Archive February 2021

The ‘vaccination passport’ deal reached with Israel last Sunday for Israeli travellers to Cyprus cannot be replicated with other countries at the moment, according to Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas ...

Nobody would have been surprised to hear government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos declare on Friday that “we cannot accept arbitration, nor asphyxiating time-frames.” We had not heard this slogan for a ...

AFTER a three-and-a-half year break the Cyprob show is scheduled to resume, with newspapers full of speculation about its premiere in a venue in some faraway land. First it was ...

Next week, on Wednesday February 24, I shall be flying the federal flag at the second panel webinar organised by the UK-based Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations. My take is very ...

Everton enjoyed their first Premier League win at Liverpool since 1999 with a 2-0 victory at Anfield condemning Juergen Klopp’s fading champions to a fourth straight home defeat. The win ...

Health authorities announced 107 new coronavirus infections on Saturday from 31,755 tests, a positivity rate of 0.34 per cent, but no new deaths were recorded. Seventy-seven people were being treated in hospital with 22 ...

Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, on Saturday visited the hospital where his father Prince Philip is being kept as a precaution after feeling ill, a Reuters photographer at ...

Two people were killed in Myanmar’s second city Mandalay on Saturday when police and soldiers fired to disperse protests against a Feb. 1 military coup, emergency workers said, the bloodiest ...

Facebook Inc is back at the negotiating table, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday after the tech giant this week blocked news on its site in the country. ...

Burnley were held to a 0-0 draw at home to West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on Saturday, despite the visitors being reduced to 10 men for an hour. Burnley’...

The ministry of health on Saturday announced 55 testing points for Sunday. District Location Time Limassol Ayios Ioannis Eleimonos church 9.30 a.m.-6 p.m. Panos Solomonides cultural centre 9.30 a.m....

Scotland Women hit double figures with an incredible 10-0 rout of Cyprus in their Euro 2022 qualifier. Erin Cuthbert, Martha Thomas and Jane Ross grabbed doubles, with Caroline Weir, Kirsty Hanson, ...

Interior designer Kelly Behun designs furniture, apartments and houses for her clients, but one of her most spectacular projects is the penthouse apartment in New York City that she renovated ...

Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw away to struggling Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday after the hosts midfielder Takumi Minamino scored with their only attack of the ...

Several thousand people marched in Nicosia on Saturday in a protest against state corruption and pandemic restrictions that ended peacefully, unlike a similar event last week, which ended in violence. ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘health minister’ Ali Pilli has been dismissed, reports said Saturday. Pilli was replaced by Unal Ustel, who until Saturday was ‘transport minister.’ The ‘transport ministry’ went to Resmiye ...

In this video, we travel to Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, a city that combines faded European grandeur with Latin passion, to explore the dance form that is almost a ...

In this video, business and life coach Tatev Petrosyan picks up the conversation on love in the aftermath of Valentine’s Day, marked annually on February 14. So often, romantic love ...

By John O’Donnell German prosecutors have confiscated more than 50 million euros ($60 million) worth of bitcoin from a fraudster. There’s only one problem: they can’t unlock the money ...

Where do you live I am currently living in Buxton, England with four of my friends Rami, George, Maria and Chrysanthi. What did you have for breakfast? It depends on ...

By Paul Lambis For over 20 years, the Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra has been bringing new energy, new perspectives and new commitment to classical music. The youthful perspective it brings to ...

A court convening at Nicosia general hospital on Saturday renewed a remand order for a man accused of killing his wife and son for another eight days. The 59-year-old was ...

In this 2011 Tiny Desk concert from NPR’s archives, composer-vocalist Gabriel Kahane blurs the lines between indie rock and indie classical. NPR Music’s Tiny Desk concerts bring netizens performances ...

Texas doctor Natasha Kathuria has practiced medicine in 11 countries, worked through the 2014 “Snowmageddon” storm that ground Atlanta to a halt, and survived the past year’s COVID-19 pandemic crush. But ...