https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-president-to-hold-private-meeting-with-prince-charles-on-march-19
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on March 19 will hold a private meeting with Charles, the Prince of Wales, who will be paying the island an official visit between March 18-21....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-police-block-protesters-at-checkpoint
UN police in Cyprus were taking no chances at the Ledra checkpoint on Monday, blocking Turkish Cypriot demonstrators in the north who wanted to bring flowers to Greek Cypriot riot police behind fortified barricades in the south...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/special-forces-from-cyprus-fly-to-greece
Nearly two dozen members of Cypriot special security forces have been deployed to Greece’s Evros region to assist in a pushback of undocumented migrants, with reports saying the situation was calmer after a tense weekend...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-hold-the-line-at-ledra-checkpoint
Greek Cypriot police at Nicosia's Ledra crossing thwarted a barricade breach by Turkish Cypriot protesters on Saturday, as demonstrations against the checkpoint shutdown continued on both sides of the divided island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/soldier-quarantined-in-cyprus-high-risk-case
A Greek soldier has been quarantined in Cyprus after a trip he took to visit his family where his mother tested positive for the coronavirus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-criticizes-turkey-on-migration-as-border-clashes-resume
Clashes between Greek riot police and migrants attempting to cross the border from Turkey erupted anew Friday as European Union foreign ministers took aim at what they called “Turkey’s use of migratory pressure for political purposes.”
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-reports-14-new-covid-19-cases-total-reaches-45
Greek authorities on Friday announced that 14 more people have tested positive to the new coronavirus, adding the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 45.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/intoxicated-man-bursts-into-paphos-home
Two friends had the scare of their lives on Thursday night after an intoxicated man burst into a residence in Paphos, grabbed a knife, and injured one of them...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/food-products-imported-from-china-safe-for-consumers
Scientific evidence obtained so far from European bodies and the WHO show that food products imported from China do not pose a health risk to EU citizens and by extension Cypriot consumers....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/covid-19-cases-in-greece-jump-to-31
The total number of the new coronavirus cases in Greece has risen to 31, after 21 more people who came in contact with the country’s ninth confirmed case tested positive, Greek Health Ministry spokesman Dimitris Tsiodras said in press briefing on Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-deploys-1-000-police-at-greek-border-to-stem-pushback-of-migrants
Turkey is deploying 1,000 special police forces along its border with Greece on Thursday to halt the pushback of migrants toward its territory, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said, adding that 164 migrants had been wounded by Greek authorities....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-reports-tenth-covid-19-case
Greece’s Health Ministry confirmed on Thursday morning its tenth COVID-19 case....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mixed-reviews-for-cyprus-anti-money-laundering
A US State Department anti-money laundering report on Cyprus includes fewer negative references but still points to vulnerabilities in the island’s financial services and gaming sectors...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-forces-use-tear-gas-to-repel-migrants
Greek riot police and troops used water cannon and tear gas on Wednesday against hundreds of migrants as they made another attempt to cross the border from Turkey into Greece....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-developments-in-key-witness-disappearance
There are new developments in the disappearance of ex-con and key witness Ahmed Zaidan, with crime investigators looking into allegations that he was seen being forced into the trunk of a car at gunpoint...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-says-it-cannot-cope-with-migrant-influx
The interior minister of the Republic of Cyprus says the island cannot host more “economic migrants” as another boatload of refugees arrived on Tuesday, clarifying that authorities would not send back those whose lives may be in danger...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-fm-alleges-three-migrants-killed-trying-to-cross-greek-border
A war of words between Ankara and Athens over the migrant crisis escalated on Tuesday when Turkey’s foreign minister said without providing evidence that Greek soldiers had killed three migrants attempting to enter the country, a claim denied by Greece....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-commission-notified-of-checkpoint-closures
The European Commission has been informed of the temporary closing of four checkpoints, and said it would continue monitoring the situation closely in order to ensure that each closure and health checks remain in accordance with the Green Line Regulation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-army-police-dig-in-along-turkey-border-after-migrant-clashes
Greek troops and riot police remained on high alert on Tuesday along the land border between Greece and Turkey, the main flashpoint in an escalating row between the EU and Ankara over how to deal with a new wave of migrants and refugees....
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/man-in-court-over-ledra-protest
A local resident was remanded in custody on Sunday over a Saturday incident at Nicosia's Ledra crossing, when protesters broke through barriers that had been set up in response to the coronavirus threat...
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/police-catch-man-who-stole-from-victim-of-sunday-s-fatal-stabbing
Following the arrest of one of the two assailants who fatally stabbed Ahmed Bin Talib, 24, on Sunday in downtown Nicosia, police have reportedly arrested a second man who was captured by camera footable stealing a €50 note from the dead man’s pocket....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/guards-use-tear-gas-to-disperse-hundreds-of-migrants-at-greek-turkish-border
Guards on Greece’s northeastern land border with Turkey made “deterrent use” of tear gas to disperse some 500 refugees and migrants trying to enter the country and the European Union after Ankara loosened controls on migrant flows....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-border-crackdown-amid-concerns-over-turkey
Greek government sources on Friday stressed that authorities are boosting security at the country’s border following reports that Turkey will no longer stop Syrian refugees from traveling to Europe....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-bans-two-turks-over-drilling-off-cyprus
The European Union has imposed sanctions on two Turkish nationals in connection with their company’s drilling activities off Cyprus...
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/elderly-woman-killed-in-brutal-crash
Police are investigating a traffic accident in Limassol where an elderly woman was killed in a brutal collision at a controlled intersection...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/disappearance-turns-into-felony-murder-case
Police are still looking for a second suspect in the disappearance of an ex-con two weeks ago, with reports describing the case as a rendezvous with death with drug trafficking in the background...
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...
