https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/inland-heat-hits-a-wretched-39°c-as-seasonal-low-pressure-refuses-to-leave
Seasonal low pressure is affecting the region, and let me tell you, it is an absolute disaster! You step outside in the afternoon, and suddenly there are clouds everywhere, bringing isolated showers and thunderstorms to the mountains....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-evidence-behind-‘sudden-deaths
Just as in Ireland, the courts in Cyprus will eventually have to prove their resilience as well. Few careers in journalism have been as successful as Gemma O’Doherty’s. A prominent figure in Irish journalism, O’Doherty spent more than 15 years at the Irish Independent, collecting not only awards but major investigative scoops....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sunken-kyrenia-catamaran-was-sailing-with-an-invalid-certificate
Was the catamaran that sank off Kyrenia properly licensed to carry passengers, and who allowed it to sail in rough seas?...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/six-year-old-boy-among-18-still-missing-after-kyrenia-ferry-disaster
Six-year-old Mehmet Asaf Bicer and his 14-year-old sister, Saliha Miray Bicer, are among the 18 people still missing after the FILOJET ferry sank off Kyrenia, leaving their parents waiting at the port for news no family should ever have to face....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/limassol-loses-one-of-its-great-characters-dimis-mavropoulos-dies-at-76
An unimaginable tragedy unfolded at Konnos Bay on Saturday, where Dimis Mavropoulos, one of Limassol’s best-known and most colorful characters, died after trying to save the boat that had become such an important part of his summers....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/king-harald-v-of-norway-dies-at-89
King Harald V of Norway, a popular monarch who helped bring the royal family closer to ordinary people, has died at the age of 89....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/a-little-silence
How mature and sensible is it to take a position and form an opinion, sometimes a strong and forceful one, against the attitude and behavior of someone who became a public figure because of a personal tragedy?...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/thursday-hits-a-burning-40°c-inland-as-the-met-office-puts-out-a-3-hour-yellow-alert
We are talking 40°C inland today. The weather people had to put out an official Yellow Warning from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/friday-hits-a-scorching-41°c-inland-as-the-met-office-throws-up-a-3-hour-yellow-alert
You thought it was hot yesterday? Man, listen to me. Mother Nature is out here disrespecting everybody today. She looked at Cyprus and said, "Turn that dial up to 41, let's see who really wants to live here."...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/west-nile-virus-case-confirmed-in-cyprus-patient-in-intensive-care
A person infected with West Nile virus is receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit at Nicosia General Hospital, the Ministry of Health has confirmed....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/thursday-slaps-the-island-with-38°c-heat-while-that-lingering-rain-finally-packs-its-bags
Expect sunshine all day, sprinkled with just enough passing clouds to give you false hope for shade. Central plains are topping out at a piping-hot 38°C, or as I like to call it, medium-rare....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/five-month-old-baby-dies-in-limassol-cause-of-death-unknown
A five-month-old baby has died in Limassol after being found unconscious at home by his mother on Tuesday evening....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-investigate-reported-attempted-abduction-of-five-year-old
Police in Larnaca are investigating a report that a five-year-old child was taken from a beach by an unidentified man on August 18....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/retiring-at-63-your-pension-penalty-could-drop-from-12-to-8
The submission of the pension reform bill to the social partners marks the beginning of the final stage of a long-running effort to modernize Cyprus’ social insurance system....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ivf-scandal-deepens-in-occupied-north-as-30-children-may-have-wrong-donors
At least 30 children, most of them British, may have been conceived at fertility clinics in the occupied north using sperm or egg donors different from those chosen by their parents, according to a BBC investigation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-beaches-left-understaffed-by-administrative-failures-and-recruitment-shortages
Cyprus’s busy summer beaches face serious safety gaps because of internal conflicts, flawed licensing rules, and a severe shortage of lifeguards. Large sections of the coast now operate without any coverage, placing swimmers at risk....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/larnaca-beach-tragedy-leaves-mother-dead-and-12-year-old-on-ventilator
A 12-year-old girl remains on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at Makarios Hospital after a drowning incident at a Larnaca beach that claimed the life of her mother....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/friday-brings-39°c-inland-heat-and-afternoon-thunderstorms-for-the-long-weekend
The country has unplugged, packed the car, and fled to the beach or the Troodos pines. At least the weather is actually cooperating with the vacation mood by breaking the 40°C streak, though Mother Nature might throw a few surprise thunderclaps and hail into your long-weekend mountain plans....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/marina-hadjicosta-pushes-back-on-racist-comments
She stood on international podiums wearing the Cyprus colors, heard the national anthem played after winning gold, and thought about making her small country proud with every throw....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/orson-welles-pier-paolo-pasolini-and-nolan-s-helen
Nolan’s film would have been received very differently during the decades of cultural revolution than it is today, at a time when the cultural clichés and racist stereotypes of a “white” civilization are returning....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘i-will-fight-to-the-end-mother-demands-answers-over-brain-dead-4-year-old
The mother of a 4-year-old boy who was declared brain dead after being treated for viral meningitis has vowed to fight for answers, as protesters gathered outside Limassol General Hospital demanding a full investigation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/from-famagusta-roots-to-the-future-of-ai-demis-hassabis-takes-on-bigger-role-at-google
One of the most influential people shaping the future of artificial intelligence has roots much closer to home than Silicon Valley....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/nine-years-ago-archaeologists-began-digging-for-the-patients-it-had-forgotten
Nine years ago Monday, three archaeologists began digging near the old Athalassa psychiatric hospital to find out whether a story told by nurses for decades was true....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/a-letter-to-the-children-from-limassol-who-inspired-us
There are moments that stay with us forever. Moments when a single sound, a single word, or a single smile is enough to make time stand still. For me, one such moment came on the evening of 9 July 2026....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/guterres-has-opened-the-door—but-who-really-holds-the-key
The secretary-general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, visited Cyprus this week, with the aim of securing a minimum of consensus for a meeting between the different sides before his term expires at the end of the year. It seems that he succeeded....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/interior-ministry-defends-dropping-parents-names-from-new-id-cards
If you've looked at Cyprus' new biometric ID cards and wondered why your parents' names are no longer on them, you're not alone. The change has sparked plenty of debate in recent days, but the Interior Ministry says the decision has been years in the making, and wasn't taken lightly....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/funeral-director-kept-35-bodies-at-mortuary-instead-of-burying-them
A funeral director in the UK is being sentenced this week for keeping 35 bodies and around 100 containers of human ashes at his mortuary....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/michalakis-sergides-stores-to-shut-its-doors-after-almost-eight-decades
A long-standing family business that has been part of daily life in the mountain villages of Kambos and Tsakkistra for almost 80 years will close its doors next month, bringing to an end a tradition that has spanned generations....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/blessed-apples-of-saint-irene-chrysovalantou-to-be-distributed-in-cyprus
Blessed apples and belts associated with Saint Irene Chrysovalantou will be available to the public in Cyprus from today, following their arrival from the Holy Monastery of Saint Irene Chrysovalantou in Koropi, Greece....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rare-transplant-chain-in-israel-saves-cypriot-teenager-and-three-others
A 16-year-old girl from Cyprus has received a life-saving kidney transplant through a rare four-person donor chain carried out in Israel....