https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-roads-close-as-teachers-march
Traffic police say there will be road closures in Nicosia on Tuesday late afternoon due to a scheduled teacher demonstration where thousands of educators are expected to join...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teachers-regroup-ahead-of-big-demonstration
States teachers unions rejected over the weekend a government attempt to seek middle ground in budgeting exempted hours, saying they had nothing to do with the proposal and warning they would resist any change without mutual agreement...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/education-debacle-full-of-suspense
The president is weighing in on the ongoing debate between the government and state educators in a last ditch effort to avoid a bumpy start of the school year, but it is not clear whether the highly contested issue of budgeting hours will be taken off the table...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/over-a-thousand-employees-choose-co-op-buyout
Over a thousand employees at Cyprus Cooperative Bank signed up for a voluntary severance package, well above the target of 900 set by the bank ahead of a takeover by Hellenic Bank...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-extradites-egyptian-hijacker
The lawyer of Egyptian hijacker Mostafa Emam, who was extradited by Cyprus authorities after he withdrew his case with the European Court of Human Rights, says her client gave up after succumbing to pressure in a Nicosia prison...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/stephen-lillie-there-is-only-plan-a-for-cyprus
There is a clear plan A for Cyprus, that of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation solution, and there is no plan B, UK High Commissioner in Nicosia, Stephen Lillie, has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), stressing that “for plan A to succeed the negotiations need to be well prepared, and the public opinion needs to be well prepared” as well....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/britain-s-cypriot-dialect-under-pressure
London, 1990. Six-year old Skevi, of Cypriot background, was late for class at her Greek community school, which left her unable to find somewhere to sit....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/elderly-swimmer-lay-dead-on-lady-s-mile-beach
A senior citizen lay dead for some time on a Limassol beach, until a passerby came close to check on him and notified authorities...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-labour-peace-as-schools-open-next-month
State teachers and the government failed to reach an agreement this week, with the education minister saying the unions were placing demands that cannot be addressed before September and accusing them of avoiding the budgeting issue...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/archbishop-favours-scrapping-five-religious-school-holidays
Archbishop Chrysostomos says religious holidays on school days no longer serve their purpose, suggesting that five of them should be eliminated while also taking a jab at union teachers...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lack-of-early-warning-town-planning-led-to-high-death-toll-study-finds
Authorities’ failure to issue a timely warning about the approaching wildfire that scorched the town of Mati, a popular tourist resort 17 miles east of Athens, left “almost zero time between realizing the danger and reacting to it,” according to a preliminary inquiry into the deadly inferno released Tuesday by the University of Athens.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-muddying-waters-over-who-is-responsible-for-deadly-fires
In the aftermath of what was the worst fire in Greece’s modern history, the government is coming under increasing criticism for failing to provide clear-cut information on the number of missing and for allegedly trying to muddy the waters over who is responsible....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kammenos-defends-government-s-response-to-blaze
Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on Monday defended the government’s response to the deadly wildfires east of Athens that have so far claimed at least 91 lives....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-offers-€10-million-to-greek-fire-victims
The government of the Republic of Cyprus is offering €10 million to the fire victims in Greece, calling on citizenry and local businesses to do their share as well...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/investing-in-knowledge
A growth rate of 1.9 percent is way too small for a country like Greece, especially as the rest of Europe’s performance is so much more robust. This is, after all, a country that shed 25 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) in the course of a decade. What we should be seeing, therefore, is the effect of a tightly wound spring, whereby a virtuous cycle of growth begins and only gets faster with time. Instead, we’re hobbling along at 1.9 percent, the slowest rate an economy can achieve after hitting rock bottom....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/july-is-tequila-month
National Tequila Day is fast approaching, on July 24, and Kathimerini’s WIZ Urban Guide thought it would be cool to couple a few tips together on what people ought to know about this popular drink, just in time before taking their next sip...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-positions-of-syriza-new-democracy-and-our-allies
Diplomats, analysts and officials from international institutions visiting Greece have a hard time understanding and assessing what in their eyes appears to be a bizarre political reality....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-says-will-never-forget-those-who-embraced-coup-plotters
In a speech to a large crowd marking the second anniversary of a foiled military coup, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that he would "never forget those who embraced the coup-plotters" in an apparent dig at Greece where eight Turkish servicemen have sought asylum....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/truck-driver-crushed-to-death-in-limassol
A truck driver was killed in Limassol on Thursday when his own vehicle moved back unexpectedly crushing him to death...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/browder-case-in-cyprus-pushed-back-another-week
The Bill Browder case had been pushed back for another week due to a scheduling conflict with his defence attorney, with a Nicosia judge setting a new hearing date for July 18...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-jumps-paphos-airport-fence-to-catch-missed-flight
A passenger caused a three hour delay in a Cracow-bound flight, when he jumped over a fence at Paphos airport out of desperation to board the plane and rejoin his family...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-sounding-neighbours-out-over-israeli-pier
Israel has asked Cyprus to examine the possibility of establishing a shipping point on the island for sending goods to the Gaza Strip, a Cypriot government spokesman said this week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/holiday-inn-nicosia-under-new-ownership
Holiday Inn Nicosia is coming under new ownership, after Greek company NBG Pangaea shelled out two thirds of the total price of €11.2 million...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kotzias-fyrom-name-deal-best-news-in-europe-in-5-years
In comments on Monday, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias referred to the name deal agreed between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia earlier this month as "the best news in Europe in five years."...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/esm-warns-cypriot-banks-of-quick-fixes
The European Stability Mechanism warns Cyprus that despite a recent decline in non-performing loans (NPL), the banking sector remains vulnerable due to weak profitability and a still high NPL ratio...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fake-news-and-quality-journalism-under-scrutiny
Fake news, a term used almost daily and a byproduct of the rapid spread of social media networks, will be one of the main topics in the first digital policy conference on “Cyprus in the Digital Agenda” on Thursday in Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ousted-far-right-mp-to-appear-before-examining-magistrate-over-coup-remarks
The ousted Golden Dawn MP Constantinos Barbarousis, who is accused of treason, will appear before an examining magistrate on Wednesday to explain his remarks during a parliamentary debate last Friday, when he called for a military coup....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-suspects-arrested-in-limassol-rental-scam
Two people in Limassol are behind bars on suspicion they were renting out a residence that did not belong to them, defrauding tenants by pocketing €800 each month and then disappearing...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/limassol-lifeguards-warn-over-father-daughter-incident
Lifeguards warn beach goers to follow safety guidelines at all times, following an incident where a father and his young daughter got themselves in real trouble during an early morning swim in Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-throws-co-op-ball-in-hellenic-s-court
The Cyprus Cooperative Bank will examine Monday a final offer from Hellenic Bank to acquire the troubled state-owned institution, with government seeing the buyout as a good step while critics saying tax payers are unfairly picking up the tab...
