Archive April 2021

Berlin-based, Cypriot alternative pop artist Eleni Era has just released her album titled Younger Heart, an endeavour that moves from the glowing embers of the heart, through the fingertips, and ...

Hey kids, this quick talk is a humorous take on embracing an engineer’s mindset from an early age, in order to make problem-solving through tech a way of life. ...

‘Downton Abbey 2’ the sequel to the first ‘Downton Abbey’ film from 2019, has officially been announced, with production having started last week and Dominic West joining the cast. Focus Features has ...

There are high concentrations of dust in the air and vulnerable groups are urged to avoid going outside until the situation improves, the department of labour inspection said on Tuesday ...

Police booked 201 persons, including two business owners, in 24 hours from Monday until Tuesday morning for breaching coronavirus protocols. One of the establishments is a café in Limassol in which five ...

Gas and firewood furnaces at a crematorium in the western Indian state of Gujarat have been running so long without a break during the COVID-19 pandemic that metal parts have ...

Police on Monday arrested a man in Nicosia after he was found to be in possession of one kilo of cannabis. At around 2pm, members of the drug squad stopped ...

A fire broke out in the basement of the Leventis Art Gallery late on Monday evening. According to an announcement, police and the fire service were notified at 11.16pm that ...

A controversial decision to form a breakaway European Super League was taken “to save football” and in part motivated because “young people are no longer interested” in the game, Real ...

The French state has taken firm control of Air France-KLM after the recapitalisation with €1.03 billion via the issuance of shares. Late Monday, the airline announced that it had successfully placed ...

The US State Department said on Monday it will boost its “Do Not Travel” guidance to about 80 per cent of countries worldwide, citing “unprecedented risk to travelers” from the Covid-19 ...

Austria will only use Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine once the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved it, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Monday, amid growing public frustration with ...

There is a strong chance that flights from Russia to Cyprus will be grounded all summer, according to travel industry sources. However no decision has yet been reached; it is ...

Bank of Cyprus on Monday announced that it has successfully launched and priced an issue of €300 million unsecured and subordinated Tier 2 Capital Notes under its Euro Medium-Term Note (EMTN) Programme – ...

A UK research study carried out by former strategy chief at British Airways is currently only featuring eight “safe countries” for travel and excludes Cyprus. The study by Robert Boyle, ...

Being in opposition and having nothing tangible to offer voters ahead of the parliamentary elections, Akel decided to campaign for what could have appeal across party lines – the lowering of ...

An 87th-minute header from defender Diego Llorente gave Leeds United a 1-1 home draw with Liverpool in the Premier League on Monday after the home side staged a protest against ...

A 37-year-old man was shot and killed in Kiti on Monday night. The killing took place at around 9.30pm in Kiti near Larnaca and involved a burst of gunfire. First ...

U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared reluctant to let people who have been allowed to stay in the United States on humanitarian grounds apply to become permanent residents ...

The health ministry appears to no longer be informing the public as to whether people who have died from Covid-19 also suffered from underlying health conditions. For the past two ...

Parties can use the same name in the upcoming parliamentary elections that they ran under in the previous elections given the short notice they were given that they cannot run ...

Shouting “Get out of my pub”, a landlord in southern England threw out opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer on Monday and berated him for what he said was his failure ...

A total of 9,360 vaccination appointments were booked by those in the eligible age group of 51-52 on Monday, while 6,640 remain available to booked on Tuesday. The vaccination portal and its 6,640 ...

Three deaths from Covid-19 and 822 new cases were reported on Monday with a positivity rate of 1.38. The three deaths were two men, aged 58 and 82, and a woman, aged 64. For the ...