Archive February 2021

If you’ve never made your own pizza, you’re in for a treat with this recipe. Because there’s nothing quite like making your own dough and tomato sauce ...

Cyprus recorded amongst the lowest rates for internet shopping across Europe with just 52 per cent of internet users having done so during 2020. According to the data collected by Eurostat, the ...

Not every fashion company lives up to its claims of being sustainable and ethical. In fact, they may simply be ‘green-washing’ to get you to buy their products. Sustainable clothing ...

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 ...

This video explores what it takes to build healthy and rewarding teen friendships, both online and off. Let’s face it teens, relationships with your friends can sometimes be…. complicated. ...

Australia claimed an early win in a protracted licencing battle with Google on Wednesday as media companies lined up to announce content deals with the internet giant that were reportedly ...

In this video, actress and now director, Robin Wright chats to Entertainment Weekly’s Lola Oggunaike about her feature directorial debut, ‘Land,’ and looks back at some of her most ...

Paphos police are looking for two people in connection with a hand grenade explosion outside the home of a doctor on Tuesday evening, spokesman Michalis Ioannou told the Cyprus News ...

The second edition of the Larnaca Biennale, an International Exhibition of Fine Arts is, set to take place later this year, following on from its 2018 edition with more than 18,000 visitors ...

There is an urgent need to strengthen Cyprus’ legal framework By Elena Hadjidemetriou THIS article focuses on arbitration and the urgent need to strengthen our arbitration legislative framework in order ...

Police explosives experts on Wednesday neutralised an improvised explosive device that was found outside offices in Nicosia. Police said on Twitter that the device was designed to be activated remotely ...

Crew members of the Cyprus ambulance service have recently been trained in how to respond to a radiological emergency for the first time. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering a staged exit from COVID-19 lockdown that would see pubs and restaurants reopen in May, and hospitality and domestic holiday industries not fully ...

Civil and digital rights groups on Wednesday launched a petition seeking the support of one million Europeans to help pressure the European Union to ban biometric mass surveillance ahead of ...

Police carried out more than 10,000 checks in the last 24 hours to curb the spread of Covid-19 and booked 73 individuals for violations of the measures. In total, 10,524 inspections were conducted, 3,337 in ...

In the latest evaluation results for the highly competitive and prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme announced in February 2021, an unprecedented four proposals in the Individual Fellowships (IF) category ...

Due to the prevailing winter weather conditions, the roads from Palaichori to Agros and from Prodromos to Troodos are closed to traffic, police reported on Wednesday morning. According to the ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck early on Wednesday near the Greek seaside town of Nafpaktos on the north shore of the Corinthian Gulf, the Athens Geodynamic Institute said. The quake ...

A historic winter storm has killed at least 21 people, left millions of Texans without power and spun killer tornadoes into the U.S. Southeast on Tuesday. The brutal cold has ...

The BBC’s investigative news programme Panorama on Tuesday published a video it said was of Sheikha Latifa, one of the ruler of Dubai’s daughters, saying that she was ...

British finance minister Rishi Sunak’s annual budget on March 3 is set to have a green tinge, even as the country goes hundreds of billions of pounds into the red ...

Tesla boss Elon Musk’s SpaceX completed an equity funding round of $850 million, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the financing. SpaceX raised the funds at $419.99 a share, ...

Most homes are built block by block, or brick by brick. But a demo house in Calverton, New York, was constructed scan by scan – its walls made using a giant ...

We live in times of extreme uncertainty, and that makes life hard for the people who are tasked with forecasting the future. Actuaries, for example, have the task of forecasting ...