https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-cries-foul-over-turkey-s-pick-at-unga
Cyprus and Armenia have sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General explaining the reasons why the two countries object to the election by silence procedure of Volkan Bozkir of Turkey as President of the UN General Assembly at its 75 session...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/special-needs-home-has-close-call-with-fire
Thirteen people were evacuated on Tuesday during a fire at a special needs residential facility in Larnaca, with officials saying a slight delay from first responders could have been deadly...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-enters-second-phase-of-gesy
After a long a protracted internal battle in the Republic of Cyprus, the implementation of the second and final phase of the country’s first and only General Health System begins on Monday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/42-private-hospitals-join-phase-two-of-gesy
The full rollout of the island’s universal healthcare system (Gesy) on Monday will take place with the participation of 42 private hospitals, with the Health Insurance Organization on Friday expressing its content after two large Nicosia hospitals, the Apollonion and Aretaeio, agreed to participate....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mouth-to-mouth-by-lifeguards-prohibited
With the island’s coronavirus outbreak still ongoing, lifeguards will only be able to deliver CPR, but not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fire-department-furious-over-multiple-fires
Fire fighters in Cyprus responded to multiple fires on Sunday, with officials saying the high number and different origin locations made it impossible to believe they were all caused by accident...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/despite-progress-discrimination-against-lgbt-community-a-reality
Recognizing that Cyprus has taken substantial steps toward institutionalizing equality and safeguarding the fundamental rights of the island’s LGBT community, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides has highlighted that there is still work to be done in eradicating the reality of enduring acts of discrimination....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coronavirus-icu-builders-turn-down-bonus
The contractors who built an Intensive Care Unit in less than a month at Nicosia General Hospital have returned their bonus check, offering the money as a donation to the state to buy ICU equipment...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-all-set-to-receive-tourists-from-june-15
The Deputy Tourism Ministry is all set to open the Cyprus tourism market as of June 15....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/british-woman-dies-in-paralimni-fire
A British woman was found dead inside her Paralimni residence on Wednesday, after authorities were called to the scene to extinguish a house fire...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/energy-company-proposes-installation-of-an-frsu-in-cyprus
Oslo-based company Hoegh LNG confirmed Friday it has submitted a proposal for the installation of a Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FRSU) in Cyprus and has sent letters to top government officials outlining its benefits....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/full-rollout-of-general-health-system-to-be-delayed-three-months
With state hospitals busy wrestling with the island’s coronavirus outbreak, the full rollout of the General Health System, initially planned for June, won’t be taking place until September....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-seize-scrap-wood-for-easter-bonfires
Local crews in Nicosia’s Strovolos municipality have been busy removing scrap wood stashed away in abandoned buildings in an effort to crack down on illegal lambradjia bonfires on upcoming Holy Saturday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/believers-use-side-door-to-attend-church
A video posted on YouTube Thursday morning showed Easter worshippers using a service door at a church in Latchia, despite access prohibited due to a lockdown during the pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cap-on-purchases-of-antiseptic-products-enforced-by-several-supermarkets
The Cyprus supermarket association said on Monday it was scrambling to persuade all supermarkets to enforce a cap on the amount of antiseptic products that may be purchased by each consumer in a bid to prevent the impending depletion of stocks....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/berlin-to-take-up-to-100-children-from-greek-refugee-camps
Berlin will take in 80 to 100 children from Greek refugee camps, an official in the German capital said on Tuesday, as concern mounts about migrants amassing on the Turkish-Greek border....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-stabbing-sparks-migration-debate
Debate over crime and migration in the Republic of Cyprus was renewed this week following a video showing the moment a young man was killed in downtown Nicosia as well as statements by officials regarding foreigners on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/green-party-ayios-andreas-residents-outraged-over-chopping-of-pine-trees
The Greens Party called on the responsible Government Services to halt projects which endanger old pine trees, a protected species, in Nicosia’s Ayios Andreas area....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-under-witness-protection-missing
A suspect has been remanded in custody in connection with the disappearance of a Syrian man, who was said to be under witness protection with police fearing the worst...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/findings-of-probe-into-police-mishandling-of-serial-killer-s-victims-delivered-to-attorney-general
Findings of an independent investigation into police mishandling of reports of missing persons which later emerged as victims of the island’s first serial killer, Nicos Metaxas, were delivered to the Attorney-General on Thursday, though their publication is illegal, the lead investigator said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/football-duo-free-on-bail-in-corruption-case
Two suspects in a high-profile football corruption case in Cyprus will face a criminal trial next month, while a judge has ordered for them to be released on bail pending trial...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/85-uefa-red-notices-received-by-cyprus-police-since-2011
Cyprus police have received a sum of 85 red notices from UEFA since 2011 over football match fixing suspicions, Chief of Police Kypros Michaelides told the House Ethics Committee, which convened to discuss the urgent matter of establishing a National Action Plan to combat corruption in sports....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-in-the-midst-of-massive-football-corruption-storm-justice-minister-said
“We’re in the midst of a massive storm,” Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides said on Tuesday, referring to the wave of football corruption allegations that has been sweeping over Cyprus recently....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-econ-council-begins-work-on-future-sustainable-growth-blueprint
The Cyprus Economy and Competitiveness Council (CECC) has announced the start of a project aiming to draft a blueprint on Cyprus’ future long term sustainable economic growth....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-a-central-hub-of-european-match-fixing-network
An extensive and revealing report published in the Spanish news outfit El Confidencial identified Cyprus match-fixing as a central hub of European football corruption....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uk-deplores-turkey-s-actions-in-cyprus-eez
The British Government’s position regarding the Cyprus issue and Turkey’s activity within the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus does not change now that the UK has exited the European Union, the Minister for Europe Christopher Pincher said.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israeli-investment-announced-for-larnaca-port
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos hinted at a deal with Israeli investors, saying they are ready to throw 1 billion at Larnaca’s port project...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-in-custody-over-football-corruption-in-cyprus
There were new developments on Wednesday in the world of Cypriot football, with two suspects remanded in custody over suspicions of rigging the Beautiful Game...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-work-needed-in-serial-killer-probe
More statements described as “necessary” and some changes are being sought in the serial killer probe, which has identified so far two dozen officers for failing to do their job in handling cases of missing women and children who were later found murdered in Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/alexoui-jailed-as-‘flight-risk
Nicosia businessman Alexis “Alexoui” Mavromichalis will remain in jail pending trial, after a judge on Thursday said the suspect was a flight risk...
