https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-cyprus-issue-is-at-a-prolonged-impasse
The insistence of Turkey and the leader of the Turkish Cypriots and settlers Ersin Tatar on advance acceptance by the Greek Cypriot side of the sovereign equality of the Turkish Cypriots has led the Cyprus issue to a prolonged impasse....
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/life/direct-flights-from-athens-to-boston-three-times-a-week
The Greek Consul General in Boston has hailed the launch by Delta Airlines of a new service connecting Athens to Boston, direct, three times a week, starting at the end of May....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/take-a-walk-through-the-nicosia-airport
After almost 50 years, Nicosia airport comes back to life, thanks to the Cyprus Institute....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coronaviruses-which-animal-can-transmit-the-virus-to-humans
Since 2002, when we first had the SARS-CoV outbreak in China, many studies have highlighted the potential for coronaviruses that infect wildlife to spread to humans and then cause a pandemic.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-vaccine-no-job
United Airlines said on Tuesday that they were preparing to fire 593 employees who failed to submit their vaccination certificates....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-sees-far-east-wide-open-for-tourism
Cypriot deputy tourism minister Savvas Perdios wants Gulf Air to keep the island in mind when expanding to Europe and America, hoping more connections would encourage Saudi visitors “from good stock” to pop up next door to Bahrain for a visitor visa to Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/data-on-unvaxxed-hospitalizations-still-sporadic
Most hospital admissions for COVID-19 in Cyprus concern unvaccinated cases according to health officials, but basic details on cases regarding infected patients remain sporadic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/isolation-guidance-eases-but-not-for-unvaxxed-contacts
New health ministry guidance in Cyprus has reduced the required period before infected persons can end their isolation regardless of vaccination history, but different criteria continue to apply for close contacts depending on whether they are vaccinated or not...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uk-s-covid-stricken-flagship-sails-on-after-cyprus
Britain's HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier is managing a Covid outbreak after more than 100 crew members were infected during a port call in the Republic of Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hms-queen-elizabeth-stops-in-cyprus
Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy, arrived in the port of Limassol on Wednesday, a week after a maritime incident with Russia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-minister-vies-for-uk-s-green-status
Cypriot deputy tourism minister Savvas Perdios has been trying to sway British officials towards including his country on the UK’s green list, following a recent improvement of the epidemiological situation on the island that could still be argued either way in London...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-on-alert-over-aggressive-mutations
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou says chances remain that the Indian and South African mutations detected on the island last month may spread into the community, adding that vaccinations were the only way to stop the spread of the 'aggressive variants'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/france-praises-cypriot-hospitality-towards-cdg
French Ambassador Salina Grenet-Catalano had nothing but praises for the level of hospitality offered by Cypriot authorities to the crew of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle that sailed in the port of Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rapid-tests-under-fire-again
Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides says a second PCR test came back negative, giving rise to further debate over the reliability of rapid test results, with a health expert also raising questions over the use of the method in Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/moscow-blames-ban-on-cyprus-airways
Cypriot Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos says the government will do whatever necessary to overcome a disembarkation ban by Moscow, while reports say Russian aviation authorities imposed the ban on Cyprus Airways over the company’s failure to provide a passenger list...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-s-cabinet-to-rethink-covid-strategy
President Nicos Anastasiades has called for an emergency Cabinet meeting on Monday, after data over the weekend appeared to suggest that things were taking a turn for the worse despite hard work and added measures...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-cases-hit-record-daily-high
New cases in the Republic of Cyprus hit a record daily high on Thursday when 233 cases were detected after 3,756 tests were conducted, while hospitalised coronavirus carriers surged to 65 islandwide....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-tightens-restrictions-imposes-11pm-curfew
In a national address on Wednesday night, the Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said the government was obliged to take tough decisions for stricter measures as the island was no exception to Europe’s second coronavirus wave, before the health minister stepped in to outline the new measures that come into effect on Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/166-new-cases-as-hospital-patients-surge
166 new coronavirus cases emerged on Wednesday after 3,529 tests were conducted, raising total known cases to 5,100...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/authorities-report-197-cases-one-death
197 new coronavirus cases were detected in the Republic of Cyprus on Monday, while a 91-year-old coronavirus patient with underlying health conditions died of septic shock....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-puts-more-measures-on-the-table
Members of the government’s coronavirus task force were set to meet with Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Monday, just two days ahead of a Cabinet meeting where stricter measures are expected to be announced...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/expert-concerned-over-cases-at-private-hospitals-businesses
Member of the government’s health advisory committee Dr Petros Karayiannis raised the alarm on Friday over the large numbers of new coronavirus cases being detected among employees of private sector establishments such as hospitals, universities, banks, and companies....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-daily-count-surpasses-200
Newly detected coronavirus infections in the Republic of Cyprus reached a whopping 202 on Saturday, the highest daily count ever recorded on the island since the outbreak of the pandemic, with additional measures being rolled out on Sunday starting with Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-out-of-control-as-cases-hit-triple-digits
The Republic of Cyprus broke a new record on Thursday after 104 new coronavirus cases were confirmed, with authorities already fearing the worse as chains of infection are out of control...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/masks-mandatory-in-all-indoor-spaces-as-covid-flares
After the number of new coronavirus cases detected in Cyprus on Tuesday flew right off the charts, an emergency meeting between the health minister and the government’s coronavirus expert task force agreed to impose stricter rules, including the requirement to wear a face mask in all indoor spaces....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officials-nervous-ahead-of-flu-season
A recent climb in confirmed coronavirus cases, especially in Larnaca district, has prompted health officials to contemplate new tougher measures possibly across the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/three-new-coronavirus-cases-uni-student-among-them
Three coronavirus cases were detected in the Republic of Cyprus on Monday, when 3,036 tests were conducted, raising total known cases to 1,603....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/expert-furious-over-violators-out-and-about
A local expert on the government covid task force says the behaviour of some people, who have been instructed to isolate due to suspected coronavirus infection, is 'outrageous and criminal' when they don't answer calls from health officials...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teacher-tests-positive-for-virus-students-instructed-to-isolate
The health and education ministries were on high alert on Friday after a teacher who teaches at two secondary schools tested positive for coronavirus, with several of his co-workers and students from both schools instructed to self-isolate....
