Archive February 2021

By Nidal al-Mughrabi Rival Palestinian factions agreed on Tuesday on steps aimed at ensuring Palestinian elections are held as planned later this year and pledged to respect their results, a ...

A probe will be launched on whether there have been arbitrary interventions by the Paphos municipality in Turkish Cypriot properties in Mouttalos, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Tuesday. Speaking ...

A murder attempt took place early on Tuesday evening with a motorcyclist shooting at a 38-year-old driver in the Halepianes area in the Nicosia district, reports said. Police said the ...

By David Morgan and Richard Cowan Donald Trump‘s historic post-presidency impeachment trial began in the Senate on Tuesday, with Democrats who are hoping to disqualify him from ever again ...

By Angeliki Koutantou Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday announced a full lockdown in the capital Athens and the surrounding region to curb a resurgence in coronavirus cases and ...

The health ministry on Tuesday announced 95 new coronavirus cases were detected from 25,427 tests. No deaths were announced. The positivity rate is now at 0.37 per cent. There are 94 patients with coronavirus ...

Britain’s Princess Eugenie, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, has given birth to her first child, a baby son, with husband Jack Brooksbank, Buckingham Palace announced on Tuesday. Eugenie, the 10th ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Tuesday said it was important for Cyprus to be able to utilise the around €3bn for projects and reforms available from the EU’s new ...

By Michael Nienaber Germany is planning to spend nearly 9 billion euros ($10.9 billion) this year to help procure up to 635.1 million COVID-19 vaccination shots for its population and other EU member ...

Omonia and Nea Salmina raised the curtain for round 24 of the Cyprus football championship on Tuesday evening, with the Greens taking the three points with consumate ease after a 2-0 ...

The government rejected opposition criticism on Tuesday that privatisation of the port of Limassol had been a failure and unfavourable for the country, forcing companies and ships to leave. The ...

In the uncertain conditions that have prevailed Rialto Theatre’s cultural agenda will see performances either online via live stream or in the physical presence of audiences at theatre or ...

Migrant support NGO Kisa on Tuesday slammed a new bill with tougher criteria for citizenship as racist. “The ministry has prepared and submitted the bill without any consultation with stakeholders ...

Free rapid testing for employees and the public will operate in 51 sites nationwide on Wednesday, the health ministry announced. Following a decree obliging companies to test a certain number of ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to keep restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus in place until the end of February, participants in a meeting of her own conservative ...

Friends and relatives of a young mother held a demonstration outside the family court in Paphos on Tuesday, demanding the suspension of a decision to return her underage son to ...

Apple Inc’s iPhone 12 mini U.S. sales were just 5 per cent of overall sales of its new phones during the first half of January, industry data provider Counterpoint said ...

The Turkish Cypriot community will receive 75,000 rapid test kits from the EU, it was reported on Tuesday. According to Turkish Cypriot daily Halkin Sesi, 75,000 the rapid test kits will be ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is known to rack up plenty of miles on jets, and recently he’s added another to his arsenal. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO now has ...

Serena Williams will hope to move a step closer to a record-equalling 24th major when she meets Serbia’s Nina Stojanovic, while Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open title defence faces ...

By Lisa Salmon We all know fruit and veg are good for us – but GP Gemma Newman believes most people have no idea how transformative a plant-based diet can really ...

Britain said it would bring in tighter border controls next week against new variants of the coronavirus, requiring hotel quarantine for arrivals and threatening rule-breakers with up to 10 years in ...

There is no indication as to when secondary school pupils excluded from Monday’s reopening will be able to return to the classroom, the secondary school teachers’ unions Oelmek and ...

The Camino de Santiago, or Pilgrim Route, is the longest-established “tourist” route in Europe, and its final section through Galicia provides echoes of the medieval pilgrimage to the thousands who ...