https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/joint-action-to-defend-and-promote-democracy
Across the globe, democracy and human rights are increasingly under siege. Far from being an issue isolated to the “developing” world, democracies new and old are combatting existential crises of creeping authoritarianism, rising inequality, and malign influence both domestically and from abroad. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/first-female-chief-officer-of-the-british-bases
Clare Simpson is the first woman to assume the position of chief officer at the British Bases in Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-‘superminister-accused-of-obstructing-sea-rescues
Cypriot Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has slammed a report about him calling the shots to hinder sea rescues of refugees, accusing a journalist of pushing an 'extremely dangerous' open doors agenda while the local newspaper is hitting back with a little-known 'embarrassing' incident...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/greece-popular-with-expats
Greece is rapidly evolving into a preferred destination for people wishing to live and work away from home, as the country is rising on the global list drafted by international bank HSBC....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/the-best-employers-of-2021-technology-companies-are-topping-the-list
Nine tech companies and one automaker make up the top 10 best employers in the world, according to Forbes magazine in collaboration with market research firm Statista....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-city-of-london-is-hiding-the-world-s-stolen-money
In 1969, two years after the Cayman Islands, a British territory, passed its first law to allow secretive offshore trusts, an official government report struck an ominous note....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/britain-end-of-an-era-which-university-ousted-cambridge-and-oxford
For the first time in history, neither Cambridge nor Oxford are at the top of British universities: At the top of the rankings is now the University of St Andrews in Scotland....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/large-numbers-of-cases-and-deaths-due-to-delta-mutation
The coronavirus Delta mutation records large numbers of cases and victims worldwide on a daily basis....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/university-of-nicosia-advances-to-top-601-800-universities-in-the-world
The latest edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, released on 2 September 2021, reaffirms the University of Nicosia’s (UNIC) global standing, ranking it among the Top 601-800 universities in the world. Correspondingly, UNIC ranks among the Top 250 universities in the European Union....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/discover-a-world-full-of-opportunities-at-uclan-cyprus-open-day
The Open Day will take place on Wednesday, the 21st of July 2021, at UCLan Cyprus Campus in Larnaka, from 10:00 – 19:00....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/vaxxed-doc-treated-for-infection-in-cyprus
A doctor in Limassol, who is said to have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, is out of any immediate danger after being hospitalized with a coronavirus infection, as fear and confusion about the rise of variants continue to muddle the government’s message...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/legal-battle-heats-up-in-golden-passports
The top two chief law enforcers in the Republic of Cyprus are taking the parliament to court over a resolution, in which members called on the two officials to recuse themselves in the golden passport probe after raising conflict of interest issues...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/eight-university-of-nicosia-academics-listed-among-top-scientists-in-the-world
Eight University of Nicosia academics are included on the annual list of 100,000 top-scientists worldwide and, correspondingly, in the top 2% of scientists in their field, according to a team of researchers at Stanford University in the USA...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/europe-must-get-off-the-sofa
Everything we learnt from what took place in the presidential palace, and then from Brussels, reinforced the image of a weak, if not anemic Europe...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-sends-message-to-turkey-via-michel
President Nicos Anastasiades called on Friday on the President of the European Council Charles Michel, who is set to visit Ankara next week, to convey to the need for Turkey to show political will that will allow the resumption of substantive talks on Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/over-half-of-cyprus-population-to-get-jab-by-june
By June, over 60% of Cyprus’ adult population wishing to the coronavirus jab will be vaccinated, the deputy head of the state health services Dr Olga Kalakouta said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-s-associate-tests-positive-for-covid
Members of the administration went into isolation on Tuesday following news that a COVID-19 case was detected in the Presidential Palace...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-a-step-away-from-the-100-000-jab-mark
A total of 22,808 appointments will open up on Tuesday on the vaccination portal, who people aged 67 and over to be given priority....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-joins-euco-summit-prep-with-eu-leaders
President Nicos Anastasiades participated on Tuesday in a teleconference with the President of the European Council and EU heads of state and government, in preparation for the extraordinary European Council summit to take place online on February 25-26. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-ranks-second-in-eu-in-testing
Cyprus maintained its high ranking among EU member states in terms of coronavirus population testing, with the island counting 1.5 million tests conducted since the outbreak of the pandemic last March....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/kpmg-survey-shows-biodiversity-related-risk-remains-under-reported
While it is notable that 80% of the world’s 250 largest companies now report on sustainability, biodiversity-related risk remains significantly under-reported by the global business community...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/kpmg-survey-companies-see-climate-change-as-financial-risk-but-disclosure-quality-must-improve
56% of the world’s 250 largest companies (G250) now acknowledge climate change as a financial risk to their business in their corporate reporting, according to a new KPMG International survey, which also revealed that the quality of climate-related risk disclosures among these companies needs to improve...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/network-resilience-in-a-post-pandemic-world
While telcos have largely risen to the challenge of withstanding a surge in network demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, pressure to maintain infrastructure resilience and expand reach emerges as the most pressing sector challenge...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-search-homes-offices-of-those-implicated-in-al-jazeera-video
Police on Thursday searched the homes and offices of the people embroiled in the Al Jazeera video on the Cyprus Papers that caused ongoing political turmoil on the island.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mps-reject-dissolution-of-parliament-amid-passports-scandal
After officially electing AKEL MP Adamos Adamou as the new House President following the resignation of Demetris Syllouris amid intense backlash against his involvement in the recent golden passports scandal, MPs on Thursday debated on whether parliament should be dissolved making way for early elections, with the proposal eventually rejected with 26 votes in favour and 30 against....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-defends-block-on-audit-office
President Nicos Anastasiades invoked the Constitution during a televised interview, saying the job description of the auditor general, who is currently seeking information on foreign nationals linked to a casino project, does not authorize him to 'have a say in everything'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-get-to-work-on-passport-scandal
Cypriot police appear to have their plate full with three different probes into alleged corruption in the golden passport scheme, with investigators facing their biggest challenge by a shocking Al Jazeera video that dealt the fatal blow in the country’s Citizenship by Investment Programme...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/golden-passports-pushed-forward-in-commission-agenda
After the Al Jazeera revelations, the Cyprus Investment Program is being pushed into the European Commission’s discussion agenda....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-minister-has-one-regret-over-passports
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides, who oversaw Cyprus' disgraced golden passport scheme while he was serving as interior minister, says he should have pushed harder to end the program much sooner...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/judge-in-cypriot-passport-probe-resigns
Retired Supreme Court Judge Costas Pampallis has resigned from his position as a member of an indepednent investigative committee, a team that was tasked to sift through Cyprus’ golden passport scheme in the wake of corruption scandals and systemic failures...