https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-unfazed-by-angry-educators
Thousands of public teachers stood outside the gates of the Education Ministry on Friday, calling on Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris to resign and union members refusing to go to his office to talk things out...
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/unsc-expected-to-renew-unficyp-despite-pressure
Despite pressure to cut back on peacekeeping missions worldwide, it appears the UN Security Council will most likely vote to renew UNFICYP in Cyprus for another six months...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-points-fingers-at-greek-cypriots
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visited the northern part of Cyprus Tuesday, saying his country will not abandon Turkish Cypriots and criticising Greek Cypriots for what he described as lack of vision for peace on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-exploring-ways-to-suspend-pension-cuts
The government is hoping that surpluses at the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) will allow the non-implementation of pre-legislated pension cuts on January 1 next year....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-airports-unprepared-for-increased-traffic-volume
Pressured by the explosive growth of passenger numbers generated by Greece’s expanding tourism market, officials are calling for additional air traffic controllers to ensure safe travel....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ayia-napa-marina-ready-for-full-service-in-july-2019
It won’t be until end of 2021 when the twin towers in Ayia Napa will be completed, but boats and private yachts will be able to dock at the marina by next summer, giving the area a head start in the game...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-who-pleasured-autistic-man-faces-trial
A homecare worker from Thailand, who is being accused of lewd acts against a man with autism, is asking for a lawyer to defend herself in court against assault charges and video footage...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-district-workers-arrested-in-limassol-fire
Police arrested two employees of the Limassol District Administration in connection with a fire, which broke out while fire fighters were battling another fire elsewhere...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/distracted-cop-drives-off-with-gun-on-roof
Drivers in Limassol’s Ypsona area were puzzled over a handgun they found in the middle of the street, which turned out to belong to a police officer...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/co-op-investigators-can-look-as-far-back-as-they-want
The newly-assigned co-op investigators, handpicked by the attorney general to look into the recent troubled past of the Cyprus Cooperative Bank, will have no time limits in what events they choose to examine...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/building-permits-up-by-14-4-percent-in-april
The number of building permits issued this April compared to last April was up by 14.4% according to data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-wants-to-talk-security-before-cyprus-conference
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias says Greece and Turkey should first come to an agreement on the aspects of security and guarantees, before a new Conference on Cyprus is convened...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/poor-maintenance-suspected-in-eac-fatal-accident
Officials are not ruling out poor maintenance of equipment in the death of an EAC worker, who was killed in a boom lift accident Monday while trying to cut tree branches...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/leaders-of-greece-bulgaria-romania-serbia-meeting-in-thessaloniki
The leaders of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia gather in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Wednesday for the fourth Quadrilateral Summit....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-welcomes-diko-support-on-bad-loans
The Cyprus government says it can work with opposition centrist party Diko to pass much needed comprehensive legislation on bad loans that would also pave the way for a co-op deal to go forward...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-jobless-drop-in-may-biggest-in-the-eu
Cyprus recorded the largest unemployment drop in the European Union for May 2018, dropping to 8.4% from 8.6% the previous month...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eac-worker-falls-to-his-death-in-larnaca
An EAC worker in Larnaca was killed Monday morning in a boom lift accident, when the man fell to his death from several metres high...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/indian-housemaid-to-be-deported-on-suspicion-of-theft
A housemaid in Paphos is being deported following her arrest on theft charges, after her employer called police to say she suspected her domestic worker of stealing valuables worth €11,000...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/probe-ordered-into-injury-of-thessaloniki-sanitation-worker
An investigation has been launched in the northern port city of Thessaloniki into the circumstances that led to a municipal santiation worker sustaining serious injures on the job....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-improves-but-more-work-needed-to-combat-human-trafficking
A US report on human trafficking has reinstated the Republic of Cyprus back to Tier 1, saying the country meets minimum standards while the situation in the north is a lot worse...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-sounding-neighbours-out-over-israeli-pier
Israel has asked Cyprus to examine the possibility of establishing a shipping point on the island for sending goods to the Gaza Strip, a Cypriot government spokesman said this week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ag-names-investigators-to-comb-though-entire-co-op
A former judge, an economist, and a banker will make up the executive committee that will investigate any suspicious dealings that took place in the troubled Cypriot co-op...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-criticised-over-woman-s-arrest-in-hit-and-run-murder
Police are pushing back on criticism over the arrest of a 23-year-old female in Sunday’s hit-and-run murder, where a Briton was run down moments after stopping the woman’s boyfriend from abusing her at a bar in Coral Bay...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-keeps-israeli-pier-on-the-down-low
Nicosia is handling with kid gloves the possibility of Israelis operating a dock in Cyprus, where they would be able to monitor humanitarian aid going into Gaza...
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/senior-citizen-dies-at-a-yeroskipou-beach
An 83-year-old man died in the water on Monday at a tourist beach in Geroskipou, with lifeguards and fellow beachgoers not been able to get to him quickly enough...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-judge-points-fingers-at-the-establishment
Former ECHR judge Loukis Loucaides says police abuse and corruption are part of a systemic problem in Cyprus that cannot change until those at the top who hold political office stand up and follow the letter of the law...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tsipras-in-uk-in-bid-to-promote-greek-role-in-balkans-seek-investors
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is in London on Monday for a three-day visit during which he is scheduled to meet with his counterpart, Theresa May, and the head of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, while attempting to present Greece as a significant player in the Balkans and investigate investment interest....
