https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-airports-to-accept-eudcc-on-july-1
The Cabinet that convened Wednesday, amended the Action Plan for the operation of airports to include the EU Digital COVID Certificate which will be issued by the EU Member States, as well as by the countries of the European Economic Area and by the Switzerland...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-turned-topsy-turvy-over-mutation-news
Clusters amongst partygoers and highly contagious infections undetected for several weeks have emerged in the Republic of Cyprus, causing headaches for officials who are now going through guest lists line by line to track down hundreds of people before it is too late...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israel-worried-over-cases-linked-to-cyprus
Cyprus and Israel are once again facing a sudden jump in daily COVID cases, with both countries dealing with unclear information about the latest spread and Tel Aviv imposing new measures over fears that travelers might have played a role in the infection spike...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/daily-cases-back-to-triple-digits-in-cyprus
Authorities in the Republic of Cyprus reported on Tuesday 122 new cases of COVID-19, after a period when daily numbers remained in the lower double digits...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-wants-younger-age-groups-jabbed
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou is calling on younger groups to get vaccinated, suggesting the vast majority of cases or hospitalizations were citizens who have not been jabbed, while a local expert points to lack of data on mutations as also worrisome...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bone-casts-doubt-in-soldier-s-suicide-story
New forensic evidence pointing to strangulation has emerged in the 2005 death of a soldier, who was said to have committed suicide while serving in Cyprus while his family kept insisting all along that the army had covered up a crime...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-bans-foreign-travellers-from-india
The Republic of Cyprus has issued an emergency order banning entry of foreign nationals traveling to the island from India, except Cypriots, Europeans, and permanent residents who now must undergo additional screening, in an attempt to slow down further spread of the Indian variant of Covid-19...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-urges-covid-survivors-to-get-jabbed
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou is calling on COVID survivors in the Republic of Cyprus to get vaccinated, saying vaccines offer protection...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/child-cocaine-exposure-case-goes-forward
A mother of young twins who reportedly tested positive for controlled substances is no longer a suspect, but Limassol police are charging her husband with multiple offences in an unusual case of pediatric exposure to cocaine...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/court-battles-brewing-over-covid-measures
Over a hundred complaints and counting are waiting to be heard in Cypriot courts against the government and members of its coronavirus task force, with legality issues being raised over pandemic measures including Safe Pass...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-lifts-curfew-as-nightclubs-open
The government of the Republic of Cyprus lifted a night curfew on Thursday as further relaxations of pandemic measures kicked in, including the opening of nightclubs based on last-minute protocols...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-issues-temporary-vax-docs-for-travel
The Republic of Cyprus began on Tuesday issuing a temporary COVID-19 vaccination certificate to citizens who wish to travel abroad in June, with the paper document valid until the new European Digital COVID Certificate is scheduled to be introduced on July 1...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-lowers-travel-risk-for-cyprus
The CDC in Atlanta has issued new travel advisories lowering the threat of COVID-19 in many destinations including Cyprus, prompting the State Department to change its advisory for the island from 'do not travel' to 'reconsider travel'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pedestrian-struck-and-killed-on-expressway
Police are trying to establish the identity of a woman who was killed Saturday in an accident on the highway near Larnaca International Airport...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-reopens-checkpoints-in-buffer-zone
Barricades in downtown Nicosia’s checkpoint were removed Friday as Cyprus’ two communities north and south agreed to ease movement restrictions imposed during the COVID pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-et-al-kept-off-uk-s-green-list
A last minute Cypriot campaign in the United Kingdom to secure quarantine-free travel to the island failed to yield results on Thursday, after Britain’s choice to go the extra cautious route affected many countries, with the island now focusing on Russia, its second largest market, to keep summer hopes alive...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/jewel-readies-trial-cruise-from-cyprus
The Jewel of the Seas is setting anchor in deep waters on Thursday just off Limassol, as the cruise ship prepares for an ultimate summer getaway from Cyprus for the first time ever...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/vaxxed-doc-treated-for-infection-in-cyprus
A doctor in Limassol, who is said to have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, is out of any immediate danger after being hospitalized with a coronavirus infection, as fear and confusion about the rise of variants continue to muddle the government’s message...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-deal-on-vaccinated-but-checkpoints-open-friday
The two communities on divided Cyprus have confirmed their agreement on a 3-level system that would allow people to go through checkpoints, but details remain unclear on whether those who are vaccinated can still cross if epidemiological conditions worsen...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-minister-vies-for-uk-s-green-status
Cypriot deputy tourism minister Savvas Perdios has been trying to sway British officials towards including his country on the UK’s green list, following a recent improvement of the epidemiological situation on the island that could still be argued either way in London...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/kpmg-and-cim-offer-2-scholarships
KPMG in Cyprus and the Cyprus Institute of Marketing – The Cyprus Business School (CIM) offer for third consecutive year the opportunity to two fellow citizens to acquire an undergraduate or a postgraduate degree...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/travelers-told-cypriot-vax-card-no-good
Travelers who got vaccinated in the Republic of Cyprus are being told to get tested again at arrival terminals in other countries, with reports suggesting officials at destination airports have concerns over Cypriot vaccination cards...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-jumps-the-gun-on-sinopharm
Travelers who have been inoculated with Sinopharm can now visit freely the Republic of Cyprus, but it is up to other EU member states to accept the Chinese vaccine if the latest draft version for a COVID certificate is adopted in Strasburg next month...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-on-alert-over-aggressive-mutations
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou says chances remain that the Indian and South African mutations detected on the island last month may spread into the community, adding that vaccinations were the only way to stop the spread of the 'aggressive variants'...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-confirms-indian-and-south-african-mutations
The Republic of Cyprus has been notified by ECDC that a number of coronavirus cases have tested positive for a mutation known as the Indian variant, believed to be twice as dangerous but others say not so...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/legal-battle-heats-up-in-golden-passports
The top two chief law enforcers in the Republic of Cyprus are taking the parliament to court over a resolution, in which members called on the two officials to recuse themselves in the golden passport probe after raising conflict of interest issues...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/china-completes-historic-mars-landing
An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday, state news agency Xinhua reported, making China the second space-faring nation after the United States to land on the Red Planet...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/grenade-thrown-outside-home-of-alexoui-witness
Three young males have been arrested in connection with an investigation into a hand grenade attack against a Lakatamia residence, whose owner is a witness in the Alexoui case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabinet-under-pressure-to-modify-safe-pass
There are reports of second thoughts over the scope of Cyprus’ safety pass with Kathimerini reporting that grievances within the hospitality industry have reached the Presidential Palace, putting enormous pressure on the health minister to water down rules pertaining to restaurants...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/citizens-not-trusted-with-covid-self-tests
Home test kits for COVID-19 are helping many countries detect infections while reducing long lines outside testing centers, but over-the-counter testing has not been incorporated in the Republic of Cyprus where officials remain reluctant over trusting private citizens with the results...