Archive May 2021

The decision came as the Biden administration seeks to rebuild ties with Germany, after relations deteriorated under Republican former President Donald Trump. The waivers have no specific end date, but ...

Despite the uncertainty concerning the arrival of tourists this summer, the deputy ministry of tourism remains optimistic that this year will turn out to be better than the last one ...

It is preposterous that we still have to wear a face mask outdoors. There is no public health reason to rationally justify this, but the decree making it mandatory remains ...

Liverpool moved into the Champions League qualifying spots after a 3-0 win at Burnley on Wednesday took them above Leicester City and into fourth place with one round of Premier ...

RULING Disy is tipped to win the May 30 parliamentary election with Akel in second place and Diko in third, according to the latest survey, which was published on Wednesday evening. ...

Tottenham Hotspur’s European hopes were dealt a huge blow as their final Premier League home game of the season ended in a 2-1 defeat by Aston Villa on Wednesday ...

The European Parliament expressed serious concern that in recent years, despite being a candidate country, Turkey’s government has pursued a continuous and growing distancing from EU values and standards, ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue fighting against Gaza militants after U.S. President Joe Biden urged him to seek a “de-escalation” on Wednesday in the 10-day conflict ...

No new deaths from Covid were announced on Wednesday, as 135 new infections were detected after 44,312 tests, a positivity rate of 0.30 per cent. The ministry said 148 people were being treated in ...

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed into law a “fetal heartbeat” abortion bill that bans the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy and grants citizens the right ...

The defence ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt met in Nicosia on Wednesday to further strengthen military ties. In their joint statement following the 4th trilateral defence ministers΄ meeting, the ...

The roadworks taking place in Nicosia at the Markos Drakos roundabout close to the Paphos gate are part of a bigger project aiming to connect universities in the capital to ...

It may have won audiences in Europe, but Cyprus‘s entry for the Eurovision song contest has raised hackles at home, scandalising the faithful for paying homage to the devil. “...

Lewis Hamilton fears he is on a collision course with Max Verstappen because his championship rival has a “lot to prove”. Formula One’s two title protagonists will lock horns ...

The government does support the auditor-general but he ought to respect the work of other institutions, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday. He was commenting on a statement by the ...

Visual Voices is hosting an online discussion on June 3 that will explore the theme of contemporary interpretations of European identity and the local social and cultural memory of Cyprus. The ...

President Nicos Anastasiades accused Diko on Wednesday of proposing nothing and rejecting everything, as he took a shot at the party over an online ad that backfired spectacularly, forcing them ...

A vessel with around 100 migrants was spotted off Cape Greco on Wednesday afternoon. The boat was spotted at around 2 pm around 14 nautical miles off Cape Greco. A vessel of the ...

In this video, stylist Kate Young takes us through her process for prepping a celebrity for a movie premiere. Because premieres happen year-round, Young explains that she likes to use ...

Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, disclosed $2 million as the current highest bid for a seat on its New Shepherd spacecraft after the startup closed the first phase of ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed concern on Wednesday that Europe cannot make the semiconductor chips and batteries it needs to compete for the production of cars as well as the ...

Rory McIlroy, fresh off a drought-busting win, is considered by many to be the man to beat in this week’s PGA Championship at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course in ...

Bitcoin tumbled below the $40,000 mark on Wednesday to a 3-1/2 month low as selling in digital coins intensified after China banned financial and payment institutions from providing cryptocurrency services. Bitcoin, ...

Global Finance announced the best banks in Western Europe in 2021, declaring Hellenic Bank the “Best Bank” in Cyprus for the year. As the well-respected US Global Finance magazine stated in ...