https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-confirms-new-strain-of-covid-19
Health officials in the Republic of Cyprus have confirmed a new strain of the coronavirus found in the UK late last year has also been found on the island, with experts saying the new variant has a much higher infection rate...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/temps-remain-noticeably-above-normal
A high pressure system is affecting the area over Cyprus on Saturday, with periods of sunshine expected later in the day but also low chances of afternoon rain in the mountains...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/emergency-lights-and-sirens-mark-new-year
Emergency medics and first responders in the Republic of Cyprus sounded their sirens at midnight on New Year’s Eve, marking the end of a rough year that brought the coronavirus pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/quarantined-hairstylist-says-he-broke-no-laws
A hairstylist who tested positive for COVID-19 and suffered the wrath of the press after police cited him for violating health protocols says he did not break any laws, with police urging the public to remain vigilant in the fight against the spread of the virus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dherynia-rioter-gets-suspended-sentence
A local judge in Famagusta handed down a 90-day suspended sentence to a man who pleaded guilty to rioting charges in connection with an incident at Dherynia checkpoint, while eight others await trial after pleading not guilty...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-tourism-revenue-drops-by-85-1-in-first-ten-months-of-2020
The Cyprus tourism sector marked an 85.1% drop in revenue over the first ten months of 2020, data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (CyStat) on Wednesday show.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/kalogerou-probe-fails-to-impress-opposition
The chair of the ad hoc committee that looked into allegations of wrongdoing last year as Cyprus’ golden passports scandal was unfolding defended the choice to go after high profile cases, following criticism from opposition parties that say the focus was too narrow...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-criticized-over-botched-twitter-raid
Police continue to be criticized over a home raid on the weekend when officers confiscated a woman’s computer and phone after Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis complained about a parody account on Twitter, with the woman's lawyer accusing police of fishing for evidence at the wrong house...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-refuses-to-extradite-russian-woman
The Supreme Court in the Republic of Cyprus has refused to extradite a Russian woman citing her health condition, saying Moscow failed to convince local authorities that the individual would not face mistreatment if she would be extradited...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/healthcare-system-nearing-its-limits-health-minister-warns
The surge in coronavirus patients has begun to put intense pressure on the healthcare system, with the Health Ministry and State Health Services (Okypy) already working on a plan to restructure how hospitals will deal with the steady influx of coronavirus patients....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-president-gets-vaccine
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades received on Monday his first of two doses of the COVID19 vaccine at a suburb of Nicosia, calling on vaccine doubters and deniers to come on board...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/folli-follie-report-unveils-17-year-scam
The troubled Folli Follie company’s major shareholders, the Koutsolioutsos family, reaped the benefits of a well-orchestrated fraud scheme that lasted for at least 17 years, under the nose of the supervisory authorities, generating hundreds of millions of euros in profits, according to an audit report by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/diko-raises-conflict-of-interest-for-ag
DIKO president Nicholas Papadopoulos has raised concerns over conflicts of interest for the state’s attorney general in connection with a golden passports investigation, following a statement from the Presidential Palace on publicizing some findings but not in their entirety...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-hopes-to-turn-new-page-with-us-eu-in-2021-erdogan-says
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey hopes to “turn a new page in its ties with the United States and European Union, and that Ankara had been subjected to “double standards” by both its NATO ally Washington and the bloc....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-passport-probe-dispute-widens
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and DIKO party leader Nicholas Papadopoulos took their disagreement over probing golden passports to a whole new level this week, while questions remained over the independent committee’s reassurances of transparency in the investigation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ministers-to-decide-on-holiday-leniency
With Christmas day and the New Year approaching, businesses and the public are growing increasingly eager to see whether restriction measures in place will be loosened, but recent figures and the climbing death toll point to any relaxation being a highly unlikely scenario...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-puts-travelers-from-uk-up-in-hotels
Cyprus’ health ministry rushed to clarify instructions for airports on Monday amid fears of a coronavirus mutation, saying a 7-day mandatory self-isolation for all adult travelers from the United Kingdom will take place in hotels with the state footing the bill...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mixed-weather-bag-this-week
Mixed weather is expected on Monday in Cyprus, with both cloudy skies and periods of sunshine throughout the day, while rainy and sunny days are also expected throughout the week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-takes-lead-in-number-of-new-coronavirus-cases
Over half of the new coronavirus cases detected during the first two weeks of December were Nicosia-based, the new national surveillance report published Friday showed, while December has already broken the record in the highest numbers of coronavirus fatalities in any given month....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/industrial-logistics-most-attractive-post-covid-19
Following the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Industrial/Logistics asset class has presently become the most attractive financing option for a majority of banks in Central & Eastern Europe, according to the results from the latest edition of KPMG’s Property Lending Barometer...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/parliament-votes-state-budget-down
Parliament on Thursday voted the 2021 state budget down with 29 votes against and 24 in favour....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/syrian-refugees-held-at-police-station
Newly-arrived presumptive refugees were on standby this week, after reports said they were taken to a police station in Famagusta district due to overcrowding conditions at a migrant reception centre in rural Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teachers-in-paphos-dance-jerusalema
A group of teachers in Paphos took the Jerusalema Challenge this week, sending a message of hope and solidarity during the global pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/state-budget-battles-rage-on-in-cyprus
Ruling party DYSI has been mounting a campaign over the last 24 hours to secure votes to pass the state budget, which is up in the air over golden passport probe wars, with added pressure also causing rifts even within smaller parties...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/15-days-of-hell-in-varosha-in-the-summer-of-74
Varosha. August 19, 1974. Appartments, Block 10, apartment 2. There lived Michalakis Hadjipavlou, 30 years old, with his wife, Xenia Hadipavlou, aged 25, and two of their three children. Their firstborn, four-year-old Thomas, and two-year-old Marios, while their three-year-old daughter Maria was at a friend’s house in Larnaca....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/ey-cyprus-sponsors-3rd-anti-fraud-conference
EY Cyprus has, once again, sponsored and participated in the 3rd Cyprus Anti-Fraud Conference, which was organised by IMH and the Cyprus Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). The event was held online on Tuesday 15th December...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/signs-of-stabilization-as-cyprus-preps-for-inoculations
The coronavirus situation is showing signs of stabilization and a drop in the number of daily cases is expected, member of the government’s health advisory committee Dr Petros Karayiannis said Wednesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-lays-out-vaccination-plan
The Republic of Cyprus’ eagerly awaited plan for the mass vaccination of its residents against the novel coronavirus was presented on Tuesday by the health minister and Dr Olga Kalakouta....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-still-battered-by-severe-weather
An orange warning is in effect in Cyprus, which is still being battered by severe weather that landed hard on the eastern Mediterranean a day earlier...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/north-imposes-entry-ban-amid-virus-spike
Turkish Cypriot media reported Monday that health authorities in the north imposed stricter coronavirus measures, including a ban on entry into the north for its residents and those who work in the Republic....
