Archive April 2021

Greece began opening to tourists on Monday with few bookings but hopes for a better season to help make up for a 2020 devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. On Rhodes island, ...

NASA‘s miniature robot helicopter Ingenuity performed a successful takeoff and landing on Mars early on Monday, achieving the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft over the surface of ...

This video is meant to expand your general knowledge about living a healthy life and is NOT a substitute for seeking medical advice. Please consult with your doctor before making ...

The House finance committee on Monday formally decided to take a bill on state-backed loans to the plenum for a vote later this week – literally on the eleventh hour before ...

The transport ministry on Monday supplied the Theoskepasti school in Paphos with a €244,000 school bus for the transportation of children with special needs. The bus has a ramp that can ...

By Constantinos Psillides Following a disastrous ceremony in 2020, due to Covid-19 that was largely virtual and plagued by technological glitches because people were required to Zoom in, this year’s ...

Turkish Cypriot lawyers staged a demo on Monday morning to protest Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s threats after a court in the north terminated the teaching of the Quran in ...

Two additional candidates for next month’s parliamentary elections will stand with The Animal Party, it announced on Monday. The party said Neophytos Neophytou and Vicky Nicolaou will join their ...

Having reviewed the firm’s financial performance for 2020, the Elias Neocleous & Co LLC management extends thanks to all partners and staff for their hard work and dedication throughout a ...

Famagusta hospital, the reference hospital for coronavirus cases, is currently 99 per cent full, its medical director Amalia Hadjiyianni said on Monday. By Monday night 284 people were in hospital with coronavirus ...

Jose Mourinho was sacked as manager of Tottenham Hotspur on Monday after 17 months in charge of the London club and six days before they will appear in the League Cup ...

Secondary school biology teachers have threatened to take measures if there are no developments on their demand that the education ministry introduce changes so the subject becomes more lab-based and ...

As the temperature begins to climb and we head into late spring, lighter meals begin to feel more fitting. And given the prolonged months of delivery and takeout, many of ...

The government on Monday sought to play down the findings of an inquiry into the controversial citizenship by investment programme, which found problems with close to 52 per cent of the ...

“The remedy to correct court proceedings is a duty to restore justice” The principle of natural justice requires that a person affected by an order or decision of the court ...

Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said vaccinations will be decisive for tackling the pandemic on the island after he received his first AstraZeneca shot on Monday, in keeping with other ministers ...

This video is for all the budding seamstresses and tailors out there. It goes over the basics of decoding those bizarrely-marked sewing patterns – from tracing, to pinning, to cutting – helping ...

An ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday she was braced for bad news on the health of the hunger-striking opposition politician when his lawyers see him ...

Former players and fans groups across the globe have slammed plans for a breakaway competition by some of Europe’s top clubs, calling the move a “soulless” money grab which ...

Two people in Paphos were arrested on Sunday night after they threatened to stab a woman living in their apartment block. According to police, the couple, a man and a ...

The current measures against the spread of coronavirus will remain in place until at least mid-May, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday, pointing out there will be no tightening ...

As our world grows warmer, the increasing need to provide ourselves with cooler, more comfortable living and working spaces, is having a negative climate impact of its own. Existing cooling ...

Artificial intelligence, as well as its as-of-yet more commonplace subsect of machine learning, has not been without its fair share of dissenting voices, with concerns being raised around three key ...

In this video, author and leadership expert Simon Sinek discusses one of the major hurdles to overcome for younger members of today’s multi-generational workplace: handling difficult conversations. This is ...