Archive February 2021

Questions began being asked as to how the EU – a group of some of the world’s richest and most developed countries – could be left so far behind The EU’...

Two drunk drivers were arrested for and fined for being out past curfew, police said on Sunday. One man, aged 27 was driving on the Nicosia – Limassol highway at around 11:20pm ...

“Should this food item be stored in the fridge, or not?” It’s one of those housekeeping questions that soon sets off a storm of contention. Which is why, in ...

Police reported 210 citizens and the owners of four establishments after carrying out a total of 12,773 checks islandwide for violating Covid-19 measures. A police spokesperson told the Cyprus News Agency that ...

Tens of thousands of people marched for a second day in Myanmar’s biggest city on Sunday, and thousands more assembled across the country to protest against the military junta’...

Lazard Ltd, one of the world’s largest investment bank, reported a 147 per cent surge in fourth-quarter profit on Friday, powered by growth in its financial advisory business as corporate ...

Hollywood has great expectations of young Berlin-born actress Helena Zengel. While she is only 12, she most recently starred opposite acting legend Tom Hanks in ‘News of the World’, a Western ...

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has called on his attacking players to step up in the absence of Harry Kane. The England captain is sidelined with an ankle injury and is ...

“Take intelligent risks, rather than follow the crowd,” advised Edward C. Johnson II who founded Fidelity in 1946. Today, Fidelity is one of the world’s largest asset managers with $3.3 trillion ...

A five-week lag on the vaccination front. If left uncorrected, that would cost close to €90 billion euros in output this year, equivalent to two percentage points of lost quarterly GDP ...

Company directors will become personally liable for the accuracy of their financial statements under landmark proposals from Britain’s finance ministry next week to improve corporate behaviour, sources familiar with ...

While there isn’t really such a thing as giving your dog too much attention, there are definitely scenarios in which you may not be giving them enough TLC. How ...

Non-profit organisations will hold a protest march against corruption and state authoritarianism on February 13 in Nicosia, despite a ban on protests during the pandemic, it emerged on Friday. In a ...

Pep Guardiola is expecting to face a Liverpool side “more aggressive than ever” as he takes his Manchester City team to Anfield on Sunday. The City boss believes the champions ...

Kids, next time you’re by the sea, or walking anywhere pebbly or rocky, grab yourself a pocketful of stones, and then, when you’re back home, grab coloured paints ...

Economy is the ‘worst it’s been since 1974’ Every sector of the economy has been dealt a big blow by the pandemic, but with tourist arrivals down by 85 per cent ...

Opposition parties appear determined to keep their campaign against what they view as government corruption going for as long as they can. What is worse for the government is that ...

PREZ Nik had his big day in front of the investigative committee on Tuesday, pleading ignorance to questions that he did not want to answer. He did not know that ...

NOT many people know that Chrysostomos is one of Mozart’s many names. His full name is Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. The current Archbishop of Cyprus is also a ...

Manchester United suffered a blow to their Premier League title hopes after Everton‘s Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored with the last kick of the game to earn the visitors a 3-3 ...

The health ministry announced one death and 132 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday from 36,863 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.36 per cent and total positives to date of 31,644. ...

The Nicosia municipal council on Saturday called for the immediate restoration of the listed buildings demolished by the Archbishopric earlier this week. Archbishop Chrysostomos must also deposit a money guarantee ...

Iran’s foreign minister urged Washington to act fast to return to the nuclear accord, pointing out that legislation passed by parliament forces the government to harden its nuclear stance ...

Newcastle United hung on for a 3-2 victory over Southampton despite finishing a rip-roaring Premier League contest with nine men at St James’ Park on Saturday. Southampton, who were hammered 9...