Archive 2021

Mining giant De Beers has commissioned a survey of the ocean floor off Greenland’s coast in a first step to determine whether it could hold deposits of highly-prized marine ...

The catastrophic failure that is the EU’s agricultural policy, CAP Farmers should receive state support because they are vital to a vital sector and it can be very hard – ...

The government sprung a big surprise on Monday when it presented its bill for state-guaranteed bank loans to the House finance committee. There are less than three months for the ...

Seventeen potential victims of human trafficking were identified in Cyprus following a Europol-supported investigation into labour exploitation in the agricultural sector in seven countries. In an announcement on Tuesday, the ...

U.S. lawmakers pounded Facebook on Tuesday, accusing CEO Mark Zuckerberg of pushing for higher profits while being cavalier about user safety, and they demanded regulators investigate whistleblower accusations that ...

A Nicosia-based law firm is apparently one of the offshore service providers from where the Pandora Papers’ records derive, it has emerged. Under the heading ‘Who are the firms at ...

By Niklas Pollard, Ludwig Burger and Simon Johnson Japanese-born American Syukuro Manabe, German Klaus Hasselmann and Italian Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for work that ...

The government has approved a budget for restorations at the Rizokarpaso school buildings while a futsal court is to be constructed for the enclaved Greek Cypriot pupils, Presidential Commissioner Photis ...

By Sheila Dang Routine maintenance on Facebook’s network stitching together its data centers caused Monday’s collapse of its global system for more than six hours, the company said ...

Cyprus will collaborate with the UK to promote LGBTI+ rights and modernise the relevant national legislation, Law commissioner Louiza Christodoulidou-Zannetou said on Tuesday. In a tweet following her meeting with ...

By Sergiy Karazy and Lewis Macdonald Under cobblestone streets in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, diggers have uncovered new hiding spots in underground sewers where some Jews managed to ...

French labour unions marched for better pay and social benefits, as prices for energy and food rise and the government resumes a reform programme interrupted by the COVID-19 crisis. Thousands ...

One death and 146 new Covid-19 cases were announced on Tuesday by the health ministry out of 53,610 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.27 per cent. The death concerns a 75...

Nicosia hopes the EU can soon agree a new common migration and asylum pact, relieving the island of some of the pressure from migrant flows, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said ...

A magical music event under the stars, with the Limassol marina view as the backdrop, will be held at the Limassol Marina Square on Wednesday. Organised by Limassol Marina and ...

School absences in England related to COVID-19 jumped by two-thirds in the last two weeks of September, according to government data which could raise concerns about further disruption to education ...

Since its operation in December 2018, the national health system (Gesy) help centre has responded to 727,807 queries and complaints, its director said Tuesday. Opening several months before the first phase of ...

Government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Tuesday statements by Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Varosha refute the north’s claims that the attempted change of status of the fenced ...

Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos on Tuesday presented the police with specialised sound measuring devices to assess environmental noise, aimed at combating noise pollution. The demonstration took place at Paphos’ Kennedy ...

U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser will hold talks with China’s top diplomat in Switzerland on Tuesday and Wednesday, the South China Morning Post said, at ...

Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides discussed the situation in the eastern Mediterranean following the latest Turkish provocations in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) with EU High Representative Josep Borrell on Tuesday. ...

By Clodagh Kilcoyne An ancient breed of Irish goat has been deployed to protect the hills around one of Dublin’s most affluent suburbs from gorse wildfires. Old Irish Goats – ...

By Nora Buli and Gwladys Fouche The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced just three weeks before world leaders gather for a climate summit that scientists say could determine the ...

A huge oil spill off the coast of California is causing significant problems for local wildlife. The Huntington Beach spill is thought to be one of the biggest in California’...