Archive 2021

Police booked 15 individuals and three business managers for violating Covid decrees after carrying out 2280 checks in the past 24 hours, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Tuesday. It said that one ...

Riyad Mahrez has warned Manchester City they cannot afford to let standards slip if they are to achieve their dreams despite strengthening their position at the top of the Premier ...

The geopolitical question of the moment is: how important is it to humour Russian leader Vladimir Putin? The answer is: not very. Throw him a fish or two, because he’...

General shops can stay open daily until 8.00 pm except on December 24 and 31 when they must close at 6.00 pm, the labour ministry clarified on Tuesday. It said that that under the ...

In today’s episode, changes to coronavirus measures are on the table during a council of ministers meeting this morning that could see restrictions tightened, and, as of today, fully ...

As the New Year rolls in, Rialto Theatre will waste no time in opening its doors again after a very brief Christmas break. January’s agenda is just as packed ...

The health ministry on Tuesday issued a Q&A on Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, which on Monday was approved by the European Union’s drug regulator for use for ...

Police have arrested a 25-year-old man as part of investigations into a case of drug possession and robbing a kiosk by threat of force. The latter offence was committed in ...

Conversion means different things for different businesses. It may mean getting audiences to provide contact info for lead generation, converting prospects to paying customers, or subscribing to your newsletters. Yet ...

The Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA) announced on Monday that the investment fund sector enjoyed significant growth during 2021, with the total amount of Assets under Management (AuM) increasing by 48.7 per ...

Turkey’s lira gained more steam and was up 7% on Tuesday following a historic 25% recovery from record lows, after President Tayyip Erdogan , Turkish liraunveiled a plan he said would guarantee ...

New Zealand delayed the planned reopening of its international border because of the sweeping spread of Omicron around the world on Tuesday, as several other countries reimposed social distancing measures. ...

By Melina Moleskis What is behavioural economics in a nutshell? Behavioural economics is about observing and understanding human decisions up close without prior assumptions. Its aim is to make people’...

Cypriot transport and logistics company and authorised service contractor of UPS in Cyprus GAP Vassilopoulos Group announced on Monday that all UPS flights will now be carried out on a ...

The number of finance jobs shifting from Britain to the European Union due to Brexit is less than initially expected despite billions of euros in share trading moving to the ...

Parents and teachers at state schools on Monday called for final year high school students to be excluded from the twice-yearly exams this year, as the students themselves are set ...

Another pretext has been found by the Confederation of Parents’ Associations to stop the holding of twice-yearly exams for graduates. The new council of the confederation issued a statement on ...

The supreme court on Monday categorically rejected the notion that judges in Cyprus are not objective, and cited the findings of European institutions to back up its opinion. The top ...

By William James and Kylie MacLellan British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he would tighten coronavirus curbs to slow the spread of the Omicron variant if needed, after ...

Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday, a judicial source said, after being tried on charges of spreading fake news. Blogger Mohamed ...

Cyprus ranks first in Europe among countries that secured funding for the creation of Research Centres of Excellence, while it has recorded one of the largest absorptions of projects from ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will likely refuse to sign off on, and then send back to parliament, a legal amendment passed last week which would see four of his aides lose ...

Three deaths and 835 new Covid-19 cases were announced on Monday by the health ministry. The deaths concern two men aged 68 and 92, and a woman, 83. The 92-year-old man died on Sunday ...

The vaccination centre in Latsia, from Wednesday will temporarily stop operating as a walk-in, the health ministry said on Monday. The reason for this is to decongest the centre to ...