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17 May, 2026
 

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1. Father accused of taking toddler through crossing point after forcible removal from Limassol home

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/father-accused-of-taking-toddler-across-checkpoint-after-forcible-removal-from-limassol-home

Police in Limassol are investigating the reported abduction of a two-year-old child by his 29-year-old Turkish Cypriot father after a complaint was filed by the child’s 35-year-old British mother....

2. UN criticizes Cyprus over treatment of Turkish Cypriots

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-criticizes-cyprus-over-treatment-of-turkish-cypriots

A United Nations anti-racism committee has issued a series of sharp recommendations and criticisms toward Cyprus, expressing concern over what it described as obstacles faced by Turkish Cypriots in accessing equal rights compared to Greek Cypriots....

3. Cyprus tourism slumps as British demand drops and bookings fall 60%

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-tourism-slumps-as-british-demand-drops-and-bookings-fall-60

The main source of tourism for Cyprus is weakening this year. British travelers, who make up the country’s largest tourism market, are showing hesitation and caution because of geopolitical instability in the Eastern Mediterranean. ...

4. European countries ease travel warnings for Cyprus after diplomatic push

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/european-countries-ease-travel-warnings-for-cyprus-after-diplomatic-push

European countries are quietly rewriting how they describe Cyprus in travel warnings, in what appears to be a diplomatic win for Nicosia....

5. Indulgence in practice, tough talk in theory

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/indulgence-in-practice-tough-talk-in-theory

During Nikos Christodoulides’ visit to Israel in April 2025, the Aykut family filled the streets with large billboards showing the President of the Republic alongside a message in Hebrew that read, ''Cyprus is dangerous for Israelis.''...

6. ''Responsible and irresponsible individuals are misleading livestock farmers''

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/responsible-and-irresponsible-individuals-are-misleading-livestock-farmers

Members of the Parliamentary Agriculture Committee once again asked for answers about compensation and the next steps the Ministry of Agriculture and the Veterinary Services plan to take to deal with foot-and-mouth disease, just hours before Parliament dissolves....

7. The Evolution of Cypriot Cinema

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/the-evolution-of-cypriot-cinema

While the most famous Cypriot filmmaker arguably remains Michael Cacoyannis who wrote, directed and produced ZORBA THE GREEK (1964), a lot has happened since the pioneer days of documentaries on the island’s folk culture and rural life. Cypriot cinema was born much later than that of most other countries – in the 1960s – and this edition of the _UNDERSCORE looks at the developments that have shaped it since then – from its relationship to the island’s turbulent history to the successes of the past decade. ...

8. Cyprus and Greece seek EIB backing for GSI power link

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-and-greece-seek-eib-backing-for-gsi-power-link

The relevant ministries in Cyprus and Greece are moving ahead with implementing the decision of Nikos Christodoulides and Kyriakos Mitsotakis to update the financial data for the electricity cable project known as GSI....

9. Culling crisis deepens as farmers warn 'no animals will be left'

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/culling-crisis-deepens-as-farmers-warn-no-animals-will-be-left

Back to square one... Llvestock farmers plan to resubmit their original request to the government, asking that animals not infected with foot and mouth disease in affected units not be culled. ...

10. Search for missing persons in Cyprus advances with new excavations and DNA efforts

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/search-for-missing-persons-in-cyprus-advances-with-new-excavations-and-dna-efforts

Efforts to locate and identify people who disappeared during Cyprus’ past conflicts are continuing across several areas of the island, with new excavation activity reported in both the occupied and government-controlled areas....

11. Aykut transferred to Israel after property usurpation conviction

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/aykut-transferred-to-israel-after-property-usurpation-conviction

Simon Aykut, who had been serving a five-year prison sentence for illegally exploiting Greek Cypriot properties, has been transferred to Israel. The move was completed on Thursday, according to sources from the Ministry of Justice....

12. Foot-and-mouth outbreak enters new stage after first pig infection

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/foot-and-mouth-outbreak-enters-new-stage-after-first-pig-infection

The discovery of the virus in a pig unit is changing the situation and raising new concerns about how foot-and-mouth disease may develop. So far, 84 units have been infected, with 63 in the Larnaca district and 21 in the Nicosia district...

13. Armored vehicles withdrawn as calm returns to Pergamos buffer zone

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/armored-vehicles-withdrawn-as-calm-returns-to-pergamos-buffer-zone

A sense of calm has returned to the buffer zone in Pergamos on Thursday, following heightened tensions in the area a day earlier. ...

14. Greek Cypriot sentenced to two months by Turkish Cypriot ''court'' over drug case

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-cypriot-sentenced-to-two-months-by-turkish-cypriot-court-over-drug-case

A Greek Cypriot man has been sentenced to two months in prison by a ''court'' in the occupied Nicosia after being found in possession of drugs at a crossing point....

15. Tensions escalate in Pyla buffer zone while UN steps up monitoring

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tensions-escalate-in-pyla-buffer-zone-while-un-steps-up-monitoring

Tensions have resurfaced in the buffer zone surrounding the mixed village of Pyla, with developments on the nearby plateau drawing the attention of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), local authorities, and international observers....

16. Probe launched after firecrackers thrown across Nicosia line

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/probe-launched-after-objects-thrown-across-nicosia-line

Authorities are investigating reports that stones and firecrackers were thrown from the government-controlled side of Nicosia toward the occupied areas during April 1 commemorations, an incident officials warn could risk raising tensions along the island’s sensitive divide....

17. Over 11,000 illegal fireworks confiscated so far in 2026

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/over-11-000-illegal-fireworks-confiscated-so-far-in-2026

Authorities in Cyprus are continuing a nationwide effort to curb dangerous activities linked to Easter bonfires and firecrackers, with officials reporting thousands of confiscations already this year....

18. Farmers protest mass culls of healthy livestock, reject compensation

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/farmers-protest-mass-culls-of-healthy-livestock-reject-compensation

Dozens of Cypriot farmers staged a peaceful protest outside the Presidential Palace on Saturday, March 21, voicing frustration over the government’s handling of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak....

19. Five villages with the same name, one shared heart

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/five-villages-with-the-same-name-one-shared-heart

Five villages across Cyprus that share the name, "Prasteio", are taking a joint step to strengthen cooperation and preserve their shared heritage....

20. Grain producers call for possible closure of crossing points to contain foot-and-mouth disease

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/grain-producers-call-for-possible-closure-of-crossing-points-to-contain-foot-and-mouth-disease

The Pancyprian Grain Producers’ Organization has called on the government to examine stronger measures to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, including the possible closure of crossing points between government-controlled areas and the occupied territories....

21. Cyprus under livestock ‘quarantine’ and EU restrictions

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-under-livestock-‘quarantine-eu-restrictions

Cyprus has effectively been placed under a nationwide livestock lockdown after European authorities imposed strict measures to stop the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, as infections continue to rise across the island....

22. Facing the harsh reality of the foot-and-mouth crisis

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/facing-the-harsh-reality-of-the-foot-and-mouth-crisis

The arrival of European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare Oliver Várhelyi in Cyprus brought a decisive end to livestock farmers’ request that animals not infected with foot and mouth disease be spared on farms where cases have been detected....

23. Cyprus weighs compensation plan for occupied properties, as little as €2 monthly

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-weighs-compensation-plan-for-occupied-properties-as-little-as-€2-monthly

Lawmakers in Cyprus are working to introduce legislation that would regulate compensation for displaced property owners who lost the use of their land in the occupied areas following the events of 1974. ...

24. Farmers demand end to mass slaughter of healthy animals and push for nationwide vaccination

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/farmers-demand-end-to-mass-slaughter-of-healthy-animals-and-push-for-nationwide-vaccination

A nationwide vaccination campaign against foot-and-mouth disease is intensifying across Cyprus as agricultural organizations meet with President Nikos Christodoulides today to demand changes to the current strategy for tackling the outbreak....

25. Turkey reportedly deploying four warplanes to occupied northern Cyprus

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-reportedly-deploying-four-warplanes-to-occupied-northern-cyprus

Turkey is expected to deploy four military aircraft to occupied northern Cyprus on Sunday, where they are scheduled to land at the airport in Tymbou, according to reports by the Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeni Düzen....

26. Cypriots packing emergency backpacks

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriots-packing-emergency-backpacks

It took a little more than 24 hours for the flames of war that Israel and the US ignited in the Middle East to reach Cyprus. Before midnight on Sunday, when the British Air Force base in Akrotiri was hit by a drone, any talk of war shelters, ...

27. €276 million in electricity never billed to occupied north, audit finds

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/€276-million-in-electricity-never-billed-to-occupied-north-audit-finds

Here’s a number that makes you blink: €276.1 million. That’s the value of electricity supplied over the years to the occupied areas of Cyprus and never billed or collected, according to a new report by the Audit Office....

28. The lessons of crisis

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-lessons-of-crisis

One could reasonably say the ink has already dried on the Covid-19 crisis. Yet the lessons from it should by now have become second nature to us....

29. 75-year-old arrested in Dali possible source of foot-and-mouth outbreak

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/75-year-old-arrested-in-dali-possible-source-of-foot-and-mouth-outbreak

A 75-year-old man arrested in Dali is now being investigated as a possible suspect in the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in Larnaca, in what officials describe as a serious and fast-developing case....

30. Culling of thousands of animals begins as Cyprus fights foot-and-mouth outbreak

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/culling-of-thousands-of-animals-begins-as-cyprus-fights-foot-and-mouth-outbreak

Authorities in Cyprus have begun culling livestock in areas affected by foot-and-mouth disease, a measure aimed at containing the outbreak that has already hit hundreds of animals....

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