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1. Greek workers strike over rising costs and low wages

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-workers-strike-over-rising-costs-and-low-wages

Greek workers are currently on strike today, Wednesday, causing disruptions at ports, and on buses and trains. The nationwide strike, which includes transport workers, doctors, teachers, and construction workers, is a protest against rising living costs and demands for higher wages....

2. Politico: Cypriot firm linked to Belarusian leader exploits sanctions loophole

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/politico-cypriot-firm-linked-to-belarusian-leader-exploits-sanctions-loophole

A recent investigation by Belarusian journalists has uncovered that a company based in Cyprus is profiting from inflated contracts related to the export of potash, a key ingredient in fertilizer, from Belarus....

3. French high-speed trains disrupted by attack ahead of Olympics

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/french-high-speed-trains-disrupted-by-attack-ahead-of-olympics

Just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, French rail company SNCF reported that its high-speed network was targeted by "malicious acts" that caused a "paralysis" of the system....

4. EU probes Chinese subsidy claims in Romania solar tender

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-probes-chinese-subsidy-claims-in-romania-solar-tender

5. Can high-speed trains boost birth rates in South Korea?

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/can-high-speed-trains-boost-birth-rates-in-south-korea

In a bold move to combat its plummeting birth rates, South Korea has unveiled a groundbreaking initiative: the Great Train eXpress (GTX)....

6. Greek Minister partners with 'Queer Destinations' to boost LGBT tourism

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-minister-partners-with-queer-destinations-to-boost-lgbt-tourism

Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Queer Destinations tourism company on Thursday to promote Greece as a friendly destination for LGBTQ+ people. ...

7. Dr. George Georgiou of UNIC awarded the ''Cyprus Research Award – Young Researcher 2023'' by RIF

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dr-george-georgiou-of-unic-awarded-the-cyprus-research-award-–-young-researcher-2023-by-rif

Dr. George Georgiou from the Department of Languages and Literature of the University of Nicosia has been awarded the prestigious ''Cyprus Research Award – Young Researcher 2023'' ...

8. 1,000 rescued from snow-stranded vehicles in Sweden

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-000-rescued-from-snow-stranded-vehicles-in-sweden

Swedish authorities have successfully evacuated over 1,000 people who were stranded in heavy snow for more than 24 hours on the main E22 road in the Skane region. ...

9. Japan struck by 7.5 magnitude earthquake, triggering tsunami alerts

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/japan-struck-by-7-5-magnitude-earthquake-triggering-tsunami-alerts

A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake rocked western Japan, causing significant damage and prompting tsunami alerts across coastal areas....

10. Berlin to Paris: First sleeper train in 20 years hits tracks

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/berlin-to-paris-first-sleeper-train-in-20-years-hits-tracks

In a collaborative effort, SNCF and Deutsche Bahn, the French and German national train operators, join forces with Austrian company ÖBB to resurrect the night train experience across Europe....

11. Bedbugs threaten 2024 Olympics in Paris

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bedbugs-threaten-2024-olympics-in-paris

In recent weeks, a concerning surge of bedbugs has been reported not only in Paris but also in several other French cities....

12. Elk on the loose causes metro meltdown in Stockholm

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/elk-on-the-loose-causes-metro-meltdown-in-stockholm

Traffic resumed on Stockholm's red metro line on Wednesday afternoon after an elk who got loose on the tracks was shot dead....

13. Storm Daniel deluges Athens leaving streets swamped

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/storm-daniel-deluges-athens-leaving-streets-swamped

14. Typhoon Doksuri hits China: 31,000 forced to flee

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/typhoon-doksuri-hits-china-31-000-forced-to-flee

Two people are reported to have died in severe flooding that has engulfed parts of Beijing, as Typhoon Doksuri passed through China’s capital....

15. European stocks rally on hope of interest rate peak

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/european-stocks-rally-on-hope-of-interest-rate-peak

Eurozone inflation fell more than expected to 5.5 percent in June, its lowest rate since the start of last year, but a slight rebound in core consumer price growth tempered any relief for policymakers....

16. Inferno engulfs Sydney building near Central Station

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/inferno-engulfs-sydney-building-near-central-station

An “apocalyptic” blaze engulfed a building near Central Station in Sydney on Thursday afternoon, sending a massive plume of smoke into the air and causing parts of the building to collapse....

17. Trickier travel looms as Eurostar ends direct trains from London to Disneyland Paris

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trickier-travel-looms-as-eurostar-ends-direct-trains-from-london-to-disneyland-paris

Families that plan to go to Disneyland Paris from the United Kingdom this summer will have to rethink their plan of how to get there as Eurostar is set to end its direct trains from London to this destination....

18. Trains get back on track

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trains-get-back-on-track

Trains and the suburban rail service, which had stopped after the deadly accident in northern Greece on February 28, resume on Wednesday...

19. 42,000 euros for every victim who died in the Tempe rail tragedy

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/42-000-euros-for-every-victim-who-died-in-the-tempe-rail-tragedy

Hellenic Train, whose train crashed in a head-on collision with a freighter on Feb. 28, killing 57 people on board, announced on Wednesday it will make advance payments to the families of the victims and to the passengers injured in the crash in Tempe, to cover their immediate financial needs....

20. Investigations into train crash reveal mistakes and inexperience

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/investigations-into-train-crash-reveal-mistakes-and-inexperience

The official documents of the case file on the tragic train collision in northern Greece on the night of February 28 highlight in the most damning way the sequence of mistakes and omissions as well as the lack of communication between railway employees and, in one case, lack of experience....

21. EU sending experts to help Greece improve rail safety

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-sending-experts-to-help-greece-improve-rail-safety

The European Union is sending experts to Athens this week to help the country improve safety on its rail system in the wake of last week’s deadly collision between two trains in central Greece...

22. Train crash suspect 'devastated'

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lawyer-says-station-master-devastated-after-deadly-crash

The station master who faces manslaughter in Greece’s deadly rail collision is devastated and accepts responsibility, says his lawyer, while pointing out that others are also responsible for the disaster...

23. Dispatch audio reveals human error in train disaster

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dispatch-audio-reveals-human-error-in-train-collision

A train station master in Greece has been arrested on manslaughter charges following a deadly rail collision, while video of the fireball and dispatcher audio dialogues moments before the crash have been made public...

24. Two Cypriots missing in Greece's worst railway disaster in years

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-cypriots-missing-in-greece-s-worst-railway-disaster-in-years

The collision between two trains late Tuesday night in Tempe has turned into a national tragedy, according to official Fire Department information, with the death toll reaching 36....

25. Cypriot president shocked over train collision

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-president-expresses-shock-over-the-train-collision

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides expressed deep shock over the train collision that took place in Greece...

26. Many dead after trains collide in Greece

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/many-dead-after-trains-collide-in-greece

A passenger train in Greece carrying hundreds of people collided with an oncoming freight train in a fiery wreck in the country’s north early Wednesday, killing 32 and injuring at least 85...

27. 30% less passengers between UK and Paris due to Brexit delays

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/30-less-passengers-between-uk-and-paris-due-to-brexit-delays

Eurostar has said that its trains between the United Kingdom and Paris are carrying 30 percent fewer passengers than their capacity....

28. Where you can't go in 2023 and why

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/where-you-can-t-go-in-2023-and-why

Travelers from all over the world are expected to take their vengeance for two years in prison in 2023, as they can now take their dream vacation to any part of the world they want, with no restrictions....

29. France first country to ban short haul flights

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/france-first-country-to-ban-short-haul-flights

France has been given the green light to ban short-haul domestic flights. Specifically, between locations where there is a train alternative that takes less than 2.5 hours....

30. A cat has nine lives. So does the Cyprus property market.

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-a-cat-has-nine-lives-so-does-the-cyprus-property-market

Where is the Cyprus property market heading? I have been asked this question countless times over the past three months, primarily from foreign investors who are trying to appreciate how the rise in inflation, increase in interest rates, and war in Ukraine is affecting local market dynamics....

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