https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/appointment-of-19-year-old-consultant-in-tourism-ministry-how-it-happened-and-what-it-means
The Deputy Minister of Tourism, Costas Koumis, recently defended the appointment of a 19-year-old consultant. Koumis stated that nothing illegal had been done and that the hiring process was a common practice that has been used for many years....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/donkey-owner-fined-€30-000-after-animal-dies-from-abuse-in-greece
An animal rights group that specializes in protecting Greece’s donkeys has hailed the decision by an Athens prosecutor to slap a fine of 30,000 euros on a man who allowed his donkey to die of shock and exposure....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/murdered-hooker-still-unnamed-as-friend-gets-jailed
More details have emerged in the brutal murder of a woman from Ukraine, with Cypriot police focusing primarily on a single male suspect while also arresting her female friend, a key witness who says she had booked an extended paid sex appointment for the victim on the night she was killed...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/19-year-old-advisor-appointment-sparks-political-outcry
The appointment of a 19-year-old student as an adviser to the Deputy Minister of Tourism has sparked political controversy. Both AKEL and DISY parties have released statements condemning the move. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-s-reelection-will-lead-to-islamic-rule-across-the-globe-says-soylu
Turkey's top security official, Suleyman Soylu, has made a bold statement ahead of the country's upcoming elections, saying that if current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins, Turkey will restore its imperial legacy and impose its will around the globe. Soylu also added that Islam would rule the world....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-working-on-comprehensive-refugee-policy
The government is working on a comprehensive refugee policy, President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/it-s-surprising-how-little-was-frozen
Upon his arrival at Larnaca airport last Wednesday, Justice Commissioner Didier Raeder brought with him two pressing questions. Firstly, how is it that a country like Cyprus, which has been heavily infiltrated by Russian capital for several years, has only managed to freeze a mere 104 million euros worth of assets belonging to oligarchs under EU sanctions?...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/lebanon-bans-top-cypriot-airline-from-flying-over-israeli-territories
Lebanon has barred the largest airline in Cyprus, TUS Airways, from flying in the Arab country’s airspace or landing at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport, due to the fact that an Israeli corporation owns nearly half of the shares in the company....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uncle-says-little-hacker-was-scouting-for-burial-sites
The disappearance of a Limassol man feared murdered has become more complicated after the uncle of the main suspect, known as Little Hacker, offered to point investigators to possible burial sites claiming they were picked by his nephew...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-brutally-murdered-in-her-limassol-apartment
Police are searching for a suspect in connection with the death of a woman from Ukraine, who was found tied up and gagged in her own apartment in Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-performs-successful-kidney-transplant-between-two-couples
In a statement, the State Health Services Organisation (SHSO) announced that the George Kyriakides Transplant Clinic of Nicosia General Hospital successfully carried out the first kidney transplant between two Cypriot couples...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-christodoulidis-attends-king-charles-coronation-ceremony
The President of the Republic Mr. Nikos Christodoulidis and his wife Mrs. Filippa Karsera Christodoulidis attended today the coronation ceremony of King Charles III of the United Kingdom, in London....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/king-charles-iii-and-queen-camilla-crowned-in-lavish-ceremony
King Charles III and Queen Camilla have been crowned at Westminster Abbey, marking the symbolic beginning of a new royal era in Britain, and a personal fulfilment for a man who has spent more than seven decades in waiting....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sex-rendezvous-messages-emerge-in-murder-investigation
Cyprus Police are investigating the murder of a sex worker in Limassol that took place over the weekend, when a woman from Ukraine was found dead in her hotel apartment where an asylum seeker from Turkey had also booked an appointment to see her on Saturday evening...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-boost-sex-trafficking-ops-days-after-limassol-murder
Cyprus Police arrested a man in Limassol on Tuesday during a sex trafficking operation, but officials declined to comment whether the investigation was linked to the murder of an unnamed woman from Ukraine over the weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-s-lukoil-completes-sale-of-oil-refinery-in-italy
Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil said on Thursday its subsidiary LITASCO had completed the sale of the ISAB oil refinery in Sicily to Cypriot private equity firm G.O.I. Energy following approval by Italian authorities...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-hypocrisy-over-varosha
The news of three hotels owned by Greek Cypriots being sold to a Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur in Varosha summarizes our ongoing hypocrisy in the Cyprus issue, both in terms of the displaced and the property aspect in the negotiations....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/in-greece-a-woman-s-place-is-in-the-kitchen
According to a recent Eurobarometer poll, nearly 70% of Greeks agreed with the statement that "the most important role of a woman is to take care of her home and family," which is the highest percentage among non-ex-communist countries in Europe....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-ministry-reports-10-deaths-and-over-2000-cases-of-covid
Ten deaths were announced by the Ministry of Health between April 21 to May 4 due to COVID-19 as well as 2.404 new cases....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mysterious-lights-illuminate-the-skies-over-cyprus
On Thursday night (4/5), citizens in various areas of Cyprus observed mysterious lights appearing in the sky, causing disruption and raising questions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/romanians-protest-for-schengen-accession
Hundreds of Romanians participated in the protest organized in Brussels by the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party to stop treating Romanians as second-class European citizens....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/online-food-bank-exchange-wants-to-reduce-waste
An online platform aimed at boosting food donations and also cutting down on food waste is calling on businesses to register in hopes that a broad network can be established to help the environment and those in need...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-behind-on-freezing-russian-assets-eu-official-says
The European Union’s executive arm wants to delve deeper into why Cyprus has only frozen 100 million euros ($110 million) worth of assets belonging to Russians facing sanctions amid the war in Ukraine, the bloc’s justice commissioner said Thursday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-ex-president-denies-interfering-with-soccer-probe
Former president Nicos Anastasiades, who has denied accusations that he unlawfully interfered in a soccer match-fixing probe, engaged in a back-and-forth with his accuser after he dropped the bombshell firsthand account allegations during a public podcast...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-blames-us-for-drone-attack
Russia attacked several Ukrainian cities with explosive drones overnight, though Ukraine said Thursday that it had managed to shoot most of them down. Russia called the attack payback for what it claims was an alleged attempt by Ukraine to attack the Kremlin in Moscow using drones on Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-commissioner-and-cyprus-ag-discuss-strengthening-rule-of-law-and-sanctions
The Attorney General of Cyprus, George Savvidis, met with the Commissioner of Justice of the European Union, Didier Reynders, on Thursday at the Legal Service to discuss several topics of mutual concern.
Subtitle: Didier Reynders and George Savvidis meet to discuss strengthening the Office of the Attorney General, reviewing decisions made under Cyprus Investment Program, and imposing sanctions against Russian and Belarusian entities in Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kilicdaroglu-s-visa-free-travel-pledge-to-europe-unlikely-to-happen-soon
The pledges of the Turkish Presidential Candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, made last month regarding visa-free travel with Europe within three months may not become a reality any time soon after German officials denied such claims....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/application-submitted-to-real-estate-committee-for-three-varosha-hotels
According to Yeni Bakis, the person who claimed to have bought three hotels in Varosha submitted an application to the ''real estate committee'' yesterday. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paris-supports-dialogue-on-cyprus-issue
President Christodoulides' visit to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron confirms the excellent level of bilateral relations between Cyprus and France. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/chevron-pushes-forward-with-cyprus-tricky-move
Chevron has reportedly started drilling a key appraisal well offshore Cyprus, a development mired in geopolitical controversy over the ethnically-split island as well as neighbor relations...
