Archive May 2021

By Emma Farge Coronavirus variants with clunky, alphanumeric names have now been assigned the letters of the Greek Alphabet in a bid to simplify discussion and pronunciation while avoiding stigma. ...

Naomi Osaka has announced that she will be withdrawing from the French Open because of the furore caused by her boycott of media duties. The world number two won her ...

No deaths from Covid-19 were announced on Monday, as 50 new infections were detected after 47,063 tests, a positivity rate of 0.11 per cent. The health ministry said 70 people were being treated in ...

By Robert Muller A Russian charter plane took home dozens of Russian embassy staff on Monday, abruptly ending what Czech officials say was a decades-old practice by Moscow of using ...

The changing political landscape, plus the hammering taken by mainstream parties, stand out as the two big takeaways from Sunday’s elections, according to analysts. Back in 2016, the four ‘big’ ...

Denmark’s government on Monday asked the country’s health authorities to reconsider a decision to exclude Johnson & Johnson’s and AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shots from its vaccination programme. ...

More film screenings are arriving in Nicosia as the latest edition of the Images & Views of Alternative Cinema Film Festival brings exactly as it suggests – experimental and alternative cinematographic ...

Roger Federer marked his return to the Grand Slam arena in dazzling fashion with a 6-2 6-4 6-3 first-round defeat of qualifier Denis Istomin at the French Open on Monday. ...

The rise of far-right, “anti-Turkish” Elam in the parliamentary election justifies the Turkish side’s position for a two-state solution, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said Monday. Tatar, but also ‘...

Sergio Aguero has signed a two-year contract with Barcelona. The Catalan club announced the Argentinian forward would join them on July 1 when his current deal with Manchester City expires. Barca ...

Sunday’s elections were a mixed bag, with many established politicians retaining their parliamentary seat, a few ‘veterans’ making a comeback, new faces including the youngest ever person to become ...

Country music stars Faith Hill and Tim McGraw may sing about love, home and apple pie, but their property preferences tend to lean a little more tropical and lavish. In ...

Changes are expected in local government councils after the election of some councillors as MPs on Sunday. Three vacant seats will have to be filled at the Larnaca municipal council ...

Cyprus has closed its airspace to flights from Belarus, joining a list of European Union nations imposing restrictions following the forced landing of a passenger jet in Minsk on May 23. ...

Doros Aresti is Communications and Sustainability Officer at DP World Limassol. As part of the commercialisation of the Limassol port in 2016, DP World was awarded with a 25-year concession agreement ...

A total of 64 rapid testing sites will operate around the island on Tuesday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

Sunday’s parliamentary elections saw four parties pick up seats with many other political hopefuls left to pick up the pieces, in a vote which was dogged by low turnout ...

In this video, we travel to beautiful Calabria, a region of southwest Italy, occupying the “toe” of the country’s boot-shaped peninsula, and separated from Sicily by the Strait of ...

Zinedine Zidane said on Monday he had stepped down as Real Madrid coach as the club’s hierarchy did not have enough faith in him to rebuild an ageing squad. ...

As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout gains momentum, many countries are planning a gradual return to normal, opening borders and letting people back into restaurants, shops and sports venues after more ...

By Prudence Wade It’s hard to imagine a time sneakers weren’t everywhere. For many of us, lacing up a pair of trainers is the only way to complete ...

The MPs and representatives of the religious groups elected to parliament on Sunday were officially announced on Monday by chief returning officer Dr Costas Constantinou. The ceremony took place at ...

The Porsche and Piech families, who control Volkswagen’s largest shareholder, are prepared to take a direct stake in Porsche AG should the luxury carmaker be separately listed, two people ...

The European Commission proposed on Monday that vaccinated people should be exempt from testing or quarantines when travelling from one EU country to another, and urged a gradual easing of ...