https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nouris-the-cause-of-cyprus-immigration-problem-is-turkey
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Monday that Turkey is the eliciting factor of the migration issue in Cyprus, speaking at a press conference where he presented the work of his Ministry during his term....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/i-don-t-want-to-live-in-half-a-country
I was born a refugee, far from my birthplace. Half Kyrenian, half Famagustan. I adored my hometown despite never having lived there... I do not want to live in half a country, so the Cyprus issue is a major factor in my decision to support Averof Neofytou. But why is this so?...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-than-100-thousand-foreigners-waiting-for-german-citizenship
The number of foreigners on the wait to become German citizens through naturalization has overpassed 100,000, and many of them have been waiting for as long as three years now to obtain their status....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-food-documentary-brings-both-communities-together
The premier screening of the EU-funded short documentary “Cypriot Culinary Experiences”, a joint collaboration between the EU Infopoint and The Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), took place on Tuesday, at the Home for Cooperation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-health-commissioner-to-visit-vaccine-production-plant-in-south-africa
EU Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides will visit a vaccine production plant and an mRNA technology hub whilst in South Africa. She will be in the country from Thursday to Saturday,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/herodotou-calls-for-increased-vigilance-to-avert-private-debt-defaults
Constantinos Herodotou, Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) called for the preservation of fiscal space, as the economic prospects are deteriorating due to Russia’s war in Ukraine....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/first-group-of-asylum-seekers-relocated-to-germany-from-cyprus
Repatriation flights from Cyprus to Germany and France began at the end of December as part of the EU's support policy for Nicosia in the refugee crisis. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/debate-the-disagreements-the-tensions-and-what-united-the-candidates
The RIK debate on Thursday night (19/01) ended with disagreements, tensions, and characterization among the participants, who included Averof Neophytou, Nikos Christodoulides, Andreas Mavroyiannis, and Christos Christou. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/austria-to-help-upgrade-cyprus-social-insurance-system
Α Memorandum of Understanding in the field of digital transformation between the Republic of Cyprus and the Republic of Austria was signed on Thursday at the Presidential Palace, by the Deputy Minister of Research,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/gesy-reforms-and-upgrades-continue-despite-challenges
Health Insurance Organization says 2022 was a positive year, upgrading of services and reforms, the main challenge...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/1-michael-kyprianou-co-llc-–-new-partner-announcement-constantina-zantira
New partner announcement: Constantina Zantira...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/exam-paper-leak-rocks-school-reform-in-cyprus
There was uproar in the Greek Cypriot education system on Monday after an exam paper leak was made public, with authorities unsure whether to call police and teachers calling on the government to rethink a controversial semester reform...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/330-000-migrants-attempted-to-enter-the-eu-last-year-highest-since-2016
The number of attempts by migrants to enter the European Union without authorization reached around 330,000 last year, the highest number since 2016, the EU’s border and coast guard agency said Friday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biology-textbook-at-center-of-controversy-in-cyprus
A biology textbook is the center of heated debate in Cyprus after references to “purity” and “abstinence” in a chapter on sexually transmitted diseases were posted on social media...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nikos-christodoulides-discussing-changes-to-the-guterres-framework
"I didn't hear anyone mention Mr. Kasoulides, the foreign minister, after the wreckage in Crans Montana. Nobody could blame him. He was not the most directly involved, nor was he the one who would take the final decisions..." ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/projects-in-excess of-€48-million-will-begin-in-the-first-quarter-of-2023
Projects worth more than €48 million will be tendered in the first quarter of the year under the Cyprus Tomorrow Plan, according to Government Spokesman Marios Pelekanos....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/economic-events-that-will-be-remembered-in-2022
The energy crisis, which intensified after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and resulted in skyrocketing gas prices, took the lead throughout the year....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/nikos-christodoulides-program-for-the-next-five-years
Cypriots will go to the polls on February 5 to elect the 8th President of the Republic. The campaign began very early compared to previous elections and will intensify during the remaining few weeks. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/is-your-organization-agile-enough-to-embrace-what-tomorrow-brings
The transformation imperative is urgent, challenging and opportunity rich. Leaders are reframing their businesses to adapt to a new landscape by innovating their business model, elevating their customer experience, and finding new ways to leverage data and technology. This demands a careful balance: sustaining performance while investing in the skills, technologies, and agile ways of working to accelerate growth and create new opportunities. EY Agile practitioners place humans at the center of the organization, leverage technology at speed and innovate at scale....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/scotland-children-as-young-as-15-can-begin-process-of-changing-their-gender
Teenagers as young as 15 will be able to begin the process of legally changing their sex after MSPs blocked a last-ditch bid to exclude children from Nicola Sturgeon’s transgender reforms....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-to-impose-a-minimum-15-tax-on-multinational-corporations
Cyprus Ministry of Finance said on Friday it will introduce a 15% minimum corporate tax rate on multinational and domestic groups or companies with a combined annual turnover of at least €750 million while examining ways to mitigate any possible adverse impact on the Cypriot economy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-ministry-cyprus-economy-will-not-enter-a-recession
There will be a significant slowdown in economic activity next year, we will be affected by increased energy prices and borrowing costs, but "inflation in Cyprus is being reined in at lower levels" compared to other European member states, ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-week-that-shook-brussels-saw-a-police-stakeout-piles-of-cash-and-reform-promises
The police had been waiting since dawn. Officers from the special unit of Belgium’s federal police gathered on Rue Wiertz, close to the European Parliament in Brussels. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-parliament-halts-work-on-qatar-related-cases
The European Union’s parliament voted Thursday to suspend work on all files involving Qatar, and called for security passes for representatives of the Gulf country’s interests to be withdrawn until light can be shed on a corruption scandal rocking the assembly....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/missing-link-in-qatargate-broached-in-cyprus
A lawmaker and transparency advocate in Cyprus is calling on a Cypriot MEP to clarify earlier comments about his Greek colleague Eva Kaili, who remains in custody in connection with a corruption probe in the European parliament...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mep-eva-kaili-fires-back-from-jail-cell
An attorney for EU lawmaker Eva Kaili, who is accused of being involved in an alleged bribery scandal involving a Gulf state, says money found in his client’s Brussels home did not belong to her, while a Cypriot MEP says he was troubled by her colleague’s stance towards Turkey’s ally Qatar...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-raid-more-eu-parliament-offices-in-corruption-probe
Belgian police conducted more raids at European Parliament offices Monday as the legislature’s president pledged to launch an internal investigation into corruption allegations and the bloc’s top official called for the creation of an EU-wide independent ethics body...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-parliament-approves-state-budget
The House of Representatives plenary approved the 2023 state budget on Thursday evening, the last to be tabled by the 10-year administration of Nicos Anastasiades...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/german-police-arrest-25-right-wing-extremists-over-alleged-coup-plot
German police have uncovered an alleged rightwing plot to storm the Bundestag and overthrow the government, in a case that highlights the threat posed to western states by far-right extremism turbocharged by radical conspiracy theories such as QAnon....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/indonesia-unmarried-couples-could-face-jail-time-for-having-sex
The Indonesian parliament has unanimously approved strict new laws that will criminalize sex outside of marriage....
