https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-arrested-after-attack-on-basketball-player
A man has been arrested on attempted murder charges following a vicious attack outside a night club in Nicosia, with reports saying AEL basketball player Corey Manigault has been hospitalized in critical condition...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-cost-of-erdogan-s-behavior
Driven by arrogance and his neo-Ottoman ambitions, Recep Tayyip Erdogan behaves as if Turkey is some sort of unbound superpower which is immune to criticism...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/massive-forest-fire-ravages-greek-island
Firefighters and residents battled into the night Monday for a seventh day against a massive fire on Greece’s second-largest island as the nation endured what the prime minister described as 'a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/thousands-flee-fires-in-greece-turkey
Thousands of people fled wildfires burning out of control in Greece and Turkey on Friday, including a major blaze just north of the Greek capital of Athens that claimed one life, as a protracted heat wave left forests tinder-dry and flames threatened populated areas and electricity installations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wildfires-roar-back-to-life-near-athens
Wildfires north of Athens leapt back to life on Thursday as searing conditions persisted and emergency crews battled blazes across Greece for a third day running...
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/cyprus-et-al-kept-off-uk-s-green-list
A last minute Cypriot campaign in the United Kingdom to secure quarantine-free travel to the island failed to yield results on Thursday, after Britain’s choice to go the extra cautious route affected many countries, with the island now focusing on Russia, its second largest market, to keep summer hopes alive...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/couple-in-child-abuse-to-address-court
The parents in a child abuse criminal case in Limassol will address the court next month, after the two defendants made no effort to contest evidence during the prima facie stage...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fence-wars-break-out-near-buffer-zone
Opposing camps have been making headlines recently over a controversial barbwire fence near the buffer zone, with one group cutting a piece of barbed wire and the other restoring it, with all caught on tape...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/driver-jailed-for-punching-father-and-son
A local man was arrested in Limassol on aggravated assault charges following a road rage incident on Thursday, with reports saying an altercation took place between two drivers but also a man’s father who rushed to the scene...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-to-receive-69-403-astrazeneca-doses-in-february
Cyprus will receive 69,403 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine in February, according to information provided by the company, the Ministry of Health said Friday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/astra-offers-small-concession-eu-pleads-for-uk-made-shots-amid-vaccine-row
AstraZeneca has offered to bring forward some deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine to the European Union while the bloc has asked the British drugmaker if it can divert doses from the UK to make up for a shortfall in supplies, European officials told Reuters....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/roadblocks-as-cyprus-cuts-off-districts
Police say officers will man random checkpoints in Limassol and Paphos districts, both which have been ordered essentially isolated from the rest of the island, following new strict measures to combat a second wave of the coronavirus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/green-transition-in-transport-agriculture-an-uphill-task
Achieving sustainable transport demands policies on a governmental and local level which will give priority to users, providing more accessible, fair and clean alternative solutions, chairman of the parliamentary committee on transport, Charalambos Pittokopitis, has said, noting that the transition could not be achieved overnight....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/medicane-ianos-leaves-three-dead
Three people have died after Cyclone Ianos, a rare storm known as a medicane, battered Greece, flooding streets and homes, Greek authorities said on Sunday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mixed-media-coverage-over-paphos-incident
Varied reports ranging from a knife attack to a domestic accident involving broken glass emerged on Thursday, after a foreign couple ended up in the Emergency Room in Paphos...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paphos-man-beaten-over-noise-complaint
A noise complaint in Paphos turned into an investigation into assault and destruction of property, after youths allegedly attacked a neighbour who called the cops on them...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/passenger-who-refused-test-charged-with-assault
A traveler was charged with assault over the weekend after an airport official said she was attacked by a passenger who refused to take a coronavirus test...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/food-delivery-man-flagged-down-and-robbed
Police say a food delivery man was attacked and robbed on Tuesday night in a western suburb of Nicosia, after another biker flagged him down...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/another-elderly-woman-attacked-and-robbed
Another elderly woman was attacked and robbed in Limassol, with reports saying a man with a covered face assaulted the victim and grabbed a wallet from her hand...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/young-man-dies-in-downtown-attack
One suspect has been arrested and two others are wanted by police after a young man was killed and two injured Sunday night following an attack in downtown Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/biker-dies-after-car-cuts-him-off
A local biker from Limassol was killed in a road accident on Monday after he crashed into a vehicle that crossed the road and blocked his way...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finmin-delves-into-details-of-new-more-targeted-measures
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides held a press conference on Thursday to delve into the details of the new bundle of economic support measures announced by President Nicos Anastasiades in a televised national address Wednesday night....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/supreme-court-public-sector-pay-cuts-during-financial-crisis-constitutional
The Cyprus Supreme Court on Friday overturned earlier rulings by the Administrative Court, finding that cuts made to public sector employees’ salaries and pensions during the economic crisis of 2013 were in accordance with the Constitution....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/elections-in-the-north-postponed-for-six-months
Elections in the north that were set to take place in April have been postponed for six months amid mounting chain reactions of the coronavirus outbreak, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Tuesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/intoxicated-man-bursts-into-paphos-home
Two friends had the scare of their lives on Thursday night after an intoxicated man burst into a residence in Paphos, grabbed a knife, and injured one of them...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-enjoys-strong-growth-prospects-but-contingent-liabilities-remain
Strong growth prospects and sustained fiscal discipline places Cyprus on a firm declining path but contingent liabilities, healthcare and public sector wage-related costs, as well as weaker external conditions, pose risks to the fiscal outlook, Scope rating agency said in commentary on Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-assaulted-by-handyman-imposter
A woman from India says she was attacked in her own apartment by a man who pretended to be a maintenance worker....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/freezing-weather-sweeps-through-cyprus
A number of schools opened late or remained closed in foothill communities due to very cold weather on Friday, while weather-related incidents were recorded all over the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/locals-weathering-aftermath-of-windstorm
A wind advisory was set to expire Tuesday following several reported incidents and damages, while an east-moving low barometric pressure around Rhodes was showing signs of gradually falling by mid-week...
