Archive 2021

Karim Benzema struck twice to lead Real Madrid to an unconvincing 2-1 home win over Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday and move the Spanish side provisionally three points clear at the ...

AC Milan earned their first Champions League point of the season with a 1-1 draw against Porto at San Siro on Wednesday, but the result left the seven-time European champions ...

A UK man previously charged in the United States with involvement in the hacking of politicians’ and celebrities’ Twitter accounts was charged on Wednesday over a separate scheme resulting in ...

A lawyer for the armorer who oversaw weapons used on the “Rust” movie set suggested Wednesday that someone deliberately put a live round into the gun used by Alec Baldwin ...

UN Permanent representative Elizabeth Spehar and US ambassador Judith Garber on Wednesday brought together ‘Youth Champions’ from both sides to learn about environmental leadership. The programme, run by Unficyp, is ...

The number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began topped 125,000 on Wednesday when 188 new infections were detected. No deaths from the virus were reported. The 188 new cases were detected out ...

Nicosia is getting its very own regular drag queen show! Jokes, wigs, glitter, performances and plenty of sass are coming to town as a new show aims at elevating the ...

World number three Stefanos Tsitsipas retired from his second-round match at the Paris Masters against Australian Alexei Popyrin on Wednesday with what appeared to be a right arm injury. The 23...

The island’s Maronite community on Wednesday celebrated a church service to their patron saint, Ayios Georgios tou Sporou, at Kormakitis village in the north in the presence of the ...

A U.S. judge on Wednesday said Britain’s Prince Andrew should be prepared for a civil trial late next year on accusations that he sexually abused a woman when ...

A Hellenic Bank volunteer team recently participated in the Let’s Do It Cyprus campaign, organising a clean-up of Athalassa National Forest Park on October 31. In addition to the Bank’...

To mark World Osteoporosis Day, Mall of Cyprus visitors recently benefitted from free bone-density scans, provided by M.S. Jacovides and Vitabiotics food supplement Osteocare, getting up to speed on ...

Some 2,000 civil servants are participating in the management of private companies in some way without prior permission from the finance ministry, the House ethics committee heard on Wednesday. Its chairman, ...

Martin Brandenburger has been appointed new Chairman of the Board of Lidl Cyprus, with immediate effect. Brandenburger brings with him significant overseas experience, having started his Lidl career 14 years ago, ...

New consumer loans, mortgages and new loans above €1 million increased in September compared to the previous month of this year, data released by the Cyprus Central Bank, on Wednesday show. ...

The Cyprus government and the social partners (trade unions and industrialists and employers) held the first session of the Labour Advisory Body for the adoption of a minimum wage by ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on Wednesday alerted the public that a malicious email on booster jabs doing the rounds is misleading people into thinking it was sent by the ...

The government will hold one more month of consultations with Akamas communities before the formal publication of its plan for the area, a peninsula of high environmental importance. The decision ...

More than 15,000 bullets from a massive consignment of ammunition reported stolen from a cargo container last month plus two guns were located in Limassol on Wednesday, with police looking for ...

The United States on Wednesday started vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against COVID-19, with roughly 28 million school-age kids now eligible for the shots that provide protection against the illness. On Tuesday, ...

A total of 21 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been ...

The costs for Cyprus will be significant if it does not adjust itself to the EU target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 per cent by 2030 under the ...

TV history has shown that a good recipe for success is coming up with a tale that involved one or more murders. Add to that a swanky setting, privileged teenagers ...

Banks, insurers and investors with $130 trillion at their disposal pledged on Wednesday to put combating climate change at the centre of their work, and gained support in the form of ...