Archive 2021

Cyprus’ recent upgrading by the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) to orange was the result of the huge effort made by the overwhelming majority of the population in the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday was updated on the action plan of state health services organisation Okypy regarding the issues of staffing of state hospitals, the extension of operating hours ...

Police and the fire service are investigating arson after a fire broke out at a private lab which carries out Covid-19 rapid tests in the early hours on Monday in ...

Saudi Aramco (2222.SE) has asked banks to arrange a loan expected to be in the $12 billion-14 billion range that it plans to offer to buyers of its gas pipeline network, ...

Noir detective/thriller series is a much beloved genre of TV and as it turns out, nobody does it better than the Scandinavian countries (we are throwing Iceland in there ...

As major companies look at drastic ways to cut carbon emissions from corporate travel, airlines are bracing for a major hit to business-class travel, a key revenue driver, industry executives ...

Paphos police are investigating after a 31-year-old woman reported she lost €3,500 from her bank account. According to the complainant, the amount was withdrawn from her online bank account which was ...

The Journalists Union on Monday said it will take joint action with Turkish Cypriot NGO Basin-Sen after the latter’s leader was prevented from entering Turkey. In a written statement, ...

AstraZeneca’s experimental Covid-19 drug has helped cut the risk of severe disease or death in a late-stage study, the British drugmaker said on Monday, a boost to its efforts ...

Bribery in the private sector constitutes a criminal offence, and a court will not allow the recovery of any advantage received on its basis. It is a criminal act against ...

A version of Samuel Beckett’s iconic play Waiting for Godot, translated and adapted into both the Greek and Turkish Cypriot dialects, won two major awards over the weekend at ...

The Nations League Final Four may only be a bite-sized mini-tournament, but this week’s action still provided a reminder of one of the game’s most enduring truths – it ...

The military can play amid a positive role among wider efforts to alleviate the climate crisis, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides told a climate change and security conference on Monday. Petrides ...

Seemingly unnecessarily, the state-funded Cyprus Olympic Committee spent over €8,000 on consultants in 2018 for the preparation of a letter responding to the audit service, and close to €18,000 to improve its 20-staff ...

Ireland accused Britain on Monday of “shifting the playing field” in talks to resolve post-Brexit trading issues in Northern Ireland after London emphasised the need to remove EU judicial oversight ...

Companies that do not adopt the concept of sustainability will find themselves stranded By Yiannis Misirlis At a time when the planet is sounding the alarm, it becomes more necessary ...

One in five children finish public school with insufficient knowledge of Greek, Education Minister Prodromas Prodromou said on Monday while highlighting the importance of evaluation to track performance in schools. ...

Limassol district court was evacuated early on Monday due to smoke caused by a short circuit in a room used for storage. According to police, the building was evacuated after ...

Introducing B teams to the EFL is “non-negotiable”, according to its chair Rick Parry. He is looking to remove the cliff edge between the Premier League and the Championship, and ...

Stefanos Tsitsipas stormed into the third round at Indian Wells for the first time in his career on Sunday, as the second seed beat Spaniard Pedro Martinez 6-2 6-4 under ...

Coffee. Don’t we love to love it? It’s your morning energy cup, the fuel of the day but in Cyprus, the coffee culture goes way beyond just being ...

Simple, quick, and easy recipe for a delicious honey garlic butter salmon for the whole family. This easy and simple honey garlic salmon is healthy, delicious can be prepared with ...

A 51-year-old man has been hospitalised following an injury after his motorised parachute crashed in Cape Greco, police said on Monday. The joint rescue coordination centre of the defence ministry ...

Cyprus has scored an impressive sixth place finish at this year’s European Cyber Security Challenge. Germany took the top spot, followed by Poland, Italy, France and Denmark. The competition, ...