https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-report-reveals-47-mine-contaminated-areas-in-cyprus
According to data from UNFICYP, 47 suspected hazardous areas in Cyprus could be contaminated with mines and/or explosive remnants of war (ERW), covering roughly 1.7 million square meters of land....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dicarlo-eager-to-discuss-with-greek-cypriot-and-turkish-cypriot-leaders-the-way-forward-on-cyprus-issue
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said she is eager to discuss with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders the way forward on the Cyprus issue...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-law-enforcement-to-shed-schengen-s-lone-sheep-status
Justice Minister Anna Koukkides-Prokopiou has said she is pleased with the launch of the Schengen Information System (SIS) and the fact that the Republic of Cyprus will be able to have access to the system starting from the end of July. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/girls-and-women-make-up-majority-of-domestic-violence-victims
The majority (75%) of victims of family violence, intimate partner violence and abuse of minors in Cyprus are girls and women, based on statistics by the Police Headquarters' Directorate for Vulnerable Persons Affairs....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-to-upgrade-gesy-even-further
President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday that the government will not only support but will further upgrade the General Healthcare System (GeSY), adding that they are ready to proceed with the changes that need to be made....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tragedy-in-tempi-what-we-know-so-far-about-anastasia-and-kyprianos
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/relatives-of-cypriot-missing-passengers-travel-to-greece
The relatives of one of the two Cypriot citizens, who are missing after the tragic train accident in the Greek region of Tempi, arrived in Larissa, on Wednesday, to give a DNA sample...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/christodoulides-open-and-constructive-first-meeting
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar arrived at Nicosia airport shortly after 11 a.m., with the necessary delay, to be met by Mr. Colin Stewart, the UN Secretary General's special representative in Cyprus. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/why-do-norwegian-babies-nap-outside-in-freezing-temperatures
An Australian man living in Norway has clocked more than 14 million views on a clip that shows about a dozen babies sleeping outside in their strollers in freezing temperatures....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-refuses-cyprus-offer-for-assistance-and-aid
Turkey has refused the offer by the Republic of Cyprus to send a rescue team to help with post-earthquake efforts, according to the Director General of the Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kornelios S. Korneliou....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-students-cheat-death-as-turkey-mourns
A number of Turkish Cypriot students were going back home after being pulled to safety in Adiyaman, hours following a deadly earthquake that left many dead in Turkey and Syria, but reports said the fate of additional pupils from the island believed to be in the rubble remained unknown...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-comic-in-hot-water-over-divisive-cyprus-jokes
A Greek stand-up comedian known for his one-liner and callback jokes became persona non grata in Cyprus, after a Tik Tok user posted a video of the performer poking fun at the divided island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nikos-christodoulides-announces-his-proposals-on-the-cyprus-issue
Nikos Christodoulides, an independent candidate for the presidency of the Republic, has published his positions on the Cyprus problem under the title "For a United Cyprus" today. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/missing-link-in-qatargate-broached-in-cyprus
A lawmaker and transparency advocate in Cyprus is calling on a Cypriot MEP to clarify earlier comments about his Greek colleague Eva Kaili, who remains in custody in connection with a corruption probe in the European parliament...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/€5-4-million-grant-from-switzerland-for-integration-projects
The Minister of Finance, Constantinos Petrides and the Swiss Ambassador to Cyprus, Christoph Burgener signed on Monday the Framework Agreement by which Cyprus will receive a grant of €5.4 million for the implementation of projects in the area of Cohesion....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/migrant-makes-history-by-paragliding-into-the-eu-video
This is the moment a migrant makes history by becoming the first documented person to paraglide across Spain’s southern border with Morocco and make it onto European soil....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/indonesia-quake-252-dead-including-many-children
Many children were killed in an earthquake in Indonesia when their schools collapsed, officials said on Tuesday, as rescuers raced to reach people trapped in rubble in a devastated town on Java island....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nord-stream-leaks-sabotage-confirmed-traces-of-explosives-found
Investigators have found traces of explosives at the site of the damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines, confirming sabotage had taken place, a Swedish prosecutor said on Friday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cmp-more-human-remains-discovered-in-troulli-excavation-site
Two members of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP), Leonidas Pantelides, from the Greek Cypriot office and Hakkı Müftüzade from the Turkish Cypriot office visited the excavation site in Troulloi/Trulli on the 7th of November, where human remains had been discovered....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/helipad-body-identified-as-injured-homeless-beggar
A decomposed body discovered last month near the helipad of Limassol’s state hospital belonged to a homeless beggar, according to Cypriot authorities, with reports saying the foreign man had also been facing multiple medical problems...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sizable-migrant-flows-pushing-national-asylum-systems-to-breaking-point
The disproportionate migratory flows have led to a situation of force majeure, forcing to their limits the national asylum and reception systems, said Interior Minister Nicos Nouris....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/steele-dossier-acquittal-points-to-missing-link-in-cyprus
A Russian analyst was acquitted this week of accusations he provided false information that triggered an FBI probe against Trump, but a major takeaway from the trial pointed to Cyprus being a missing link in the investigation after insufficient evidence about an alleged source of the infamous Steele Dossier was not properly vetted...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-donates-175-thousand-euros-to-missing-persons-committee
Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou handed over on Monday to the head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) office in Cyprus, Jakhongir Khaydaro, the amount of 175 thousand euros to the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus as a donation from the Republic of Cyprus to the Committee....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-48-years-later-the-generation-that-grew-up-in-ignorance
I belong to that generation that was born and grew up in the decade after the invasion when the existing state of affairs in Cyprus began to consolidate. We are that generation that didn't live through the disaster, didn't live in tents, didn't see the dead....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-our-aim-for-reunification-remains
Cyprus paid tribute to all those who lost their lives in the 1974 Turkish invasion, which resulted in the occupation of 37% of its territory, with President Nicos Anastasiades stressing that we continue to aim at reunifying and “rid the island of third-party dependencies.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/men-slain-during-coup-being-dug-up
New exhumations are taking place this week in Limassol after a court ordered the disinterment and reburial of four persons who were said to have been executed by EOKA during a Greek coup in Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/veil-of-mystery-over-pachyammos-excavations
Greek Cypriot officials were heading back to a bombing site in Pachyammos on Monday to investigate two missing person cases from the 1964 events but reportedly unrelated to Turkish bombardment, as relatives of disappeared persons keep pushing the state for answers...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-feeling-the-effects-of-russian-flight-ban
Cyprus' tourism industry is taking a huge hit from the lack of Russian and Ukrainian tourists, with an estimated loss of €600 million this year alone....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fotiou-turkey-s-dmand-for-a-two-state-solution-impossible
"Achieving a solution that will permanently rid Cyprus of Turkish occupation and reunite Cyprus is what we should all work for," said Presidential Commissioner Fotis Fotiou,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-talk-of-doing-good-rings-hollow-among-global-elite-in-davos
If the rich don’t give a bit more today, they may have to give a lot more tomorrow. That was my conclusion from last week’s World Economic Forum in Davos....