https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/party-goers-in-limassol-defy-covid-measures-to-celebrate-carnival-video
Limassol is known as the party capital when it comes to carnival celebrations, and this Sunday showed just that. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-scraps-safe-pass-in-supermarkets
Consumers in the Republic of Cyprus no longer have to use a Safe Pass to enter supermarkets and other shops selling necessity goods, after the health ministry adopted categories of high, medium, and low risk venues...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-on-russia-s-list-of-unfriendly-nations
Moscow is firing back at countries that joined sanctions against Russia in the wake of the war in Ukraine, with Cyprus finding itself on the list days after Russian naval ships were denied access to the island’s ports...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-ministry-issues-instructions-for-discharge-of-covid-19-cases
Cyprus` Health Ministry issued new instructions on Monday regarding the discharge of people who contracted COVID-19. These instructions will be put into effect as of Tuesday, March 8....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-ministerial-commitees-established-to-monitor-impact-of-ukraine-crisis-on-cyprus
At a meeting chaired by President Nicos Anastasiades today at the Presidential Palace, two ministerial committees were established to monitor the effects of the Ukraine crisis on Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/downward-trend-of-covid-cases-deaths-and-hospitalizations-continue-in-cyprus
COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations in Cyprus continued their slow downward trend in February, mainly in the last 15 days, according to the National Surveillance Report released on Friday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-on-the-doorstep-of-an-unknown-world
We are Witnesses of the end of the world we knew, without knowing where we will be in a short time....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fifty-cypriot-nationals-still-in-ukraine
There are currently 50 Cypriot citizens in Ukraine as well as 10 Ukrainian nationals who have a permit for residence in Cyprus, Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Demetris Demetriou, has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), adding that the Ministry "continues to work so that it will be possible to safely and smoothly evacuate all Cypriots" from Ukraine....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-covid-relaxations-announced-today
The session of the Council of Ministers which began at 10 am this morning ended shortly after noon today followed by an announcement of new relaxations to the covid restrictions in Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/what-you-need-to-know-right-now-about-the-ukraine-russia-conflict
Russia's invasion of Ukraine entered its second week on Thursday with its main assault force halted north of the capital Kyiv and several cities enduring heavy Russian bombing....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/outdoor-masks-no-longer-required-in-greece
The government will lift its requirement of mask-wearing outdoors from Saturday, the health minister said on Wednesday, as Covid-19 infections are trending lower....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-pilot-who-ditched-lawyer-goes-after-state
A Cypriot commercial pilot who single-handedly took his case to ECHR saying he was wrongfully dismissed more than two decades ago is now suing the Republic of Cyprus for unfair trial following a decision by the country’s Supreme Court to reopen appeal proceedings...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ministry-of-labor-cracks-down-on-undeclared-labor
Targeted inspections in the construction sector will now be conducted by the Ministery of Labor, Welfare and Social Insurance beginning in March in an effort to clamp down on undeclared labor.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-closes-airspace-to-russia-but-reserves-right-to-reconsider
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides expressed on Sunday Cyprus’ support to measures discussed with EU counterparts during an informal videoconference regarding, among other things, humanitarian support to Ukraine and targeted restrictive measures against Russia....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-new-and-improved-covscan-cyprus-ready-for-use
The Deputy Ministry of Research and Innovation has finalized the changes needed in the app to automatically recognize the new health protocols in place for establishments and businesses on the island....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/former-chief-of-greek-supreme-court-named-in-blackmail-claim
A political storm is brewing over an audio file that has surfaced suggesting that former Supreme Court President Vassiliki Thanou, who had been appointed to her post by the then SYRIZA government, blackmailed prominent businessman Andreas Vgenopoulos for money back in 2016....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/second-suspect-nabbed-after-checkpoint-drug-bust
A woman in Nicosia has been arrested in connection with a drug trafficking case under investigation after customs officers at the Agios Dometios checkpoint found drugs inside a car two days earlier...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/developments-in-the-first-few-hours-of-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine
Kharkiv - Fierce battles
Fight in the cities, in the squares, where you live said in his sermon the President of Ukraine...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/second-package-of-self-test-kits-available-until-thursday
The Ministry of Health announced that the second package of self-test kits will be available to citizens until Thursday and that the distribution of a third kit will begin Friday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-opposed-to-secession-and-annexation-of-part-of-another-country-says-kasoulides
Cyprus' position on what is taking place in Ukraine is related to the case of Cyprus and stems precisely from it, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulides said in a statement ahead of the extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Paris, ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-cypriot-journalist-faces-10-year-imprisonment-over-an-op-ed
Ali Kişmir, head of Turkish Cypriot Press Workers` Union (Basın-Sen) said he could be facing up to ten years imprisonment over an opinion editorial he wrote during the rise of Ersin Tatar as head of the Turkish Cypriot community....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-town-invites-greeks-of-ukraine-to-relocate
A Cypriot mayor has issued an open invitation to Ukrainians of Greek descent to settle in his town under a new master plan, saying better educated and more civilized newcomers would assimilate easier than other refugee groups on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cmp-work-on-missing-persons-marks-progress
The House Committee on Refugees learned about progress in the work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), during a meeting on Tuesday, in Nicosia, with the CMP’s Greek Cypriot member, Leonidas Pantelides....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/soccer-fan-clubs-in-greece-handed-red-card
Greece has suspended the operation of hundreds of fan clubs associated with soccer teams in a bid to combat hooligans using them as cover....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/putin-says-he-may-recognise-breakaway-regions-of-ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was considering a request by two regions of eastern Ukraine held by Russian-backed separatists to be recognised as independent - a move that could give Moscow a reason to openly send troops....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tatar-formal-negotiations-only-with-recognition-of-sovereign-equality
"Our sovereign equality must be accepted before formal negotiations can begin," said Ersin Tatar....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/welcome-back-australia-opens-its-borders-two-years-later-images
Australia today completely opened its external borders to travelers who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus after being shut down for almost two years due to the pandemic, with tourists returning to the country and hundreds of people reuniting with relatives and friends....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-minister-expresses-hope-as-easing-of-covid-measures-begin-today
Relaxed covid measures announced last week are in effect as of today, Monday the 21st of February. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/historic-leak-of-swiss-banking-records-reveals-unsavory-clients
Despite two decades of pledges by Credit Suisse to crack down on illegitimate funds, data leaked from the bank reveals that it catered to dozens of criminals, dictators, intelligence officials, sanctioned parties and political actors with outsized wealth....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-putin-will-not-invade-because-he-doesn-t-want-a-second-afghanistan
Many analysts have suggested that the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin to move toward Ukraine, exploiting the perceived weakness of the West. But Leon Aron, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, reminds us that Russians were also trapped in Afghanistan in 1978-89.
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