https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-jails-captain-for-docking-in-the-north
The captain of a Ukraine-bound oil tanker was sentenced to prison on Tuesday in the Republic of Cyprus, two days after he was arrested in the south for docking his ship in the north last year...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/putin-wants-un-guarantees-for-cyprus
Russian President Vladimir Putin says breaches of UN resolutions on Cyprus are 'inadmissible' in a letter response to his Cypriot counterpart, adding that Moscow backs a federation-based settlement and calls for all permanent members of the Security Council to take on guarantees for the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tougher-safe-pass-logic-brought-into-question
The head of the government’s pandemic advisory committee says it is not up to health experts to justify political decisions such as tougher Safe Pass rules, but one of his colleagues defended tougher restrictions saying they had worked in the past during lockdown...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-with-hoe-tells-party-to-keep-it-down
A man in Paphos was briefly detained on Sunday after he reportedly grabbed a garden hoe and walked into a backyard birthday party to demand that music be turned down...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/unvaccinated-literally-squeezed-into-a-corner
People no longer eligible for free rapid tests in government-run facilities were literally squeezed into a corner under the hot sun in Paphos on Sunday, while it was a walk in the park for vaccinated individuals and others in that town who were still eligible for state-funded testing based on the latest decree...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-and-ankara-worlds-apart-over-resolution
Nicosia has welcomed a Security Council resolution that renewed the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cyprus and also delved into other aspects of the Cyprus Problem, with Ankara crying foul and saying the UN violated its own rules...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-scores-points-on-unficyp-draft
Nicosia scored a diplomatic victory on Wednesday on an UNFICYP draft resolution, after members of the Security Council asked to retain narrow language on a federal solution and remove references suggesting a federal framework could be room for finding common ground...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/data-suggest-things-less-bad-with-vaccinations
Daily detection of COVID infections continued to drop in the Republic of Cyprus but cases still remained in the upper hundreds, with experts suggesting a very bad epidemiological situation could have been a lot worse had it not been for vaccinations on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-investigate-safe-pass-knife-incident
Police are investigating an incident in Limassol where the owner of a restaurant says he sustained knife injuries after a customer refused to show a Safe Pass document...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-leaves-booster-shot-up-to-brussels
Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela says while government planning includes preparations for a third jab for vaccinated adults and seniors, the booster shot is subject to approval in Brussels...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ankara-rejects-statement-on-varosha
Ankara has remained defiant following a UN Security Council presidential statement that condemned the decision by Turkey and Turkish Cypriots to reopen a residential section of abandoned Varosha...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israel-puts-cyprus-in-the-doghouse
A partial cabinet meeting in Israel landed Cyprus in the doghouse, after ministers in the neighboring country recommended the island be off limits to Israeli travelers due to pandemic concerns...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-okay-with-latest-unsc-draft-on-varosha
Nicosia appeared to be at ease on Thursday night after a draft statement on Varosha, expected to be adopted by UN Security Council members on Friday afternoon, was said to 'condemn' recent announcements by Turkish and Turkish Cypriot leaders regarding the island’s ghost town...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nso-denies-knowledge-of-hacked-list-in-cyprus
Israel-based NSO Group is pointing the finger at customers who may misuse its Pegasus surveillance software, following reports that a list hacked in Cyprus contained thousands of mobile phone numbers believed to have been be targeted by the proprietary malware to spy on journalists and activists around the globe...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-officials-tackle-data-gap-on-vaccinated
Health officials in the Republic of Cyprus are trying to regroup this week following public criticism over lack of information on vaccinated persons, with plans underway said to include cross referencing vaccination data with close contacts of infected persons and more qualitative data...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-wants-strong-unsc-response-on-varosha
The UN Security Council is scheduled to tackle Varosha on Thursday, after the Republic of Cyprus requested closed consultations to take place following a Turkish Cypriot announcement to reopen part of the ghost town in the north, a move heavily criticized by Greek Cypriots in the south...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/discover-a-world-full-of-opportunities-at-uclan-cyprus-open-day
The Open Day will take place on Wednesday, the 21st of July 2021, at UCLan Cyprus Campus in Larnaka, from 10:00 – 19:00....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/asylum-seekers-stuck-in-cyprus-buffer-zone
Cypriot Interior Minister Nikos Nouris says the ordeal of three Cameroonians currently stuck in the buffer zone could end if EU fellow members agreed to take them in, with reports saying the bloc is still looking for consensus on migration policy but nothing has been agreed to date...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turks-set-varosha-plan-in-motion
Greek Cypriots are preparing a response to Turkish Cypriot plans to reopen part of Varosha, a risky proposition made official following an announcement by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday in the northern part of the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-under-scrutiny-over-media-building-attack
Cyprus police moved quickly to arrest a dozen suspects in the aftermath of an attack on a local media building in Nicosia, but questions remained over what law enforcement knew ahead of time and how prepared were riot police to face the assaul...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-cypriots-unleash-varosha-cancel-campaign
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades declared on Tuesday that no Greek Cypriot from Famagusta 'would become an accomplice to Turkish plans' in Varosha, while also rejecting accusations that he was against Turkish Cypriots sharing power on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/safe-pass-for-supermarket-made-official
Grocery shoppers in the Republic of Cyprus may no longer shop at a supermarket if they do not have a Safe Pass, based on the latest decree published on Monday by the health ministry affecting all domains of social life in response to last week’s surge in daily infections...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabinet-mulls-over-safe-pass-across-the-board
Health experts in Cyprus are calling for Safe Pass requirements in indoor public spaces to apply across the board, including supermarkets and bakeries, with the Cabinet expected Friday to decide on new measures aimed at slowing down a recent spike but also boosting vaccinations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspect-says-he-got-scammed-in-deadly-drug-deal
The suspect in a deadly drug deal gone wrong in Limassol has given his own version of events, saying he flew into a rage after noticing he had paid for Himalayan salt instead of crystal meth...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/policing-safe-pass-put-to-the-test
An incident in broad daylight in Nicosia has raised questions over the latest use of Safe Pass, with police keeping quiet about reports of a downtown arrest and some business owners refusing to check documents at the door...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-raises-bar-for-sake-of-normality
The President’s Cabinet in the Republic of Cyprus has added a few finishing touches on its latest Safe Pass measures as daily COVID cases continue to rise, with the government allowing more flexibility for businesses willing to cater to people who are vaccinated...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/expert-tells-vaccinated-not-to-let-guard-down
Known Covid infections continue to rise in the Republic of Cyprus, with the positivity rate standing at 1.80% and health experts warning that vaccinated people should not let their guard down...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/exness-pledges-300-000-euro-in-financial-support-following-devastating-wildfires
Cyprus wakes up to another grim day following what has been characterized as the most devastating fire in the history of the island....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/four-laborers-died-trying-to-escape-cyprus-fire
The bodies of four farm workers were discovered Sunday, the second day of a huge wildfire in Cyprus that so far burned 55 square kilometers, with reports saying the laborers perished while desperately trying to escape the inferno...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-joins-eu-s-digital-covid-certificate
The Republic of Cyprus on Thursday joined other EU countries already accepting an EU-wide Covid certificate for easier travel, amid coordination challenges amongst members and a rampant Delta variant around the world...
