Archive 2021

Police are investigating the circumstances under which a 33-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured in a traffic accident on Sunday in Paphos. The accident happened on Archbishop Makarios Avenue in Geroskipou. ...

A US company is implementing artificial intelligence practices to help decrease the number of deaths stemming from not treating heart disease-related incidents accurately and on time. Coronary heart disease is ...

A total of 33 citizens were fined for violations of Covid-19 measures in 24 hours, police said on Monday morning. A police spokesperson said that 3,405 checks were carried out in the 24 hours ...

Several local governments in China have set up special custodian accounts for property projects of its most indebted developer, Evergrande (3333.HK), to protect funds earmarked for housing projects from being ...

President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey still intended to buy a second batch of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia, a move that could deepen a rift with NATO ally Washington ...

Bahrain is considering doubling value added tax to 10 per cent to boost state revenues and reduce its budget deficit, a Bahraini parliamentary source and a source close to the government ...

BP (BP.L) said nearly a third of its British petrol stations had run out of the two main grades of fuel on Sunday as panic buying continued despite the ...

Soaring gas prices as winter approaches are evidence that the European Union needs to work out a long-term energy security plan, the head of Italy’s Eni (ENI.MI) has ...

Germany‘s Social Democrats narrowly won Sunday’s national election, projected results showed, and claimed a “clear mandate” to lead a government for the first time since 2005 and to end 16 ...

Arsenal’s resurgence continued with a 3-1 victory over arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur as the two north London clubs continued to move in opposite directions in the Premier League on Sunday. ...

Lewis Hamilton won the Russian Grand Prix on Sunday to become the first Formula One driver with 100 wins. The 36-year-old British star overtook race leader Lando Norris late and finished 53.3 ...

One person died as a result of Covid-19 and 78 new cases were detected out of 40,466 tests, the health ministry announced on Sunday. The death refers to an 89-year-old woman who ...

President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades bids farewell on Sunday to Jane Holl Lute, the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy to Cyprus, as her duties are about to end. An announcement ...

Germany’s CDU/CSU conservatives and their Social Democrat rivals were tied in Sunday’s national election, an exit poll showed, leaving open which of them will lead the next ...

Europe has been left exposed to the vagaries of extreme weather Europe is going through a natural gas crisis, partly self-inflicted. The spectacular increase in gas, but also electricity, prices ...

Cyprus RallyAlexandros Tsouloftas and co-driver Stelios Elia, in a Volkswagen Polo, stormed to their first ever win on the Cyprus Rally with a masterful drive that saw them in contention ...

For the first time ever those who PDO is aimed at protecting are taking the issue to court The halloumi PDO (protected designation of origin) comes into force on Friday, ...

Several thousand demonstrators rallied in the Tunisian capital on Sunday to protest against President Kais Saied’s seizure of power, calling on him to step down in the biggest show ...

Germany’s conservative chancellor candidate Armin Laschet https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/conservative-laschet-struggles-momentum-german-leadership-race-2021-09-21 was ridiculed on social media for a misstep on election day on Sunday, capping ...

School provided crucial historical, cultural link to village Mention Kormakitis and the image that springs to mind is of the tightly knit Maronite community which has defied all attempts down ...

The health ministry announced on Sunday 21 sites where people can get a free rapid test on Monday. Those eligible for the free tests are people up until the age of 17 ...

A fire which raged in the Paphos district on Sunday was put under control, with firefighters putting up a fight for about three hours. According to fire services spokesman Andreas ...

Presidential Commissioner Fotis Fotiou said that 47 years after the invasion in Cyprus, Turkey is far from responding to Cyprus’ calls for the identification of the missing persons. In his address ...

Iceland’s ruling left-right coalition strengthened its majority after a national election that for the first time saw more women than men elected to parliament, final results showed on Sunday. ...