https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-investment-program-problematic-from-the-start
Much ink has been spilled over the Cyprus Investment Program (CIP). From its inception in 2017 until its abolition, the CIP was a scheme wherein the Cyprus Government granted Cypriot citizenship to investors, "golden passports" as it is well-known....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/interior-ministry-aware-passport-applications-did-not-meet-criteria
In the Audit Service's report on the naturalization program, references are made to the manner in which passports were granted, stressing that there were cases in which the Ministry was aware that there were applications that did not meet the criteria, characterizing its approval as illegal....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-fair-state-five-proposals-to-fight-corruption
In the Cyprus of 2022, corruption has permeated all levels of our society. The extent of the problem needs to be ascertained first. Then, the diagnosis of its causes. Finally, but most importantly, the specific proposals to combat it....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lawyer-in-soldier-murder-cover-up-raises-stakes
A high-powered attorney in Cyprus representing the family of a soldier, whose death initially ruled a suicide has been updated to murder, has hinted at lawsuits if prosecutors fail to go after the perpetrators...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-femicide-and-punishment
A few days ago, there was some shocking news. An Egyptian court asked lawmakers to approve the live broadcast of the hanging of a man who stabbed a female university student to death....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-still-in-the-mix-as-eu-probes-greek-spyware
Cypriot Deputy Attorney General Savvas Angelides has fired back at allegations over a conflict of interest in an alleged cover-up involving Israeli-made malware, as Nicosia and other EU capitals have been feeling pressure to come clean following rumors of widespread unlawful surveillance...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-our-aim-for-reunification-remains
Cyprus paid tribute to all those who lost their lives in the 1974 Turkish invasion, which resulted in the occupation of 37% of its territory, with President Nicos Anastasiades stressing that we continue to aim at reunifying and “rid the island of third-party dependencies.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-priest-reassigned-after-coup-faux-pas
Failure to commemorate a Greek Cypriot man killed by EOKA in 1973 lead to a local priest being reassigned this week, with the cleric saying it was an honest mistake but the relatives argue there was a sinister motive...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-rules-on-work-life-balance-officially-enforced-from-august-2nd
As of August 2nd, all European Union Member States will have to apply the EU-wide rules to improve work-life balance for parents and carers that were adopted in 2019....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mari-blast-a-tragic-reminder-of-the-states-duty-to-its-citizens
"The 11th of July, 2011, is a tragic reminder of the responsibilities of the state, but also of its obligations towards society," President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades said Monday at the memorial service for the 13 victims of the massive explosion at the naval base “Evangelos Florakis”, in Mari, on the southern coast of Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/men-slain-during-coup-being-dug-up
New exhumations are taking place this week in Limassol after a court ordered the disinterment and reburial of four persons who were said to have been executed by EOKA during a Greek coup in Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/veil-of-mystery-over-pachyammos-excavations
Greek Cypriot officials were heading back to a bombing site in Pachyammos on Monday to investigate two missing person cases from the 1964 events but reportedly unrelated to Turkish bombardment, as relatives of disappeared persons keep pushing the state for answers...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tourism-stages-comeback-despite-losses-from-russian-market
Tourist arrivals in Cyprus during May increased significantly compared to the same month of 2021, however, they were still lower compared to May 2019 and with obvious losses from the Russian and Ukrainian markets....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/deadly-arsonist-was-upset-over-relatives-helping-ex
Details about a possible motive have emerged in an apparent murder-suicide in Limassol, with reports suggesting the suspect who set a house on fire was upset over his relatives maintaining good relations with his ex and her daughter...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/boris-johnson-to-face-no-confidence-vote-tonight
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a no-confidence vote Monday that could oust him from power, as discontent with his rule finally threatens to topple a politician who has often seemed invincible despite many scandals....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-dead-after-nephew-douses-house-with-gasoline
Police went on high alert on Wednesday after a man in Limassol was burned to death and two other women injured, with reports saying the victim’s nephew set the house on fire and was later found dead...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/chinese-embassy-in-cyprus-speaks-out-on-extradition
The Chinese embassy in Cyprus has responded to reports in local media that accused Beijing of using scare tactics on the island to get a suspect extradited, with an official statement pointing to fake news and offering a different side to the story...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/a-historic-day-british-bases-lifts-restrictions-on-civilian-property-development
Eight years after the signing of a bilateral Arrangement between Cyprus and the UK, the SBA is today lifting restrictions on property development on 200 square kilometers of non-military areas within the bases....
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/surrender-window-opens-in-mariupol-to-spare-lives
The Russian Armed Forces offered Ukraine’s militants in Mariupol a way out on Sunday but there was no response, while the wife of the war-torn country’s pro-Russia opposition leader has called for his release in exchange of two British combatants...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ukrainian-refugees-facing-high-rents-and-language-barriers
A new Call Center, that will provide comprehensive information to refugees from Ukraine regarding immigration, education, welfare and other relevant matters, will begin operating on Thursday, March 31, according to the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fed-up-doctor-lashes-out-at-hospital-visit-ban
A Cypriot doctor who used his medical credentials to tend to a patient in violation of covid protocol says there is no valid basis to keep people away from dying relatives...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ukraine-conflict-putin-lays-out-his-demands-in-turkish-phone-call
On Thursday afternoon, President Vladimir Putin rang the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and told him what Russia's precise demands were for a peace deal with Ukraine....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-urged-to-pay-compensation-to-relatives-of-greek-cypriots-who-disappeared-during-invasion
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has urged Turkish authorities to abide by their international obligations and pay the “just satisfaction” awarded by the European Court of Human Rights to relatives of nine Greek Cypriots who disappeared during Turkey’s military invasion of Cyprus in 1974....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/people-around-the-world-are-booking-airbnbs-in-ukraine-but-they-don-t-plan-to-check-in
One of the social media influencers behind the Airbnb effort also has encouraged his followers to patronize Ukrainian merchants on Etsy but ask sellers not to ship any goods. Etsy has announced it's canceling the current balances and fees owed by all sellers in Ukraine....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/freedom-day-in-the-uk-from-today
England woke up to freedom today after nearly two years of crippling on-off lockdowns as all emergency Covid laws introduced to tackle the pandemic ended at midnight....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cmp-work-on-missing-persons-marks-progress
The House Committee on Refugees learned about progress in the work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), during a meeting on Tuesday, in Nicosia, with the CMP’s Greek Cypriot member, Leonidas Pantelides....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/welcome-back-australia-opens-its-borders-two-years-later-images
Australia today completely opened its external borders to travelers who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus after being shut down for almost two years due to the pandemic, with tourists returning to the country and hundreds of people reuniting with relatives and friends....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/calls-for-lesser-charge-in-cyprus-mercy-killing-case
A British man accused of murdering his cancer-stricken wife in Cyprus has denied premeditated charges, with his lawyers calling on the country’s chief law enforcer to reduce the charge to assisted suicide amid ongoing euthanasia debate on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-tourist-arrivals-up-by-207-in-2021
Tourist arrivals in Cyprus during 2021 increased by 206.7% compared to 2020, according to data released Thursday by the Statistical Service of Cyprus. However, the arrivals decreased by 51.3% compared to 2019, which was historically the best year for Cyprus tourism....
