Archive 2021

In a member of the government coronavirus advisory team THEO PANAYIDES finds a woman who dreamt of being a superhero who, despite seeing her personal life swallowed by Covid, is ...

The Larnaca criminal court will deliver its verdict on the rape charge against former Kition bishop Chrysostomos on October 22, it was announced on Wednesday. The offence allegedly took place in ...

The new month brings with it an array of theatre performances, musical evenings and festivals as Rialto Theatre is back with a packed programme. Kickstarting September’s cultural events at ...

The teenage conscript arrested on Wednesday for killing a dog and injuring another with a shotgun told police investigators he regretted his act. According to the police, the young man ...

Police booked 24 individuals and one business during the last 24 hours, for breaching measures in place to contain the spread of Covid-19. A police spokesperson said 3,233 checks were carried out between 6...

A fire killed 41 inmates in an overcrowded prison block in Indonesia’s Banten province, a government minister said on Wednesday, injuring scores more in a blaze that police said may ...

Limassol police arrested two men after a chase on Tuesday on suspicion of possession of counterfeit euro notes and drugs. Shortly after 12pm, officers signaled the driver to stop, but ...

A kiosk in Nicosia was extensively damaged by a fire which broke out in the early hours of Wednesday morning. According to police, the fire started after 4am inside the ...

Earth is the only planet known to us where we can live By Roberto Sciffo The blue planet, planet earth, is unique to our solar system and, given our current ...

Severe flooding led to the deaths of 17 people, most of whom had COVID-19, at a hospital in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo after torrential rains caused the River Tula ...

Felix Auger-Aliassime moved into the U.S. Open semi-finals on Tuesday when Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz retired due to an abductor injury while trailing 6-3 3-1. The 18-year-old Spaniard showed ...

The Cyprus Statistical Service has released a report showing that the first six months of the year saw a total of 3,990 building permits being issued by the relevant municipal authorities, ...

Major European banks have placed €20 billion, around 14 per cent of their overall profits and a figure which has remained unaltered since 2014, in countries listed as tax havens, a study by ...

The European Commission on Tuesday announced the adoption of its new Green Bond framework, taking a step towards issuing €250 billion (about $298 billion) in green bonds, equivalent to 30 per cent of ...

At CYENS, the Research Centre of Excellence in Cyprus (formerly RISE), a team is at work creating a digital twin of the city of Nicosia. “The digital twin offers the ...

The question is whether the Cypriot government or better, the Greek Cypriot community, has the courage to face the truth By Achilleas Demetriades On 15 July I had posed the question “...

It is good that the House Ethics Committee has taken up the weakness of the authorities in combating human trafficking. The committee met on Monday to look at the failings ...

You might be well aware of the fact that nowadays, people are moving towards modernisation. It is one of the most important reasons people are shifting to advanced cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies ...

Cyprus were beaten 2-0 in Slovakia on Tuesday night to round off a miserable triple-header in World Cup qualifying. After losing 3-0 in Malta and 2-0 at home to Russia, ...

World number two Daniil Medvedev dropped his first set at this year’s U.S. Open but eventually overcame Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3 6-0 4-6 7-5 to reach ...

MPs on Tuesday called for support measures to encourage couples to have more children, citing the low birth rate which is well below the replacement level of 2.1. The House ad ...

In one of the only known photographs of Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, he stares directly at the camera – an expressionless face between a white turban and a long, grey ...

AstraZeneca Plc Chief Executive Pascal Soriot said booster COVID vaccine doses may not be needed for everyone in Britain and rushing into a nationwide rollout of third doses risks piling ...

Health minister Michalis Hadjipantelas has given the state health services organisation (Okypy) ten days to smooth out problems with emergency services on weekends following complaints from patients. On Sunday, the ...