Archive 2021

Cyprus ranked 21st among 27 EU Member States in the 2021 edition of the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI). According to the report, Cyprus has improved its performance in almost all ...

By Lauren Taylor Figuring out how, as a planet, we can eat more sustainably is going to be an ongoing issue as the world becomes more populated and the climate ...

Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, fell more than 4 per cent on Tuesday as it extended a decline through a week that also included an upgrade to its ...

By Marianne Etherson and Thomas Curran We all do it. Robot-like, we endlessly scroll through social media feeds. To an extent, we even go about our daily lives staring at ...

A music video for a pop song shot in Varosha has caused offence and initial reaction, primarily from Greek Cypriots, was to censure the release. The singer, Nihayet (also known ...

By Maria Threase Keating Globally, the pandemic has been a source of a sometimes overwhelming sense of isolation and uncertainty for many concerning their livelihoods. Perhaps, even more so for ...

British employers hired more people in October after the government’s job-protecting furlough scheme ended, potentially easing the lingering concerns at the Bank of England about the risks of raising ...

OneNovation, a One Net Group company, and Anglo-Eastern are pleased to announce a strategic partnership in Information Technology (IT) solutions for their fleet of vessels. Together, the two companies are ...

The European Commission has prepared a detailed classified report on everything that has been taking place at Varosha since July 20, 2021, in a bid to verify accusations issued by the Republic ...

A return to international rugby by our mighty Mouflons ended in a 29-8 defeat to Croatia over the weekend at the Stelios Kyriakides Stadium in Paphos. The game was attended ...

Police are intensifying the search for a missing 59-year-old man in Paphos, who has last been seen at his house on Sunday. According to a statement released on Tuesday, police ...

Boosters will be made available to all those aged 40 and above on Wednesday, provided that six months have elapsed since the previous shot, the health ministry said. Pfizer and Moderna ...

NASA is extending its target date for sending astronauts back to the moon to 2025 at the earliest, the US space agency’s chief said on Tuesday, stretching out by at ...

Authorities warned vulnerable groups of the population to take precautions Tuesday because of high dust concentrations in the atmosphere especially in Nicosia and Paphos. At 10am, the Paphos traffic station ...

India’s Supreme Court told authorities on Monday to shut offices in the capital and nearby cities, allowing millions to work from home as officials seek ways to reduce hazardous ...

Taxi drivers held a strike on Tuesday to protest the customs department’s decision to check whether they filled their tanks with fuel from the north, disrupting rush hour traffic ...

England have qualified for the World Cup in Qatar next year, while Scotland and Wales will hope to join them via the play-offs. Here, the PA news agency looks ahead ...

Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas suffered a straight-sets defeat in his opening match at the ATP Finals but the world number four promised to turn things around and stay in the ...

‘The only thing that matters is how much you love,’ says the title of Petros Konnaris’ upcoming midday performance which is expected to be a moving, reflective event. Part of ...

In this episode, we outline the rollout of booster shots for all adults in Cyprus, which was approved by the cabinet on Monday. No additional restrictive measures will be introduced ...

Police reported two establishments and 17 individuals in the past 24 hours for failure to observer measures against the coronavirus. The force said it carried out 2,188 checks across the Republic and issued €500 ...

Police seized half a kilo of cannabis and arrested a 25-year-old man who had earlier failed a narcotest on Monday night in Nicosia. Police said officers carrying out checks had ...

Police said Tuesday they have arrested a 60-year-old man wanted since last year on suspicion of cultivating cannabis at his home in Paphos. Officers had searched his home in March 2020 ...

Royal Dutch Shell’s decision to move its corporate headquarters and tax base to London may win over shareholders but it has struck a blow to Dutch prestige. As the ...