https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-bans-foreigners-from-omicron-countries
The health ministry in the Republic of Cyprus has issued a ban on all foreign travelers from specific African countries citing a new coronavirus variant, as the government accelerates efforts to check whether any possible Omicron cases may have found their way into the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-readies-its-air-force-to-transport-covid-patients-to-other-parts-of-the-country
Germany readied its air force to transfer COVID-19 patients from overwhelmed hospitals in the south as national case numbers rocketed and a new virus variant in South Africa caused widespread alarm....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-with-purse-arrested-after-cop-s-instinct-kicks-in
Police officers who got curious after seeing a man carrying a women’s purse in the wee hours Tuesday morning ended up arresting him, after it turned out during a search that the handbag had been stolen...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-ridiculed-after-assassination-case-falls-flat
Three suspects in an alleged plot to assassinate a Limassol businessman walked free on Monday after prosecutors failed to find any evidence, with media pundits criticizing how police missed red flags by relying on a verbal complaint without vetting...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/it-s-raining-money-hallelujah
Whoever said it never rains in Southern California didn't expect a shower of money to rain down on a California highway....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/35-000-protesters-demonstrate-against-covid-measures-in-austria
Tens of thousands of protesters, many from far-right groups, marched through Vienna on Saturday after the Austrian government announced a nationwide lockdown beginning Monday to contain the country’s skyrocketing coronavirus infections....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-keep-tight-lid-on-another-assassination-plot
Cyprus police are keeping a tight lid on another alleged assassination plot, as a similar case involving Israeli businessmen is ongoing behind closed doors, with law enforcement saying nothing except to confirm three people have been arrested...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/scorpions-flood-egyptian-villages-after-storm-sting-and-hospitalize-hundreds
Scorpions that were flushed from their underground desert homes by recent storms have stung more than 500 people in the governorate of Aswan, in southern Egypt....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/refugees-choose-rough-seas-over-cypriot-port
A refugee boat believed to be bound for Italy escaped custody at Kato Paphos port on Thursday, after passengers were not allowed to disembark the previous day but spent the night onboard awaiting further instructions from Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/us-food-banks-struggle-to-feed-hungry-amid-surging-prices
U.S. food banks already dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new challenge — surging food prices and supply chain issues walloping the nation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/france-flexes-muscle-puts-warship-in-eastern-mediterranean
France showcased its military muscle Monday with a tour of its new frigate Auvergne in the eastern Mediterranean,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-france-to-help-migration-talks-with-african-nations
France has agreed to help initiate talks between Cyprus and French-speaking African countries for a deal to take back their citizens whose asylum applications have been rejected, the Cypriot interior minister said Saturday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-looking-for-suspected-human-smuggler
Police in Cyprus believe that a wanted man in Larnaca is involved in a human smuggling network, following the arrests of his wife and others last week near the buffer zone...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bad-weather-still-looms-after-wet-weekend
An unstable weather pattern producing heavy winds and thunderstorms is still affecting parts of the island, following reports of flooding incidents in Larnaca over the weekend that also caused flight diversions and delays at the airport...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lebanon-explosions-and-shootings-in-beirut-with-dead-and-wounded
At least two large explosions were heard Thursday morning in the Lebanese capital Beirut,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/‘a-dark-room-excerpts-from-alexis-papachelas-forthcoming-book
“The nut, he went and did what we didn’t,” said Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos the morning of July 15, 1974 after he found out that Dimitris Ioannidis, the junta’s military police chief, had orchestrated a coup to overthrow Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/3-000-barrel-oil-spill-off-the-coast-of-southern-california
A large oil spill off southern California has left behind dead fish, contaminated wetlands and birds stuck in the oil, with local officials talking about an environmental disaster....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-aims-for-deal-with-turkey-to-stem-migrant-flows-to-cyprus
The European Union could work out ways to stem the flow of migrants from Turkey to Cyprus and other EU nations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rowdy-celebrations-erupt-in-norway-as-covid-restrictions-end
Police in Norway on Sunday reported dozens of disturbances and violent clashes including mass brawls in the Nordic country’s big cities...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/digging-deep-to-unlock-the-past-and-future-in-santorini
Scientists seeking to shed light on the geological history of the southern Aegean are spearheading an international oceanographic mission...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/limassol-a-hospital-refused-to-treat-an-hiv-positive-woman
According to data published by Eurostat, the proportion of Cypriots who worked from home in 2020 due to the pandemic was low...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/southern-european-banks-set-for-climate-hit
Banks in southern Europe are set to be among the hardest hit if climate change is not mitigated as their clients are most exposed to natural hazards such as wildfires,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/abramovic-s-ode-to-callas-comes-to-athens
“Seven Deaths of Maria Callas,” an ambitious operatic project by pioneering performance artist Marina Abramovic, is coming to the Stavros Niarchos Hall...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-pm-cost-of-ignoring-climate-crisis-unimaginable
Mediterranean nations must lead the way in addressing climate change, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, warning that the cost of doing nothing was unimaginable,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-hunt-for-supplier-in-cigarette-smuggling-racket
Cyprus police are making headway in the fight against the sale of illegal tobacco, with officials hoping a man's dramatic arrest over the weekend could help catch bigger fish and rein in the sale of untaxed cigarettes...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-anastasiades-confirms-tripartite-meeting-in-new-york
The President of the Republic confirmed the holding of a tripartite meeting on the Cyprus issue on the sidelines of his presence at the General Assembly in New York....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-to-leave-for-athens-and-then-to-new-york
President Anastasiadis is going to Athens tomorrow to take part in the EUMED Summit, and will continue on to New York for the UN General Assembly....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coronavirus-the-resulting-effects-on-the-immune-system-of-children
The strange behavior of the virus seems to be the indirect consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nineteen-us-congress-members-call-for-un-action-against-turkey-s-varosha-plans
Nineteen members of the US Congress have signed a letter addressed to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/clouds-and-chances-of-rain-close-in-on-cyprus
A low pressure system is affecting the area over Cyprus with increasing clouds and chances of rain on Friday and late weekend but only in some parts of the island...