Archive 2021

Police on Monday said they arrested an illegal migrant who was a passenger of a car that was involved in a traffic collision in Nicosia. The driver of the car ...

Four businesses were fined a total of €5,000 in the last 24 hours for violating coronavirus measures, police said early on Monday. The fines concerned a Famagusta-based business which was booked for €3,000 ...

Turkey’s state banks are expected to cut borrowing costs on loans by around 200 basis points on Monday, according to three people with knowledge of the plan, following last week’...

The man Colombia describes as the world’s most dangerous drug trafficker told security forces: “You beat me” when he was captured during an operation this weekend, the government said ...

Soldiers arrested most of the members of Sudan’s cabinet on Monday in what the information ministry called a military coup, prompting opponents of the takeover to take to the ...

The second quarter of the year saw a massive 49 per cent increase in Android banking malware according to Slovak internet security company Eset. Eset releases a quarterly threat report containing ...

British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday that the outlook for interest rates and inflation will feed into his thinking ahead of next week’s annual budget. “Inflation, interest ...

British supermarket chain Tesco (TSCO.L) said on Sunday that its website and app had been disrupted by an attempt to interfere with its systems. “Since yesterday, we’ve been ...

‘Certain traditional religious beliefs and vested interests are interfering with progress’ By Bejay Browne It’s been five years since cremation was made legal in Cyprus after a long battle ...

Red Bull’s Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen held off title rival Lewis Hamilton to win the U.S. Grand Prix by 1.3 seconds on Sunday and go 12 points clear ...

Mohamed Salah hit a hat-trick as Liverpool humiliated Manchester United, romping to a stunning 5-0 victory at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday. Naby Keita got the visitors ...

Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1 in the first Clasico of the season in front of 86,422 fans at the Camp Nou on Sunday after a sensational strike from defender David Alaba ...

The health ministry on Sunday announced 89 new Covid-19 cases, out of 38,139 PCR and rapid tests, with a positivity rate of 0.23 per cent. No deaths were recorded. There are 63 patients in ...

Hurricane Rick edged slowly closer to Mexico’s Pacific coast on Sunday, expected to unleash heavy rains north of the beach resort of Acapulco late in the evening, the U....

The streets of Madrid were filled with sheep and the clanking of bells on Sunday as shepherds guided their flocks through the heart of the Spanish capital, following ancient seasonal ...

By Tasoula Hadjitofi As a resident of The Hague in the Netherlands, I have become familiar with the international courts which have transformed this historic Dutch city into an international ...

Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos on Sunday chastised the socialist party’s members who refused to attend an extraordinary congress held in Nicosia accusing them of trying to undermine Edek’s ...

The health ministry announced the testing sites for Monday in all districts, 21 in total. People need to present their ID, or passport or driver’s licence for identification purposes. District ...

By Rami Ayyub Tourists hoping to visit Jerusalem or Tel Aviv after Israel’s announcement last week that it would open to some vaccinated foreign travellers should read the fine ...

A weekly show by Alpha TV called on President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday to help so that the two children of a bicommunal couple can get IDs since authorities have ...

The primacy of the EU’s legal system over the laws and constitutions of member states is necessary for the union to exist By Alper Ali Riza The spat between ...

By Evie Andreou An animal shelter in the Nicosia district is racing against time to find the funds for a new site to rehome its dogs, cats and three donkeys ...

Croatia’s conservative and eurosceptic party Hrvatski Suverenisti (Croatian Sovereignists) began a two-week drive on Sunday to collect signatures in a bid to force a referendum on whether to adopt ...

Police on Sunday said they returned to their owners three cars reported as stolen after the vehicles were found in various locations in Limassol during patrols. The three vehicles, reported ...