Archive June 2021

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail, brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in local and international – in audio form. Presented by ...

By Nikolas Grozdanovic Staying away from the temptation of making (terrible) puns that the title of Taylor Sheridan’s latest movie invites will not be easy. Then again, avoiding puns ...

Peter Jackson’s ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ six-hour documentary series is set for a US Thanksgiving holiday debut on Disney+. The Walt Disney Studios, Apple Corps Ltd. and WingNut Films ...

Cyprus is progressing steadily towards the ECDC’s green categorisation as all districts reported reduced coronavirus caseloads, the health ministry’s National Report showed on Friday. The island’s case ...

The world’s oldest national team rivalry resumes on Friday at Wembley Stadium when Scotland travel south to take on the ‘Auld Enemy.’ England’s players must go beyond their ...

Gunmen killed a police officer and kidnapped at least 80 students and five teachers from a school in the Nigerian state of Kebbi, police, residents and a teacher said. The attack ...

Iranians began voting on Friday in a presidential election likely to be won by a judge fiercely loyal to the religious establishment, although many people are expected to ignore the ...

Copyright trolls can turn to EU rules to demand compensation for infringed works on peer-to-peer networks but only if their requests are proportionate, Europe’s top court said on Thursday. ...

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday signed a decree to create “green pass,” a digital proof that the holder is not infected by the coronavirus. The system, which became ...

Running is viewed as an isolated form of exercise. Limassol-based Fun Run Cyprus is here to change that perception by cultivating a community of like-minded people who help support each ...

By Ioannis Tirkides Optimism is rising high in the global economy for the recovery in 2021-22, and growth forecasts are being revised higher. The European Commission now expects real GDP ...

A surge in meth use over the past five years has caused alarm, with an official telling the Cyprus Mail that the problem is getting worse each year. Ykan (drug ...

Anger at the decision of the attorney-general not to prosecute the 15 policemen over their apparent failure to investigate the disappearance of foreign women that were subsequently discovered to have been ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday spoke on the phone with new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, congratulating him on his assumption of duties and his forming a coalition government. According ...

Wing back Denzel Dumfries had a hand in both goals as the Netherlands eased to a 2-0 victory over uninspiring Austria on Thursday and ensured they will win Euro 2020 Group ...

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding president who led his country for 27 years and championed Africa’s struggles against apartheid and HIV/AIDS, has died at the age of 97. “KK”, as ...

Kevin de Bruyne came off the bench to inspire Belgium in a 2-1 comeback win over Denmark on Thursday to clinch their place in the Euro 2020 knockouts on an emotional ...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican bid that had been backed by former President Donald Trump’s administration to invalidate Obamacare, preserving the landmark healthcare law for ...

Health authorities on Thursday announced 65 new positives from island-wide testing for the coronavirus, representing a 0.19 per cent positivity rate from the samples processed. That brings the total diagnosed to date ...

Far-right party Elam was given the chair of the ad hoc House committee on demographics on Thursday, as parties came to an agreement over the allocation of committees. Demographics had ...

The US on Thursday welcomed in their Nicosia embassy, the first eight officers from the National Guard who are going to participate in the International Military Education and Training (IMET) ...

Places and Landscapes as seen by Cyprus and Athens-based artist Sophia Papacosta will go on display at the Culture centre of Phaneromenis70 in old Nicosia as of June 25. “The exhibited ...

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny mocked President Vladimir Putin on Thursday for accusing him of knowingly breaking the law when he was evacuated from Russia last year in a coma. ...

The health ministry announced a total of 64 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...