Archive 2021

By Prudence Wade Summer means warm weather (sometimes), long sessions in pub gardens and holidays either at home or abroad. But if we’re not properly prepared, spending more time ...

The police are ready to send the case file concerning an incident in which fake news spread on social media claiming that a 12-year-old had died after receiving a Covid-19 ...

Hotels and other tourist units in Cyprus have until Monday to apply to take part in a state scheme that offers stays partially funded by the state to people who ...

Cyprus will host the 9th Ministerial Summit for the Environment and Sustainable Development Education of the Economic and Financial Committee of the UN in October 2022, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said ...

Anthony Joshua revealed he has no plans to bulk up in a bid to improve his power when he defends his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against former cruiserweight ...

Six investors have been shortlisted as candidates for the acquisition of a €477m package of performing loans belonging to state-owned asset manager Kedipes. According to the Cyprus News Agency, 13 investors ...

The Taliban have appointed an acting head of Afghanistan’s central bank to help ease growing economic turmoil, more than a week after the Islamist movement seized the capital Kabul, ...

The blood bank issued a public appeal on Tuesday for donations to boost the very low reserves. “The situation is serious, blood supply reserves of all types very low at ...

Kypria International Festival 2021 returns dedicated to its founder, the later education minister Claire Angelidou “The arts are an inexhaustible wellspring that makes the world a better place,” says Andy Bargilly, ...

The health ministry on Tuesday recalled a brand of coconut milk due to high levels of a substance not compliant with EU regulations. The EU Rapid Alert System for Food ...

Xarkis Festival returns this year though not during the summer months like its previous editions but in the autumn. The 2021 festival will take place on October 15, 16 and 17, with a Multi-Residency ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Tuesday that the Turkish Cypriot ‘officials’ who have had their passports rescinded can seek recourse in the courts of the Republic if they so ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has been admitted in intensive care after feeling ill on Monday while he was at home. Turkish Cypriot media reported that Eroglu, 83, is in ...

Llama antibodies could soon be playing a role in the global fight against COVID-19, if clinical trials being conducted by a Belgian biomedical start-up live up to their early promise. ...

The 2020 Paralympic Games will kick off in Tokyo with the opening ceremony on Tuesday as Japan struggles with its worst COVID-19 outbreak so far, record daily cases and an overwhelmed ...

Paphos police were investigating one more case of forgery after the arrest of a 22-year-old African man at Paphos airport. According to police, the man was arrested on Monday afternoon ...

Over 30 per cent teenagers between 16 and 17 and almost 78 per cent of the adult population have received at least the first dose of an anti-Covid vaccine, the health ministry said on ...

Michail Antonio became West Ham United’s all-time Premier League top scorer after netting twice to help secure a resounding 4-1 home win on Monday over Leicester City, who had ...

Police said Tuesday they had issued fines to 32 individuals and two establishments in the past 24 hours for various violations of Covid health and safety measures. The force said it carried ...

Andy Skordis’ opera Crude Iron will have its world premiere at the upcoming Kypria Festival 2021 this September in a highly anticipated performance that is a co-production of the international festival ...

Paphos police were seeking a 26-year-old man on Tuesday on suspicion of abducting a domestic worker earlier this month. The incident was reported to police on August 12 by the 42-year-old ...

Paphos professional fishermen urged for action on Tuesday over the increase of alien fish species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, which endangers the marine ecosystem but also their livelihood. The ...

Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel, its military said early on Tuesday. ...

Police said Tuesday they were looking for two people aged 21 and 36, suspected of stealing a €3,300 car in Paphos earlier this month. The theft was reported to the police by the ...