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1. Child deaths in Khartoum orphanage amid Sudan conflict

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/child-deaths-in-khartoum-orphanage-amid-sudan-conflict

At least 60 infants, toddlers, and older children perished over the past six weeks while trapped in harrowing conditions in an orphanage in Sudan’s capital as fighting raged outside....

2. Why are food prices so high in Europe?

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/why-are-food-prices-so-high-in-europe

It is the most basic of staple food items: sliced white bread. In Britain, the average price of a loaf was 28 percent higher in April, at 1.39 pounds, or $1.72, than it was a year earlier....

3. Cyprus’ City of Dreams keeps union stewards at bay

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-city-of-dreams-keeps-union-stewards-at-bay

Cyprus’ City of Dreams, Europe’s largest integrated casino resort, is moving ahead with plans this year to welcome guests with open arms, but union officials are not among them...

4. Take cover! High dust concentrations pose health risks

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/take-cover-high-dust-concentrations-pose-health-risks

According to the Department of Labour Inspection, high concentrations of dust are currently being observed on Monday....

5. USA: Child labor seen as solution to labor shortage

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/usa-child-labor-seen-as-solution-to-labor-shortage

Lawmakers in several states, predominantly Republicans, are pushing for legislation that would relax labor laws for children, allowing them to work in more hazardous occupations, longer hours on school nights...

6. Man found guilty in Cyprus’ deadly wildfire

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-found-guilty-in-cyprus-deadly-wildfire

A man was found guilty in the deadly fire that killed four Egyptian workers in 2021, with a Limassol judge ordering him in custody until his sentencing at the end of the month...

7. Christodoulides: Shift allowances and overtime compensation from 2024

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/christodoulides-shift-allowances-and-overtime-compensation-from-2024

President Nikos Christodoulides addressed the 60th Congress of PASYDY, the Civil Servants' Trade Union, where he discussed significant developments regarding the restoration of shift allowances and overtime compensation for civil servants....

8. Sanctions have exposed our hypocrisy

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/sanctions-have-exposed-our-hypocrisy

The initial wave of sanctions, enforced by the UK and the US against Cypriot entities (individuals, law firms, service companies) for facilitating transactions to those impacted by the sanctions imposed on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine,...

9. Cypriot commissioner wants women out of sex work

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-commissioner-wants-women-out-of-sex-work

Cyprus’ gender commissioner is on a mission to steer debate on ending prostitution, saying she wants to criminalize paid sex and offer 'a way out' for women in the unregulated industry of the world’s oldest profession...

10. Government employment declines, led by transfer of hourly workers

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-employment-declines-led-by-transfer-of-hourly-workers

Government employment in April 2023 dropped in Cyprus by 2,7% or 1,432 persons compared to April last year and amounted to 52,498 persons, data released by the Statistical Service of Cyprus (Cystat) show....

11. Moscow hopes Russian fire probe leaves nothing out

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/moscow-hopes-russian-fire-probe-leaves-nothing-out

Moscow says it is still waiting for official conclusions on what caused the fire at the Russian cultural center in Nicosia last month, with local media saying Cypriot officials were leaning towards an accident but no report has been finalized...

12. Three of four unions accept Labour Minister's improved CoLA proposal

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/three-of-four-unions-accept-labour-minister-s-improved-cola-proposal

Assuming it is God's will and with PEO's permission on Friday, it's anticipated that the issue of Cost of Living Allowance (CoLA) will come to a close....

13. Murdered sex worker from Ukraine still unnamed

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...

14. Worker injured after hooded men attack speed camera van

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/worker-injured-after-hooded-men-attack-speed-camera-van

Another speed camera van was attacked in the Republic of Cyprus, with reports saying a male company employee was struck in the head when hooded men assaulted him in the dead of night...

15. Sex rendezvous messages emerge in murder investigation

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...

16. Cops boost sex trafficking ops days after Limassol murder

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...

17. US McDonald's franchisee employed two 10-year-olds, broke labor laws

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-mcdonald-s-franchisee-employed-two-10-year-olds-broke-labor-laws

A McDonald's franchisee in Kentucky employed two 10-year-old children in violation of federal labor laws, the Department of Labor said Tuesday....

18. Employers and trade unions clash over CoLA index proposal

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/employers-and-trade-unions-clash-over-cola-index-proposal

Today, Wednesday, May 3rd, employers will have a meeting regarding the Cost of Living Adjustment (CoLA) index, and on Thursday, May 4th, the trade unions will have theirs....

19. Cyprus ranks 3rd in EU for long working hours

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-ranks-3rd-in-eu-for-long-working-hours

A 9.7% of employed people in Cyprus (7% in the EU) worked long hours (working usually 49 hours or more per week) in their main job in 2022 according to data published by Eurostat, the statistical service of the European Union. Cyprus also had the third-largest percentage among all member states....

20. Russian fire incident report delayed

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russian-fire-incident-report-in-cyprus-delayed

Officials in Cyprus have postponed their findings on the fire at the Russian center in Nicosia, after a chemical report requested by the fire department was delayed, leaving room for speculation about the blaze as well as the overall investigation...

21. Labor Minister proposes compromise on CoLA issue

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/labor-minister-proposes-compromise-on-cola-issue

Labour Minister Yiannis Panagiotou presented a mediation proposal on the CoLA issue to trade unions and employers' organizations on Friday morning (28/04)....

22. Search for answers in Russian fire probe continues

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/search-for-answers-in-russian-fire-probe-continues

Law enforcement authorities in Nicosia are still conducting an investigation into a fire at the Russian Centre of Culture and Science, with diplomats from both countries waiting for official word on whether it was an accident or arson...

23. Speculation rampant as Cyprus probes Russian fire

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/speculation-rampant-as-cyprus-investigates-russian-fire

The cause of a large fire on Wednesday at a Russian building in central Nicosia is under investigation, with media speculation ranging from an accident to a possible terrorist attack and authorities not ruling out anything...

24. EAC to stand trial in fatal substation accident

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eac-to-stand-trial-in-fatal-substation-accident

The Cyprus Electricity Authority will stand trial as a corporation in the fatal accident at a utility substation in 2021, but prosecutors won’t be seeking any prison sentence as there are no individual defendants in the case...

25. Worker’s mystery death in Limassol under new scrutiny

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/worker-s-mystery-death-in-limassol-under-new-scrutiny

Cyprus Police are investigating a natural death involving a foreign worker in Limassol, but his family blames his boss following an accident that was not reported to authorities...

26. Germany desperate for migrant workers to fill open positions

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-desperate-for-migrant-workers-to-fill-open-positions

A new study carried out by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research has shown that the worker shortage in Germany has reached an all-time high level. ...

27. Cyprus extradites Kenan Agias to Germany

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-extradites-kenan-agias-to-germany

A Larnaca District Court approved the extradition of Kenan Agias, a 49-year-old Kurdish man, to Germany over his alleged involvement in a terrorist organization. ...

28. Government casual staff up, permanent down 3.3%

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-casual-staff-up-permanent-down-3-3

Total government employment decreased by 3.3% in March 2023, compared to March 2022, according to data published by the Statistical Service on Tuesday. Total persons employed by the Government amounted to 1,778 and reached 52,103 persons...

29. EY report: Governments need new ways of working to seize digital opportunities

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ey-report-governments-need-new-ways-of-working-to-seize-digital-opportunities

Governments around the world are at risk of failing citizens through lack of digitalization, according to EY research presented in a new report: “How can government workers and technology align to serve future citizens?”. ...

30. Are you ready for ChatGPT to take over your job?

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/are-you-ready-for-chatgpt-to-take-over-your-job

Since its release in November of last year, OpenAI's ChatGPT has been used to write cover letters, create a children's book, and even help students cheat on their essays....

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