https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/seats-available-on-easyjet-rescue-flights-to-uk
Seats are still available on Easyjet rescue flights to the UK departing from Cyprus on Friday and Saturday, the British High Commission said on Friday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-follows-through-with-chartered-flights
Cypriots stranded in the UK will be repatriated with two chartered flights, after the government revised its decision of asking citizens who traveled abroad to stay put...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/paphos-airport-on-alert-after-woman-arrives-with-high-fever
Paphos airport was on alert on Thursday after a woman who had flown in from Malta showed symptoms of high fever when tested by airport medics....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/repatriations-cutting-it-close-to-universal-ban
Hundreds of citizens have asked to be repatriated to the Republic of Cyprus, prompting the government to seek options to beat a universal ban on all flights that goes into effect on Saturday...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-urges-hotels-to-host-repatriated-cypriots-for-isolation
Deputy Minister of Tourism, Savvas Perdios, urged hoteliers to respond to a call to host people expected to be repatriated to Cyprus in the coming days, and who are required to confine themselves for 14 days....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-transport-minister-flight-ban-to-apply-to-all-countries
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Wednesday rectified previous statements over a flight ban to be imposed on 28 countries as of Saturday, stressing that the ban will be universal....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/british-high-commission-issues-faq-responses-for-uk-tourists
The British High Commission on Wednesday provided a series of responses to frequently asked questions by British tourists in Cyprus regarding the unfolding coronavirus pandemic on the island. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-to-ban-flights-from-28-countries
As of Saturday, flights to the Larnaca and Paphos airports from 28 countries will be banned, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced on Tuesday night, noting that this stricter measure does not affect cargo....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/travelers-speak-of-horror-under-quarantine
Dozens of travelers who arrived in Cyprus without a required health certificate for the coronavirus say they were hurried to the mountains in the dead of night and treated like “criminals” and “lepers"...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/officials-cave-in-after-airport-tension
Government officials got a taste of their own medicine on Monday after students who flew in without complying with the latest coronavirus guidelines were granted an exception after hours of tension at the airports and inside the plane...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-government-travel-restriction-leaves-thousands-of-cypriots-trapped-abroad
Thousands of Cyprus nationals have reportedly been trapped abroad after the government said it would not allow entry to arrivals without valid health certificates, but labs abroad say they are following protocols whereby checks are only conducted on those showing symptoms....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/flights-booked-solid-before-6pm-deadline
Daytime flights from Athens to the Republic of Cyprus were sold out on Monday after the government said new arrivals on evening flights after 6pm would not be allowed into the country without a valid health certificate...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-braces-for-student-exodus-from-greece
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades outlined the government's plan on Friday to manage the coronavirus pandemic, announcing travel restrictions which some critics said did not go far enough...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-ministry-issues-revised-travel-guidelines
The Ministry of Health has released revised travel advice to travellers concerning the novel coronavirus, with effect as of Saturday, March 14....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-wakes-up-to-a-dozen-cases
More cases in Cyprus were confirmed with the novel coronavirus on Thursday, while new guidelines have been issued on both sides of the divided island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/confirmed-coronavirus-cases-rise-to-seven
Cyprus recorded a new confirmed case of coronavirus on Thursday, involving a person who had recently returned from the UK....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-cypriots-close-two-crossings
Turkish Cypriot authorities have shut down two crossings on Thursday for ten days, following the latest developments with the coronavirus pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-scrambles-as-who-declares-pandemic
The World Health Organization has classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic, calling for “urgent and aggressive action” after the coronavirus spread in 114 including Cyprus and Turkey while Greece reported its first fatality...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-announces-first-coronavirus-case
Turkey announced its first case of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, with “patient zero” testing positive after a trip to Europe following some 2000 suspected cases that all came out negative...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/erdogan-says-greece-s-treatment-of-migrants-at-border-‘murderous
Turkey intends to take Greece to task over its alleged “maltreatment” of refugees and migrants spurred on by Ankara to push into the European Union through the Greek-Turkish border, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on a flight back from Brussels on Tuesday, according to the pro-government Daily Sabah.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-north-in-turmoil-after-first-coronavirus-case
The north was hurled into turmoil on Tuesday after confirming its first coronavirus case, with authorities in the north moving to place hotels in lockdown, health services placing tens of persons in isolation, and the ‘government’ shutting primary and secondary schools until March 16, with universities in the north being the next possible target of intervention....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-doctor-with-coronavirus-speaks-out
A state doctor in Cyprus who was diagnosed with the coronavirus infection on Monday says specialists “discouraged” him from taking a test sooner, while the EU Health Commissioner calls for calm as Cypriot authorities begin tracing the physician’s contacts from last week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/judges-deny-bail-for-alexoui
A criminal court ordered Nicosia businessman Alexis “Alexoui” Mavromichalis to remain locked up pending trial, one day after he pleaded not guilty to charges in an attempted murder case followed by long arguments over bail...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-foreign-minister-concludes-first-official-visit-to-skopje
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides had by Wednesday night completed his round of talks in Skopje, where he held an official one-day visit to discuss a range of issues with his North Macedonian counterpart Nikola Dimitrov....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-high-risk-cases-keep-testing-negative
More travelers returning to Cyprus from high risk countries are contacting authorities over fears of coronavirus infection, while the number of quarantined cases keeps rising on the island but no case has been confirmed...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-with-mild-symptoms-tests-negative-for-covid-19
The results of the third person who had visited the Limassol General Hospital on Thursday to get tested for CoVid-19 emerged negative, as did the results of the remaining two....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/results-pending-for-case-with-mild-symptoms
A local person, who asked to be tested for the coronavirus after a trip to northern Italy, remains in hospital with mild symptoms waiting for results, while another couple has been released...
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/14-eu-countries-demand-syria-govt-russia-return-to-2018-ceasefire-deal
Foreign ministers from 14 European countries, including France and Germany, demanded on Wednesday that Syrian government forces and their Russian backers end their offensive in Idlib province and return to the terms of a 2018 ceasefire deal....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ambitious-national-tourism-strategy-already-in-motion
Cyprus’ national tourism strategy, containing a set of predefined goals for each year until 2030, is already being implemented, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Savvas Perdios, said on Tuesday....
