Archive 2021

Five businesses and 18 individuals were booked for violating coronavirus measures in the last 24 hours, police said early on Thursday. The fines came after 3,195 nationwide checks carried out between 6am on ...

As the coronavirus crisis is wearing off in many parts of the world, supply chain troubles are increasing once more for many companies, mainly concerning the U.S. and the ...

Binance will stop the use of the Chinese yuan on its peer-to-peer trading platform, the latest move by major global cryptocurrency exchanges to cut their ties with mainland Chinese investors ...

Northern Ireland’s largest pro-British party said the European Union’s proposed measures to ease the transit of goods to Northern Ireland from Britain are a “starting point” but “appear ...

Paphos police on Thursday were investigating after burglars stole €5,000 from a home in Peyia. The incident was reported to the police by the 58-year-old owner of the house, who said ...

Venus Minerals and Hellenic Copper Mines have agreed on a partnership for the creation of a copper mine in Apliki, a village in the Nicosia district. In an announcement released ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos stressed that adequate air connectivity for all, especially for which air travel is particularly crucial, must be secured. Karousos spoke at a high-level conference on the ...

Cash collections of the Cyprus Asset Management Company (KEDIPES) reached €95.2 million in the second quarter of 2021 with total cumulative cash collections since KEDIPES establishment in September 2018 exceeding €1 billion. Assets under ...

Parliament will consider banning fireworks altogether if their uncontrollable use does not decrease, MPs said on Wednesday. Widespread, illegal use of fireworks is not only a serious fire hazard, but ...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the government has managed to get the general population to go along with lockdowns and other measures by throwing money at each problem as ...

Bitcoin is a virtual currency having fascinating features such as anonymity, transparency, and flexibility while making transactions. Rather than just being a payment method, bitcoin is correspondingly one of the ...

A man armed with a bow and arrow killed five people and wounded two others in a series of attacks in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg on Wednesday, local police ...

Former Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal has urged youngsters in typically stern terms to “play football, go running and climb the stairs at home” in a bid to get ...

Facebook will now count activists and journalists as “involuntary” public figures and so increase protections against harassment and bullying targeted at these groups, its global safety chief said in an ...

There were no deaths from Covid in the past 24 hours, as 142 new infections were detected after 46,145 tests, a positivity rate of 0.31 per cent, the health ministry said on Wednesday. Sixty-three ...

The European Union offered Britain a package of measures to ease the transit of goods to Northern Ireland, but it looked unlikely to end tensions over post-Brexit trading rules for ...

A Madrid court has sentenced Bayern Munich and France defender Lucas Hernandez to six months in prison for disobeying a restraining order following a 2017 conviction of domestic violence against his ...

Blockchain is an appealing technology that can revolutionize every industry. There are ample applications of blockchain in every industry. Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of bitcoin as per its white paper, ...

By Mike Blake Having made a career out of playing an explorer of the cosmos, William Shatner – Captain James Kirk of Star Trek fame – did it for real on Wednesday, ...

The English School’s pupils will be the ones paying the price if the quarrelling staff union (ESSA) and board cannot reach a conclusion, the House education committee said on ...

A.I. Motokinisi Ltd. has installed the first fast-charging power-charging station, the most powerful in Cyprus, at the Porsche Center Cyprus in Nicosia. The Porsche Turbo Charge station features two ...

People who want to receive their first dose of a Covid vaccine or a booster shot can now also arrange an appointment through the vaccination portal, the health ministry said ...

With the latest round of European qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup complete, there is still plenty to be decided heading into the final fixtures in November. Here, the PA news ...

Long-distance runner Agnes Tirop, Kenya’s two-times World Championship bronze medallist, was found allegedly stabbed to death at her home, Athletics Kenya said on Wednesday. The 25-year-old represented Kenya in ...