https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-confirms-three-new-coronavirus-cases-total-hikes-to-10
The Republic of Cyprus saw three additional confirmed coronavirus cases on Thursday evening, raising the total to 10. A second COVID-19 case was also confirmed in the north earlier in the day...
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/cyprus-scrambles-as-who-declares-pandemic
The World Health Organization has classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic, calling for “urgent and aggressive action” after the coronavirus spread in 114 including Cyprus and Turkey while Greece reported its first fatality...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/some-100-samples-being-checked-for-coronavirus-cases-expected-to-rise
Some 80 to 100 blood samples are awaiting lab tests for coronavirus at the Institute of Neurology and Genetics, while samples will be taken anew from several of 152 persons who had come in contact with a confirmed case but tested negative for the virus on Tuesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/updated-guidelines-for-arrivals-from-high-risk-countries
Updated guidelines for travellers were issued on Tuesday afternoon by the Health Ministry, which bumped the UK from a Category 2 high-risk country to Category 3, reportedly due to fears of massive economic implications....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-tries-to-find-footing-after-virus-cases
Authorities on the divided island of Cyprus are scrambling to cope with the first three confirmed cases of the coronavirus, while a doctor and a young man in the south are feared to have spread the infection far and wide...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-participates-in-teleconference-on-covid-19
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades participated on Monday along with seven other heads of government in a teleconference to discuss measures to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-to-bar-entry-from-high-risk-countries
The north will stop accepting people from countries deemed ‘high-risk’ due to the spread of coronavirus, the Bicommunal Technical Committee on Health agreed on Tuesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-services-concerned-over-non-compliance-with-quarantine-instructions
The Epidemiology Unit of the Health Ministry have expressed concern over the non-compliance by Cypriots who had recently travelled to the coronavirus pandemic-hit Italy with instructions to remain under quarantine for 14 days....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-high-risk-cases-keep-testing-negative
More travelers returning to Cyprus from high risk countries are contacting authorities over fears of coronavirus infection, while the number of quarantined cases keeps rising on the island but no case has been confirmed...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-reports-fourth-covid-19-case-eurozone-says-ready-to-act
As health authorities confirmed the fourth case of coronavirus in Greece on Friday, the Greek government pressed forward with its drive to contain its spread. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-with-mild-symptoms-tests-negative-for-covid-19
The results of the third person who had visited the Limassol General Hospital on Thursday to get tested for CoVid-19 emerged negative, as did the results of the remaining two....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finland-to-accept-175-asylum-seekers-from-cyprus-and-other-mediterranean-countries
The government of Finland announced on Thursday that it will be accepting up to 175 asylum seekers from Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Italy, in a bid to facilitate their humanitarian situation in EU member states in the Mediterranean....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/results-pending-for-case-with-mild-symptoms
A local person, who asked to be tested for the coronavirus after a trip to northern Italy, remains in hospital with mild symptoms waiting for results, while another couple has been released...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-reports-two-new-coronavirus-cases
Greece reported two new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to three, and said it would suspend all carnival celebrations in the country....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-quarantined-as-coronavirus-precaution
More women who traveled to Italy have been quarantined in Cyprus as a precautionary measure, assessed as high risk cases for the coronavirus after coming into contact with confirmed cases...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/second-‘high-risk-woman-quarantined-in-cyprus
Cypriot health officials have quarantined a woman in Limassol after information emerged that she had been in contact with a confirmed case of coronavirus in Italy...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-eu-scrambling-to-contain-covid-19-calls-for-coordinated-response
European Union countries should coordinate their responses to the outbreak of the coronavirus to avoid diverging approaches, the EU’s Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides told reporters....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-confirms-first-coronavirus-case
Greece reported its first coronavirus case on Wednesday in the northern port city of Thessaloniki....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-and-french-defence-ministers-declare-united-front
Greek and French Defence Ministers, Nikos Panagiotopoulos and Florence Parly, denounced Turkey’s illegal actions in the Eastern Mediterranean during their meeting in Athens on Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-government-to-proceed-with-new-island-camps-despite-reactions
The Greek government is determined to move ahead with its plan to build new holding facilities for migrants and refugees as part of a plan to accelerate asylum procedures and deportations on the five islands hosting camps, its spokesman said on Tuesday, amid reactions to the scheme from island residents....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coronavirus-protocols-to-be-revised-on-tuesday
Cyprus’ Minister of Health Constantinos Ioannou assured on Monday that the Government was constantly following WHO and ECDC instructions on the coronavirus and was adjusting its action plan accordingly....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fourth-italian-dies-from-coronavirus-in-worst-flare-up-outside-asia
A fourth person infected with the coronavirus has died in Italy, officials said on Monday as the government struggled to contain an outbreak of the illness and financial markets slid on fears over the economic impact....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/six-coronavirus-cases-discovered-in-north-italy-hundreds-to-be-tested
Six people have tested positive in Italy for coronavirus, the northern Lombardy region said on Friday, in the first known cases of local transmission of the potentially deadly illness in the country....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-pm-meets-with-five-eu-leaders-over-bloc-s-budget
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held talks in Brussels on Friday with the leaders of Germany Angela Merkel, France Emmanuel Macron, Spain Pedro Sanchez, Italy Giuseppe Conte and Portugal Antonio Costa in a bid to break a deadlock in negotiations for the European Union’s 2021-2027 budget....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/new-life-in-cyprus-of-russian-businessman-after-unfair-seizure-of-promsvyazbank
In 2017 Dmitry Ananiev was at the peak of his success. He and his brother Alexei owned a bank, an IT firm and an office complex overlooking the Moscow River. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/italian-navy-frigate-departs-from-larnaca-port-after-joint-military-exercise
The Italian Navy’s frigate Virginio Fasan departed from the Larnaca port on Tuesday after being docked there from February 8 to 10 as part of patrolling operations in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Italian embassy in Nicosia announced....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/french-aircraft-carrier-in-cyprus-block-8
Amid rising tensions in the East Mediterranean, the flagship of the French Navy, aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle, remains in Block 8 of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone, bearing a small fleet of Rafale fighter jets, helicopters, other aircraft and drones....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-deploys-extremists-to-libya-local-militias-say
Syrian militants affiliated with groups such as al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are currently being sent by Turkey to fight on behalf of the UN-supported government in Libya, according to two Libyan militia leaders and a Syrian war monitor....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dendias-athens-rome-view-turkey-libya-mou-as-illegal-groundless
After a meeting on Tuesday with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias said on Tuesday that Athens and Rome both view the memorandum of understanding between Turkey and the Tripoli-based government of Libya on maritime borders as “illegal and groundless”....
