https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-russia-s-decision-to-expel-embassy-personnel-arbitrary-and-retaliatory
Russia’s decision to expel members of the Greek embassy in Moscow is “arbitrary, retaliatory and not based on any evidence,” the Greek Foreign Ministry said in a lengthy announcement issued on Friday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/alexoui-takes-to-facebook-after-midnight-search
Police are taking a beating on social media following a midnight house search of a Nicosia businessman with suspected ties to illegal activities...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/2021-a-landmark-year
It won’t be long before 2021 is upon us. In three years’ time Greece will be celebrating the bicentennial of its war of independence against Ottoman rule. It will be a landmark anniversary and should be commemorated as such. All sorts of institutions, foundations and associations will host events which, combined with the state ceremonies, will lend a celebratory character to the occasion....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-senate-delays-f-35-transfer-to-turkey
The US senate passed a huge defence bill granting President Donald Trump waiver authority on certain sanctions against Russian-buying countries but also forcing him to wait 90 days before deciding to allow the transfer of F-35 jets to Turkey...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspected-gulenists-arrested-in-cyprus-back-to-turkey
Forty-five Turkish nationals, including suspected Gulenists and their families, were transported to Turkey on Monday following their detention by Turkish Cypriot police in Kyrenia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officials-step-up-efforts-against-fires
Cypriot and European authorities are on the lookout for new wildfire threats, as two local fires on Saturday, one in the northwest and one in the southeast, were caused by human action...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/reporter-fights-back-on-hate-speech
Journalists are calling on the state to curtail hate speech, following a death threat on social media against a local reporter...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-cypriot-journalists-reject-bicommunal-glossary
The Cyprus Journalists Union has rejected a controversial bicommunal glossary, saying it acknowledges the good faith effort behind the project while finding the results unacceptable...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/alexoui-files-complaint-against-police
Alexis ‘Alexoui’ Mavromichalis is out on bail and his lawyers are filing a complaint against the police, following a heated exchange he reportedly had with Nicosia’s police chief inspector prior to his release...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/diko-calls-for-inquiry-on-controversial-glossary
The House foreign affairs committee will discuss a controversial glossary of political terms aimed at journalists in Cyprus, following debate and criticism on Greek Cypriot social media on fears of censorship...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-gets-seven-years-for-sexually-abusing-wife-s-daughter
A 50-year-old man was sentenced to seven years for sexually abusing his stepdaughter when she was between ages 10 and 15, which included forcing her to perform oral sex on him when she was a teen...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-agrees-with-eu-that-turkey-should-be-a-better-neighbour
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides is expressing his appreciation for his EU counterparts, following a report by the General Affairs Council that calls on Turkey to be a better neighbour...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/deal-of-the-century-could-include-israeli-jetty-in-cyprus
Israel wants to build a jetty in Cyprus where it can inspect humanitarian aid to Gaza, with sources pointing to serious interest on the part of the Israelis but no deal as of yet...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kammenos-says-will-call-on-pm-to-seek-supermajority-for-name-deal
The head of Greece's junior coalition partner and Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said on Wednesday he will ask Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to seek a supermajority of 180 MPs in the country's 300-seat House for the ratification of the name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), instead of a regular majority of 151, given the importance of the issue....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-push-in-the-uk-for-direct-flights-in-the-north
The Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce is lending its support to a new petition in the UK, sponsored by a British conservative MP, who is pushing for direct flights to the north one year after the Pegasus restrictions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/worried-investors-looking-for-lillevyali-in-cyprus
The whereabouts of Russian hedge fund manager German Lillevyali are currently unknown, but his possible location in Cyprus is shrouded in even more mystery as people are looking to get their money back...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kisa-sees-institutional-racism-in-ham-and-pasta-arrest
Human rights group KISA is pointing to institutional racism over the recent arrest of an asylum-seeker and single mother on theft charges, calling for an investigation into how state authorities treat refugees who are vulnerable members of society...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paphos-mayor-issues-warning-to-police
Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos has levelled new accusations against Cyprus police, pointing to a prison inmate abuse with hot water that was not reported as well as saying he has evidence that cops knew about secret drone operations while dismissing his allegations on the matter...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-korea-still-wants-to-talk-after-trump-nuked-summit
North Korea responded on Friday with measured tones to US President Donald Trump’s decision to call off a historic summit with leader Kim Jong Un scheduled for next month, saying Pyongyang hoped for a “Trump formula” to resolve the standoff over its nuclear weapons programme...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israel-unhappy-over-parliament-vote-on-gaza
Israel has expressed regret over a resolution adopted by the Cyprus parliament, condemning Israeli actions in Gaza...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/toxic-patriotism
The lynch mob attack on Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris – the only way the incident can be described – during a gathering to commemorate the so-called Pontic Genocide, the killing of ethnic Greeks by the Turks during World War I, and while the national anthem was playing in the background, should give us pause...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paphos-mayor-accuses-police-of-corruption-and-incompetence
Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos says Cyprus police do not take effective action to combat organised crime and that some cops even give false testimony or turn a blind eye on corruption...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-says-cyprus-energy-riches-must-be-shared-as-part-of-a-solution
Cyprus’ oil and gas resources should be equitably shared between both communities on the island, in the context of an overall settlement said Jonathan Cohen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eight-to-ten-dead-in-texas-high-school-shooting
At least eight people were killed on Friday in a shooting at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, and officers had taken into custody a student who was suspected of carrying out the attack...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-korea-reconsiders-summit-with-trump-puts-talks-on-ice
North Korea threw next month’s unprecedented summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump into doubt, threatening weeks of diplomatic progress by saying it may reconsider if Washington insists on unilateral denuclearization...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uk-spy-chief-says-russia-is-spreading-lies-to-undermine-the-west
Britain’s MI5 spy chief accused Russia on Monday on attempting to subvert Western democracies by sowing disinformation and spreading lies...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-british-high-commissioner-wants-to-deepen-special-relationship
On presenting his credential in Nicosia new British High Commissioner in Cyprus Stephen Lillie said there was a great deal for the two countries to celebrate despite the complexities....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-to-set-up-special-crime-fighting-agency
Cyprus police is trying to set up a special law enforcement agency to fight organised crime and terrorism but also offer top notch intelligence analysis in serious crimes...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-treasury-assistant-secretary-encouraged-by-meetings-in-cyprus
The United States have been encouraged by the commitments made by Cypriot officials in the framework of meetings US Department of the Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Marshall Billingslea held on Friday and will continue to work with Cyprus to combat corruption, money laundering, and other financial threats....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/hypocrisy-over-defence-spending
Beyond the competition that has always existed between France and Germany in this field, Greece is being accused of spending European taxpayers’ money on a shopping spree...
