Archive Sunday, 31 January 2021

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah ended his Premier League goal drought in style by scoring twice as the champions raided the capital again to crush West Ham United 3-1 on Sunday. ...

The term ‘starving artist’ has taken on a whole new layer of meaning In an open letter published last Friday, Limassol’s Pattihio theatre director Vasos Argyridis extended an apology ...

The health ministry on Sunday announced two deaths and 106 new cases of Covid-19 from 28,364 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 0.37 per cent. The deaths concerned a man ...

By Baroness Warsi Britain and its allies in the West have always been stronger when exhibiting a common front in the face of internal disagreements. In the face of Brexit, ...

Cyta on Sunday announced the operation of the first 5G network in Cyprus by Cytamobile-Vodafone, “marking the beginning of a new era in the evolution of communications in our country”, ...

Developments show the vulnerability of Cyprus which continues to push projects for perceived political purpose Hydrocarbon exploration activities around Cyprus remain at a standstill, partly due to the continuing impact ...

Matteo Renzi, who triggered Italy’s political crisis this month by pulling his Italia Viva party out of the ruling coalition, would like to see former European Central Bank chief ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci in two separate social media post hours apart on Sunday warned against the Turkish side attempting to pursue a two-state solution at the upcoming 5+1 ...

In this video, we follow celebrity denim designer and founder of 3×1 Scott Morrison as he breaks down and critiques the high-end jeans of some of today’s biggest rappers and ...

Deputy Shipping Minister Vassilis Demetriades said on Sunday he would begin contacts to reassess the situation after a tender for a Cyprus-Greece ferry link failed to attract any bidders. The ...

US President Joe Biden made quick work signing a slew of sweeping executive orders targeting climate change that ranged from freezing federal oil and gas leasing to eliminating the fossil ...

Another 25 Covid positive cases were detected in the north since Saturday when 32 were announced as Turkish Cypriot authorities ramp up testing with free PCR tests on offer in the north ...

A car bomb exploded leaving at least five people dead and more than 25 injured in Northern Aleppo, Syria’s al-Watan newspaper reported on Sunday. State news agency SANA reported the ...

Environmental impact of desalination: new study raises two main concerns Cyprus’ reliance on desalination has long been hotly debated with conservationists calling for a more sustainable use of water resources. ...

In this video, travel vlogger Alice Ford shares her experience travelling with a Sámi family of reindeer herders in northern Norway. The formerly nomadic, indigenous Sámi people are ...

Queen Elizabeth will host new U.S. President Joe Biden and other world leaders at Buckingham Palace before a summit of the G7 big economies in June, the Sunday Times ...

The health ministry on Sunday announced the rapid test sites employees returning to work on February 8 should visit as of Tuesday. Around 80,000 people are expected to return to work after ...

Writer Elsie Slonim who passed away aged 103 this week was one of Nicosia’s best hidden secrets Tall, elegant, with strikingly beautiful blue eyes and a vivacious laugh, Elsie Slonim ...

The pace of diplomatic activity is picking up ahead of the 5+1 informal conference on Cyprus slated for the beginning of March with the arrival this coming week of British Foreign ...

The system of governance in Cyprus is based on the 1960 constitution and is meant to be a presidential (as opposed to a parliamentary) system. The system, originally introduced under the ...

Britain’s government is confident its COVID-19 vaccination programme is secure after receiving guarantees from the European Union, trade minister Liz Truss said on Sunday, trying to smooth over a ...

Seven out of ten Cypriots believe the country is heading in the wrong direction and are divided over the government’s handling of the pandemic, according to a poll published ...

They were planning to put on a play written by an artificial intelligence programme in Prague this month, to mark the invention of robots (or at least the idea of ...

We all know prevention is better than cure, but are we focusing too much on the vaccine? Of all the many questions thrown up by the Covid-19 crisis, this one ...