https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/weekend-violations-spike-as-cyprus-flattens-curve
Police reported 125 pedestrians and motorists in the last 12 hours as part of the campaign to combat the spread of the COVID-19 disease, amid news of a gradual lift of restrictive measures...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-unveils-virus-exit-roadmap-hoping-to-avoid-more-chaos
The European Union moved Wednesday to head off a chaotic and potentially disastrous easing of restrictions that are limiting the spread of the coronavirus, warning its 27 nations to move very cautiously as they return to normal life and base their actions on scientific advice....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/over-200-reported-for-violating-covid-19-decrees-in-24h
Police booked 217 drivers and pedestrians who were found to be in violation of Covid-19 restriction measures between the early morning of Sunday and Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/athens-streets-deserted-during-lockdown-photos
Deserted squares, padlocked parks, empty avenues where lines of cars once idled bumper-to-bumper in traffic as motorbikes and scooters zoomed through the narrow gaps between. The Greek capital, Athens, like so many cities across the world, has seen its streets empty under a lockdown designed to stem the spread of the new coronavirus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabinet-approves-bills-to-decongest-central-prisons-amid-covid-19-fears
Measures to decompress the overcrowded Nicosia central prisons where the risks associated with a potential spread of coronavirus are high were approved on Tuesday by the Cabinet....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/elderly-man-killed-while-crossing-the-street
An elderly man was killed in a road accident in Limassol on Friday, after he was struck by an oncoming vehicle as he was trying to cross the road...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/un-police-block-protesters-at-checkpoint
UN police in Cyprus were taking no chances at the Ledra checkpoint on Monday, blocking Turkish Cypriot demonstrators in the north who wanted to bring flowers to Greek Cypriot riot police behind fortified barricades in the south...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-hold-the-line-at-ledra-checkpoint
Greek Cypriot police at Nicosia's Ledra crossing thwarted a barricade breach by Turkish Cypriot protesters on Saturday, as demonstrations against the checkpoint shutdown continued on both sides of the divided island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/nicosia-fatal-stabbing-investigation-incomplete
A detained suspect in the fatal stabbing of a foreign national in downtown Nicosia has been ordered to remain in custody, as police investigators are still searching for another suspect...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-says-it-cannot-cope-with-migrant-influx
The interior minister of the Republic of Cyprus says the island cannot host more “economic migrants” as another boatload of refugees arrived on Tuesday, clarifying that authorities would not send back those whose lives may be in danger...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-fm-alleges-three-migrants-killed-trying-to-cross-greek-border
A war of words between Ankara and Athens over the migrant crisis escalated on Tuesday when Turkey’s foreign minister said without providing evidence that Greek soldiers had killed three migrants attempting to enter the country, a claim denied by Greece....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/no-charges-after-woman-s-road-traffic-death
Police did not file any charges after an elderly woman succumbed to her injuries over the weekend following last month’s road accident in Limassol...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/driver-killed-in-green-monday-road-accident
An elderly driver was killed on Monday after his car slammed onto a retaining cement wall in rural Paphos...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-in-court-over-ledra-protest
A local resident was remanded in custody on Sunday over a Saturday incident at Nicosia's Ledra crossing, when protesters broke through barriers that had been set up in response to the coronavirus threat...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/elderly-woman-killed-in-brutal-crash
Police are investigating a traffic accident in Limassol where an elderly woman was killed in a brutal collision at a controlled intersection...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/disappearance-turns-into-felony-murder-case
Police are still looking for a second suspect in the disappearance of an ex-con two weeks ago, with reports describing the case as a rendezvous with death with drug trafficking in the background...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pedestrian-critical-after-limassol-accident
An elderly woman is in critical condition following a road accident in Limassol, when she was struck by a food delivery motorcycle...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-wanted-in-paphos-hit-and-run
Paphos police are looking for a male driver in connection with a weekend hit and run that left a British couple critically injured...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/at-least-129-detained-in-large-police-sweep-after-shooting-in-downtown-athens
At least 129 people had been detained in downtown Athens by Friday afternoon as part of an ongoing police operation to find the culprits behind a shooting that left one dead and one injured in what authorities believe is a turf war between competing criminal gangs....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/drunk-cabbie-jailed-after-speedy-trial
A taxi driver in Larnaca was sentenced to 15 days in prison and had his licence suspended by a judge who found him guilty of reckless driving and driving under the influence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-announce-driving-offences-that-can-lead-to-license-revocation
After the first days of February saw the first immediate revocations of the licences of two reckless drivers, the director of Traffic Police Yiannakis Georgiou on Tuesday specified the criteria that may land a driver a referral to the Road Transport Department for license revocation....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/china-scientists-identify-pangolin-as-possible-coronavirus-host
The deadly coronavirus outbreak in China could have spread from bats to humans through the illegal traffic of pangolins, the world’s only scaly mammals, which are prized in Asia for food and medicine, Chinese researchers said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/football-and-money-laundering
It has been identified years back at European and global level, that sports and especially football is being used by criminals to launder dirty money and derive illegal income...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/embassies-warn-cyprus-over-fake-marriages
Cyprus is under harsh criticism from at least three foreign embassies that accuse the government and local municipalities of not doing enough to shut down a fake marriage industry...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-rolls-out-tough-traffic-measures
Traffic police are following through with strict measures announced by the government last week, with two drivers referred to the Road Transport Department to have their licences either suspended or revoked...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-in-court-over-speeding-video
Police plan to use a driver’s own video against him after he posted footage on Facebook showing he was doing 180 kilometres an hour on the highway...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkish-hackers-target-cyprus-government-emails
Sweeping cyberattacks targeting governments and other organizations in Europe and the Middle East are believed to be the work of hackers acting in the interests of the Turkish government, three senior Western security officials said. The hackers have attacked at least 30 organizations, including government ministries, embassies and security services as well as companies and other groups, according to a Reuters review of public internet records. Victims have included Cypriot and Greek government email services and the Iraqi government’s national security advisor, the records show. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/bicycle-collides-with-motorcycle-in-nicosia
A person on a bicycle was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday after a collision with a motorcycle in downtown Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-teens-detained-over-10-000-fireworks
Two teenagers have been remanded in custody after they were arrested in rural Nicosia for transporting nearly 10,000 fireworks in their vehicle...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/relentless-rain-takes-toll-on-roads
Police are warning motorists to be extra cautious due to snow accumulation and sleet on mountain roads around Troodos, while rockslides and rain water accumulation have been reported elsewhere...
