https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-rcb-bank-and-its-kremlin-ties
On March 24, Cyprus’s fourth-largest bank announced it would wind down its banking operations in the wake of the “volatile geopolitical situation” caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a month earlier....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/how-marcos-could-control-hunt-for-his-family-s-wealth-as-philippines-president
If Ferdinand Marcos Jr. triumphs in the upcoming Philippines presidential election, he will wield broad powers over government agencies seeking to recover as much as $10 billion plundered by his namesake father during his autocratic rule....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-turkey-antagonizing-greece-at-every-opportunity
Turkey is trying to reach out to most countries in the region in a quest for a new, smoother and ultimately more beneficial – to Ankara itself – modus vivendi....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/metsola-democracy-does-not-exist-without-freedom-of-the-press
"Freedom and democracy can not exist without freedom of the press", the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola said on Tuesday, on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-struggles-to-find-anti-corruption-auditors
Efforts to assign members to a transparency commission are said to be stalling in the Republic of Cyprus, with politicians from the opposition crying foul over connections between some candidates and the country’s disgraced golden passports program...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-energy-hub-hopes-hanging-by-a-thread
Nicosia is eagerly awaiting news any day now that could potentially revive the island’s hopes in the energy game, with all eyes on whether a UK-based company with contracts in Israel could find enough gas to bypass red tape and send some of it to a friendly neighbor’s hub...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/head-of-eu-border-agency-offers-to-resign-after-accusations-of-rights-abuse-sources-say
The head of the European Union’s border agency Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, has offered to resign, a source told Reuters on Friday, after accusations that the body mistreated migrants on the external frontiers of the bloc....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-expands-usage-of-mir-to-circumvent-payment-problems-for-russian-tourists
Turkey is trying to attract more Russian tourists by expanding the usage of the Russian Mir payment system in Turkey as it seeks to bypass the payment bottleneck created by Western sanctions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-societies-want-politicians-to-listen-and-change
French President Emmanuel Macron may have won the presidential election, but the message from the electorate is loud and clear: Leaders need to be closer to the societies whose fate they decide....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/putin-and-parkinson-s-what-do-experts-say
From US Senator Marco Rubio to political science university professors to the UK tabloids, many people appear to have an intimate understanding of Russian President Vladimir Putin's health....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/europe-scrambles-for-natural-gas-solution-as-putin-squeezes-supply
The European Union is racing to find alternative suppliers of natural gas after Russia's Gazprom cut flows to two EU nations, sparking fears that others will soon follow....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-realpolitik-in-ukraine
The Western objectives in the Ukraine war are far from clear. This is perhaps because there are significant disagreements between the United States and Europe. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/discord-takes-hold-in-front-against-russian-oil
Nicosia has been defending its stance towards sanctions against Moscow on the basis of principles and European unity, but lack of consensus for the bloc to seek a collective ban on Russian oil supplies has made cracks in the united front appear larger...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/captured-britons-appeal-to-uk-prime-minister
Two British fighters captured in Ukraine by Russian forces appeared on Russian state TV on Monday and asked to be exchanged for a Ukrainian ally of President Vladimir Putin who is being held by the Ukrainian authorities...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-drops-hint-at-ferry-link-this-summer
The Shipping Deputy Ministry in the Republic of Cyprus says a successful bidder for a state-subsidized ferry link to Greece has been asked to submit a proposal, with reports saying a summer connection could be launched this year...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-to-offer-consular-services-in-the-north
Russians living in the northern part of divided Cyprus will soon be able to receive consular services, with Greek Cypriot media reporting that the development had been kept quiet for about a year...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/a-deal-‘everybody-will-hate-to-end-the-war-in-ukraine
The most likely solution that will bring an end to the war in Ukraine is an agreement that “everybody will hate,” James Stavridis, NATO’s Greek-American former commander for Europe tells Kathimerini....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-s-ultimate-revenge-plan-for-the-us
As Russia’s war of aggression continues to ravage its neighbor, the Kremlin’s propaganda apparatus has been more blatant than ever in outlining the country’s goals for its biggest nemesis: the U.S....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘immediate-solutions-test-cyprus-take-on-eastmed
A US energy official urged Nicosia to seek 'other options' if the island wanted to get energy quickly into markets, with Italy doing just that earlier this week when Rome clinched a deal with Algeria to replace Russian gas imports through the Transmed pipeline...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/us-tourists-flock-to-greece
Indications are growing that tourism from the US in Greece this year will approach the levels of 2019, and even exceed them if the international geopolitical uncertainties are lifted....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-the-fall-of-the-us-republic
Sometimes I am not sure if I became a historian because I am pessimistic by nature, or if I became pessimistic because I am a historian....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/euler-hermes-is-now-allianz-trade
Todaymarks a new chapter in our story: Euler Hermes, the world leader in trade credit insurance, becomes Allianz Trade – a natural moveas we have been fully part of the Allianz Group since 2018...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyclops-the-crown-of-our-security-co-operation-says-kasoulides
On Wednesday, US Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, and Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides, expressed their wish that the Cyprus Center for Land, Open-seas, and Port Security (CYCLOPS) will help promote security in the region....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-undersecretary-nuland-in-town-to-inaugurate-cyclops
The Cyprus Center for Land, Open-seas, and Port Security, CyCLOPS, in Larnaka, will be inaugurated today by US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-mulling-us-weapons-proposal
Cyprus reportedly remains open to the possibility of reaching an agreement with the US to give up its Russian weapons....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-the-west-s-critical-endurance-test
It’s always hard to see the big picture during a crisis that’s still unfolding, just as it’s difficult to remember some of history’s most fundamental lessons. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uncertainty-reigns-supreme-over-bucha-atrocities
All eyes are on the United Nations this week as western countries point the finger at Moscow over civilian killings outside Kiev, while Russia says it is prepared to reveal evidence that images of atrocities were a staged 'provocation'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/zelensky-to-address-cypriot-house
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the Cypriot parliament on Thursday, during a busy week on the island with US diplomat visits and after local media suggested Nicosia was grappling with a difficult dilemma...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-under-secretary-of-state-to-visit-cyprus-this-week
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland will visit Turkey, Greece and Cyprus in the coming days....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-official-gets-‘donkeyed-cyprus-style
UN official Colin Stewart was amused over two gag gifts he received at a bicommunal gathering in north Nicosia, with one elder of the group presenting him with a donkey ornament to remind him he would 'need a lot of patience' on the island...