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3541. Crunch year as Cyprus bids to become regional energy player

Cyprus is ramping up efforts to become a regional energy player with 2018 seen as a critical year in deciding where it stands, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said in an exclusive interview with Kathimerini...

3542.  North Korea hails summit as Trump presses for full denuclearisation

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would maintain sanctions pressure on Pyongyang ahead of his own unprecedented meeting with Kim Jong Un...

3543. Three US senators move to block F-35 transfers to Turkey

Three US senators introduced a measure on Thursday aimed at blocking the transfer of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Turkey, a NATO ally and one of nine partner nations involved in producing the high-tech, radar-evading aircraft....

3544. Bill Cosby once beloved 'America's Dad' convicted of sexual assault

Comedian Bill Cosby was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a onetime friend in 2004, marking the first such conviction of a celebrity since the #MeToo movement that has brought down rich and powerful men for their treatment of women...

3545. Hodgson hopes Wembley still home for England after buy bid

Former England manager Roy Hodgson has backed the Football Association’s (FA) decision to sell Wembley but hopes the stadium can be retained as the national team’s main ground...

3546. Limitless incompetence and puerility

Who would have thought that the news regarding the lease of two frigates from France, confirmed with such fanfare to Kathimerini would be denied in an equally loud manner just days later...

3547. Group vows to bring road deaths among children down to zero

Thirteen children in one decade lost their lives in traffic accidents in Cyprus, while a group advocating for safer roads vows to help turn that number into zero with a lot of hard work...

3548. Court hears shocking revelations in Strovolos double murder

There were shocking revelations in the Strovolos double murder on Thursday, with a main suspect in court saying there was an old plan to rob the home with help on the inside and that he is willing to name names and talk about motives....

3549. Macron tells it like it is

Capping a three-day visit, Macron repeatedly criticized Trump’s isolationist principles in a speech to a joint meeting of Congress, an honour given to a small number of visiting foreign leaders...

3550. Understanding Kim: Madman or misunderstood

US intelligence experts are trying to build a profile of Kim Jong Un to give Trump a competitive edge in one of the most consequential summits since the Cold War...

3551. French frigates could be built in Greece

Tsipras and Macron discussed the possible use of profits on Greek bonds held by the cental banks of other European countries, such as France, for the construction of frigates...

3552. Cyprus is open for business and China’s buying

As US President Donald Trump builds barriers to Chinese trade, Cyprus is throwing open the gates...

3553. Tension rising on the Greek islands

More than 15,500 migrants are living in cramped conditions in state-run centres on the eastern Aegean islands...

3554. Far-right extremists attack migrants on Greek island

Police forced dozens of migrants onto buses and transported them to the Moria camp in the early hours after Mytilini was turned into a battleground...

3555. North Korea test freeze blunts its nuclear threat

North Korea said it no longer needed to conduct nuclear or intercontinental ballistic missile tests because it had reached its weapons development goals...

3556. Turkish fledgling party to run in June polls after membership boost

A masterful campaigner, Erdogan has won nearly a dozen elections and dominated Turkey since his Islamist-rooted AK party swept to power in 2002...

3557. Limassol residents want mobile antenna removed

Pissouri residents threaten to pull their kids out of school if Limassol authorities fail to remove a mobile telephony tower that is transmitting next to the community’s elementary school. Scientists remain unconvinced of any real health risk over wifi signals, but parents insist they don't want to take any chances....

3558. Why roundabouts get Cypriot drivers in a twist

If you drive a vehicle in Cyprus, then you most likely have to use a roundabout at some point. But with many drivers not following the rules, merging with traffic becomes a challenge even for responsible drivers....

3559. Wenger to leave Arsenal after two decades in charge

Arsenal are currently a distant sixth in the league but are in the semi-finals of the Europa League...

3560. Cyprus granted protection status to 1300 asylum seekers last year

Of the 175,800 Syrian citizens granted protection status in the EU, more than 70% received protection status in Germany...

3561. Early elections in Turkey give Greece the jitters

Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to call for snap elections on June 24 is of direct consequence to Greece, more than at any other time, as the Turkish president increasingly espouses a nationalist stance and invests in the political gains this brings him....

3562. Cyprus wants the UK to remain close to Europe

Christodoulides reaffirmed Cyprus’ position that it would be to the benefit of all sides if the UK were to maintain as close a partnership as possible with the EU...

3563. Church defrocks priest convicted of sexual assault

The Holy Synod decided unanimously on Wednesday to defrock the priest who was convicted in 2015 for sexually assaulting Elena Frantzi, the 29-year-old woman whose recent death shocked the public and left church and state scramble for answers....

3564. Passenger killed when engine explodes on Southwest Airlines US flight

The death of 43-year-old Jennifer Riordan on Flight 1380 was the first in a US commercial aviation accident since 2009...

3565. South Korea discussing peace deal with North Korea ahead of summit

South Korea and a US-led U.N force are technically still at war with North Korea after the Korean War ended with a truce, not a peace treaty...

3566. Issues of violence are primary concern to women across both communities in Cyprus

The survey aimed at examining the position of women, their perceptions, aspirations and experiences across the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities with respect to personal, professional and political issues...

3567. RoC police want to examine Apostolides' car

Authorities in the Republic of Cyprus are asking for the vehicle and personal belongings of Solon Apostolides, the Greek Cypriot who was killed in the north by a young man from Turkey who claims he acted in self defence....

3568. Syrian air defences shoot down missiles over two air bases

Shayrat air base was targeted last year in a U.S. cruise missile attack in response to a chemical attack that killed at least 70 people...

3569. Turkey not taking sides with anyone on Syria

While Turkey is cooperating with both Russia and Iran to wind down some of the violence in Syria, Ankara has long demanded that President Bashar al-Assad must go...

3570. May assures Cyprus that use of RAF base was limited