https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-gets-brief-cooldown-this-weekend
Mixed weather is expected on the weekend as public beaches reopen after the end of lockdown, with sunny skies but also clouds on and off and chances of thunderstorms...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-chapter-in-store-for-old-orphanides-mall
The Bank of Cyprus is reportedly sounding out the government on a potential mega deal in west Nicosia, with ideas thrown around for the old Orphanides Mall to become a business centre or a medical facility...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/death-by-kin-suspect-faces-manslaughter
A young man in Larnaca who killed his sister with a single gunshot to the head is facing trial for involuntary manslaughter, after police prosecutors said there was no evidence of premeditated murder...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/all-asylum-seekers-locked-in-at-pournara
Health ministry officials say going in and out of the migrant facility in rural Nicosia is temporarily forbidden due to a scabies infestation, with the government defending migration policies amid criticism over living conditions and restriction of freedom of movement at the camp...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/young-worker-crushed-by-falling-wall-in-limassol
A young man is in critical condition after he was crushed by a retaining wall during a tile floor installation at a Limassol residence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/armored-truck-robbery-suspect-sighted-in-paphos
Paphos police have tracked down the third suspect in last week’s cash-in-transit heist, days after he had managed to evade capture during a highway stop...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-starting-to-feel-normal-again
People in the Republic Cyprus woke up to a new reality on Thursday, as the second phase of relaxed restrictions and ongoing health protocols kicked in following positive news in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/despite-progress-discrimination-against-lgbt-community-a-reality
Recognizing that Cyprus has taken substantial steps toward institutionalizing equality and safeguarding the fundamental rights of the island’s LGBT community, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides has highlighted that there is still work to be done in eradicating the reality of enduring acts of discrimination....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-slammed-over-refugee-pushback
Two dozen groups around the world have condemned authorities on both sides of divided Cyprus after 175 Syrian refugees were denied the right to seek asylum...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/coronavirus-icu-builders-turn-down-bonus
The contractors who built an Intensive Care Unit in less than a month at Nicosia General Hospital have returned their bonus check, offering the money as a donation to the state to buy ICU equipment...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/migrant-camp-declared-‘local-infected-area
Human rights advocates in the Republic of Cyprus are crying foul over the government's handling of asylum seekers at Pournara camp, after the health ministry declared the migrant centre a “local infected area” citing public health laws due to an infestation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/forest-department-issues-code-red
The forest department has issued a Code Red warning citizens to abstain from any activity that could cause a fire, as incidents continue to pop up across the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-wanted-in-armored-truck-robbery
Two suspects are in police custody and another man remains at large in connection with a cash-in-transit robbery in Nicosia, with investigators pursuing links to Paphos...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/sunbathing-pair-arrested-after-causing-a-scene-with-police
Limassol police patrolling the beaches on Sunday arrested four people in what a video that has gone viral locally showed to be a heated altercation as the beachgoers initially resisted arrest....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-in-paphos-says-she-was-raped
A woman in Paphos told police she was raped in her own apartment by an unknown male who was staking her out...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fraudulent-scheme-‘unmasked-by-police
Two suspects are in custody in connection with face mask reseller fraud in Cyprus, after state authorities discovered free supplies with government barcodes being sold in local pharmacies...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/driver-killed-in-larnaca-weekend-accident
A Larnaca resident was killed in a road accident over the weekend after the car he was driving went off the highway in Larnaca district...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-comes-together-to-put-out-fires
Authorities on both sides of divided Cyprus were battling with fires over the weekend, with students in the north ordered to evacuate their dorms and residents in the south grabbing garden hoses to put out flames in their backyards...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-under-orange-weather-alert
Officials in the Republic of Cyprus issued an orange weather alert on Sunday due to extreme high temperatures, reaching 42.5 degrees in many parts of the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/1-health-advisors-propose-cyprus-government-moves-forward-with-phase-two
New coronavirus cases in the Republic maintained their low streak on Friday as just three new cases were confirmed, but experts speaking at the Health Ministry’s daily briefing said the coming days are crucial as students are set to return to school....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-football-leagues-officially-called-off
This year’s first and second division local football leagues were officially called off on Friday, an announcement by the Cyprus Football Association confirmed....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-seeks-input-ahead-of-big-decision
A crucial event is taking place on Friday at the Presidential Palace, as the epidemiological taskforce is meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades to assess the situation on the ground and the next steps in easing lockdown restrictions...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-back-to-the-scene-in-death-by-kin-case
A young man who says he shot and killed his sister by accident in Larnaca was ordered to remain in custody on Thursday, as investigators begin to learn about troubling details that preceded the fatal shooting...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-lets-man-who-broke-curfew-walk-free
President Nicos Anastasiades has issued a reprieve for a man sentenced to 45 days in prison for violating curfew, following outrage by legal experts who said the punishment did not fit the crime...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/men-on-ship-die-after-electrocution
Two foreign workers in the north were electrocuted to death on Wednesday while carrying out cleaning work on an anchored ship outside Famagusta port...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-and-south-touch-base-on-coronavirus
A bicommunal technical committee on health was set to convene on Wednesday to discuss the situation pertaining to the coronavirus outbreak across Cyprus, while it was not clear whether meeting would include discussion on re-opening checkpoints...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabinet-in-tight-spot-talks-measures
The President’s Cabinet is discussing the ease of measures ahead of a meeting later this week with health experts, amid reports there could be second thoughts among scientists...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-gives-thanks-to-nurses-and-midwives
President Nicos Anastasiades expressed the government’s and his own “deep gratitude” toward nurses and midwives for their valuable contribution in protecting the public’s health....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/hellenic-bank-sells-its-most-expensive-home
Hellenic Bank has sold its most expensive home according to a special report, with foreign investors shelling out 3 million for a mansion in Lakatamia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/schools-in-the-north-sit-year-out
Officials in the north say schools will remain closed through the end of the academic year, as debate in the south rages on over the government’s decision to gradually open public schools...
