Archive 2021

Four hunters were fined more than €10,000 in total for illegal hunting in Paphos, Nicosia and Limassol on Sunday, the game service told the Cyprus Mail. The fined included a 21-year-old ...

David Moyes has tipped the “unique” Michail Antonio to smash West Ham’s Premier League goalscoring record. Antonio moved level with former Hammers favourite Paolo Di Canio on 47 goals with ...

Manchester City have not yet decided if they will sign a new striker to replace Sergio Aguero, manager Pep Guardiola said, with the summer transfer window set to close next ...

More green areas are set for Paphos as two linear parks and a €3.7 million park of colours are in the works. According to an announcement by the municipal council of ...

Russia and Turkey are close to signing a new contract to supply Ankara with additional S-400 air defence units in the near future, the Interfax news agency cited the head ...

Protests by rival far-right and left-wing groups in Portland descended into violence on Sunday, as the opposing sides engaged in clashes and at least one man was arrested for firing ...

Two Famagusta-based pubs were fined €3,000 for allowing customers to dance, and serving them at the bar, police said on Monday. “Unfortunately, we still find businesspeople, owners and employees without a ...

There are so many developments in the works on the island that in a few years there will be numerous options to keep those living here happy and busy. Here ...

Wearing brown uniforms with orange rims and matching hats, several young Syrians with Down syndrome served between the tables, while some others stood behind a bar, preparing food and beverage ...

A 32-year-old man was arrested late on Sunday on suspicion of committing six burglaries in the last three years in Nicosia. The arrest was carried out following evidence that emerged ...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday extended New Zealand’s strict nationwide COVID-19 lockdown saying the current outbreak of the Delta variant of the coronavirus had not yet peaked. The ...

“Gas cannot be used as a weapon,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday after meeting Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian president, in Kyiv. “We are for new sanctions if Russia uses ...

PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) will allow customers in the UK to buy, sell and hold bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies starting this week, the company said on Monday. The roll-out, ...

Tired of your terrible boss? Wouldn’t you prefer being managed by a computer? Imagine having an unbiased machine for a boss that rewards your performance based on objective data? ...

A third dose of Pfizer (PFE.N)‘s Covid-19 vaccine has significantly improved protection from infection and serious illness among people aged 60 and older in Israel compared with those who ...

The health ministry announced that six people had died of Covid-19 and that 193 people had tested positive from 32,091 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.6 per cent. Seven positive ...

Arsenal 0 Chelsea 2 A goal by Romelu Lukaku on his second Chelsea debut and a strike by defender Reece James earned the Blues a 2-0 win at London rivals Arsenal on ...

Paphos airport has seen an increase in activity in the last couple of weeks as more flights arrive from the UK with passengers praising airport staff and the ease of ...

By Antigoni Pitta With world leaders bracing for a new humanitarian crisis after the Taliban’s lightning takeover of Afghanistan, the Cypriot government is worried about a potential influx of ...

Cyprus on Monday will be on red alert for forest fires, the forestry department said on Sunday, calling on the public to be particularly careful. In an announcement, it cautioned ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides During 2020, the European Central Bank (ECB) undertook a strategic review of its policy framework. Such a review requires an in-depth evaluation while constituting best ...

A total of 46 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Sunday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups. Free rapid testing for the general population ...

Hurricane Henri’s outer bands moved onshore in southern New England and Long Island early on Sunday as the storm threatened the region with high winds, a dangerous storm surge ...

By Gavin Jones It’s said that the only two certainties in life are death and taxes and who can argue with that. Monarchies, democracies, dictatorships and indeed all systems ...