https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-flights-and-more-destinations-from-larnaca-and-paphos-this-summer
Hermes Airports unveiled its Summer 2022 flight schedule to/from Larnaca and Pafos airports marking the return of various connections to and from Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/spread-of-covid-baffles-locked-down-shanghai-residents
The cases underscore how difficult it is to stop the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant as China clings to its zero-COVID policy, perpetuating a cycle of lockdowns, as well as bafflement, anguish and anger....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sweden-has-had-fewer-deaths-in-the-pandemic-than-the-majority-of-europe
Sweden has logged one of the lowest pandemic death tolls in Europe despite its refusal to impose lockdowns, World Health Organization estimates suggest....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/who-covid-led-to-15-million-deaths-globally-not-the-5-million-reported
Almost three times as many people have died as a result of Covid-19 as official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so far....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/lower-interest-rates-on-deposits-and-consumer-loans
A decrease in interest rates on deposits and consumer loans and a marginal increase in the interest rates on mortgages can be seen in the data published on Thursday by the Central Bank of Cyprus for March 2022....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/inflation-in-turkey-spikes-to-almost-70
Inflation in Turkey reached record levels of almost 70% in April, rising by 8.83 points in a month, according to official statistics released today....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/first-ever-publicly-financed-equity-fund-will-benefit-cyprus-startups
The Ministry of Finance has long been committed to introducing a financial instrument to support startups and innovative companies with equity financing, ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-with-schizophrenia-convicted-of-premeditated-murders
A man with schizophrenia has been convicted on premeditated murder charges for killing his wife and son in rural Nicosia last year, with the bench dismissing his insanity defense after finding there was no provocation...
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/kyriakides-one-step-closer-to-a-european-health-union
The foundations and backbone of the European Health Union are being laid today, Kyriakides tells CNA...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-sets-price-ceiling-on-electricity
The government is to introduce a price ceiling on the wholesale electricity market as the request for coordinated measures at the European level, which was reformulated on Monday at the Extraordinary Council of Energy Ministers by Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas, did not appear to gain traction....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-the-protection-of-employees-rights-is-a-priority
President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday listed a number of government policies and strategies as well as decisions in favor of laborers, as he addressed an event organized by trade union SEK in honor of Labor Day at the village of Amiantos....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/acute-hepatitis-in-children-the-warning-signs
Scientists and public health authorities are looking into the recent outbreak of acute hepatitis in children, recently recorded in several countries around the world, and trying to find its cause....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/‘i-will-visit-athens-when-we-win-the-war-ukraine-s-president-tells-kathimerini
Volodymyr Zelenskyy looked worn, he was probably sleepless, but he spoke passionately in his signature husky, nasal voice, stopping often to take a sip of coffee from the cup next to him....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/covid-curbs-lifted-in-greece-ahead-of-summer-season
Greece lifted Covid-19 restrictions on Sunday for foreign and domestic flights, its civil aviation authority said, ahead of the summer tourism season that officials hope will see revenues bouncing back from the pandemic slump....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-announces-9-deaths-and-3-786-new-covid-19-cases-for-the-week-between-april-22-and-28
Nine deaths and 3.786 new COVID-19 cases were announced by the Cyprus Health Ministry on Friday for the week between April 22 and 28, 2022. In total, 143,329 tests were carried out with a positivity rate of 2.64%....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/test-drive-tag-misuse-out-in-the-open
The Transport Department is getting more negative publicity this week after information about widespread misuse of test drive tags reached lawmakers, with the minister vowing to tackle corruption from one scandal to the next...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/the-msci-2021-results-are-in-consulco-outperforms-the-market
The MSCI results are now available, and Consulco’s London commercial real estate portfolio has outperformed the Greater London Retail property market in all time frames over 3, 5 & 10 years, achieving a 7.5% total return per annum since inception....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pro-migrant-group-says-locals-instigated-emba-incident
A pro-migrant group has accused police of stalling an investigation following a violent incident in Paphos involving foreign nationals and locals, with the NGO saying a 'hate crime' perpetrated against refugees was being misrepresented in the media...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/unic-pharmacy-student-selected-for-prestigious-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting
Mr. Angelos Odyseakis, a University of Nicosia fourth-year Pharmacy student, has been selected to participate in the upcoming 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to Chemistry, joining a select cohort of 600 young scientists from around the world that will engage with more than 30 Nobel Laureates....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/urgency-and-skepticism-clash-as-west-probes-chems-in-ukraine
Moscow says claims by American officials about the possibility of Russia using chemical weapons in Ukraine were 'baseless' as politicians and experts were becoming more skeptical about Kiev’s allegations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/vindicated-alexoui-goes-after-‘malicious-prosecutors
Nicosia businessman Alexis ‘Alexoui’ Mavromichalis has filed a complaint with police internal affairs five months after he was vindicated of attempted murder, accusing prosecutors of malicious prosecution and concealing exculpatory evidence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-inflation-welcomes-generation-z
Inflation is the rate at which prices rise, which means that we need more money to buy the same product or service. Consequently, if your salary stays the same, then your purchasing power will decrease, as you will be able to buy fewer goods and services....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eib-ready-to-offer-funding-to-mitigate-effects-of-ukrainian-war-on-cyprus
New investment opportunities in Cyprus, as well as funding to mitigate the effects of the war in Ukraine, were discussed on Monday by President Nicos Anastasiadis, Finance Minister Constantinos Petridis and European Investment Bank (EIB) President Werner Hoyer. ...
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/increase-of-property-supply-leads-to-decline-of-housing-prices
The increase in the property supply has contributed to a decline in prices in Cyprus in recent months, according to the latest figures reported by the Statistical Service of Cyprus (CyStat) this week....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dead-fetus-found-in-nicosia-public-toilets
A dead fetus was found in a public toilet in downtown Nicosia over the weekend, with police trying to ascertain the identity of the mother and other details surrounding the incident...
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/business/property-sales-hit-14-year-high
Property sales in March, as measured by the number of sale contracts deposited at Land Registry offices, hit a 14-year high according to figures released by the Department of Lands and Surveys....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-creates-platform-for-members-to-jointly-buy-non-russian-gas
The European Union has launched a platform for European Union countries to jointly buy gas and liquefied natural gas as they seek to cut reliance on Russian fuels and build a buffer against supply shocks....
