Archive 2021

The chief of police is looking into an incident concerning two senior officers who initially refused to undergo a PCR test at Larnaca airport on Tuesday afternoon. Local media reported ...

Cyprus is among the 50 countries which signed a statement expressing concern about girls and women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. “We are deeply worried about Afghan women and girls, their ...

Continuing the weekly live music performances, Technopolis 20 has plenty more planned for the summer, even if we are reaching the end of it. But then again, the Cypriot summer goes ...

A woman, 32, and a man, 40, were remanded for five days on Friday on suspicion of stealing €12,000 worth of items from a Paphos home earlier this month, police said on Friday. ...

A total of 32,667 vaccinations have been administered in the past seven days, the health ministry said on Friday, as it announced that 77.2 per cent of the adult population has received ...

Manager Nuno Espirito Santo said Tottenham Hotspur had squandered their early season feelgood factor when they were stunned 1-0 by Pacos De Ferreira in the first leg of their Europa ...

A 28-year-old man was caught driving 191 km per hour on the motorway while eight times over the legal limit late on Thursday, police said. There were four passengers in the ...

The UK’s health regulator has approved an antibody cocktail developed by Regeneron and Roche to prevent and treat COVID-19, it said on Friday, adding it was trying to roll ...

Two million residents of Sydney will be under nightly curfew from next week to slow the highly infectious Delta variant of coronavirus that is spreading across New South Wales state, ...

Five businesses in Limassol and Paphos were charged €500 each for violating coronavirus protocols, police said on Friday. The businesses concern a pub and a mini kiosk in Limassol and a ...

Cyprus has the sixth most expensive bread and cereals in the EU27, according to figures published by Eurostat on Friday. The EU’s statistical office said that in 2020, the price ...

Paphos police have arrested a 54-year-old man as it investigates a case of assault and causing grievous bodily harm, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Friday. This follows a complaint ...

In Israel’s COVID-19 wards, doctors are learning which vaccinated patients are most vulnerable to severe illness, amid growing concerns about instances in which the shots provide less protection against ...

“A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deep shadow,” once wrote Leonardo Da Vinci in a notebook and a new art exhibition in ...

Police on Friday said they identified several suspects in relation to a fake post on social media that claimed a 12-year-old child had died in Limassol a day after receiving ...

More than 18,000 people have been flown out of Kabul since the Taliban took over Afghanistan‘s capital, a NATO official said on Friday, pledging to redouble evacuation efforts as criticism ...

Astrobank is offering free cash withdrawals at more than 330 ATMs nationwide for AstroBank customers, the bank said in a statement on Thursday. AstroBank continues its cooperation with the company Euronet ...

Digital twins—digital representations of real-world entities such as sensors, devices, machines, systems, and even people—have evolved from a niche concept to an integral part of the industrial landscape. ...

An asphalt-paved road runs for 2,000 kilometers along the Mediterranean linking up the most important cities of Libya, Tunisia and Egypt. The conflict in Libya has left this key artery broken ...

Lebanon is now at the centre of a confrontation between Israel and Iran over fuel deliveries. US sanctions could also follow a delivery of fuel from Iran – Lebanon could face ...

The animal police unit has investigated about 200 incidents of potential abuse or mistreatment and two cases will proceed to court. Vyronas Vyronos, the officer in charge of the animal police ...

The country needed the good news given by finance minister Constantinos Petrides on Tuesday about the higher than forecasted growth of the economy. Provisional forecasts by the state statistical service ...

Children’s noses may be better than adults’ at defending against infection because of “pre-activated” immunity against the coronavirus, a new study suggests. Researchers analysed nasal swabs from 45 infected patients, ...

By Rami Ayyub and Maayan Lubell Israelis over 40 and teachers are now eligible for a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the health minister said on Thursday, hoping ...