https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/decision-to-postpone-weddings-until-september-political
Though many were disappointed to hear that wedding and baptism ceremonies won’t be permitted to take place until September, and though the health advisory committee suggested these could resume from as early as June 25, committee member Petros Karayiannis said the government made the right move in taking the political decision....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bill-calls-for-videotaping-police-interrogations
The House is looking into legislation that would make mandatory the videotaping of custodial interrogations, a move that would allow the Republic of Cyprus to join other modern states in the way suspects are being treated by police...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wars-over-imported-damaged-vehicles
Transport ministry officials are getting serious pushback from groups opposing a new guideline that would require car damage history to be disclosed to prospective buyers of used vehicles...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lockdown-defying-bishops-off-the-hook
Two local bishops who were facing charges in connection with violation of public health laws during the pandemic lockdown are off the hook, with state prosecution reportedly lacking clear and convincing evidence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/six-new-cases-emerge-two-found-in-schools
Six new coronavirus cases emerged on Wednesday after 2,928 sample were checked for the virus, a Health Ministry announcement said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-growing-complications-of-the-reopening-of-checkpoints
The discussion for the reopening of checkpoints will be anything but an easy feat, as in addition to the role played by the epidemiological situation, the matter is inevitably being politicized in view of ‘elections’ set to take place in the north, but also in light of the UNSG’s report expected around the end of June....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/racism-xenophobia-rife-in-cyprus-refugees-say
A teleconference on Tuesday raised the multifaceted problems faced by refugees and asylum seekers on the island, such as racism and xenophobia, hardships during the coronavirus pandemic, and difficulties with integrating into Cyprus society....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/student-and-detainee-two-of-three-new-coronavirus-cases
A Health Ministry announcement confirmed that three new coronavirus cases emerged on Tuesday after 1,473 samples were checked for the virus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/some-restrictions-may-be-eased-earlier-than-planned
The government and its health advisory committee discussed on Tuesday the possibility of relaxing certain restrictions sooner than anticipated, but final decisions are expected to emerge after the Cabinet’s meeting on Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspect-caught-in-women-home-alone-attacks
Police have apprehended a suspect in connection with two incidents back in January, when two women said an unknown man attacked them in their own apartments...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/five-new-cases-emerge-but-cyprus-still-on-track-kostrikis-says
Five new coronavirus cases emerged on Monday after 1,504 samples were checked for the virus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-experts-on-divided-island-compare-notes
Health experts from the two communities on divided Cyprus are expected to touch base on Monday, leaving politics aside as scientists try to prepare officials for the reopening of crossings in the buffer zone...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/communion-ritual-unchanged-in-orthodox-church-despite-virus
One by one, the children and adults line up for the centuries-old ritual of Holy Communion, trying to keep a proper social distance. The priest dips a spoon into the chalice of bread and wine, which the faithful believe is the body and blood of Christ, and puts it into the mouth of the first person in line....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/repatriated-person-the-island-s-only-new-coronavirus-case
One new coronavirus case emerged on Friday, involving a person who was tested upon repatriating to Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-contacts-of-known-cases-test-positive-for-coronavirus
The Health Ministry announced two new coronavirus cases on Thursday, both involving contacts of other known cases....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-new-coronavirus-cases
Total known coronavirus cases in the Republic of Cyprus remained at 939. So far, 17 have died of the virus, while 5...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mouth-to-mouth-by-lifeguards-prohibited
With the island’s coronavirus outbreak still ongoing, lifeguards will only be able to deliver CPR, but not mouth-to-mouth resuscitation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-to-welcome-germans-cypriots-israelis-in-first-wave-of-visitors
Greece will allow travelers from around two dozen countries including Germany, Cyprus and Israel to visit from mid-June without having to be quarantined, government officials said, part of a gradual easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/migration-agents-raid-building-in-larnaca
Police and immigration agents raided a place of residence in Larnaca on Wednesday where they inspected 22 individuals in an effort to combat illegal immigration, human trafficking, and labour exploitation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-two-new-cases-emerge-tuesday-both-involving-special-health-groups
The Health Ministry confirmed two new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, both involving people falling under special health groups....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/current-and-future-trends-in-civil-fraud
Marina Hadjisoteriou, Partner at Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC and Head of the firm’s Litigation departmentin Limassol, had the privilege to participate in Monckton Chambers’ recent webinar on Pleading and Proving Civil Fraud...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-moves-to-deport-suspected-terrorists
The Republic of Cyprus says it is getting ready to deport 17 undocumented migrants suspected of having ties to foreign terrorists, but proceedings could be delayed due to ongoing pandemic and other legal issues...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/evidence-destroyed-in-edek-probe
A political party in the Republic of Cyprus is at the centre of a new investigation into possible obstruction of justice, after it emerged that important evidence into an ongoing probe had been destroyed...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/repatriated-person-and-teacher-tests-positive-for-virus
Coronavirus cases in the Republic of Cyprus reached 937 on Monday, when two new cases were announced involving a recently repatriated person and a teacher....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/return-to-lockdown-not-likely-karayiannis-says
The health advisory committee is keeping a close watch on the consistent crowding observed since restrictions on movement were lifted on May 21, but committee member Petros Karayiannis said lockdown measures won’t be reinstated unless Cyprus returns to a state where around 30-40 new coronavirus cases are announced over consecutive days....
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-faces-setback-with-new-cases
Cyprus failed to remain on a zero streak after eight new confirmed coronavirus cases were announced on Sunday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-records-zero-cases
No new infections of the coronavirus were announced in Cyprus on Saturday, the first time the island recorded zero confirmed cases since the start of the outbreak in early March...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/clustering-on-first-day-of-phase-two-not-ideal-expert-said
Four new coronavirus cases emerged on Friday from a bulk of 1,970 samples tested for the virus, the Health Ministry’s daily briefing announced....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/negative-coronavirus-test-certificate-needed-to-go-through-crossings
With the partial opening of checkpoints on June 8, as agreed by the island’s two leaders on Thursday, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou said that in addition to the enclaved, Greek Cypriots who resettled in their villages in the breakaway north will also be allowed to pass through crossing points....
