Archive 2021

China has a “long way to go” on environmental protection, its State Council acknowledged on Sunday, as it announced an “in-depth” fight against pollution with new targets for cleaner air ...

The island’s reservoirs are only at just over 50 per cent capacity due to the dearth of rainfall for this time of the year, it was reported on Sunday. The ...

The government hopes the fast-track mechanism it has introduced to simplify processes for foreign businesses wanting to set up operations in Cyprus will finally end the long bureaucratic delays that ...

“I saw in some of the newspapers they used the term ‘Sputnik moment’,” said general Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. “I don’t know if ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Sunday launched a scathing attack on public service union Pasydy general-secretary Stratis Mattheou who blamed the government for a delay to the ongoing reforms process. ...

It’s time to change the rules over granting Cyprus citizenship In contrast to paragraphs 1 to 5 of Article 49 of the Geneva Convention of 1949, which address the issue of the deportation ...

Britain will start to roll out Merck’s molnupiravir COVID-19 antiviral pill through a drug trial later this month, Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Adviser at the UK Health Security Agency ...

A 38-year-old man who crashed his car through the window of a taxi office in Limassol in an alleged attempt to kill another man aged 47, was remanded by the court ...

Police have issued an appeal to the public to help located a Limassol man missing from his home since November 2. Michalis Pelis, 36, was reported missing on Saturday after not being ...

The pandemic and Brexit created a perfect storm of delays for online shoppers last winter The Post Office is urging shoppers to place online orders as quickly as possible to ...

Rivian Automotive, backed by Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), on Friday significantly raised the expected offer price of its shares, with the electric vehicle manufacturer aiming for a valuation of ...

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk on Saturday asked his 62.5 million followers on Twitter in a poll if he should sell 10 per cent of his Tesla stock. The ...

On Thursday, the government extended the existing Covid measures until December 2. With winter approaching, the Delta+ variant having made an appearance in Cyprus, cases on the rise and infections in ...

By Peter Bloom, Facebook’s rebranding as Meta has been seen by many as the company’s latest attempt at corporate crisis control. The social media giant has been publicly ...

China’s export growth slowed in October but beat forecasts as booming global demand for holiday seasons, an easing power crunch and mitigating supply chain disruptions offset some pressures facing ...

Bank of England officials sought to reassure investors on Friday that they were sticking to plans to raise interest rates, a day after the central bank confounded widespread market expectations ...

MAYBE I have missed something or there is some ethical point I am not aware of but the Edek leader Dr Sizo’s campaign for changing Gesy is so shameless ...

Turkey is ready for anything in order to defend its rights in the eastern Mediterranean but it is working for peace in the region, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted ...

Australia’s largest city of Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs on Monday, a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdown that lasted nearly 100 days, as close to 90% of ...

Over 1,000 drivers were booked for traffic offences in 48 hours between Friday morning and Sunday morning, police said. The force said it had issued a total of 1,060 fines for various traffic ...

Incentives to companies to come to Cyprus and those already here to expand By Fabian Cabeza, Theodora Alexandrou, Maria Aristidou Cyprus is a long-established international business centre and through various ...

About 65 million years ago, before God created mankind, planet Earth was dominated by dinosaurs. Children love them as toys, but it is interesting in these climate change times to notice ...

A drunk motorist aged 42, driving at five times the limit with a passenger aged 22 crashed into a traffic island in the early hours of Sunday in Larnaca. Neither was injured ...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is something of a Jekyll and Hyde player but he is happy to embrace both aspects of his game as it benefits ...