Archive May 2021

After months of weathering Covid-related production setbacks, CULTURESCOPE – the popular web series, hosted by host and originator Paul Lambis – makes its much-anticipated return! And Episode 1 of Season 2 does not disappoint – ...

Europe’s medicines regulator is reviewing reports of a rare nerve-degenerating disorder in people who received AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shots, raising fresh questions about potential side-effects of the vaccine. As ...

In this video, Grand Luxury Hotels co-founders and brothers, Ivan and Rouslan Lartisien, introduce us to the exclusive environment of the Joali Maldives resort. Here, the 73, overwater, thatch-roofed villas are ...

In this video, violinist William Knuth and guitarist Adam Levin – together Duo Sonidos – perform ‘Nana’ and ‘Polo’ from ‘Siete Canciones Populares Españolas’ by the great Spanish composer Manuel de ...

Undoubtedly, the pandemic has modified the entire world. Despite this, it may be hard to conceptualize the extent of this change and how people in different countries face their challenges. ...

Coined by Travelocity – the online agency owned by Expedia Group – a so-called ‘toe-dip trip’ is a shorter post-Covid-19 getaway, meant to rebuild confidence before booking bucket-list vacations. And, based on ...

Britain’s panel of vaccine advisers on Friday said that people under 40 should be offered an alternative to Oxford/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot where possible, due to a small risk ...

Firefighters in London were tackling a blaze at a 19-storey block of flats in the east of the city on Friday, with smoke emerging from parts of the 8th, 9th ...

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There was a delay of about an hour in the vaccination process at the centre at Larnaca port on Friday after some people, citing violation of their personal data, objected ...

In this video, astrophysicist and planetary scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson offers a comprehensive analysis of what dark matter and dark energy could be. Mysterious dark matter makes up the bulk ...

In the run-up to Mother’s Day this Sunday, string necklaces and bracelets in various colours are on sale through the Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends (Pasykaf). With ...

Final exams are going ahead at private and public schools this year, despite the difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. This year’s Pancyprian exams are a big challenge for ...

The 16th Cyprus Rialto World Music Festival, organised by Rialto Theatre, will take place outdoors this coming July and artists living in Cyprus are invited to submit proposals for live ...

Around 900 new cases of neurological and genetic diseases were diagnosed in Cyprus in 2020, according to the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING). At the same time, its biomedical laboratories ...

Police on Friday filed an alleged rape case against a parliamentary candidate who was publicly accused by a woman on social media of raping her 10 years ago. The man is ...

Employers of the rubbish collectors of six local authorities in the Famagusta district who have been in strike since Thursday have called the worker’s union to a dialogue, while ...

Amidst preparations for next week’s reopening, the tourism sector is hoping for a better season than last year. In light of the end of the third lockdown on Monday, ...

Here at Good Living, we like to mark the end of the working week with a TGIF recipe… A little note of indulgence with which to treat yourself over the ...

The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic appears to be broken, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday, as social distancing measures and an accelerating vaccination campaign help lower ...

Ahead of schools reopening with in person teaching on May 10, the ministry of education has announced that mobile units will be offering rapid tests at schools in all districts. Teachers, ...

Sewing your own cloth filters for pour-over coffee offers a cheap and easy way of making your favourite beverage routine more sustainable. In this video, we learn how to make ...

As part of the celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of the 1821 Greek Revolution, the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation is hosting a life-sized facsimile as well as a digital exhibition ...

The 14-day cumulative diagnosis rate for coronavirus in Cyprus remains high despite a small decrease from last month with the majority of cases being people under 60, the health ministry said ...