https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/supermarkets-disagree-with-covscan-and-ask-for-instructions
Supermarket owners are asking the Minister of Health for instructions on how to implement CovScan, but they are underlining their opposition to this measure and the adoption of any additional measures to support its implementation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/school-of-tourism-and-hospitality-management-breaking-ground-in-paphos
The Mayor of Paphos, Phaedon Phaedonos, signed an agreement yesterday with TEPAK (The Cyprus University of Technology) for the establishment of a School of Tourism Management, Hospitality and Entrepreneurship....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/vaccination-cracks-are-forming-in-the-eu-travel-policy
National decisions in France and Austria risks fragmentation of pan-European policy...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bilateral-agreements-needed-for-the-repatriation-of-migrants
DISY President Averof Neophytou said on Wednesday that Cyprus should speed up bilateral repatriation agreements with countries in order to ensure public safety....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/retailers-furious-over-covscan-s-glitchy-start
A controversial android app pushed by the government to help businesses authenticate Safe Pass holders had a rough first day on Monday, with retailers upset over reported failures ranging from vaccinated documents being flagged as invalid to two different devices scanning the same QR code but giving different results...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-france-to-help-migration-talks-with-african-nations
France has agreed to help initiate talks between Cyprus and French-speaking African countries for a deal to take back their citizens whose asylum applications have been rejected, the Cypriot interior minister said Saturday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/as-ban-lifts-visitors-to-us-await-long-delayed-hugs-kisses
The U.S. lifted restrictions Monday on travel from a long list of countries including Mexico, Canada and most of Europe...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-awaits-brussels-on-golden-passports
The President’s Cabinet in the Republic of Cyprus has approved at least 390 golden passport applications despite European warnings after the program was scrapped last year, with Interior Minister Nicos Nouris saying he has already explained the logic to the European Commission but hasn’t heard back yet...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/booster-shots-begin-for-people-50-and-over
Following the decision of the Council of Ministers yesterday regarding COVID-19 booster shots for vulnerable citizens and those aged 50 and over, the Health Ministry announces the following:...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/21-of-cypriots-found-it-difficult-to-heat-their-homes-in-2020
21% of Cypriots found it difficult to heat their homes in 2020, compared to 8% on average in the European Union...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabinet-makes-covscan-mandatory-but-questions-remain
Door greeters at supermarkets and other businesses will have to use an android app when checking Safe Pass, according to a Cabinet decision, but the policy going into effect on Monday has left many questions unanswered with citizens calling even pharmacies to get the latest scoop...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-announces-a-reduction-of-vat-for-vulnerable-households
Cabinet Ministers today announced the reduction of VAT charged to electricity bills of vulnerable households. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/latvia-declares-state-of-emergency-due-to-explosive-spread-of-the-coronavirus
Authorities in Latvia have declared a state of emergency for three months due to the resurgence of record-breaking new coronavirus infections, while COVID-19 vaccination rates remain among the lowest in the European Union.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-are-warning-citizens-over-fraudulent-calls-from-abroad
Police are warning the public about fraudulent phone calls made to citizens that originate from outside the country but use local Cyprus telephone numbers....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/legal-doubts-over-detentions-in-cyprus-azeri-case
The legality of arrests of four Pakistani men, who were identified by Cyprus police as suspects based on phone records in connection with an alleged plot against Israelis, will be reexamined after the Supreme Court ruled that a law allowing indiscriminate data retention on all citizens violated European human rights...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/supreme-court-slams-unwarranted-access-to-phone-data
The Supreme Court in the Republic of Cyprus has found that a law allowing indiscriminate phone data retention for police purposes violates EU rights to privacy, with experts describing the decision as a major upset in ongoing criminal cases built on private information...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabinet-ends-citizenship-ordeal-for-mixed-couple-s-kids
The President’s Cabinet has granted citizenship to two siblings from a bicommunal mixed family, following criticism that their applications for identification cards were caught in a political stalemate for having a Turkish grandfather...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/us-will-require-foreign-travellers-to-get-who-authorised-vaccines
The Biden administration will allow all international travellers to enter the US as long as they have received any vaccine authorised by the World Health Organization...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bicycle-subsidies-for-cyprus
The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works announces that on November 1, 2021 it will launch the first electronic platform through which citizens can apply for a subsidy to purchase a new non-electric bicycle....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/calls-to-end-uncontrolled-garbage-disposal
Cypriot citizens will once again be burdened with financial sanctions imposed by the EU if regulations against uncontrolled garbage disposal are not implemented....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-side-effects-from-vaccine-mix-and-match
No side effects have been recorded in Cyprus from the mixing of different vaccines, according to Dr. Elena Panagiotopoulou,...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mistrust-results-in-a-rise-in-covid-cases-in-eastern-europe
Latvia imposed a new lockdown on Thursday, with hospitals in Bulgaria and Romania struggling to cope with an increase in patients with covid-19, while Poland is selling extra doses of vaccine....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/one-quarter-of-the-population-on-the-verge-of-poverty
According to a statement by Cypriot Network Against Poverty, 24% of the population of Cyprus is on the verge of poverty, which means 200 citizens will soon cross the poverty line....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/digital-agenda-2021-ends-with-a-bang
The second and final day of Digital Agenda Cyprus was more impressive with speakers bringing together ideas, predictions and discussions about the future of technology and what to expect during the post-pandemic era....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/speakers-gather-in-nicosia-to-discuss-the-technological-revolution
Digital Agenda Cyprus was off to a running start on Tuesday with introductory remarks by founder Demetris Lottides...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-cabinet-to-revoke-45-passports-in-cash-for-citizenship-scheme
Cyprus said on Friday it would revoke the passports of 45 people who obtained citizenship under a now discredited investment scheme that ran for more than a decade....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/moscow-against-recognition-of-turkish-occupied-northern-cyprus
Russia dismissed Turkish media reports on Thursday that Moscow and Ankara are engaged in bargaining for the mutual recognition of Crimea as Russian territory and the Turkish-occupied territories in northern Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/medochemie-timeless-sponsor-of-world-heart-day-awareness-campaign
For yet another year, Medochemie was the main sponsor of the Pancyprian Awareness Campaign for World Heard day....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/heavy-rain-floods-streets-in-athens-thessaloniki
Heavy showers on Thursday flooded streets across the Greek capital and in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, with the fire service receiving dozens of calls for help....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lebanon-explosions-and-shootings-in-beirut-with-dead-and-wounded
At least two large explosions were heard Thursday morning in the Lebanese capital Beirut,...
