https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-health-measures-in-effect-as-of-today-wednesday
New measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 and the Omicron variant are in effect as of Wednesday in Cyprus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-health-measures-announced-today
The Minister of Health, Michalis Hadjipandela, held a press conference today to announce new mandatory health measures in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mandatory-vaccination-of-nhs-workers-in-england-from-spring
The British government is expected to announce later in the day that front-line staff of the NHS National Health Service in England will be required to have been vaccinated against coronavirus by April....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/discussions-with-ilo-to-set-cyprus-minimum-wage-to-55-66-of-national-median
Although still being discussed, and will continue until year's end, the national minimum wage in Cyprus is likely to range from 865.1 euros to 1,038.1 euros....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/shorter-work-week-gains-momentum-in-belgium
Belgium could move to a four-day working week, as the government discusses broader reforms of the labor market....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/public-doctors-go-on-a-three-hour-strike-on-wednesday-morning
There will be a three hour strike by public sector doctors on Wednesday, September 29th, from 0800 to 1100...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/crunch-time-as-hospital-admissions-reach-high
Worst case scenarios and emergency staffing are once again the topic of discussion among health experts in Cyprus, with hospitalizations reaching new records for summer at a time when medics are taking vacation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-health-minister-to-step-down
Cypriot Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou does not intend to remain in his current position after a Cabinet reshuffle expected to be announced next week, confirming earlier rumors that he wanted to step down following a tortuous run during the pandemic...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/five-workers-detained-as-hotel-industry-scrambles
Five people in Paphos district were taken to a police station for questioning after immigration police officers raided a local hotel suspected of employing workers unlawfully...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-fails-to-land-uk-s-green-list
Tour operators are urging the British government to expand the number of countries for quarantine-free travel, after many popular destinations including Cyprus were left off the UK’s green list...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-wraps-up-cheese-that-grills
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades says the registration of halloumi and hellim with the European Union is “to the benefit of all Cypriot producers, Greek and Turkish” following Monday’s designation for the famous cheese that grills but not without protests on both sides...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/power-outage-refuels-reform-debate
A technical failure in the Vasilikos power plant was quickly restored Thursday morning, after rendering areas all over the Republic of Cyprus without electricity at a time when unions are up in arms over reforms in the industry...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/president-seeks-broad-consensus-to-relax-measures
Health experts on the government’s pandemic task force met with President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday, with reports saying the commander in chief got the nod to proceed with scheduled relaxing of measures but details were still not fully clear...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/minister-gets-memed-for-vaping-on-live-tv
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou became the subject of criticism and ridicule on social media Tuesday, following a live video interview where he was seen smoking an electronic cigarette...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-struggles-to-regulate-lobbying
Debate on a legislation proposal that would regulate lobbying in the Republic of Cyprus will continue next year, when parliamentary elections will be in full swing, after the justice ministry introduced amendments to reconcile transparency rules with realities of politicking on the island...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-police-investigate-child-marriages
A Cypriot court has ordered two males in remanded custody pending an investigation into two cases of child marriage, after police said it emerged that the two suspects performed civil unions with underage girls who had traveled to Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-minister-has-one-regret-over-passports
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides, who oversaw Cyprus' disgraced golden passport scheme while he was serving as interior minister, says he should have pushed harder to end the program much sooner...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/face-masks-mandatory-age-12-and-above
Face masks in some locations are now mandatory for all persons aged 12 and above in the Republic of Cyprus, while the government has revised rules for elementary school students following protests...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/old-habits-behind-new-bus-accidents
The new public bus company in Nicosia says drivers received intensified training, with an official giving more details of what actually happened in the latest accidents including one that was fatal...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/out-of-control-bus-crashes-in-downtown-nicosia
Another public bus in Nicosia was involved in a road incident without a driver at the steering wheel, with the vehicle moving forward and a person on a moped jumping out of the way in a split-second decision...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/ozersay-says-varosha-opening-certain
Varosha could be opened to its former residents under Turkish Cypriot administration, says Kudret Ozersay, adding that the process of reviving Cyprus’ ghost town after the pandemic crisis cannot be halted...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/teachers-refuse-to-livestream-their-classrooms
Public school teachers in the classroom remain firm on their refusal to live stream lessons online, saying it would be unproductive and dangerous, while reports point to a fear over internet memes...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabinet-in-tight-spot-talks-measures
The President’s Cabinet is discussing the ease of measures ahead of a meeting later this week with health experts, amid reports there could be second thoughts among scientists...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/schools-in-the-north-sit-year-out
Officials in the north say schools will remain closed through the end of the academic year, as debate in the south rages on over the government’s decision to gradually open public schools...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/high-school-seniors-back-to-school
Around ten thousand high school seniors returned to public schools on Monday, after almost two months away from their classes due to the restrictive measures to curb the spread of coronavirus...
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/schools-to-open-doors-on-may-21
With students of graduating classes set to return to school on Monday, the government agreed on a plan for the safe return of the remaining classes on May 21....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lifting-of-restrictions-sign-of-progress-but-concerns-high-over-relapse
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said Wednesday that with the island moving toward recovering from the coronavirus outbreak, the gradual lifting of measures set to begin next week is a testament of the progress being made, but it also a source of intense concern over a potential relapse....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/the-north-in-coronavirus-crisis-hospitals-prisons-in-turmoil
On Monday morning, Turkish Cypriot authorities confirmed that the number of coronavirus cases had reached six, including four tourists from Germany who had arrived in the north last week, and two Turkish Cypriots who had recently returned from the UK....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/doctor-in-the-north-enrolls-in-gesy
A doctor living in the north has managed to register as a medical practitioner in the south, with the list of his GESY patients continuing to grow...
