https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/limassol-s-trade-enabler-gets-new-ceo
The appointment of a new CEO at DP World Limassol is expected to give the company a new impetus, after a year of investing and upgrading infrastructure and equipment...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cold-weather-alert-climbs-to-orange
A new orange alert was issued Sunday evening for Cyprus as extreme low temperatures are set to sweep across the island overnight with frosty conditions reaching the lowlands...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/freezing-weather-spreads-across-cyprus
An extreme cold warning has been issued for Cyprus with temperatures expected to fall down to zero degrees around the capital and around nine below zero up high in the mountains...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-to-purchase-arms-worth-€240m-from-france
Contracts have been signed for the purchase of military equipment worth €240 million from France, Defence Ministry announced on Friday, confirming recent reports in French media....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/china-scientists-identify-pangolin-as-possible-coronavirus-host
The deadly coronavirus outbreak in China could have spread from bats to humans through the illegal traffic of pangolins, the world’s only scaly mammals, which are prized in Asia for food and medicine, Chinese researchers said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/prison-officers-seize-meth-in-straws
Police say two prison visitors were arrested Thursday on drug possession charges after they were suspected of attempting to smuggle drugs into jail...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-gets-yellow-warning-ahead-of-cold-blast
A wind advisory and a flood warning went into effect Friday, ahead of a cold weekend, with weather officials warning of gusty winds as an incoming cold front and high pressure battle it out...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/defence-minister-requests-us-muscle-against-turkey
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides asked senior US energy official Francis Fannon for a substantial US contribution to efforts seeking to end Turkish activities in the Cyprus exclusive economic zone....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-soldiers-attempt-to-block-work-on-spitfire-coffeeshop
Turkish soldiers in civilian clothes on Thursday attempted to block the Nicosia Municipality crew working on historic Spitfire coffeeshop in Nicosia, the Municipality reported....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/football-and-money-laundering
It has been identified years back at European and global level, that sports and especially football is being used by criminals to launder dirty money and derive illegal income...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-dust
The atmosphere on Thursday was permeated with high levels of dust, as the island braces for the coldest temperatures recorded in the last three years...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-gets-20-years-for-killing-grandpa-kokos
The man who was convicted for killing beloved Grandpa Kokos in Larnaca last year has been sentenced to 20 years in prison...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/state-drops-case-in-ayia-napa-police-blunder
A case has been dropped against former deputy police chief Andreas Kyriacou, just hours before a judge was expected to rule in Alexoui’s bail hearing...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-cries-foul-over-spitfire-operation
Turkish Cypriot officials in north Nicosia are accusing city crew maintenance in the south of sneaking into the buffer and stealing a number of items with UNFICYP weighing in and calling on involved parties to back away from the iconic Spitfire Cafe...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/municipality-launches-structural-support-work-on-historic-spitfire-coffeeshop
Cleaning and structural support work has begun on the iconic but dilapidated Spitfire coffeeshop located on the Green Line, at the Paphos Gate area of the Nicosia walls, the Nicosia municipality announced on Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/judge-delays-verdict-in-alexoui-bail-hearing
Alexoui’s lawyer came very close to securing the release of his client on Wednesday, after arguing police could not deprive someone of his freedom based on contradictory witness statements, but a judge needed another day to decide whether to grant bail...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/embassies-warn-cyprus-over-fake-marriages
Cyprus is under harsh criticism from at least three foreign embassies that accuse the government and local municipalities of not doing enough to shut down a fake marriage industry...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/flamingo-deaths-rise-to-59-island-wide
Flamingo deaths at Larnaca Salt Lake have so far reached 57, while two more deaths have been recorded at Akrotiri Salt Lake in Limassol, with results from tests on dead flamingos confirming lead poisoning as the primary cause of death....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/disabled-persons-do-not-have-equal-access-to-tv-report-shows
Cyprus television stations are failing to ensure that disabled persons receive equal access to their audiovisual services, despite being required to do so by law...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-wins-halloumi-battle-in-uk
The Republic of Cyprus has regained the halloumi trademark in the UK after almost two years of intense efforts by officials to correct an administrative blunder...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-resident-tests-negative-for-wuhan-bug
A young man from China, who was quarantined in Nicosia General Hospital in a suspected case of coronavirus, is going home on Sunday after testing negative for the Wuhan bug...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-quarantined-in-nicosia-general-unlikely-to-be-coronavirus-carrier
A 22-year-old Chinese man quarantined in Nicosia General hospital after suspicions were raised of coronavirus is showing signs of recovery, with members of the Health Ministry’s epidemiological surveillance unit reporting that the possibilities of it being a case of coronavirus are low....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspected-coronavirus-carries-being-treated-at-nicosia-general
A Chinese man, a permanent resident of Cyprus who had visited China in recent days, was admitted into Nicosia General hospital on Friday after suspicions were raised that he carried the coronavirus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/british-high-commissioner-talks-trade-free-movement-after-brexit
In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, British High Commissioner in Cyprus, Stephen Lillie, talks about what tomorrow will look like, and what applies for Cypriot and British nationals living in both countries, which he said share a deep historical relationship....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/facebook-to-remove-coronavirus-misinformation
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it will take down misinformation about China’s fast-spreading coronavirus in a rare departure from its approach to health content, after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global health emergency....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-says-its-plan-for-military-contacts-not-recognition
The UN intend to enquire both sides in Cyprus about their ideas concerning the establishment of an effective mechanism for direct military contacts, after a relevant reference in the UNFICYP resolution the Security Council passed Thursday.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wuhan-coronavirus-close-to-strand-in-bats
A coronavirus known to live in bats is the closest strain of the 2019-nCoV virus that first appeared in China's Wuhan region and has since spread to other parts of Asia, with cases reported in Europe, Australia and North America, a study by Greek scientists at Athens University and the University of Crete has revealed....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-s-turkey-rapporteur-says-ankara-tripoli-maritime-deal-has-no-legal-bearing
A deal between Ankara and Libya’s Tripoli-based government on maritime borders does not have any legal bearing for other countries, European Parliament rapporteur on Turkey, Nacho Sanchez Amor, told state-run news agency ANA-MPA on Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/shift-in-global-funding-led-by-private-capital
Private equity firms now manage commitments of nearly US$3.4t globally, up from less than US$500b in 2000, and in a significant shift new capital from private markets has surpassed for capital raised in public markets for the first time ever...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-taps-into-europe-s-mountain-know-how
Cyprus is hosting a European conference on mountain areas of large Mediterranean islands, hoping to gain valuable information and know-how from countries with a long tradition in managing mountain area policies...
