https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/germany-to-introduce-domestic-covid-measures
German authorities have said that the country will introduce domestic COVID protective measures in October as they are needed for autumn and winter....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/op-ed-turkey-must-behave-as-a-nato-ally
Senator Bob Menendez, chair of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, calls for more steps to deepen the multidimensional relationship between Greece and the US, from defense and security to emerging technologies, the digital economy, the maritime industry and commercial shipping....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/lidl-cyprus-has-a-strong-presence-at-domestic-award-institutions
Lidl Cyprus received a total of sixteen awards in a wide range of business activity and innovation; notably at the impressive Cyprus HR Awards award ceremony, the Cyprus Responsible Business Awards and Cyprus Retail Excellence Awards as well as at the Cyprus BITE Excellence Awards....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/seniors-in-cyprus-remain-skeptical-of-fourth-shot
A spectacularly small number of people over 60 got their fourth COVID jab so far in the Republic of Cyprus, with the health ministry contemplating to lower the age threshold at a time while medical experts advocating for the vaccine are jumping ship on the immunity debate...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/abortion-banned-in-multiple-us-states-a-mere-hours-after-roe-v-wade-overturned
Abortion was already illegal in multiple US states on Saturday, with bans introduced within hours of Roe v Wade being overturned, as cities erupted in protest at the landmark ruling.
Abortion banned in multiple US states just hours after Roe v Wade overturned
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/can-something-really-come-from-nothing
A consumer electronics start-up called Nothing has secured financing of more than $200mn to launch its debut smartphone, in the first attempt for several years by a newcomer to crack a market dominated by Apple and Samsung....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-targets-alleged-fathers-in-immigration-scheme
Cypriot Interior Minister Nicos Nouris has sent out a cable telling administrators to hold off on issuing any birth certificates in cases where staff may have doubts over the paternity of a child until new legislation can allow sampling DNA from alleged fathers...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pro-vax-dad-wins-appeal-against-anti-vax-mom
An appeals panel in the Republic of Cyprus has ruled that a district judge was wrong in siding with the mother of two teenage girls, whose father had sought a court order to get the girls vaccinated for coronavirus over mom’s objection...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-america-has-more-guns-than-any-other-country
America has been shaken — once again — by mass shootings. On May 14, a gunman killed 10 people in a supermarket in Buffalo. On Tuesday, at least 19 children and two adults were killed in Uvalde, Texas. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-rcb-bank-and-its-kremlin-ties
On March 24, Cyprus’s fourth-largest bank announced it would wind down its banking operations in the wake of the “volatile geopolitical situation” caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a month earlier....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pm-hails-‘new-energy-gateway-at-lng-terminal-project-launch-in-northern-greece
The liquified natural gas terminal being developed in Alexandroupoli will be a “new energy gateway” that will help Europe and the Balkans become less reliant on Russian supplies, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, at the inauguration of the landmark project in northern Greece....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/acute-hepatitis-in-children-the-warning-signs
Scientists and public health authorities are looking into the recent outbreak of acute hepatitis in children, recently recorded in several countries around the world, and trying to find its cause....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/covid-curbs-lifted-in-greece-ahead-of-summer-season
Greece lifted Covid-19 restrictions on Sunday for foreign and domestic flights, its civil aviation authority said, ahead of the summer tourism season that officials hope will see revenues bouncing back from the pandemic slump....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/op-ed-let-s-imagine-putin-didn-t-miscalculate
The conventional wisdom is that Vladimir Putin catastrophically miscalculated. He thought Russian-speaking Ukrainians would welcome his troops. They didn’t. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/who-is-examining-potential-hearing-problems-linked-to-covid-vaccines
The World Health Organization is examining rare reports of hearing loss and other auditory issues following Covid-19 vaccinations....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/agreement-reached-between-cyprus-and-frontex-for-migrant-repatriations
The Republic of Cyprus and FRONTEX have reached an agreement to set up an action plan for the return of migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected, to their countries of origin...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/relaxation-of-measures-to-begin-next-week
New covid measures have been announced today following the meeting of the Minister of Health and the Scientific Advisory Committee this morning. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/unvaccinated-djokovic-could-skip-french-open-wimbledon
If forced to choose, Novak Djokovic said he would skip the French Open and Wimbledon, foregoing the chance to overtake Rafael Nadal’s record haul of 21 Grand Slams titles, rather than get vaccinated against COVID-19....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-justice-comes-down-hard-on-foukou-drug-case
Cyprus’ drug squad chief says he is proud of police officers who worked on the foukou drug case, involving 628 kilos of ecstasy hidden in Cypriot barbeques seized by Australian authorities, after a court convicted a man on the word of another suspect who turned witness under a protection program...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/austria-passes-covid-vaccine-mandate
Austria has become the first country in the EU to make vaccinations against Covid-19 mandatory for all adults, but questions remain over whether it can sway those skeptical of taking the jab and how much the Alpine state’s government is willing to press those who won’t comply....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/take-back-life-more-nations-ease-coronavirus-restrictions
Late-night partying at clubs. Elbow-to-elbow seating in movie theaters. Going without masks in public, especially in Europe and North America: Step by step, many countries are easing their COVID-19 restrictions amid hopes the omicron wave may have passed its peak....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mayor-says-cypriots-let-down-in-spy-van-case
Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos says the Cypriot state let citizens down in the spy van case, suggesting it was settled with a fine and not a court trial to keep things hushed up...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/haute-cuisine-in-the-mountains-of-cyprus-i-think-so
If you think haute cuisine is available only in urban centers around the island, well you're wrong! Meze isn't the only grub you'll find in the villages around Cyprus. And here are four restaurants in the countryside that are proof positive that fine dining isn't exclusive to the city at all....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/parents-in-cyprus-get-jabbed-to-fly-sick-child-to-germany
The parents of a young child in need of surgery got vaccinated in Cyprus on Thursday after being told they could not fly to Germany for treatment unless they got jabbed, but it was still not clear whether the order was based on medical or travel policy...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/britain-covid-travel-restrictions-are-being-scrapped
The COVID travel restrictions imposed by the government are being scrapped....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pope-benedict-xvi-knew-of-abusive-priests-when-he-ran-munich-archdiocese-investigators-say
Pope Benedict XVI knew about priests who abused children but failed to act when he was archbishop of Munich from 1977 to 1981, an inquest found Thursday, rejecting Benedict's long-standing denials in a damning judgment....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-to-lift-entry-restrictions-in-march
Tourism-reliant Cyprus will lift all entry requirements on March 1 for inbound travelers who have a valid vaccination certificate showing they received a booster shot, the country’s tourism minister said on Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/england-to-scrap-covid-passes-by-the-end-of-the-month
Controversial Covid passes will be scrapped in England this month as the country's Omicron wave continues to collapse, it was claimed today....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/be-afraid-ukraine-hit-by-cyberattack-while-russia-deploys-more-troops-at-border
Ukraine was hit by a massive cyberattack warning its citizens to "be afraid and expect the worst", while Russia, which has amassed more than 100,000 troops on its neighbor's frontier, released TV pictures on Friday of more forces deploying in a drill....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-care-is-a-moral-obligation-pope-francis-backs-global-covid-vaccination-programmes
Pope Francis declared today that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus is a 'moral obligation' and denounced how people had been swayed by 'baseless information' to refuse jabs....
