https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/clear-day-before-late-week-shenanigans
A warm air mass is affecting the area over Cyprus through Thursday followed by a short-lived cold front making an appearance just before the weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/barbershop-wars-staged-across-district-s-lines
Police are investigating arson and hand grenade attacks over recent days with at least two incidents involving barber shops across district lines, but investigators stopped short of saying whether they believe any cases could be linked...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-backs-king-in-jordan-s-‘malicious-plot
The government of the Republic of Cyprus has expressed 'firm support' to King Abdullah over the weekend, after Jordan’s government officials accused the country’s former crown prince of plotting against the kingdom...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/backchannel-migration-approvals-probed
A man has accused the interior minister of approving visa extensions for a select number of foreign workers while rejecting others including his elderly mother’s helper, with reports pointing to a bigger scandal where rejected cases were being approved fraudulently through a channel involving a high price tag...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-moves-forward-with-more-relaxations
Cypriot Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou has announced a new set of relaxation of measures for April, including an increase in the number of permitted outings for legitimatize purposes but only on the weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rain-moves-back-into-the-picture
Unstable weather conditions are affecting the area over Cyprus this week, with chances of rain through Friday and a temperature plunge ending before the weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/young-biker-dies-in-horrific-scramble-accident
A young man from rural Nicosia was killed over the weekend after two racing motorcycles collided during an off-road scramble near a campsite in Larnaca district, with the fatality taking place just days after he had posted an ad to sell his bike...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-ready-to-spring-forward-again
People in Cyprus will lose an hour of sleep after Daylight Saving Time goes into effect Sunday morning, with European officials and public opinion still divided on whether there is value in switching back and forth at all...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/med-5-want-eu-to-act-as-one-on-migration
The interior ministers of the five Mediterranean countries on the front line of mass migration to Europe want their European Union partners to share the burden more equitably...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-frontline-ministers-talk-migration-in-athens
Cypriot Interior Minister Nicos Nouris is in Athens this weekend where he is attending a MED5 meeting on immigration, with some of the bloc’s Mediterranean members tackling issues stemming from Brussels’ new migration proposals that divide the union...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-behind-mansion-carnival-party-arrested
Police have tracked down and arrested the man who is believed to have rented a mansion in Paphos for a carnival party last weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-under-air-turbulence-watch
A fluctuation in air pressure is affecting the area over Cyprus on Wednesday, with scattered clouds and showers expected to pop up along with strong winds and isolated thunderstorms...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-foul-play-in-dam-fishing-death
Police suspect no foul play following a deadly fishing incident in Lymbia, where a young man lost his life while trying to retrieve a remote control device in the water...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/spooked-horse-okay-after-incident
A jockey and a trainer were injured at the race track on Saturday, following an incident with a horse in Nicosia’s Agios Dhometios borough...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-remains-under-flood-watch
A low pressure system continues to affect the area over Cyprus, with heavy showers and powerful thunderstorms expected Wednesday in the late morning and early afternoon...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-anxious-as-pilgrims-throng-church
Crowds of Christian pilgrims rushed to a local church in Strovolos over the weekend to catch a glimpse of a relic, with police on Sunday standing by amid concerns of health law violations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-wishes-to-improve-testy-relations-with-us
Turkey’s president says mutual interests with the United States outweigh their differences and has called for more cooperation with President Joe Biden’s new US administration....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/establishments-busted-after-flouting-covid-rules
Police got busy over the weekend after officers busted a secret operation at a nightclub in Larnaca and a football watch party at a café in Limassol, with fines issued both to owners and customers...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-back-off-as-marchers-defy-ban
Thousands took to the streets in Nicosia over the weekend to protest against a controversial ban on peaceful assembly, with marchers and officers on their best behavior after an earlier anti-corruption demonstration was put down by use of force...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cold-continues-through-the-weekend
A cold front affecting Cyprus this week is expected to last through the weekend, despite a gradual rise in temperature, with rain chances not going away before Monday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/probe-into-police-brutality-has-three-month-deadline
The independent authority for the investigation of allegations and complaints against the police said Thursday that it instructed the four criminal investigators probing complaints of police brutality at last Saturday’s protest to wrap up investigations within three months....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-holds-call-with-charles-michel
President Nicos Anastasiades held a phone call with the European Council President Charles Michel on Thursday to touch base on the upcoming European Council meetings scheduled this month and next....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cop-with-covered-badge-number-in-hot-water
A member of an elite police unit is under investigation following reports that the ID number on his helmet had been covered during an operation at a protest in downtown Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/defying-clampdown-cyprus-activists-to-protest-again-over-graft
Anti-corruption campaigners in Cyprus will protest again on Feb. 20, they said on Tuesday, after a violent clampdown by police at an event on Feb. 13 drew widespread condemnation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/yioliti-says-police-did-not-have-orders-to-exert-violence
Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis said Monday that police did not have instructions to use brutal violence against protestors in Nicosia on Saturday, though critical MPs stress that it is obvious that the police response was decided in advance with those responsible avoiding responsibility....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-admit-wrongful-handling-in-yioliti-parody-account-shambles
A tense House human rights committee session took place Monday in the presence of the Justice Minister Emily Yioliti and the chief of police Stelios Papatheodorou, with Yioliti receiving fire from multiple fronts over the Twitter parody account shambles and the unprecedented police brutality that marked an anti-corruption protest on Saturday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/protesters-accuse-cops-of-police-brutality
A probe into alleged police brutality has been launched after law enforcement officials were criticized over a heavy-handed response to a peaceful protest against corruption in downtown Nicosia on Saturday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officials-scorned-over-last-minute-wind-advisory
Weather officials were criticized Monday over a last-minute warning issued Saturday night when gale force winds reached Cyprus, wreaking havoc and causing damages in parts of the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rain-and-temperature-swings-in-the-mix
A low pressure system drifting northwest is affecting the island on Wednesday with high chances of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon as well as temperature swings through the early weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-limit-cars-in-troodos-square
Police say they will limit the number of vehicles allowed into or near Troodos Square, following reports of health protocol violations, in an effort to slow down the rapid spread of COVID-19...
