Archive April 2021

At least 41 people were killed and more than 60 injured after a Taiwanese train carrying almost 500 passengers derailed in a tunnel on Friday when it apparently hit a truck that slid ...

Europe, under fire for fumbling its vaccine roll-out and fighting a fresh wave of infections, is scrambling to speed up the pace of injections and avoid being left further behind ...

The EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has called for a ceasefire in the vaccines war between Brussels and the UK. In a speech in Zurich marking the ...

The Lebanese are queuing up to visit Cyprus, even though many can barely afford it. As of April 1, Cyprus will place Lebanon in the “Red” category of the international system ...

Lockdown restrictions have been partially lifted, and many have predicted a major increase in spending, but many service businesses remain unconvinced. “There is some movement, but we are waiting to ...

Pensioners’ union Ekysy has called on the government to subsidise drugs for which they now must pay full price, and for lower Gesy contributions for the elderly. The union said ...

Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis submitted the bills to overhaul the dysfunctional justice system to the House legal affairs committee in the hope that these would be voted through before the ...

Four people died of Covid-19 on Thursday, while testing in the community yielded 309 more positives. The deceased are: a man aged 87 with underlying conditions, not record of vaccination, who expired ...

Police on Thursday arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicion of acquiring and possessing child pornography material. Authorities had received a tip through Europol that an Internet user in Cyprus had ...

Turkish vice president Fuat Oktay paid a working visit to the north on Thursday, though the highlight of his trip was attending a gala premiere for the airing of a ...

“All bad art is the result of good intentions,” Oscar Wilde once said and one cultural platform has set out to celebrate the mighty Irish writer’s life and work. ...

Nicosia district court on Thursday renewed for another eight days the remand of three men held in connection with the murder of a woman whose body was found in a ...

he Suez Canal Authority said 87 ships were expected to pass through the waterway in both directions on Thursday, as it tries to clear a backlog since re-opening on Monday. A ...

In this video, we pay our respects to the sumptuous Hotel Eden, Rome, sitting just above the fray of the capital’s Spanish Steps, with sweeping panoramas of the Eternal ...

Four out of 10 children (41.6 per cent) in Cyprus aged less than three years were cared for exclusively by their parents in 2019, slightly below the EU27 average of 47.1 per cent, according ...

In this video, we head to Madagascar, an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately 400km off the coast of East Africa… and a true dream destination for outdoors enthusiasts. ...

A total of 59 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

A British police officer has been found guilty of being a member of a banned neo-Nazi group and possessing extremist material including the manifesto of Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring ...

The blockage of the Suez Canal is likely to lead to large reinsurance claims, adding to upward pressure on marine reinsurance rates, James Vickers, chair of reinsurance broker Willis Re ...

From its origins at the French court, the ballet class has evolved through the centuries. In this video, we join former ballet mistress Ursula Hageli as she explores the tradition ...

By Liz Connor Ever since Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret became an international bestseller, people have been obsessed with the power of positive thinking. The book gained fame for popularising ...

Donated items are desperately needed at the charity shops which support the Archangel Michael Hospice in Paphos, as the coronavirus restrictions have meant donations have been severely slashed, according to ...

Former Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp believes Georginio Wijnaldum is not irreplaceable and the club are fully justified in the stance they have taken over his contract. The Holland international’s ...

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