https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-cabinet-approves-new-bundle-of-support-measures
The Cabinet on Thursday approved a new bundle of support measures for businesses to keep the economy afloat after the slowdown brought about by the coronavirus outbreak....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriots-told-to-mask-up-this-summer
The use of face masks is recommended but not required in the Republic of Cyprus, while Turkish Cypriots in the north are being told medical masks are mandatory during Ramadan...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/exxonmobil-puts-cyprus-plans-on-hold
ExxonMobil's crucial drilling plans to confirm a large gas deposit south of Cyprus have been put on hold, with a local media report citing delays due to the coronavirus pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-expert-estimates-cyprus-may-be-free-of-virus-by-early-may
Health expert Leondios Kostrikis estimated on Friday that judging by the progression of the island’s coronavirus curve, we should be free of the virus by early May, though the timeframe depends on the effectiveness of the measures taken, the public’s response, and the elimination of imported cases....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bill-sparks-kosher-debate-in-cyprus
Animal rights advocates are up in arms over a new government bill that would allow slaughterhouses in the Republic of Cyprus to incorporate kosher rituals, a procedure described by animal rights activists as inhumane...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coronavirus-derails-southern-europe-s-clean-up-from-the-last-crisis
This year was meant to mark a turning point for Greek and Italian banks as they finally laid the ghosts of the financial crisis to rest. Then the coronavirus struck....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/confirmed-cases-still-going-down
Confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been steadily dropping over the past few days in the Republic of Cyprus, with health experts praising the government for relying on science in the battle against the pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/help-from-china-on-the-way
The Chinese ambassador in Nicosia says Cyprus has recently taken “powerful and appropriate” measures in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, adding that help from China is on the way...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wary-optimism-as-paphos-hospital-staff-tests-begin-to-come-back-negative
The Paphos General Hospital, where 12 had been infected with coronavirus, remained shut on Wednesday as samples continued to be taken from some 680 hospital staff to be sent for testing....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/financial-measures-tackle-coronavirus-in-cyprus
Measures of Financial Support to address the Impact of the Coronavirus have been announced by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/travel-agents-issue-sos-as-cancellations-mount
Cancellations and minimal new bookings have brought travel agents to “the brink of disaster”, the President of the Cyprus Association of Travel Agents, Vasilis Stamataris, said in a press conference on Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/some-100-samples-being-checked-for-coronavirus-cases-expected-to-rise
Some 80 to 100 blood samples are awaiting lab tests for coronavirus at the Institute of Neurology and Genetics, while samples will be taken anew from several of 152 persons who had come in contact with a confirmed case but tested negative for the virus 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/news/turkey-deploys-1-000-police-at-greek-border-to-stem-pushback-of-migrants
Turkey is deploying 1,000 special police forces along its border with Greece on Thursday to halt the pushback of migrants toward its territory, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said, adding that 164 migrants had been wounded by Greek authorities....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finland-to-accept-175-asylum-seekers-from-cyprus-and-other-mediterranean-countries
The government of Finland announced on Thursday that it will be accepting up to 175 asylum seekers from Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Italy, in a bid to facilitate their humanitarian situation in EU member states in the Mediterranean....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/second-‘high-risk-woman-quarantined-in-cyprus
Cypriot health officials have quarantined a woman in Limassol after information emerged that she had been in contact with a confirmed case of coronavirus in Italy...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-confirms-first-coronavirus-case
Greece reported its first coronavirus case on Wednesday in the northern port city of Thessaloniki....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eac-vows-to-credit-back-overcharges
An undisclosed number of property owners in the Republic Cyprus were overcharged on their electricity bills in recent months, with the Cyprus Electricity Authority vowing to right a wrong in future billings...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/new-life-in-cyprus-of-russian-businessman-after-unfair-seizure-of-promsvyazbank
In 2017 Dmitry Ananiev was at the peak of his success. He and his brother Alexei owned a bank, an IT firm and an office complex overlooking the Moscow River. ...
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/cyprus-gets-tough-on-economic-migrants
Cypriot Interior Minister Nicos Nouris says the government is determined to cut down on asylum and residence permit applications by blocking economic migrants from filing non-legitimate petitions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-to-purchase-arms-worth-€240m-from-france
Contracts have been signed for the purchase of military equipment worth €240 million from France, Defence Ministry announced on Friday, confirming recent reports in French media....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/refugees-spotted-off-cape-greco
A vessel with about 80 presumptive refugees on board was spotted on Monday off Cape Greco in eastern Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/how-russian-uncapitalism-works
Like a private equity firm enacting an acquisition-led ‘roll-up’ in a fragmented sector, Putin and Co in Russian have been busy in recent years quietly taking scores of small banks into state ownership...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriots-in-awe-over-flash-in-the-sky
Local media reported on sightings of a fireball streaking across the sky over Cyprus, with experts ruling out a meteorite but not a meteoroid or even an unidentified flying object...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fuel-targets-rehash-gas-price-debate
Consumers are crying foul over rising gas prices at the pump, with some resorting to crossing the checkpoints to fill up in the north as the government draws criticism for failing to meet EU energy goals...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-stabbed-to-death-in-paphos
A woman was found murdered in her own home in Paphos on Monday, with police issuing an arrest warrant for her husband...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dp-world-limassol-agrees-to-revise-policy
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos has been promised a change of policy at DP World Limassol, with the company saying it would service more than two cruise ships in a given day following complaints...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/large-boat-with-refugees-reaches-cyprus
Over a hundred presumptive refugees from Syria reached the eastern coast of Cyprus on Tuesday, including women and young children...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/peace-water-on-hold-after-weather-incident
Turkish Cypriot officials say it will take two months to restore a submerged water pipeline from Turkey, following an incident due to severe weather...