https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hagia-sophia-to-undergo-massive-restoration
The Turkish government has decided to start long-term maintenance and repairs of the former Orthodox Christian cathedral of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, which was converted into a mosque, after scientists discovered significant damage both inside and outside the 6th century Byzantine monument....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/world-famous-artist-botero-breathes-his-last-at-91
Fernando Botero, the Colombian whose voluptuous pictures and sculptures of overstuffed generals, bishops, prostitutes, housewives and other products of his whimsical imagination made him one of the world’s best-known artists, died Friday in Monaco. He was 91....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/akel-blasts-government-amid-rising-bank-profits
The political party AKEL has voiced its discontent with the government's handling of economic issues, particularly in light of the recent decision to raise interest rates for the tenth time....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/saudi-arabia-stresses-palestinian-resolution-in-potential-israel-peace-deal
Saudi Arabia has let the Biden administration know that resolving Palestinian issues is critical for any normalization deal with Israel, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-welcomes-eu-report-on-turkey-urges-resuming-talks
The Cypriot government has expressed its approval of the European Parliament's Progress Report on Turkey. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pyla-s-road-construction-issue-stirs-debate
The talk about building a road from Arsos (Larnaca) to Pyla is causing a stir among the occupation authorities, UNFICYP, and local authorities....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/chinese-espionage-alert-shakes-british-politics
The British intelligence agency, MI5, has reportedly issued a warning to the ruling Conservative Party, alerting them to the presence of two potential parliamentary candidates with alleged ties to Chinese espionage....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/arrest-of-uk-researcher-for-spying-fuels-uk-s-china-policy-reevaluation
The arrest of a British parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying for China has reignited a fierce debate about the future of the United Kingdom’s relationship with Beijing....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/cyprus-admits-failures-in-immigration-crisis
Those who followed the fascist incidents in Chloraka and Limassol were provoked, not just by the lack of a plan to handle this major crisis....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/will-justice-minister-and-chief-of-police-lose-jobs-over-viral-video
When the video of Nikos Christodoulides' meeting at the Presidential Palace went viral the day after Limassol riots, many people thought that the Minister of Justice and the Chief of police might lose their jobs soon....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/maria-ressa-s-nobel-worthy-legal-triumph
Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa has been acquitted of her final tax evasion charge in the latest legal victory for the veteran journalist as she battles to stay out of prison over cases that she has previously described as part of a pattern of harassment....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-shipping-minister-s-exit-shakes-government-after-fatal-ferry-incident
Shipping Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis announced his resignation on Monday, a few days after the death of a ferry passenger who was forcefully pushed off a ferry in Piraeus last week....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/how-cyprus-s-abstention-shook-us-trust-and-diplomacy
The release of secret documents, usually from the US and Britain, a few years later, sheds light on important moments in history....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/confronting-racism-and-the-far-right-threat
The awful attacks on migrants, refugees, and others in Chloraka and Limassol were not sudden but rather a predictable continuation of a long-standing problem....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/is-jack-straw-s-position-the-way-forward
In an opinion piece on Politico's website, Jack Straw, a former UK Foreign Minister (2001-2006) and Labour MP from 1979 to 2015, shared his thoughts on Cyprus joining the European Union in 2004, the EU's Inter-Governmental Conference (IGC), and how to solve the Cyprus issue. In summary, he argued that Cyprus should not have joined the EU in 2004 without resolving the Cyprus problem first. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/unmasking-jack-straw-s-biased-agenda-in-cyprus-problem
In an article published in Politico, former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw suggested dividing Cyprus. He argues that Britain, which guarantees the independence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Cyprus, cannot achieve a two-state solution on its own. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/did-you-make-the-list-2022-2023-scholarships-announced
The Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation's Board of Directors is excited to announce that on September 6, 2023, they released the names of individuals who have been awarded scholarships for graduate and postgraduate studies in both Cyprus and abroad for the 2022-2023 academic year. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/jack-straw-s-two-states-plea-for-cyprus-sparks-fury-and-accusations
The National Federation of Cypriots in the UK has dismissed an article penned by the British former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in support of “two states” in Cyprus as “lacking substance and disregarding historical reality, international law and UK Treaty obligations to Cyprus.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/cyprus-universities-under-fire-for-failing-to-denounce-extremist-violence
After the troubling events in Chlorakas and Limassol, where right-wing extremists carried out violent acts, have you heard any teachers' unions speak out against these incidents?...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/chlorakas-council-concerned-over-young-jihadists-infiltrating-paphos
In a recent letter addressed to the chairman and members of the House Standing Committee on Internal Affairs, the Chlorakas Community Council voiced concerns about the alleged influx of young jihadists in the Pafos area....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/slovakia-s-un-peacekeeping-efforts-in-pyla-earn-global-praise
FM Constantinos Kombos and Slovak Ambassador Martin Bezak praised the principled stance of the Slovak contingent of the UN peacekeeping force during the recent incidents in Pyla....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/are-dairy-products-the-new-focus-for-israel-cyprus-relations
If someone hadn't followed the Israeli Prime Minister's past statements about EastMed and the LNG terminal in Cyprus and didn't know that energy was the main topic in the previous eight meetings, they might have thought that the leaders of Cyprus, Greece, and Israel had more pressing matters during the 9th trilateral meeting in Nicosia. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-israel-energy-cooperation-thrives-despite-regional-tensions
Since 2014, the Trilateral-Greece-Cyprus-Israel cooperation, with Prime Ministers Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Benjamin Netanyahu, was completed in Nicosia....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/italian-court-awards-€130-000-to-great-grandson-of-world-war-ii-victim
Relatives of six Italian men hanged by German troops during World War Two are set to receive hundreds of thousands of euros in compensation for their families' trauma....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/political-parties-fueling-nationalism-crisis-in-chlorakas-protest
The "people living in Chlorakas who are organized" issued a statement today expressing their unhappiness with reports on the internet about "a small group of individuals spreading false information and serious accusations against the residents of Chlorakas and their protest against segregation," they argue....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-greece-israel-trilateral-meeting-ends-on-high-note
The Cyprus-Greece-Israel trilateral meeting led by Nicos Christodoulides, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Benjamin Netanyahu has successfully concluded its discussions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/chlorakas-attack-highlights-growing-racial-tensions-in-cyprus
The violent attack on Syrian residents in Chloraka last Sunday during a community demonstration related to the refugee-migration issue represents a failure on multiple fronts....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/over-220-000-victims-trafficked-for-southeast-asia-s-online-fraud-schemes
A new UN report estimates that hundreds of thousands of people from around the world have been trafficked to Southeast Asia to run online scams....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-unresolved-issues-of-chlorakas
The situation in Chloraka, following the problems that happened last week, is still uncertain. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/akel-s-bold-demand-tax-bank-profits-to-power-people-s-pockets
The AKEL political party is urging the government to take immediate action to alleviate the financial strain on Cypriot households by taxing banks' surplus profits and redirecting the funds towards fuel and electricity subsidies....
