-covid-19-testing-as-pandemic-restrictions-lifted
Sweden has halted wide-scale testing for COVID-19 even among people showing symptoms of an infection, putting an end to the mobile city-square tent sites, ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/women-to-be-given-full-equal-and-meaningful-role-in-settlement-of-cyprus-problem
The two leaders, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, have agreed on an action plan to ensure women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in the settlement process of the Cyprus problem, the United Nations Spokesperson in Cyprus, Aleem Siddique, said in an announcement on Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-the-far-reaching-benefits-of-mrna-technology
The mRNA platform is a tantalizingly simple and transformative technology, scaling the scope of targeting diseases in ways that were previously unimaginable....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nhs-waiting-list-backlog-due-to-covid-will-take-years-to-clear
The waiting list for hospital treatment will not start falling for two years, ministers say, despite unveiling a plan to tackle England's backlog in care....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-cypriots-say-soldiers-drew-guns-in-buffer-zone
UN officials in ethnically-divided Cyprus say an incident in the buffer zone was resolved peacefully, with local media reporting a Greek Cypriot farmer was asked by armed Turkish soldiers to leave the area...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coronavirus-research-shows-antibodies-in-99-of-cases-even-20-months-later
Coronavirus antibodies show up even 20 months after the disease in almost all organisms that survive Covid-19, according to a new US study. But it is not clear whether they protect against new infections, especially with newer mutations....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-urges-canada-to-use-federal-powers-to-end-bridge-blockade
The Biden administration urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government Thursday to use its federal powers to end the truck blockade by Canadians protesting the country’s COVID-19 restrictions, as the bumper-to-bumper demonstration forced auto plants on both sides of the border to shut down or scale back production....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-the-charismatic-leadership-of-archbishop-makarios
On August 3, 1977, Hellenism was struck by a tragedy of unspeakable magnitude: the president of the Republic of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios III, passed away of a heart attack....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/boris-johnson-sang-i-will-survive
In his first interview since being appointed as Downing Street director of communications, Guto Harri told Welsh-language website Golwg360 the pair launched into the Gloria Gaynor classic after he asked Mr. Johnson if he could survive the crisis over his leadership amid the ongoing partygate scandal....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/hermes-airports-signs-toulouse-declaration
Hermes Airports, the consortium that manages and controls the two international airports of the Republic of Cyprus, announced on Monday it has signed the Toulouse Declaration, which, it said, was reinforcing its commitment to a net-zero future....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-to-relaxations-for-now-the-omicron-could-cause-serious-illness
Relaxations of measures against the further spread of Covid-19 will depend on the epidemiological picture, Dr. Petros Karayiannis told the Cyprus News Agency on Monday, pointing out that though there has been a stabilization in daily cases, the number now is at around 3,000....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ottawa-mayor-declares-state-of-emergency-to-deal-with-trucking-blockade
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson on Sunday declared a state of emergency to help deal with an unprecedented 10-day occupation by protesting truckers that has shut down much of the core of the Canadian capital....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-the-two-trends-for-working-time
In the discussion about the time we dedicate to our work, a turn of 180 degrees has taken place and this is mainly due to the pandemic....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-cypriots-in-last-ditch-effort-to-save-ghost-town
The foreign minister of the Republic of Cyprus says a proposal to lift international embargos on Ercan airport in the north is “the only way to save Varosha” for Greek Cypriots, but it may be too little too late for the seasoned diplomat as Turkish Cypriots say the ghost town is now off the table...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/we-will-use-all-available-tools-for-the-resumption-of-cyprus-talks
"The Greek Cypriot side will use all available tools for the resumption of the UN-led Cyprus settlement talks", Government Spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Sunday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/with-rings-breaking-from-block-of-ice-olympic-games-ceremony-begins
The opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics kicked off on Friday night, the culmination of preparations beset by the Covid-19 pandemic and criticism over human rights in China that led several countries to mount a diplomatic boycott....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-it-s-not-the-pipeline-stupid
In 1992, the Clinton campaign adopted the tagline “It’s the economy, stupid” to identify the candidate’s signature issue....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/aegean-to-have-wi-fi-on-flights
From today, all AEGEAN passengers traveling on one of the already equipped AIRBUS neo aircraft will have the opportunity to browse the internet, manage their emails, access social media and messaging applications, as well as download video and audio content....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-uk-minister-for-europe-supports-bizonal-bicommunal-federation
Chris Heaton-Harris, the recently appointed Minister for Europe in the UK government, has reiterated London’s support for the UN-led process to advocate a solution in Cyprus “in line with UN parameters based on the model of a Bi-zonal, Bi-communal Federation with political equality.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-president-of-greece-christos-sartzetakis-dead-at-92
Former president Christos Sartzetakis passed away early Thursday morning in a hospital in Athens. He was 92....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/take-back-life-more-nations-ease-coronavirus-restrictions
Late-night partying at clubs. Elbow-to-elbow seating in movie theaters. Going without masks in public, especially in Europe and North America: Step by step, many countries are easing their COVID-19 restrictions amid hopes the omicron wave may have passed its peak....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/scientists-developing-revolutionary-test-to-detect-risk-of-four-cancers-in-women-in-a-single-swab
Scientists are developing a “revolutionary” test to predict a woman’s risk of four cancers using a single sample collected during cervical screening....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ersin-tatar-positive-for-the-coronavirus
In a post on social media, the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community confirmed that he has COVID-19....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/pandemic-to-‘spell-end-of-tax-privileges-for-billionaires
Thomas Piketty is one of the most famous economists in the world. His weighty tomes on inequality and its dangerous consequences for global capitalism have been widely praised by other stars of the dismal science, like Paul Krugman and Robert Solow. ...
