https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/govt-announces-rules-for-crossing-checkpoints
The Cyprus government on Friday announced the special rules that will apply for those groups permitted to move through crossing points as of June 8, but it remains unclear whether the ‘government’ in the north will be following through on the agreement between President Nicos Anastasiades and the Turkish Cypriot leader....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-bird-populations-have-been-declining-for-decades-eurostat-shows
Bird populations in the EU have been declining for several decades, data released by Eurostat on Friday, that marked World Environment Day, showed....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-enters-third-phase-of-new-normal
Swimming pools opened to the public on Friday in the Republic of Cyprus, marking the beginning of the third phase of a plan to ease restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-pm-says-greece-ready-for-any-challenge
Amid renewed tensions with Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed on Wednesday that Greece “will face all challenges with consistency, stability, confidence and always with a commitment to international law, as it always does.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-makes-the-case-for-cyprus
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides is confident the tourism industry in the Republic of Cyprus won’t have a catastrophic year following the pandemic, while calling on Europe to step up its recovery plan equally across the board...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-ministry-clarifies-rules-governing-number-of-people-at-gatherings
After the Health Minister announced Wednesday morning that the 10 person rule governing gatherings would be scrapped at the end of phase three on June 24, an announcement issued later in the day clarified that we won’t be jumping into normality straight away....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-presses-fast-forward-on-relaxation-of-restrictions
The Cabinet on Wednesday gave the green light for the relaxation of certain restrictions faster than what was initially anticipated, given that Cyprus appears to have reacted well to the gradual lifting of lockdown measures so far....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/midweek-rain-to-taper-off-by-week-s-end
A weak low-pressure system could bring showers over the next couple of days in Cyprus, with clear weather firmly back in the picture just in time for the weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-top-diplomat-urges-turkey-to-respect-greece-cyprus-sovereignty
Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, on Tuesday urged Turkey to respect the sovereignty of Greece and Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ankara-sparks-renewed-tensions-with-athens-over-claim-for-24-blocks
Ankara on Tuesday responded to a complaint from Athens concerning a map published in the Turkish government’s gazette outlining areas where Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has applied for exploration licenses, including several within Greece’s continental shelf, by insisting that these areas are within the boundaries Turkey has submitted to the United Nations.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/demonstration-outside-refugee-camp-sparks-government-reaction
A demonstration staged outside the Pournara camp in Kokkinotrimithia on Sunday calling for an end to the arbitrary detention of hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers stirred reaction from the Government on Tuesday, with an Interior Ministry announcement claiming it won’t be allowing any further ghettoization of the island....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fire-department-furious-over-multiple-fires
Fire fighters in Cyprus responded to multiple fires on Sunday, with officials saying the high number and different origin locations made it impossible to believe they were all caused by accident...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-gets-brief-cooldown-this-weekend
Mixed weather is expected on the weekend as public beaches reopen after the end of lockdown, with sunny skies but also clouds on and off and chances of thunderstorms...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-chapter-in-store-for-old-orphanides-mall
The Bank of Cyprus is reportedly sounding out the government on a potential mega deal in west Nicosia, with ideas thrown around for the old Orphanides Mall to become a business centre or a medical facility...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/first-steps-taken-for-the-reopening-of-checkpoints
Substantial steps were taken on Thursday by the leaders of the island’s divided communities toward the reopening of crossing points, with the two agreeing that as a first step, certain groups of people will be allowed to cross through checkpoints as of June 8....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/second-phase-of-relaxation-of-measures-kicks-off-at-midnight
Cyprus will be making an important step toward resuming daily life as normal on Thursday, when the second phase of the gradual lifting of restriction measures is set to kick off....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coronavirus-picture-remains-positive-as-island-braces-for-phase-two
Cyprus maintained its streak of minimal new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, as just one new case was announced two days before the initiation of the second phase of the relaxation of measures that will see restrictions on movement lifted....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-all-set-to-receive-tourists-from-june-15
The Deputy Tourism Ministry is all set to open the Cyprus tourism market as of June 15....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/forest-department-issues-code-red
The forest department has issued a Code Red warning citizens to abstain from any activity that could cause a fire, as incidents continue to pop up across the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/outdoor-areas-of-restaurants-cafes-to-open-thursday
With the second phase of the easing of restriction measures set to be launched on Thursday, the Health Ministry clarified the food and beverage businesses we can expect to open their doors to the public....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-comes-together-to-put-out-fires
Authorities on both sides of divided Cyprus were battling with fires over the weekend, with students in the north ordered to evacuate their dorms and residents in the south grabbing garden hoses to put out flames in their backyards...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-under-orange-weather-alert
Officials in the Republic of Cyprus issued an orange weather alert on Sunday due to extreme high temperatures, reaching 42.5 degrees in many parts of the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-bakes-as-inland-highs-soar
A warm air mass is affecting areas over Cyprus, with officials issuing a yellow warning Saturday as temperatures soar to levels well above normal averages...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-assumes-chairmanship-of-council-of-europe
Greece on Friday took over the rotating six-month chairmanship of the Council of Europe (CoE) from Georgia, in a ceremony that was conducted online due to public health precautions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-gets-ready-for-hot-weekend
A warm air mass is affecting areas over Cyprus, with temperature highs climbing in the upper 30’s around the capital on Friday and reaching 41 on Saturday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/men-on-ship-die-after-electrocution
Two foreign workers in the north were electrocuted to death on Wednesday while carrying out cleaning work on an anchored ship outside Famagusta port...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-unveils-guidelines-for-travel-tourism
The European Commission unveiled a series of measures aimed at ensuring people can start traveling safely across the continent again as governments try to revive tourism and airline industries brought to a halt by the coronavirus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/beachgoers-flocked-to-sba-beaches-over-weekend-25-booked
British Bases police booked 25 people over the weekend for violating coronavirus decrees while visiting the Lady’s Mile and Curium beaches in Limassol....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/beaches-and-pools-safe-danger-lies-in-close-contact
Close contact poses a risk of transmitting coronavirus and not going to beaches, Lecturer of Internal Medicine & Infection Prevention and Control at the European University of Cyprus, Constantinos Tsioutis said Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tensions-mount-over-plans-for-high-rises-on-iconic-nicosia-street
After tensions mounted in recent days over plans for the construction of a high-rise building complex on the iconic Gladstone Street in central Nicosia which hosts historic and traditional listed buildings, the developers of the planned construction fired back on Monday, claiming the plans are in line with the town planning regulations of the Nicosia Master Plan....
