https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-says-guarantees-cannot-be-part-of-solution
President Nicos Anastasiades says there can be no solution to the Cyprus problem if a settlement includes guarantees, adding that France is sending a similar message...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/alexoui-files-complaint-against-police
Alexis ‘Alexoui’ Mavromichalis is out on bail and his lawyers are filing a complaint against the police, following a heated exchange he reportedly had with Nicosia’s police chief inspector prior to his release...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/unsc-expected-to-renew-unficyp-despite-pressure
Despite pressure to cut back on peacekeeping missions worldwide, it appears the UN Security Council will most likely vote to renew UNFICYP in Cyprus for another six months...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/family-of-four-rescued-in-larnaca-near-drowning
A family of four was rescued from a near-drowning situation in Larnaca, after first responders found them holding on for dear life in a state of hypothermia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-decides-to-expel-russian-diplomats
The Greek government has decided to expel two Russian diplomats, and ban the entry into Greece of two more, accusing them of intrusion into domestic affairs and illegal acts against Greece’s national security, Kathimerini has learned....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-points-fingers-at-greek-cypriots
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visited the northern part of Cyprus Tuesday, saying his country will not abandon Turkish Cypriots and criticising Greek Cypriots for what he described as lack of vision for peace on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-wants-to-rein-in-‘passport-selling-agencies
The Cyprus government has issued strict guidelines aimed at curbing the overt promotion of passports, censuring agencies that explicitly try to lure rich foreign nationals for enrollment in the citizenship-by-investment programme...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/johnson-pushes-the-eject-button-right-after-davis
Two leading eurosceptic ministers have quit British Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet, calling into question her ability to deliver the vision of continued close ties with the European Union that she said they had agreed to last week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-recalls-unsuitable-medical-drugs
A number of high blood pressure and heart drugs containing an ingredient made in China are being recalled across Europe after officials discovered an impurity that may cause cancer...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/co-op-investigators-can-look-as-far-back-as-they-want
The newly-assigned co-op investigators, handpicked by the attorney general to look into the recent troubled past of the Cyprus Cooperative Bank, will have no time limits in what events they choose to examine...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-to-extradite-georgian-suspected-crime-boss-to-france
Greek authorities have agreed to extradite to France the Georgian suspected head of an international crime ring specializing in robberies and burglaries....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-wants-to-talk-security-before-cyprus-conference
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias says Greece and Turkey should first come to an agreement on the aspects of security and guarantees, before a new Conference on Cyprus is convened...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/overall-retail-rise-not-overshadowed-by-slight-drop
Retail trade volume in Cyprus dropped by 0.8% in April 2018 compared to March, but rose by 5.8% since a year ago...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-jobless-drop-in-may-biggest-in-the-eu
Cyprus recorded the largest unemployment drop in the European Union for May 2018, dropping to 8.4% from 8.6% the previous month...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bad-loans-revive-mp-financial-disclosure-debate
A ruthless debate is picking up steam among members of parliament following public discussion and media coverage that raises the issue of conflict of interest ahead of a crucial vote on bad loans...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/senators-add-more-roadblocks-to-turkey-s-f35-deal
US senators are turning up the pressure over the F35 fighter jet sale to Turkey, with new restriction proposals that could possibly make the delivery of the stealth warplanes more difficult...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ag-names-investigators-to-comb-though-entire-co-op
A former judge, an economist, and a banker will make up the executive committee that will investigate any suspicious dealings that took place in the troubled Cypriot co-op...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-leaders-under-pressure-to-curb-migration
European Union leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday to agree new measures to restrict arrivals across the Mediterranean as growing popular discontent over immigration puts pressure on governments from Germany to Italy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/co-op-deal-with-hellenic-still-up-in-the-air
The government is running against the clock with bad loans legislation, which would include a bill approving state guarantees for Hellenic Bank to absorb potentially high-risk loans in co-op takeover...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-missing-in-limassol-for-two-days
A woman is missing in Limassol since she was last seen on Tuesday, and police are asking members of the public to help find her without delay...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rouvikonas-claims-attempted-attack-on-anel-mp-s-office
The Rouvikonas anti-establishment group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attempted attack on the office of an MP with Independent Greeks, the right-wing party in Greece’s left led-coalition....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-membership-talks-for-albania-fyrom-set-for-june-2019
European Union member-states have agreed to opening membership talks with Albania and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) in a year if reform efforts in the two nations continue to progress....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-agrees-with-eu-that-turkey-should-be-a-better-neighbour
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides is expressing his appreciation for his EU counterparts, following a report by the General Affairs Council that calls on Turkey to be a better neighbour...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kotzias-fyrom-name-deal-best-news-in-europe-in-5-years
In comments on Monday, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias referred to the name deal agreed between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia earlier this month as "the best news in Europe in five years."...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kammenos-says-will-call-on-pm-to-seek-supermajority-for-name-deal
The head of Greece's junior coalition partner and Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said on Wednesday he will ask Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to seek a supermajority of 180 MPs in the country's 300-seat House for the ratification of the name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), instead of a regular majority of 151, given the importance of the issue....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/paphos-airport-wins-accessibility-award
Paphos International Airport has won an award for being the most accessible airport in Europe during this week’s Airports Council International conference in Brussels...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/probe-into-stavros-death-still-open
Members of a Health and Safety Task Force Committee are visiting Alethriko elementary on Wednesday, a Larnaca school where 10-year-old Stavros Georgallis got injured last month and whose death hours later was shrouded in controversy and allegations of incompetence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-push-in-the-uk-for-direct-flights-in-the-north
The Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce is lending its support to a new petition in the UK, sponsored by a British conservative MP, who is pushing for direct flights to the north one year after the Pegasus restrictions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fyrom-parliament-starts-debate-on-name-deal-with-greece
The parliament of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Tuesday started debating a law ratifying an agreement with neighboring Greece designed to end a decades-long dispute over the country’s name....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/burglary-gang-suspects-escape-police-station-by-jumping-out-of-window
Three Albanian nationals, arrested on June 13 over dozens of thefts and burglaries, escaped the police station where they were being held in Argyroupoli, southern Athens, by jumping out of the bathroom window....
