Archive February 2021

The cumulative diagnosis rate of coronavirus cases in Cyprus has fallen to 183 per 100,000 population over the last 14 days, the health ministry said on Friday. The incidence rate was 243 per 100,000 people ...

Paphos police are investigating a case of invoice fraud against a business owner, a spokesman said on Friday. According to the victim, on January 27 he made an online order for ...

Omonia defeated Doxa Katokopias 0-3 away from home to go joint top with Apollon, matching the Limassol club’s tally of 47 points. Apollon can reclaim their three-point lead over Omonia ...

The AstraZeneca vaccine, the first 7,200 doses of which are expected to be delivered on Monday, will be administered without any age restrictions, the health ministry said on Friday. Citing the ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides suggested that 18 citizenships granted to people linked to the company that won the casino resort concession in 2019 had been based on false data supplied by the finance ...

The health ministry’s public health service recalled on Friday a batch of imported frozen peppers from the Cypriot market due to the detection of a non-approved pesticide. The EU’...

Appointments for Covid-19 vaccinations for people over 80 will be available from 9am on Saturday, the health ministry announced on Friday. As part of the national vaccination plan, 10,058 nationwide appointments will ...

The health ministry on Friday published a list of private labs that carry out rapid antigen Covid-19 tests which do not require PCR confirmation. Positive coronavirus cases detected by rapid ...

Atletico Madrid forward Luis Suarez says he has still not been offered an explanation as to why Barcelona allowed him to leave last September. One of new Barcelona coach Ronald ...

Akel on Friday blasted the EU’s coronavirus vaccination programme as a massive failure with serious repercussions on public health and the societies and economies of Europe. In a strongly ...

In the lap of London luxury, this video takes a pre-Covid tour of the Corinthia Hotel’s suites and penthouses, following in the footsteps of general manager Thomas Kochs. Here, ...

Many borrowers who opted to use a scheme suspending loan payments for nine months in a bid to cope with the financial fallout of the coronavirus were now restructuring them, ...

The world’s largest tropical wetland, the Pantanal is simply stunning: a vast area that extends from the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul into Bolivia and Paraguay, a ...

In a further escalation of a bitter row over Cyprus’ golden passports, Diko and Akel on Friday accused President Nicos Anastasiades of not telling the whole truth about his holidays ...

Edek and Citizens’ Alliance MP Giorgos Lillikas have asked for a week’s postponement to the vote on the parliamentary code of ethics to give them time to propose and ...

In its third decade of operations, the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre has established itself in the consciousness of Cypriot society, as a leader in cancer treatment and patient support. ...

“Slowly, you build into something you have never imagined yourself doing…” In this video, athletic brand Cyprus Another Angle interviews the island’s Taekwondo multiple national champion and third world ...

A member of the World Health Organization-led team visiting the central Chinese city of Wuhan said he has been surprised by the complexity of getting to the origins of the ...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Friday urged parents to encourage their final year children retuning back to school on Monday to get tested for coronavirus. Though the testing of pupils ...

Thank God It’s Friday… even if we’re still weathering Covid-soured times, rather than stepping out for dinner and drinks. But all is not lost. Before you enjoy a ...

The US is signaling that it is ready to end sanctions on the Nordstream 2 pipeline, according to a report published by German newspaper Handelsblatt. Under US President Joe Biden, the ...

A probe into public spending on coronavirus in South Africa has found evidence of political pressure, price inflation, and fraud in many of the contracts, fuelled by an “insatiable pursuit ...

A lie detector driven by artificial intelligence and trialled at European Union borders is the focus of a lawsuit that hopes to bring more transparency over the bloc’s funding ...

By Paul Lambis American playwright and essayist, Arthur Miller referred to theatre as “an endless fascination that is so much like life.” Theatre most certainly explores the human experience: the ...