Archive 2021

Australia on Friday narrowed the wait time for people to receive Covid-19 booster shots as another record jump in daily infections resulted in cancelled flights and sent Christmas travel plans ...

Fitch Ratings announced earlier this month that it has affirmed insurance company CNP Assurances’ financial strength rating at A+ and its outlook to stable. International French group CNP Assurances is ...

Cyprus announced on Thursday its commitment to contribute €5.77 mln as a donor country, in the context of the remote meetings held on 14 and 15 December for the $93 billion replenishment package of ...

British companies found it increasingly difficult over the course of this year to trade with the European Union under the terms of the Brexit trade deal struck with the bloc, ...

Consumers should feel safe in making their purchases from approved outlets, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Thursday after visiting supermarkets in Nicosia as part of inspections being carried out ...

The measures announced by the health minister on Tuesday, hopefully, will see us through the holidays and into the new year, without the need for additional restrictions. While more restrictions ...

The White House is grateful that former U.S. President Donald Trump received and promoted getting the COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, press secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday. The Republican ...

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in jail after having been found guilty of sexually molesting his two nephews. In handing down the sentence, Nicosia criminal court noted ...

Limassol police have arrested a 27-year-old man who entered a shop using someone else’s SafePass. The owner of the SafePass was later tracked down and also arrested. Limassol police ...

Health authorities on Thursday announced one death from Covid-19, while the number of positives came close to the 1,000 mark and with the positivity rate clocking at 1.05 per cent. The latest ...

Russia wants to avoid conflict with Ukraine and the West, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, but needs an “immediate” response from the United States and its allies to its ...

If you drive past fast, you might miss it but with its red window frames, string lights and cheery atmosphere Lola Bar on Stasandrou-Pindarou Street in Nicosia is a quaint ...

There is a lower risk of hospitalisation for people with the Omicron coronavirus variant compared to Delta, but the higher transmissibility of Omicron could still lead to significant numbers needing ...

A primary school boy dreaming of becoming a fireman when he grows up had the surprise of his life this week after being visited by a group of firefighters aboard ...

US Ambassador in Cyprus Judith Garber delivered Thursday 21 specialised breathing masks for firefighters during a ceremony at the fire service headquarters in Nicosia. The embassy said that, to both commemorate ...

Larnaca Municipality’s new multi-purpose social centre has been completed and will begin operations on January 10, the municipality said on Thursday. Recently completed by the joint venture L&P ...

Parliament donated a total of €6,500 to Nicosia’s Makarios Children’s Hospital on Thursday destined for the purchase of a high-tech cardiotocograph, an instrument used to monitor the foetal heartbeat ...

Australian Open boss Craig Tiley feels organising the 2022 edition of the Grand Slam has been “10 times” more difficult than this year’s edition as the highly infectious Omicron variant of ...

Nurses, doctors and other staff at the hospitals run by the state health services organisation (Okypy) extended their wishes for the Christmas and new year holidays to everyone. In a ...

The health ministry announced the testing sites, 44 in total, for Sunday, December 26, in all districts, for eligible groups. To get tested people need to present their ID, passport or driver’...

Saying that new measures may be needed, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Thursday urged the public to adhere to health protocols amid a surge in new Covid-19 infections and concerns ...

US auto safety regulators said Wednesday they have opened a formal safety investigation into 580,000 Tesla vehicles sold since 2017 over the automaker’s decision to allow games to be played on ...

Two vaccine makers said their shots protected against Omicron as UK data suggested it may cause proportionally fewer hospital cases than the Delta coronavirus variant, though public health experts warned ...

European shares ended on Wednesday at near one-week highs, led by gains in technology and industrial stocks, even as investors worried about the outlook for global recovery amid a rise ...