Archive April 2021

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris confirmed on Monday that investigations are underway into allegations that residency permits were granted in return for payments. Local media reported that a female lawyer, who ...

Police confirmed Monday they have received a new sexual harassment complaint from a woman, reportedly a teacher. Spokesman Christos Andreou said the woman reported the case through her lawyer. “We ...

In this video, we take a pre-Covid trip to Samarkand, jewel of the Silk Road and Uzbekistan’s cultural treasure. Located to the southeast of the landlocked country, Samarkand has ...

Parliament on Monday published a list of the names of politically exposed persons (PEPs) with bad debts at the former co-op bank, which includes mostly former MPs but also a ...

Nicosia municipality said on Monday it had adopted an agreement for the relocation of a university department to the Phaneromeni school which is part of plans for the redevelopment and ...

By Katie Wright Looking to reduce your reliance on fast fashion, but not sure where to start? In the past, sustainable brands were few and far between but now there ...

A total of 54 rapid test 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 ...

Floods and landslides triggered by tropical cyclone Seroja in a cluster of islands in southeast Indonesia and East Timor have killed 97 people, with many still unaccounted for and thousands displaced, ...

Chelsea centre back Antonio Rudiger was dismissed early from a training session on Sunday after he clashed with goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga, the Telegraph reported. The report said the pair squared ...

South Korea’s LG Electronics will wind down its loss-making mobile division after failing to find a buyer, a move that is set to make it the first major smartphone ...

GameStop Corp shares fell 12 per cent on Monday after the video game retailer said it may sell up to $1 billion worth of stock as it takes advantage of a dizzying ...

Workers at the Tymbou (Ercan) airport and ‘civil aviation’ in north went on a work stoppage on Monday in protest over the freeze for four months the cost-of-living increment paid ...

In this British Vogue video, the magazine’s May cover star Thandiwe Newton shares the considerable contents of her stylish (and capacious!) Christian Louboutin tote with us. “At least I’...

Cyprus will soon receive 60,000 vaccine doses which should enable those aged 57 and 58 to book vaccine appointments from Friday or Saturday, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday. Ioannou added that ...

Main opposition Akel on Monday called on President Nicos Anastasiades to realise he must not only claim he wants to continue talks on the Cyprus problem from where they left ...

The government on Monday presented its supplementary budget of €250 million to be spent on dealing with the coronavirus situation, including support to businesses and the healthcare sector. The extra spending ...

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo could testify as soon as Monday in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin for the deadly arrest of George Floyd, where prosecutors say he will ...

In this video, Roman Krznaric, philosopher and author of the book ‘The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long Term Thinking’, explains the two parts of the human brain that ...

Parliament on Monday said its website was under attack by a Turkish hacker and it would upload the promised list on bad loans of politically exposed persons (PEPs) and other ...

In this video, the A. G. Leventis Gallery recalls the life and work of artist Konstantinos Maleas – one of the most important Post-Impressionist Greek painters of the 20th century, who ...

In a tale of two eateries, Theo Panayides dines from two newly opened chef-led enterprises in Nicosia that are well worth visiting First, an anecdote. Right after leaving Casa Burro, ...

The temperature is expected to rise to 30 degrees this week before dipping again during the weekend. Even though the temperature will be above average it should not be considered out ...

Community leader of Oroklini Neophytos Fakontis has urged people to stop polluting Oroklini Lake after municipality workers informed him of a spike in rubbish being dumped there. The lake, located 9...

By Constantinos Psillides Author David Mitchell, in his 2004 best seller The Cloud Atlas, describes a future where humans have nearly destroyed the planet and corporations have taken over. In this ...