https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/chaos-reigns-in-first-trump-biden-debate
President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden battled fiercely over Trump’s record on the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare and the economy in a chaotic and bad-tempered first debate marked by personal insults and Trump’s repeated interruptions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/parliament-passes-bills-to-streamline-asylum-procedures
The House on Friday passed three amendments to the Refugee Law, streamlining asylum procedures....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ep-adopts-resolution-condemning-turkey-s-eastmed-activities
With 601 votes in favour, 57 against and 36 abstentions, the European Parliament adopted a Resolution condemning Turkey’s activities in the EEZ of Greece and Cyprus, ahead of next week’s extraordinary European Council summit that will focus on the heightened tensions in the eastern Mediterranean....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/period-for-filing-appeals-against-asylum-service-decisions-slashed
The Cyprus Parliament on Friday amended the constitution to allow for a slashing of the time in which appeals can be filed against decisions of the asylum service from 75 days to 15 days....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-parliament-ratifies-eastmed-pipeline-agreement
Cyprus’ House of Representatives ratified on Friday the EastMed natural gas pipeline....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eastmed-a-project-of-major-geostrategic-importance-hatzidakis-says
Lawmakers in Athens on Monday ratified, at the committee level, a deal for an undersea pipeline to carry gas from new offshore deposits in the southeastern Mediterranean to continental Europe signed by Greece, Cyprus and Israel earlier in the year....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-found-not-guilty
President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his US Senate impeachment trial, saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided America to give him a second White House term...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-ayia-napa-mayor-to-fight-for-autonomy
Newly-elected Ayia Napa mayor says he will stay the course in the fight to keep the resort town autonomous, while pushing for reform...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-house-votes-to-impeach-trump
Donald Trump became the third U.S. president to be impeached as the House of Representatives formally charged him on Wednesday with abuse of power and obstructing Congress...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/house-passes-2020-budget
The House of Representatives voted the state budget for 2020 on Wednesday evening with 29 votes in favour and 23 against...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-arms-embargo-to-be-lifted-on-conditions
President Donald Trump will have discretion over a current US arms embargo imposed on Cyprus, as both Senate and House conferees have reached an agreement on the defence budget for next year...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-aborts-baby-alone-in-paphos
Police in Paphos are investigating the death of an embryo or fetus after neighbours called authorities to report “strange sounds” coming from a vacation rental of a young Scottish woman...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/friday-the-13th-to-sort-it-all-out
Britain will hold its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval from parliament on Tuesday for an early ballot aimed at breaking the Brexit deadlock...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/johnson-seeks-backing-for-election
The European Union agreed to a Brexit delay of up to three months on Monday, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would push on with his bid to end Britain’s political paralysis with an election on December 12...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/flextension-thrown-in-the-mix
European Council President Donald Tusk said on Tuesday that he would recommend that the 27 other member states of the European Union approve a delay of Britain’s departure date following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to put the Brexit deal on hold...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/brexit-deal-faces-saturday-showdown
European Union leaders unanimously backed a new Brexit deal with Britain on Thursday, leaving Prime Minister Boris Johnson facing a battle to secure the UK parliament’s backing for the agreement if he is to take Britain out of Europe on October 31...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/brexit-deal-agreed-as-eu-summit-begins
Britain clinched a last-minute Brexit deal with the European Union on Thursday, but still faced a challenge in getting it approved by parliament...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kyriakides-closer-to-eu-health-chief
Commissioner-designate for Health Stella Kyriakides got on Wednesday the green light from ENVI EP Committee to move on to the next step in the procedure for her appointment...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/johnson-goads-opponents-to-call-election-as-tempers-flare-over-brexit
Waving his arms and yelling “come on, come on”, Johnson implored his opponents in a raucous House of Commons session to bring a vote of no-confidence in the government and trigger an election to finally break the Brexit impasse.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/niyazi-against-turkish-language-holdup
Cypriot MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek is calling on the European Commission to clarify why the EU is slow-walking the process of making Turkish an official language of the EU...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/mitsotakis-in-new-york-–-opportunities-substance-results
This week will see the first appearance of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the United Nations General Assembly. He will make the customary speech before the plenary and be received by the UN secretary-general. However, the substance will be in the meetings that are to take place on the sidelines of the proceedings.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israel-s-netanyahu-fights-for-record-fifth-term-in-do-over-election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a battle for political survival in a closely fought election on Tuesday that could end his 10-year domination of national politics.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/interview-with-endy-zemenides
Ever since Joe Biden declared that Cyprus was a “strategic partner” of the United States, people have been trying to identify substance behind those words. There has been a similar search of what “best relations ever” between the U.S. and Greece means...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fig-tree-among-world-s-best-beaches
The popular beach at Fig Tree Bay got third place in the Top 50 Best Beaches In The World 2019 in a recent Big Seven Travel survey...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lifeline-as-parliament-accepts-president-s-referral
The House of Representatives has heeded warnings voting to accept the President's referral of legislation that would have made it difficult for banks to recover mortgaged non-performing exposures...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/foreclosures-parliament-rejects-president-s-referral
The House of Representatives today rejected a presidential referral regarding a number of foreclosure legislation amendments.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/early-signs-of-civility-and-consensus
Despite some natural degree of skirmishing and isolated criticism, rays of civility, consensus and cooperation are breaking out across the Greek political landscape.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/boris-johnson-named-british-pm
Boris Johnson has been elected as a leader of Britain’s governing Conservative Party and the next prime minister, tasked with following through on his “do or die” pledge to deliver Brexit in just over three months time....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/golden-dawn-voters-women-and-mitsotakis
Some foreign journalists have in recent days made two negative observations regarding New Democracy’s victory in the July 7 snap election and the makeup of the new cabinet...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-congratulates-new-eu-boss
President Nicos Anastasiades congratulated Ursula von der Leyen on becoming the European Commission’s next president, narrowly winning election in the European Parliament...
