https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bloodbath-warnings-as-ukraine-awaits-orthodox-easter
Moscow says Kiev is 'completing preparations for monstrous provocations' against Orthodox churches to blame it on Russians, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vows to push back the offensive in the Donbas region...
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/greeks-halt-weapons-to-ukraine-as-russia-warns-us
Athens signaled this week there would be no more weapons shipments to Ukraine, as reports emerged that Moscow has also warned Washington that US and NATO weaponry sent to Kiev could bring 'unpredictable consequences'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/claims-abound-as-kremlin-s-flagship-sinks
Russia's guided missile cruiser Moskva has sunk in the Black Sea while it was being towed due to damage, with Kiev saying the flagship was attacked in a military operation and Moscow pointing to an explosion caused by fire on board...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-chemical-weapons-in-ukraine-could-see-nato-troops-deployed
The UK's under-secretary for the armed forces, James Heappey, has revealed that "all possible options are on the table in terms of how the west might respond" if it is confirmed Russia used chemical weapons on Ukraine....
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/global-food-prices-rise-to-highest-ever-levels-in-march
Global food prices rose to their highest ever levels in March as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the UN has reported....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/zelensky-asks-cyprus-to-get-tough-on-island-s-russians
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging the Republic of Cyprus to strip Russians of their golden passports 'without exception' and only ease up on dual citizens if they condemn what he called 'war crimes of their military' in Ukraine....
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/orthodox-faithful-are-holding-back-the-antichrist-says-russian-patriarch
The return of Famagusta can be the ideal confidence-building measure, pledged Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on Wednesday, noting the government will insist on the proposal for the opening of the airport in Turkish occupied Tympou and Famagusta port in exchange for the return of the fenced-off area of Famagusta....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-asks-eu-for-frontex-presence-in-turkey
Minister of Interior Nicos Nouris called on the EU to demand that Turkey allow the presence of Frontex in their country to stop the mass flows of irregular migrants to the Turkish-occupied areas of Cyprus, who then cross to the government-controlled areas....
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/news/second-batch-of-humanitarian-aid-to-ukraine-leaves-today-from-limassol
The second batch of humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine departs today from the port of Limassol....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bucha-atrocities-bring-about-fresh-sanctions-and-deportations
Following the revelations about the atrocities against civilians that took place in Bucha and other areas near Kyiv, the EU is preparing fresh sanctions against Russia to "hit them where it hurts". ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/k-treppides-co-ltd-cryptocurrencies-regulating-cryptocurrency-trading-in-cyprus
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/drug-case-up-in-the-air-after-informant-dies-in-cell
A man who was detained after reportedly coming clean with police over a cannabis shipment hidden in pet food was found dead in his cell last week, with reports suggesting disagreement within law enforcement over handling the case could also signal a dead end...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-foreign-minister-visits-ukraine-port-city
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias arrived in Ukraine on Sunday, keeping a recent promise to head a humanitarian aid mission into the war-torn country where many ethnic Greeks have been trapped...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eurostat-11-of-cypriot-residents-are-citizens-of-other-eu-countries
The percentage of residents that are citizens of other countries living in Cyprus, both from EU member states and non-EU countries, is higher than 10%, ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-humanitarian-aid-will-be-sent-to-ukraine-on-the-5th-of-april
The second batch of humanitarian aid for Ukraine is expected to be shipped from Cyprus on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, via the EU Civil Protection Agency, Commissioner for the Citizen Panayiotis Sentonas has said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-has-highest-rate-of-femicides-by-population-compared-to-other-countries-in-study
A total of 13 femicides were committed in Cyprus between 2019 and 2020, with the victims in two cases being young girls....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/the-scorpions-are-coming-to-cyprus-in-july
The legendary rock band Scorpions will be performing at Tsirio stadium, in Limassol on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. In honor of the release of their first album 50 years ago, the band is on a world tour promoting the release of their new album "Rock Believer"....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/study-microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-the-first-time
Microplastics – tiny pieces of plastic less than 0.2 of an inch (5mm) in diameter – have been found in human blood for the first time....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/putin-not-seen-ready-to-compromise-ahead-of-peacetalks
Ukraine and Russia were preparing on Monday for the first face-to-face peace talks in more than two weeks, but a senior U.S. official said Russian President Vladimir Putin did not appear ready to make compromises to end the war....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/major-projects-underway-in-larnaca-nicosia
The Cyprus real estate and construction sectors are moving past the demise of the scrapped Citizenship for Investment Programme, turning their attention to the capital and the once-neglected coastal town of Larnaca, while Limassol, with its high-rises and cosmopolitan lifestyle, is still seeing part of the action....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/shanghai-facing-biggest-lockdown-in-2-years
Shanghai, the Chinese financial capital of 25 million people, is facing the worst outbreak of covid-19 cases in two years and entering a two-phase lockdown....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/oscars-the-slap-heard-round-the-world-video
This year's Oscars was not the same old boring 3-hour show we've all come to know and expect. No one, not even the actors, could have expected the shocking actions of Will Smith late into the show....
