Archive February 2021

Youth organisation the Bicommunal Network of Cypriot Youth is hosting an online talk on Saturday with foreign policy expert at the Australian federal government Dr Stephanie Jacobs, discussing ‘Cypriots down ...

‘Bliss’ actress Salma Hayek talks about her new Amazon film and recalls how she pulled off the iconic ‘striptease’ with a snake scene in Robert Rodriguez’s movie ‘From Dusk ...

Tired of COVID-19 confinement and seeking both communion and emotional release, some Israelis have taken to group screaming. A record vaccine rollout has done little to ease Israel’s pandemic ...

The offices of the land registry in Limassol will remain closed on Wednesday and possibly on Thursday. The closure of the district office was deemed necessary after coronavirus cases were ...

Do you know Judy’s story? This English Pointer helped save the lives of several crew members of a British ship, in addition to serving the crew with her great ...

Many landmark cases reflect the challenge of accessing long term residence in Cyprus Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras This piece of writing follows my previous article ‘Two Roads to Citizenship’ published ...

Larnaca police on Tuesday arrested two men in order to facilitate investigations into the seizure of drugs and weapons discovered in the Larnaca and Nicosia districts last month. On January 29 ...

Twitter Inc on Tuesday beat analyst expectations for quarterly sales and profit and followed its social media peers to forecast a strong start to 2021 as ad spending rebounds 31 per cent ...

Police carried out 10,214 checks in 24 hours from Tuesday until Wednesday to curb the spread of Covid-19 and booked 116 individuals, including one business owner, for violations of relevant decrees. According to ...

Huawei Technologies Co has filed a legal challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s designation of the Chinese company as a US national security threat to communications networks. The FCC ...

The Biden administration is looking forward to scrutinizing data included in a World Health Organization report released on Tuesday that said the COVID-19 virus did not originate in a laboratory ...

An interactive application called ‘Explorers of AEEC in Action!’ was recently developed by the Mobile Devices Laboratory (MDL) of Frederick University as a fun tool for exploring the Akrotiri peninsula ...

Kids, this is one woodworking project you have to try. Follow along (and get an adult to lend a hand with the circular saw) and build your own pair of ...

Rates for container shipping have skyrocketed up to nine times regular levels, as global container blockages keep goods stuck in ports. There are reports of fruit rotting in containers waiting ...

A divided U.S. Senate voted largely along party lines on Tuesday to move ahead with Donald Trump‘s impeachment trial on a charge of inciting the deadly assault on ...

Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Cyprus during the first three quarters of 2020 were down a staggering 96 per cent compared with the same period in 2019, according to statistics from ...

Mandatory rapid tests for all workplaces have been described as point-blank unconstitutional and breaching fundamental human rights and liberties by some prominent lawyers, while others say “it depends.” “No limitation ...

Akel, as the champions of state ownership, immediately seized the figures about Limassol port presented by the Cyprus Ports Authority to the House finance committee for its ongoing propaganda campaign ...

Manchester United reached the FA Cup quarter-finals for the seventh season in succession as substitute Scott McTominay’s goal in extra time sealed a 1-0 win over West Ham United ...

Facebook is facing a second London High Court class action over allegations it failed to protect the personal details of about one million people in England and Wales, in the ...

By Guy Faulconbridge Britain said on Tuesday its relations with the European Union after Brexit had been problematic due to differences over everything from vaccines and Northern Ireland as well ...

By Tuvan Gumrukcu Turkey aims to achieve first contact with the moon as part of its national space programme in 2023, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. “The first rough landing ...

There is ‘room for improvement’ in the sex education given in state schools, the education ministry admitted on Tuesday following a call for the enrichment of such modules by parents’ ...

Apollon overcame their shock draw against Karmiotissa over the weekend as they thrashed AEK Larnaca 3-0 on Tuesday night, leapfrogging Omonia and AEL at the top of the Cyprus First ...