https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/wizz-air-abu-dhabi-announces-new-route-to-larnaca
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the newest national airline of the United Arab Emirates, announced on Monday a route from Abu Dhabi to Larnaca, starting on October 3, with fares starting at €29.99....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-minister-issues-call-to-cyprus-public-to-remain-vigilant
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou called on the Cyprus public to stay vigilant and to continue taking personal protection measures as coronavirus is still among us, warning that we will remain unprotected until a vaccine is found....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-gives-go-ahead-for-cyprus-greece-ferry-connection-subsidy
Cyprus’ outgoing Deputy Shipping Minister Natasa Pilides said on Monday that the goal to establish a ferry connection between Cyprus and Greece is moving forward, noting that following consultations which began a year ago, the EU Competition Directorate-General has approved a state subsidy for the project valued of at a maximum of €6 million per year....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/succession-law-in-cyprus
Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC successfully held on 17 June 2020 its first online seminar in relation to succession law in Cyprus and in particular, in relation to the crucial role of the European Regulation 650/2012 on jurisdiction and applicable law in cases of cross-border succession...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/five-new-support-schemes-announced-as-cyprus-enters-recovery-stage
The five new economic support measures budgeted at 150 million euros that aim to cushion the blow of the coronavirus pandemic as Cyprus enters the stage of recovery were submitted before the cabinet on Tuesday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/mitsotakis-makes-israel-his-first-destination
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is traveling to Israel today on his first foreign visit since the coronavirus outbreak. The message is clear, and it is being sent out in several directions. After deepening their mutually beneficial relationship (which is not aimed at any third country) for a decade, Greece and Israel are pushing ties to a new level....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/republic-of-cyprus-reopens-airports
Flights resume Tuesday morning in the Republic of Cyprus, with government officials saying they are ready and optimistic about the bold move...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-enters-third-phase-of-new-normal
Swimming pools opened to the public on Friday in the Republic of Cyprus, marking the beginning of the third phase of a plan to ease restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-must-remain-successful-in-battle-against-virus-health-minister-says
Cyprus has been successful so far in controlling COVID-19 but needs to remain so, said Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou, noting that the EU must improve the overall quality of its healthcare services to be better positioned to deal with issues like COVID-19 in the future....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lockdown-defying-bishops-off-the-hook
Two local bishops who were facing charges in connection with violation of public health laws during the pandemic lockdown are off the hook, with state prosecution reportedly lacking clear and convincing evidence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finance-minister-makes-the-case-for-cyprus
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides is confident the tourism industry in the Republic of Cyprus won’t have a catastrophic year following the pandemic, while calling on Europe to step up its recovery plan equally across the board...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-expects-600-000-tourists-by-august
The island is expected to receive some 600,000 passengers in August, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said Thursday, noting that this estimation includes people flying in on commercial and private planes....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-services-dealing-with-positive-case-at-high-school
The Ayiou Charalambous high school in the Paphos district Emba village, where a teacher had tested positive for coronavirus, remained closed on Tuesday while the premises were disinfected, and the state health services identified his possible contacts....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/uk-cypriot-behind-new-diy-coronavirus-test
UK Cypriot engineer and professor Chris Toumazou is the mastermind behind a reliable do-it-yourself coronavirus test that is expected to be rolled out in the UK within weeks, reports said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-records-zero-cases
No new infections of the coronavirus were announced in Cyprus on Saturday, the first time the island recorded zero confirmed cases since the start of the outbreak in early March...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/government-to-enshrine-distance-learning-in-law
The government will be moving to enshrine distance learning education in law, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-succumbs-to-virus-two-new-cases-confirmed
Two new coronavirus cases emerged on Wednesday, while a woman aged 85, who suffered from underlying health conditions, succumbed to her coronavirus infection raising the coronavirus death toll to 17....
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/news/joint-working-group-established-for-the-resumption-of-flight-connection-with-cyprus
Cyprus and Israel established a working group this week to prepare all necessary conditions for the resumption of the aviation connection between the two countries, Ambassador of Israel in Nicosia, Shmuel Revel told the Cyprus News Agency on Friday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-and-education-minister-brush-off-mounting-concerns
As concern mounts over the Cyprus government’s decision to send children back to school on May 21, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou issued a press conference Friday morning to clarify how the return of students to classrooms will play out....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tourism-dogma-piques-israel-s-interest
The Israeli tourism minister says his country is looking into the possibility of joining a safe zone for travel that is currently in the works between Cyprus and Greece...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/zero-new-cases-a-utopia-health-minister-says
There’s no perfect recipe that’s been implemented across the world to get out of the lockdown successfully, the Health Minister said Tuesday, noting that we shouldn’t be concerned that we haven’t seen days with zero new cases, as that would be “utopian”....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/greece-pledges-€3m-to-covid-19-vaccine-fundraiser
Greece is among dozens of nations that will help bankroll research into new treatments and a vaccination against the deadly novel coronavirus, pledging 3 million euros to the cause during a fundraising event on Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-announces-timid-first-steps-in-easing-restrictions
In a televised national address on Wednesday night, President Nicos Anastasiades presented the detailed plan of the first two phases of Cyprus’ lockdown exit plan, with the first phase, which will see a timid resumption of the economy and a small loosening of restrictions on individual freedoms, set to begin on May 4....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-and-greece-join-to-tackle-tourism
The Hellenic Association of Travel & Tourist Agencies and the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents have agreed to submit a joint proposal to the governments of both countries for Cyprus and Greece to be considered a single area for tourism purposes...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/health-minister-gradual-easing-of-measures-every-two-weeks
Restriction measures will be gradually loosened every two weeks, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou told state broadcaster CyBC on Wednesday morning....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/random-coronavirus-tests-to-begin-within-the-week
800 random coronavirus tests to sniff out any asymptomatic carriers are expected to begin this week, allowing the government to make realistic plans for a gradual loosening of restriction measures, Health Ministry official Margharita Kyriakou told Kathimerini Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israel-s-sheba-declares-curve-‘flattened-out
The director of Sheba Medical Center says the coronavirus epidemic in Israel is under control, adding he is confident that Cyprus was on its way to beat the virus as well...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-says-coronavirus-tracking-apps-should-avoid-storing-data-on-servers
Mobile apps to track coronavirus cases in Europe should keep as much data as possible on the user’s device rather than in a central server to best maintain individual privacy, an EU document says....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-decree-allows-repatriation-for-all-legal-residents
By Thursday, a sum of 9,282 students abroad who chose to remain put amid the coronavirus outbreak had received a €750 government benefit, as promised last month....
