https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-highlights-progress-in-migration-management-efforts
During a recent press conference on migration, Constantinos Ioannou, the Minister of Interior, discussed the current state of asylum applications and the return of irregular migrants to their countries of origin between March and May 2023. He emphasized the government's policies and measures to address these challenges....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/unresponsive-private-plane-flies-over-washington-dc-crashes
A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation’s capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble a fighter jet before the plane crashed in Virginia, officials said. The fighter jet caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the capital region....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/striking-the-balance-between-tradition-and-tourism
The Flood Festival in Larnaca, Cyprus, stands as a shining example of how tradition and tourism can coexist and flourish together....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-shines-with-58-medals-and-national-records-in-malta
June started off on the right foot for Cypriot athletes participating at the 19th Games of the Small States of Europe, held in Malta. At the same time, Cyprus tops the list of medals with a total of 58 medals....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biden-stumbles-during-address-to-air-force-academy-graduates
President Joe Biden on Thursday thanked U.S. Air Force Academy graduates for choosing “service over self” but said they now have the ''great privilege'' of leading in a world that will only get more confusing in the years to come....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/local-home-buyers-feel-priced-out-in-divided-cyprus
Cypriots on both sides of the divided island have been noticing real estate prices going up in recent years due to foreign buyers willing shell out more, with reports suggesting the trend is going nowhere but up...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabinet-approves-tax-deductions-for-businesses-and-extends-tax-payment-deadline
The Cabinet approved several important measures on Wednesday, including a bill on tax rebates for businesses for energy upgrades, an extension of the tax payment deadline, and a suspension of the obligation to file tax returns for individuals with a taxable income below €19,500....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ayia-napa-marina-expands-with-exciting-new-additions
Ayia Napa Marina, renowned as the island's premier entertainment hotspot, is set to enhance its offerings with the addition of selected stores and brands in the shopping zone. The new establishments, expected to open in June, aim to provide visitors with even more choices to satisfy their every need and taste....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/why-are-food-prices-so-high-in-europe
It is the most basic of staple food items: sliced white bread. In Britain, the average price of a loaf was 28 percent higher in April, at 1.39 pounds, or $1.72, than it was a year earlier....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kontides-clinches-gold-at-north-sea-regatta-2023
Pavlos Kontides, the Cypriot sailor, emerged victorious with a gold medal at the North Sea Regatta 2023 held in Scheveningen from 26th to 28th May, the same venue where the World Sailing Championships will be hosted in August....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eva-kaili-awaits-parliamentary-return-amid-corruption-probe
Greek MEP Eva Kaili, one the main suspects in a cash-for-influence corruption probe at the European Parliament, will seek to return to her parliamentary duties next week, her lawyer has said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/larnaca-man-sentenced-for-assaulting-woman-holding-infant
In a recent ruling, the Larnaca District Court sentenced a 44-year-old man to eight months in jail for assaulting a 29-year-old woman from Congo who was holding her infant last July....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/canada-and-saudi-arabia-restore-diplomatic-ties-after-6-years
Canada and Saudi Arabia have agreed to restore full diplomatic ties and appoint new ambassadors, both countries said on Wednesday, bringing to a close a 2018 dispute that damaged relations and trade....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/25-irregular-migrants-return-home
Twenty-five third-country nationals who had been residing illegally in Cyprus departed for their home countries on Tuesday as part of a well-coordinated joint operation aimed at the forced return of irregular migrants, as announced by the police....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/australian-citizens-collaborate-to-repatriate-cypriot-treasures
Thirty-six (36) Cypriot antiquities were successfully repatriated from Australia on May 20, thanks to the generous initiative of Australian citizens who voluntarily returned the antiquities in their possession to Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/real-estate-a-closer-look-at-prices-and-rental-trends
With the chapter on imposing a reduced VAT rate of 5% on primary residences as a social policy measure finally moving towards resolution, an unresolved issue that has been lingering in the real estate market for years is being addressed....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kyriakides-our-goal-now-medicines-for-all
"I have always envisioned a European Health Union, where the European Union would be intimately connected to every citizen regarding health matters....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-ambassador-stresses-urgency-on-cyprus-issue
The United States has been very clear in its support for a return to the negotiating table, in support of a Bizonal Bicommunal Federation with political equality, US ambassador to Cyprus, Julie Fisher said. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/france-24-the-dark-side-of-higher-education-in-occupied-cyprus
According to a report from France 24, education has become the leading economic sector in occupied Cyprus. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/henry-kissinger-warns-of-looming-peril-u-s-china-tensions-and-the-ai-arms-race
U.S.-China tensions have been called a repeat of Cold War-era dynamics. But a more apt comparison may be the years preceding World War I when much of Europe was sitting on a powder keg of hostilities and overlapping territorial claims that required only two bullets to ignite. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/passenger-dies-on-cyprus-airways-flight-312
A tragic incident occurred on Monday night (15/05) aboard Cyprus Airways Flight 312, which was en route from Larnaca to Athens. Regrettably, a 57-year-old passenger on the flight passed away....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/boc-first-quarter-of-2023-yields-€95-million-in-profit
Bank of Cyprus has released its financial report for Q1 2023, showcasing robust performance and positive indicators across various key metrics....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/forty-nine-years-of-lies
And suddenly we discovered that in the Occupied Territories, Greek Cypriot properties are being sold to Turkish Cypriots or Turks. Some of us went crazy and remembered the patriotic slogans about selling the holy and sacred places of the nation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-faces-runoff-election-with-erdogan-leading
Turkey headed for a runoff vote after President Tayyip Erdogan led over his opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday's election but fell short of an outright majority to extend his 20-year rule of the NATO-member country...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-provides-mine-clearance-training-to-ukrainian-experts
Cyprus Republic, as part of the European Union Military Assistance Mission Ukraine (EUMAM) program, is participating in the training of 24 experts from Ukraine in mine clearance issues, Defense Minister Michalis Giorgallas said on Friday, asked to comment on reports on the matter....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/full-speed-ahead-to-manage-the-partition
Varosha was considered the last hope for a solution to the Cyprus problem and was "the negotiating card" of the Turkish side, as the former leader of the Turkish Cypriot community, Mehmet Ali Talat,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/british-tourist-fined-€10-000-for-smuggling-tobacco-from-occupied-territories
Customs officials seized 29.5 kilograms of rolling tobacco from a British tourist who admitted to buying it in the occupied territories with the intention of transporting it to the UK, according to a statement from the Customs Department....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/new-sanctions-list-expected-by-the-end-of-may
The episode with the sanctions imposed by the United States and Britain on natural and legal persons that include Cypriot names is expected to continue....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-found-liable-for-sexual-abuse-accuser-awarded-$5-million
A federal jury on Tuesday found that Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, a writer who accused the former president of attacking her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/central-bank-governor-projects-higher-economic-growth-for-2023
On Tuesday, Constantinos Herodotou, the Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, announced that the Cypriot economy is projected to grow in 2023 at a higher rate than the Eurozone average. ...
