https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/house-halts-medical-cannabis-bill-due-to-recent-crimes
Members of the House are turning against a medical marijuana bill, citing recent horrific crimes on the island and fears they may be linked to the use of cannabis. But studies suggest that decriminalisation has actually helped violent crime rates drop considerably....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-can-t-save-iran-deal-after-trump-nuked-it
European countries are powerless to salvage the nuclear deal with Iran after the United States pulled out, the deputy head of the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-lawyer-took-money-from-firm-linked-to-russian-oligarch
An attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels said that Donald Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, was paid $500,000 by a company with ties to a Russian oligarch who was hit last month with US sanctions to punish Moscow for activities that included suspected meddling in the 2016 US election...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/global-impact-of-us-of-withdrawing-from-iran-nuclear-deal
President Donald Trump has made his decision. The United States is going to withdraw from what he called Tuesday a "defective deal"...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/revolution-sweeps-armenian-opposition-leader-into-power
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan was elected Armenia’s prime minister on Tuesday, capping a peaceful revolution driven by weeks of mass protests against corruption and cronyism in the ex-Soviet republic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-and-jewish-diaspora-team-up-for-cyprus
The Greek-American and American Jewish communities have joined forces to promote legislation in the United States that would bolster the security status of Cyprus and block the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/may-avoids-london-blitz-in-local-elections
Theresa May’s Conservative Party avoided a wipeout in London local elections and eked out gains in Brexit-supporting regions elsewhere, partial results on Friday showed, denting the opposition Labour Party’s hopes of a big win....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/eu-sees-strong-growth-as-unemployment-declines
The Commission foresees a "strong growth momentum continuing" in the coming years, but warned of risks widening...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/you-can-t-put-a-price-on-heritage
When the German tabloid Bild suggested that Greece should sell off Corfu and the Parthenon as part of its asset-stripping, they didn't know that Durrell had foreseen this many years ago...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israel-says-iran-lied-on-nuclear-arms-pressures-us-to-scrap-deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled what he said was evidence of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons program that could step up pressure on the United States to pull out of a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/hypocrisy-over-defence-spending
Beyond the competition that has always existed between France and Germany in this field, Greece is being accused of spending European taxpayers’ money on a shopping spree...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-should-win-the-nobel-peace-prize
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said U.S. President Donald Trump should win a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme, a South Korean official said on Monday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-korean-hails-summit-as-trump-presses-for-full-denuclearisation
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would maintain sanctions pressure on Pyongyang ahead of his own unprecedented meeting with Kim Jong Un...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/light-scattered-showers-on-their-way-for-the-weekend
Cloudy skies and rain are setting in for the weekend, with showers affecting some parts of the island intermittently, causing dust to remain in the area....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/full-story-yet-to-be-known-in-strovolos-double-murder
The court appearance of the 33-year-old suspect in the Strovolos double murder has raised many questions, while investigators continue to sort through evidence in what is described as an unprecedented case with a contaminated crime scene and media speculation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/whitbread-to-spin-off-costa-coffee
The move leaves Whitbread with its Premier Inn hotels operation and the split is expected to be completed within 24 months...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/facebook-reveals-secrets-on-how-it-polices-the-service
Facebook has faced fierce criticism from governments and rights groups in many countries for failing to do enough to stem hate speech...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ecb-mulls-shelving-rules-tackling-eurozone-npls
The European Central Bank is considering shelving planned rules that would have forced banks to set aside more money against their stock of unpaid loans, after suffering a political backlash....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-central-banker-says-oligarchs-are-banks-achilles-heel
Former central banker Panicos Demetriades says Cyprus is serving Russian oligarchs at the expense of its credibility abroad while doubting the success story in a tell-all interview with Kathimerini...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-korea-test-freeze-blunts-its-nuclear-threat
North Korea said it no longer needed to conduct nuclear or intercontinental ballistic missile tests because it had reached its weapons development goals...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/parliament-calls-on-international-community-to-recognise-armenian-genocide
According to Mahtesian, between 1915 and 1923 more than 1.5 million innocent Armenians suffered torture, were put to death, slaughtered or forced to walk to their death...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/britain-hotter-than-cyprus-as-temperatures-soar
Britain was warmer than popular holiday hotspots including the Costa Del Sol, parts of Cyprus and Greece as the mercury reached 27C - making it the hottest day so far...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/south-korea-discussing-peace-deal-with-north-korea-ahead-of-summit
South Korea and a US-led U.N force are technically still at war with North Korea after the Korean War ended with a truce, not a peace treaty...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/finmin-revenue-from-npls-management-will-repay-cost-of-support-to-co-op
Government moves include establishing an asset – management company, based on conditions that the competent European institutions will set and depending on the finalisation of investment interest in the Co-op...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-suggests-russia-syria-may-tamper-with-chemical-evidence
Syria and Russia deny unleashing poison gas on April 7 during their offensive on Douma...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/putin-predicts-global-chaos-if-west-hits-syria-again
The United States, France and Britain have said the missile strikes were limited to Syria’s chemical weapons capabilities and not aimed at toppling Assad...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/banks-in-cyprus-greece-and-portugal-may-need-further-reserve-build-up
Fitch also notes that average NPL/total loan ratios at the EU`s largest banks had declined to 4% by end-2017 from 6.5% at end-2014...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dust-is-back
There is dust over Cyprus again, as a high-pressure system is affecting the area, with no signs of leaving until Friday evening. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/european-parliament-to-discuss-detention-of-greek-soldiers
The European Parliament will discuss the prolonged detention of two Greek soldiers who have been in a Turkish prison since early March in a series of plenary session meetings from April 16 to 19, SYRIZA announced on Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-in-germany-as-airports-hit-by-public-sector-strikes
Unions will escalate the dispute if employers do not present an offer next week...
