https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-to-blame-for-increasing-number-of-migrants-in-cyprus
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Thursday that Turkey is the main culprit for the increasing number of migrants to Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/divided-cyprus-scrambles-as-fire-rages-in-the-north
Planes over divided Cyprus were fighting another day to put out the Kantara wildfire previously thought to have been under control, with reports overnight saying Turkish Cypriot authorities were evacuating local communities as the flames were spreading westwards...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-immigration-problem
The biggest challenge that the European continent will face in the near future is immigration. Of course, it is not something new, since in recent years the migratory flows, legal or otherwise, were huge, but the countries of the south were the ones facing the problem....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/20-years-of-the-cayenne-the-‘third-porsche-–-an-extraordinary-success-story
Ferry Porsche predicted it back in 1989: “If we build an off-road model according to our standards of quality, and it has a Porsche crest on the front, people will buy it.” He would go on to be proved right. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/forestry-warns-public-of-near-gale-winds
The forestry department warned members of the public on Tuesday, the longest day of summer, to avoid activities that involve fire in the afternoon, fearing near gale winds that could make the work of fire fighters very difficult...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/helmetless-motorcycle-passenger-killed-in-brutal-collision
A young man riding on the back of a motorcycle was killed in Limassol on Friday following a collision near Tsirio stadium, with police later arresting the car driver citing a traffic accident investigation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-s-fiscal-cooperation-with-occupied-areas-unacceptable
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades intends to send letters to the UN Secretary-General, the EU, the guarantor powers and the US to inform them of the illegal protocol of economic and fiscal cooperation Turkey has signed with the regime in the island’s occupied areas....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/guterres-more-direct-contact-between-the-two-communities-is-needed
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the leaders in Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to encourage more direct contact and cooperation between the two communities, expressing his concern about the likelihood that the already difficult climate between the parties could worsen....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-critic-wants-kissinger-to-apologize-over-cyprus
An American scholar is calling on Henry Kissinger to apologize to Cypriots for betraying Greeks and appeasing Turkey, arguing that the father of modern realpolitik had signaled to Turkey back in 1974 that 'aggression works'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ferrari-to-launch-its-first-electric-only-car-in-2025
Ferrari is aiming for two of every five cars it sells to be fully electric by 2030, as the luxury brand tries to marry the need to reduce emissions with a reputation built on the prowess of its traditional engines....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/macron-scholz-draghi-in-kyiv-on-historic-visit
French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi arrived in Kyiv Thursday morning, visiting the Ukrainian capital for the first time since the beginning of Russia’s invasion in a historic joint trip....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-valuable-ally-you-said
I have been trying for a long time to understand exactly what various Western officials mean when they monotonously repeat that “Turkey is a valuable ally.” Turkey is obviously a large, strategically important country at a critical geopolitical crossroads. No great power can ignore it....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mavroyiannis-open-to-cypriot-gas-for-turkey-before-solution
AKEL-backed independent presidential candidate Andreas Mavroyiannis says Cyprus could sell natural gas to Turkey before a comprehensive solution can be reached on the island, marking a departure from official policy as well as the position of his opponents...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-defense-minister-and-greek-mp-s-clash-at-nato-meeting
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Greek MPs engaged in an intense confrontation in Istanbul on Tuesday during the joint meeting of the Political Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) and the Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group....
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/expect-isolated-showers-and-thunderstorms-today
Alternating periods of sunshine and cloudiness during much of the day today, giving way to isolated showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon mainly in the mountains and inland....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/torrential-downpours-cause-havoc-in-some-parts-of-the-island
Torrential downpours and heavy rains hit several areas of the island today, causing some havoc in certain areas and on some parts of the highways....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/investigation-into-big-cat-shipment-to-mykonos
An animal rights group on Tuesday called for a judicial investigation into a shipment of two lions and a tiger that was allowed to go through customs in northern Greece, destined for the party island of Mykonos....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-preparing-for-mass-migrant-entry-from-turkey
Amid rising tensions with Turkey, plans are being drafted to deal with the possibility of an attempted mass entry of migrants into Greece at the instigation of Ankara, in a repeat of the spring 2020 incident at the Evros land border....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lavrov-in-turkey-to-discuss-plans-to-ship-ukrainian-grain
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due to hold talks Wednesday with Turkish officials on a plan that could allow Ukraine to export its grain through the Black Sea to global markets amid an escalating food crisis....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-objects-to-airport-designation-in-turkish-occupied-north
Cyprus will lodge a complaint with the United Nations over Turkey’s new financial assistance deal with breakaway Turkish Cypriots that demonstrates Ankara’s “complete control” over them, the president of the ethnically divided island nation said Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-should-play-more-active-role-towards-turkey
The EU should have a more active role and exert pressure on Turkey to terminate its hostile attitude and focus on its European course Cypriot MP Ηarris Georgiades, Chair of the Foreign affairs committee told Piero Fassino, rapporteur for Famagusta of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/experimental-drug-clears-every-patient-of-rectal-cancer
An experimental drug appeared to clear every patient of rectal cancer with minimal side effects in an unprecedented study, but oncologists say it's too early to be sure that they're cured....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-fm-greece-has-been-trying-to-reverse-the-invasion-of-cyprus-by-turkey-for-half-a-century
Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias referred to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus to explain Greece's stance on the war in Ukraine and its unequivocal condemnation of the Russian invasion, noting among other things that Greece has been trying to reverse the invasion of Cyprus by Turkey for half a century....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-looking-for-answers
There are many major issues that need to be addressed, many of them divisive, before a new president is to be elected in Cyprus. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tatar-alleges-greek-cypriot-links-to-terrorism
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar had some harsh words for his compatriots in the south this week, saying Turkey’s concerns over NATO candidate Sweden’s PKK links also had basis in the south and called on Greek Cypriots to reevaluate their 'cooperation with terrorist organizations'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mutually-beneficial-cbms-rejected-by-tatar
Government Spokesman Marios Pelekanos stated today that a proposal by Cyprus President, Nicos Anastasiades, on a package of Confidence Building Measures (CBM) is mutually beneficial and promotes a positive climate for the resumption of Cyprus talks....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-accession-to-the-eu-in-2004-was-wrong
The accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the European Union was wrong, German MP Roderich Kiesewetter reportedly told the Turkish newspaper Milliet, stating that Turkey should be admitted to the EU as soon as possible....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-in-waiting-game-for-lng-supply-and-distribution
In her speech in Davos on Tuesday in front of an audience of businessmen and political leaders, EC President Ursula von der Leyen appeared to put Cyprus on center stage for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the European Union, announcing that "soon" LNG terminals will operate in Greece, Cyprus and Poland....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/europe-agrees-to-ban-90-of-russian-oil
European Union leaders agreed Monday to embargo most Russian oil imports into the bloc by year-end as part of new sanctions on Moscow worked out at a summit focused on helping Ukraine with a long-delayed package of new financial support....