https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-urges-public-to-use-covid-tracer-app
The Republic of Cyprus’ health ministry is calling on the public to use the CoVTracer-EN, the country’s national application for mobile phones, in a bid to avoid congestion and contribute to the containment of daily coronavirus infections...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/barn-fire-kills-over-1000-pigs-in-nicosia
A herd of mother pigs and about a thousand piglets burned to death on Monday night in Nicosia district, after a fire broke out in a barn along a rural road...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rampant-spread-contained-but-cyprus-still-in-red-zone
Despite indications that the rampant spread of the virus has been contained, Cyprus remains in the red zone, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-lose-state-fraud-case-in-limassol
Defendants in Limassol’s case involving an alleged scam with food stamps and housing vouchers for homeless persons walked free this week, after prosecutors said they were unable to bring witnesses forward to testify in court...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-seize-drone-flying-‘high-over-nicosia
Police confiscated a drone in west Nicosia on Tuesday, saying they found drugs attached to the flying object...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-police-scolded-again-over-spy-van
The Supreme Court in the Republic of Cyprus has recalled an arrest warrant for Avraham Shahak Avni, a Jewish community leader who is implicated in the spy van probe, ruling that police had no reasonable basis to detain a man who had been otherwise cooperating with authorities from the get-go...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-warns-against-easing-pandemic-containing-measures
As millions of European citizens gear up for the festive season, the European Union's executive commission urged member countries to keep strong anti-Covid-19 restrictions in place to avoid a post-holiday surge of coronavirus cases and deaths but stopped short of advising against travel....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-says-greeks-behind-raid-on-ship
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday suggested Greece and Cyprus were behind the interception of a Turkish vessel by German soldiers on behalf of a European Union mission off the Libyan coast late Sunday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/al-jazeera-turns-attention-to-jho-low
Cypriot-naturalized citizen Jho Low, the Malaysian fugitive financier whose golden passports came under scrutiny last year, was back in the news this week after Al Jazeera published a video with actual voice recordings of 'the biggest fish' seeking a way out of the 1MDB colossal scandal...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/limassol-police-corner-in-suspect-vehicle
Three patrol cars collided with a suspect vehicle on Wednesday night in Limassol, after the driver failed to stop for inspection, with officers ending up making arrests on drug, traffic, and public health violations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/over-200-000-tonnes-of-plastic-leaking-into-the-mediterranean-each-year
A new IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) report finds that an estimated 229,000 tonnes of plastic is leaking into the Mediterranean Sea every year, equivalent to over 500 shipping containers each day. Unless significant measures are taken to address mismanaged waste, the main source of the leakage, this will at least double by 2040.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/attorney-general-calls-auditor-‘to-order
Cypriot Attorney General George Savvides issued a stern warning on Saturday, calling to order the state’s auditor general over his insistence on examining specific golden passport case files linked to a casino project on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ey-attractiveness-survey-cyprus-2020
EY Attractiveness Survey Cyprus 2020: Investors are optimistic about the country’s attractiveness over the coming years, but state that there is room for improvement...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-pm-urges-use-of-masks-compliance-to-avert-lockdown
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appealed to the public on Thursday to wear masks and comply with health safety regulations so that stricter coronavirus containment measures can be averted, saying that it is a choice between “self-protection and lockdown.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pompeo-deeply-concerned-over-eastern-mediterranean
The United States remains 'deeply concerned' about Turkey's actions in the eastern Mediterranean, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday, urging a diplomatic end to a simmering crisis over offshore natural resources...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/politics-turn-ugly-over-cyprus-papers
The main left party opposition in the Republic of Cyprus is firing back at the government, after reports emerged over threats and a confidential letter about Cypriot golden passports a decade earlier...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-mulls-legal-action-against-cyprus-golden-passports
The foreign media network Al Jazeera, that has this week been publishing a series of articles and videos on the murky side of the Cyprus ‘golden passports’ program after it was leaked classified documents, reported that the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders is looking into the possibility of legal action against Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-collects-additional-170-tonnes-beirut-relief
The Cyprus public has amassed an additional 170 tonnes of humanitarian aid for the people of Lebanon, who were ravaged by deadly blasts at a Beirut port area earlier this month, with the aid currently being loaded into containers that will be transferred to the Limassol port, from where they will be shipped to the neighbouring country....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-takes-a-stab-at-al-jazeera-propaganda
The daily publication of reports by the foreign media network Al Jazeera targeting the Cyprus citizenship-for-investment programme after gaining possession of over 1,400 leaked documents has sent the Cyprus government rushing to set the record straight....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minivan-explodes-on-limassol-road
A vehicle carrying chemicals exploded while in motion in Limassol, with local media saying there were no reports of injuries...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/through-traffic-banned-on-forest-roads
Dozens of fires broke out on Saturday in Cyprus, prompting state authorities to ban private vehicles on forest roads after a pattern of arson emerged linked to suspicious cars in the area...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/beirut-blast-has-eerie-connections-to-cyprus
Following Tuesday’s deadly explosion in Lebanon, some eerie connections began to emerge in Cyprus, including a Russian national based in Limassol and a Hezbollah-related arrest on the island back in 2015...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/death-toll-expected-to-rise-in-beirut
Over 100 people were killed and thousands wounded in a massive explosion that shook the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, with sound waves of the deadly blast reaching as far as Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-crushed-to-death-on-limassol-job-site
A local worker was killed on the job on Tuesday when wood weighing over a ton collapsed on him at a worksite in Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspicious-container-searched-at-limassol-port
Reports of a possible explosives shipment prompted authorities at Limassol port to investigate a suspicious container from Egypt that was bound for Syria...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/drug-unit-gets-lucky-after-dialing-number
A male suspect appears to be talking to the police following his arrest on drug related charges with reports saying investigators in Larnaca are connecting the dots in two different cases...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-weighs-risks-of-luring-back-tourists
The introduction of Britain and Russia into one of the categories that would allow tourists to visit Cyprus is not on the agenda according to Kathimerini sources, with hoteliers waging a battle to assume part of the risk and scientists appearing unconvinced ahead of an upcoming meeting at the Presidential Palace...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-5g-targets-torched-overnight
More assets within the telecommunications infrastructure went up in flames in Limassol overnight, with a police representative saying a worrying trend is taking place in a number of European countries...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-agrees-‘safe-travel-list-excluding-united-states
The European Union has excluded the United States from its initial 'safe list' of countries from which the bloc will allow non-essential travel from Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greek-police-searching-for-cyprus-victims-of-bogus-doctor
Hellenic Police (ELAS) investigators are searching for Cyprus residents who may have fallen victim to a 47-year-old man who stands accused in Greece of posing as a health specialist and who possibly contributed to the death of three cancer patients, including two teenagers....
