Archive 2021

The event series Social Sculptures, organised by the Goethe-Institut Cyprus within the framework of Beuys100 and curated by Marina Christodoulidou, unfolded with a workshop that led to an exhibition, which ...

In today’s episode, we discuss the latest on the coronavirus measures as some restrictions are expected to be tweaked. There’s also the ongoing coronavirus booster shot campaign, the ...

Four businesses were fined for a total of €2,500 for failing to abide by coronavirus measures, police said on Friday. The businesses concerned a Nicosia-based grill house which received a €500 fine ...

With final approval for its German factory potentially just weeks away, Tesla’s (TSLA.O) Elon Musk will make an appearance in the tiny town of Gruenheide this Saturday to ...

The improved epidemiological situation recorded in Cyprus in recent days has resulted in the ECDC moving the country out of the red zone and into orange. The European Centre for ...

By Emine Çolak This question was posed at a panel at the Cyprus Forum on October 2, 2021. The answer has to be: Yes, of course. The event’s overriding theme was ...

A 31-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Friday, after police found more than 1kg of cannabis in his vehicle. The suspect was arrested after drug squad officers stopped ...

Two more suspects, aged 22 and 32, were arrested in connection with the illegal shooting of two mouflons earlier this week in Paphos, raising the total number of arrests for the case ...

Tokyo area commuters faced packed trains on Friday on some lines due to delays, but there was little other impact after a strong quake rocked the Japanese capital late the ...

Governments should start planning a return to more sustainable budgets with policies that win the trust of investors, after unprecedented fiscal stimulus to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Monetary ...

IBM (IBM.N) said on Thursday it requires all US employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8, or they will face unpaid suspension. This comes in the light ...

The Public Debt Management Office has reported that the total amount of public doubt is expected to decrease to €24.1 billion by the end of 2021. The office added that the government ...

The English School staff union (ESSA) chair’s potential dismissal still loomed on Thursday as teachers continued their indefinite strike, amid concerns from parents, retired staff and school graduates over ...

Despite strikes and threat of strikes being very common in the public sector, they are unheard of at private schools. This was why Wednesday’s announcement of an indefinite strike ...

World champions France recovered from two goals down to beat Belgium 3-2 in a thrilling Nations League semi-final on Thursday with a last minute strike from Theo Hernandez securing a ...

Paphos Municipality, Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) and the Cyprus government have finally reached a significant milestone concerning the establishment of a school of tourism and hospitality management in Paphos, ...

The House plenum on Thursday gave the nod to an extra €92 million in government spending until the end of the year, over and above the approved budget for fiscal 2021, the ...

The rate of inflation in Cyprus remained high in September – registering at 4.1 per cent – though lower than the 5 per cent of the previous month, according to the Statistical Service. Energy ...

The Law Office of the Republic is “assessing” the material made public through the Pandora Papers, and if it spots content meriting a criminal probe it will instruct the police ...

Ireland dropped its opposition to an overhaul of global corporate tax rules on Thursday, agreeing to give up its prized 12.5% tax for large multinationals in a major boost to efforts ...

Premier League club Newcastle United have been taken over by a Saudi Arabian-backed consortium, the league announced in a statement on Thursday. “Following the completion of the Premier League’s ...

Britain will scrap tough COVID-19 quarantine requirements for 47 destinations including South Africa on Monday and make it easier for people to arrive from countries including India, Brazil and Turkey in ...

Authorities on Thursday announced no new fatalities from Covid-19, while testing tracked 131 new positives from a total of 56,507 samples. As such, the death toll since March 2020 remains at 557. In hospitals, 60 ...

Director in DG Communication, European Parliament Stephen Clark was in Cyprus recently to get to know the country and its people. He sat down with the Cyprus Mail to answer ...