https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-for-one-on-medical-opinions-greek-doctors-say-black-friday-has-gone-too-far
Black Friday discounts have found an unlikely new target: medical diagnoses and doctors' certificates. Athens' medical community is not amused, warning that healthcare is not a supermarket bargain....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/foreign-ministry-condemns-fidan-s-visit-to-the-occupied-north-ahead-of-un-talks
Cyprus’ Foreign Ministry condemned Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s visit to the occupied north on Friday, calling it a violation of the Republic’s sovereignty just days before the island’s two leaders are due to meet with a U.N. envoy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sky-news-confirms-security-threat-as-italian-newsrooms-evacuate
Sky News said Friday it had received a security threat and notified authorities, hours after a bomb threat forced Ireland’s public broadcaster RTÉ to evacuate its Dublin campus and switch to prerecorded programs....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-bound-flight-among-targets-as-bomb-threats-continue-across-europe
A flight from Prague to Cyprus was among those targeted Friday in a fresh round of bomb threats across Europe that forced a plane bound for Rome to divert and prompted security checks from Lisbon to Copenhagen. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-s-external-gap-widens-as-growth-holds-up
Cyprus’s economy continues to expand, but the widening imbalance in its external accounts deserves closer attention. The current account records earnings and payments between Cyprus and the rest of the world, covering trade, investment income and transfers (e.g., from the European Commission). The Central Bank of Cyprus’s revised figures put the 2025 deficit at 8.8% of GDP, compared with 6.4% previously reported (Figure 1). By contrast, the 2024 deficit was revised to 5.5% of GDP, down from 8.2% previously reported. These changes show that the gap widened in 2025, reversing the earlier picture of improvement. Figures for the first six months of 2026 show further pressure.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hotel-demolition-in-lapithos-opens-new-search-for-cyprus-missing
Nearly four decades after a worker reported finding human remains beneath a hotel under construction in Lapithos, archaeologists are watching the unfinished building come down. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus–greece-power-cable-survey-set-to-resume
The French survey vessel Abeille Marengo, currently anchored in the port of Heraklion, is expected to set sail in the coming days. According to Greek media reports, preparations for the survey are nearly complete, and a maritime notice known as a NAVTEX is expected to be issued over the weekend....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/holguin-gives-leaders-until-friday-to-respond-to-four-new-crossing-points-proposal
UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy Maria Angela Holguin has given the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot sides until Friday to respond to a proposed package of confidence-building measures, according to Turkish news agency ANKA....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-blood-stocks-rise-with-national-strategy-set-to-improve-supplies
Blood supplies available to hospitals across Cyprus have increased in recent weeks, improving the ability of blood banks to meet medical demand, according to Maria Adamou, head of the island's hospital blood banks....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bomb-threats-disrupt-more-than-a-dozen-flights-across-europe
Bomb threats disrupted more than a dozen flights across Europe on Thursday, forcing some planes to change course and sending bomb disposal teams to meet others after landing....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/police-arrest-38-in-limassol-labor-and-immigration-operation
Police are continuing workplace checks across Cyprus, arresting people suspected of working without authorization, while labor inspectors issue fines for undeclared work....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/farm-owner-held-after-police-find-73-year-old-working-at-nicosia-livestock-farm
A tip that an older worker might be exploited led police to a livestock farm in the Nicosia district, where officers found a 73-year-old man doing cleaning work. The farm’s owner was arrested, and a court ordered him held for six days while police investigate, according to a report by SigmaLive....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-pupils-urged-to-use-school-break-to-back-french-students-protests
A banner in the schoolyard or a symbol made out of schoolbags. That’s how Cyprus’ national student committee is asking pupils to show support for their French counterparts on Thursday, as students and workers in France prepare for a nationwide day of protests....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-presses-turkey-to-back-cyprus-talks-and-normalize-ties
The European Commission urged Turkey on Wednesday to normalize relations with the Republic of Cyprus and renew its support for United Nations-led reunification talks, stepping up pressure on Ankara days before the island’s two leaders are due to meet with a U.N. envoy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/drivers-could-keep-fuel-tax-break-until-march
Finance Minister Makis Keravnos will ask Cabinet to extend the tax break on petrol and diesel, possibly until March 2027, giving drivers a chance to hold on to some relief at the pump. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-presses-turkey-to-recommit-to-cyprus-settlement-talks
The European Commission on Wednesday called on Turkey to renew its support for United Nations-led talks aimed at resolving the Cyprus dispute, while criticizing Ankara’s ongoing refusal to recognize the Republic of Cyprus and its push for a two-state arrangement....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/tourists-kept-coming-to-cyprus-so-why-did-hotel-profits-fall
Tourism directly accounts for 13% to 15% of Cyprus’ GDP, and more than 25% once we count the economic activity it supports along the way....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/after-supermarket-freezer-hacks-france-s-blood-storage-systems-are-targeted
First it was supermarket freezers. Now, cooling equipment used by France’s national blood service has reportedly been targeted in a cyberattack, as retailers across Europe deal with the fallout from hackers tampering with their fridges and freezers. No link between the incidents has been confirmed. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ey-cyprus-earns-2026-2027-great-place-to-work-certification
EY Cyprus is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work® for October 2026 - 2027. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at EY Cyprus. 91% of employees said that when you join the company, you are made to feel welcome.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/some-social-welfare-officers-juggle-up-to-150-cases-each
A single social welfare officer in Cyprus can be responsible for as many as 150 open cases, far above the international benchmark of 20 to 40, lawmakers heard. In Nicosia, the average caseload is more than 100....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paphos-hotel-manager-found-guilty-of-sexually-abusing-two-teenage-guests
A Paphos court on Tuesday found a 53-year-old hotel manager guilty of sexually abusing two British teenagers who were staying at the hotel during a summer holiday in Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-pushback-does-little-to-slow-turkey-s-gas-pipeline-to-occupied-northern-cyprus
The European Union has responded weakly to plans for an undersea natural gas pipeline linking Turkey to occupied northern Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/democrats-win-congress-in-blow-to-trump-as-cyprus-watches-iran-war
Democrats won control of both the U.S. House and Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections, dealing President Donald Trump a sharp setback and setting up a fight over how he handles the war with Iran....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/11-year-old-girl-hospitalised-after-second-school-assault-in-nicosia
An 11-year-old girl was taken to hospital after allegedly being attacked by fellow pupils at a school in Nicosia, in an incident reported by her parents to the authorities....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/seven-european-flights-searched-after-bomb-threats
Seven passenger aircraft were searched on Tuesday after a string of bomb threats across Europe, with security teams finding no explosives on any of them. The incidents involved flights landing in Italy, Poland, Bulgaria and Spain, coming a day after a separate threat forced a plane bound for Sofia to divert to Budapest....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/groom-and-best-man-detained-for-two-days-over-limassol-wedding-drift
A 36-year-old groom and his 28-year-old best man have been remanded in custody for two days following a dangerous drifting stunt at a roundabout in Limassol during a wedding celebration....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-butcher-shop-hit-in-refrigeration-cyberattacks-should-cypriot-retailers-be-worried
A butcher’s shop in the Athens suburb of Kifisia has been targeted in a cyberattack on its refrigeration equipment, Greek media reported on Tuesday, adding a local dimension to a series of incidents that have disrupted supermarket cooling systems across Europe....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paphos-reports-skateboard-damage-at-four-public-sites
Each time a group of skateboarders was asked to leave, they said they would, according to Paphos’ acting mayor. Then, he said, they moved to another spot. By the time the municipality alerted police, it had documented the group’s activity at four public sites....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cats-are-turning-up-dead-in-chloraka-neighbors-are-taking-others-in
The cats were a familiar sight around Chloraka cemetery. Then some started turning up dead, and others stopped coming around. Now, some residents are taking the cats they can find into their homes, hoping to keep them safe while a suspected poisoning is investigated....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/groom-and-best-man-due-in-court-after-limassol-wedding-drift-video
Drivers trying to get through the Linopetra roundabout on Saturday found themselves stuck in a wedding procession’s traffic jam as a race car slid sideways across the junction....
