https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-stocking-up-on-medical-supplies
More cases in the north are being released from quarantine while others test positive, as Turkish Cypriot authorities see medical supplies and financial support starting to pour in...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-shuts-down-to-beat-pandemic
In a televised address to the nation on Sunday evening, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a full lockdown, starting from 6 a.m on Monday, aimed at curbing the further spread of the coronavirus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-minister-better-safe-than-sorry
The top priority at the moment is to ensure the health of each person individually and of the public as a whole, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Friday, stressing that “I prefer to take painful decisions, even if they prove excessive in the end, rather than to remain unprotected.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-follows-through-with-chartered-flights
Cypriots stranded in the UK will be repatriated with two chartered flights, after the government revised its decision of asking citizens who traveled abroad to stay put...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-shot-by-police-dies-in-hospital
A foreign national, who was hospitalized after getting shot by Limassol police during an attempt to arrest him, has succumbed to his injuries...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eurovision-2020-cancelled-amid-covid-19-pandemic
The 2020 Eurovision Song Contest has become the latest high profile cultural event to be hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with the annual song competition delayed until 2021....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-to-ban-flights-from-28-countries
As of Saturday, flights to the Larnaca and Paphos airports from 28 countries will be banned, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced on Tuesday night, noting that this stricter measure does not affect cargo....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/confirmed-coronavirus-cases-rise-to-49-in-the-south
Three new coronavirus cases were confirmed on Tuesday, bringing the total to 49 in the south....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mitsotakis-we-are-at-war-with-an-invisible-but-not-invincible-enemy
In a televised address to the nation on Tuesday on the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis echoed French President Emmanuel Macron, declaring that "we are at war."
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/financial-measures-tackle-coronavirus-in-cyprus
Measures of Financial Support to address the Impact of the Coronavirus have been announced by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cold-front-reaches-cyprus
A cooler front is affecting Cyprus on Tuesday, with reports of rapid showers in the morning developing into low to moderate chances of rain and thunderstorms later in the day...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/child-dies-in-fire-in-greek-migrant-camp
A young child died in a fire in an overcrowded migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday, fire brigade officials said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-hunkers-down-to-beat-virus
Cyprus is going all out to beat the coronavirus after restrictive measures taken gradually north and south against the pandemic proved to be no match for the spread of the infectious disease...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-braces-for-student-exodus-from-greece
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades outlined the government's plan on Friday to manage the coronavirus pandemic, announcing travel restrictions which some critics said did not go far enough...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-partial-lockdown-of-airports-schools-to-remain-closed-until-april-10
President Nicos Anastasiades addressed the nation on Friday night after the week saw cumulative confirmations of coronavirus cases across the divide....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-to-launch-€37bn-coronavirus-investment-initiative
The European Union will launch a 37 billion euro investment initiative as part of a package of measures to cushion the bloc’s economies from the impact of coronavirus, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-backed-program-foresees-voluntary-repatriation-for-5-000-migrants
Migration Policy Minister Notis Mitarakis and European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on Thursday jointly announced the establishment of a European Union-backed program for the repatriation of 5,000 migrants from Greece. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-slams-trump-s-europe-travel-ban
The European Union has slammed the new anti-virus travel ban announced by US President Donald Trump, lashing out at an “unilateral” decision taken “without consultation.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-special-forces-officers-fired-over-greek-military-vehicle-at-border-kathimerini-learns
There is evidence of a sharp increase in aggressive behavior by Turkish security forces in both the Aegean and at the Evros land border, Kathimerini has learned. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-minister-issues-decree-banning-gatherings-of-over-75-persons
A decree issued by the Health Minister on Wednesday solidified the government decision to ban public and private gatherings of over 75 persons....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-likens-greek-authorities-to-nazis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said there is “no difference” between Nazis and the Greek authorities trying to hold the country’s border against the influx of thousands of migrants and refugees spurred to push into the European Union by Ankara....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-announces-first-coronavirus-case
Turkey announced its first case of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, with “patient zero” testing positive after a trip to Europe following some 2000 suspected cases that all came out negative...
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/eu-drugs-regulator-say-no-shortages-yet-steering-group-to-monitor
The European Union’s healthcare regulator said that no drug shortages or supply disruptions have been reported in the region but that an EU steering group had convened to prevent supply bottlenecks due to the coronavirus outbreak....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-says-greece-s-treatment-of-migrants-at-border-‘murderous
Turkey intends to take Greece to task over its alleged “maltreatment” of refugees and migrants spurred on by Ankara to push into the European Union through the Greek-Turkish border, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on a flight back from Brussels on Tuesday, according to the pro-government Daily Sabah.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-doctor-with-coronavirus-speaks-out
A state doctor in Cyprus who was diagnosed with the coronavirus infection on Monday says specialists “discouraged” him from taking a test sooner, while the EU Health Commissioner calls for calm as Cypriot authorities begin tracing the physician’s contacts from last week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-executive-tells-turkey-to-take-migrants-back-from-greek-border
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said ahead of talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey must move refugees and migrants away from the Greek border....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-of-cyprus-to-pay-an-official-visit-to-austria
Migration and the Cyprus issue are among the topics President Nicos Anastasiades is expected to discuss in Vienna, during a two-day official visit he is paying to the country at the invitation of the Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/special-forces-from-cyprus-fly-to-greece
Nearly two dozen members of Cypriot special security forces have been deployed to Greece’s Evros region to assist in a pushback of undocumented migrants, with reports saying the situation was calmer after a tense weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-criticizes-turkey-on-migration-as-border-clashes-resume
Clashes between Greek riot police and migrants attempting to cross the border from Turkey erupted anew Friday as European Union foreign ministers took aim at what they called “Turkey’s use of migratory pressure for political purposes.”
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