Archive February 2021

A total of 11 drivers were found driving under the influence of drugs during a two-week police campaign that finished on Sunday. At around 1am on Sunday a 28-year-old driver was ...

German artist Otto Dix fought in and survived some of the worst battles of the First World War. He was one of the only visual artists of the early 20th ...

Always exercise responsibly and safely. Ideally under the guidance of a trained fitness and/or medical professional, who can match the exercise or sports regimen to your present level of ...

British finance minister Rishi Sunak said he would not try to fix the public finances overnight, days before he announces a budget plan that is expected to pile more borrowing ...

Roughly one fifth of all secondary students in Cyprus attend a private school, ministry of education figures show, with the 11,546 students continuing the upward trend seen over recent years. These ...

Among the private English senior schools in Cyprus the vast majority offer the General Certificate of Education Advanced Level, more commonly known as A-Levels. The alternative, the International Baccalaureate Diploma ...

When parents get to the point of registering their children in a nursery or kindergarten they usually put as a priority the respect shown towards their child. But is this ...

By Melissa Heckers It may be too early to assess the impact of the pandemic on education, but anyone who has witnessed a child learning online since the closure of ...

His political courage and honesty are qualities in short supply on the Cyprus political scene I was truly relieved to hear – at last – a political leader courageously raising his voice ...

Choosing a school can be a decision fraught with worry for a parent. How to choose? What differentiates one school from another? How have graduates faired? How balanced is the ...

Blaming teachers for the spread of the coronavirus is “unacceptable and condemnable”, President of primary school teaching union Poed Myria Vasiliou told the Cyprus News Agency on Sunday. She said ...

By Melissa Heckers, Although prevented from doing so for many years, the island’s state universities are now keen to attract students from private schools who only have A level ...

Online learning, employed on a large scale for the first time due to the coronavirus in Cyprus presented a challenge for teachers, parents and children alike. But it has also ...

The world is addicted to concrete, and it’s making climate change a lot worse. But there’s a new generation of futuristic, sustainable building materials in the pipeline. This ...

Cutting across barriers, eliminating distances and acting as a tool to encourage and promote dialogue, sports is one of the most powerful instruments for bringing people together in today’s ...

The 90-year-old billionaire on Saturday admitted he “paid too much” when his Berkshire Hathaway Inc spent $32.1 billion in 2016 to buy aircraft and industrial parts maker Precision Castparts Corp, its largest ...

We’re in the Vaccine Economy, and it’s risk-on again! Open up the laptop; there are some pretty good possibilities to turn €10,000 into a larger sum, and you don’...

Hollywood actor and 007’s latest mysterious nemesis, Rami Malek, gives his verdict on all the standout James Bond villains from over the years, ahead of the release of ‘No Time ...

Myanmar police opened fired on Sunday on protests against military rule, killing at least two people and wounding several on the second day of a crackdown on demonstrations across the ...

A 71-year-old man was remanded in police custody for five days on Sunday by the Limassol district court after his arrest the previous day following the discovery of a stash ...

A restaurant owner and a group of customers and people at two birthday parties at homes, all in Limassol were charged on Saturday night for breaking coronavirus decrees. The first ...

For a small island, Cyprus has big ambitions. Having already established itself as a growing fintech centre, Cyprus has long recognised it must continually change and challenge itself to remain ...

The U.S. government on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson‘s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, enabling millions more Americans to be vaccinated in the coming weeks and setting the vaccine up ...

Every pet deserves a loving and respectful home: please only consider acquiring a pet if you will be able to take care of its long-term needs. Also, consider choosing your ...