Archive April 2021

Oil prices surged up 3 per cent on Thursday after news that OPEC+ reached a deal to gradually ease production cuts from May. Brent crude rose $1.94, or 3.1 per cent, to $64.68 a ...

A robot armed with virus-killing ultraviolet light is being tested on Swiss airplanes, yet another idea aiming to restore passenger confidence and spare the travel industry more pandemic pain. UVeya, ...

Police reported 182 people and two businesses over the past 24 hours for violating government health and safety decrees. A police spokesman said officers carried out 8,988 checks across the Republic, booking two ...

By Ella Walker Food has always punctuated our days – the need to eat is central to being human, but the need to cook? For many of us, that’s felt ...

Two people, both aged 21, were remanded for eight days by Larnaca District Court on Saturday after police said they seized around 1.2 kilos of cannabis following an operation in Larnaca on ...

On Friday, it was announced that ‘Bridgerton’ star Rege-Jean Page will not be returning as the Duke of Hastings for season 2 of the Netflix show. The 31-year-old actor’s departure ...

Psychedelic realities, enigmatic avatars, virtual sex scenes – Alix Norman steps into the future of entertainment at Cyprus’ first VR festival The AVR made me walk into a wall. And out ...

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has always been innovative but with the Premier League season reaching a critical point some old school thinking could be the key to ensuring his ...

There have been global repercussions from the recent block of the Suez Canal for six days by a stranded container vessel. The Suez Canal Authority is claiming $1 billion in damages, ...

Parliament has voted to bolster the law against people smugglers and educational institutions which facilitate “sham” students’ entry into the Republic. Perhaps the most notable change is that now people ...

Cyprus, which from May 1 will allow visitors from the UK with a certificate of vaccination to travel here without restrictions, is awaiting London’s decisions as regards outbound flights, Transport ...

Hospital workers will meet on Tuesday to decide what action to take in protest against Okypy plans to carry out staff evaluations. The public employees’ union Pasydy, with which the ...

Cyprus marked world autism awareness day on Friday with government buildings lit blue and ministers pledging support for people on the spectrum. Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said beyond the symbolic ...

A motorist rammed a vehicle into U.S. Capitol Police officers on Friday, killing one and injuring another and forcing the Capitol and congressional office buildings onto high alert, Capitol ...

A Minneapolis homicide investigator testified on Friday that Derek Chauvin used “totally unnecessary” deadly force when kneeling on George Floyd’s neck during an arrest last May that sparked global ...

The health ministry announced one death and 705 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday from a record 59,144 PCR and rapid tests, yielding a positivity rate of 1.19. per cent. The health ministry ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said fully vaccinated people can safely travel at “low risk”, after the agency had held off for weeks on ...

Unknown assailants threw a hand grenade at a residential house in Strovolos, Nicosia, on Friday afternoon, the police press office confirmed to the Cyprus Mail. The hand grenade did not ...

Police investigating the murder of woman have found a suitcase with bloody clothing in a plot near the residence of one of the suspects, reports said on Friday. Investigators received ...

Gymnasium pupils islandwide and pupils of primary schools in the Limassol district returned to school on Friday, with authorities on alert to pre-empt possible outbreaks. The need for caution was ...

Dozens of children gathered on Friday afternoon outside the Phaneromeni school in the old part of Nicosia protesting against plans for the relocation of the University of Cyprus’ architecture department ...

Greece accused Turkey on Friday of trying to provoke it by attempting to push boats carrying migrants into Greek waters. Greece and Turkey disagree on a range of issues, including ...

Personal doctors are not ‘secretaries’, the health insurance organisation (HIO) said on Friday and reminded people that Gesy beneficiaries need to visit their personal doctors to get a referral for ...

Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho was named the Premier League player of the month for March while Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel claimed the manager’s award for the first time, ...