Archive 2021

The Taliban have captured Afghanistan’s second biggest city of Kandahar, officials said on Friday, fuelling fears the U.S.-backed government could fall to the insurgents as international forces ...

Police in Limassol had to intervene late on Thursday as football fans hurled rocks at each other and against cars in Limassol. The Cyprus News Agency said the area looked ...

The met office has issued an alert, warning of heavy thunderstorms with rain and the possibility of hail for Friday. The yellow alert is in force from 11 am to 5.30 pm. “...

Besides the basic definition of a virtual currency, Bitcoin is a revolutionary idea that amazes the world. Although it is not the world’s first cryptocurrency, it has inspired an ...

Many practise yoga to find inner peace and connection but what if we used this ancient discipline to find peace and unity with others? A multi-communal yoga event for everyone ...

Hackers behind one of the biggest ever digital coin heists have now returned nearly all of the $610 million-plus they stole, Poly Network, the cryptocurrency platform targeted earlier this week by ...

The Federal Reserve will announce a plan to taper its asset purchases in September, according to a solid majority of economists polled by Reuters who also said the US jobless ...

Six people, including a child, were killed in a mass shooting in the city of Plymouth in southwest England on Thursday evening, in an incident described by the British Home ...

Bilateral trade between Israel and the UAE now stands at €712 million, according to Israeli government data. Trade between the two countries is expected to hit $1 billion by the end of ...

The total number of government-employed people increased during July, with 92 additional people joining the public sector, the Cyprus Statistical Service said in a report. This represents a 0.2 per cent year-on-year ...

In at least one meeting, members of the Covid scientific advisory committee said most transmission of the virus occurred within households rather than in retail or hospitality venues, legal filings ...

Tragedy had to strike for the authorities to come round to thinking that permits issued for the possession of a shotgun by hunters, must be reviewed from time to time. ...

Results and fixtures for the UEFA Europa League on Thursday (start times are CET) 3rd Qualifying Round ——————————————– Alashkert (1) 3 Kairat (1) 2 …. full-time: 2-2 extra-time: 3-2 aggregate: 3-2 Alashkert win HJK (0) 3 Neftçi (0) 0 …. ...

As a tourist destination, Paphos has been irrevocably hurt from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the trade and industry chamber said. Marios Stylianou told the Cyprus ...

Poland‘s prime minister on Thursday rejected criticism of bills on media ownership and property restitution passed by parliament, after the United States, one of Warsaw’s most important allies, ...

A year before the recent catastrophic fire that burned nearly 55 square kilometres in the forest areas of Limassol and Larnaca and killed four people, employees at the forestry department wrote ...

The transport ministry is recalling that as of August 13, all passengers planning to travel to Cyprus by presenting either the Covid-19 Vaccination Certificate or the Covd-19 Recovery Certificate – issued by ...

Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku has joined Chelsea for a second spell on a five-year deal from Inter Milan for £97.5m, the Premier League club announced on Thursday. “One of the ...

The health ministry on Thursday announced two more deaths attributed to Covid-19, while nationwide testing detected 402 new positives. The two latest decedents were a man aged 91, who passed away on ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis defended his government on Thursday as public anger grew over the response to wildfires that have ripped through thousands of hectares of forest over the ...

Bitcoin halving is a topic that generates conflicting views from crypto users. You’ve heard many things about Bitcoin halving and its impacts but, most of them are just rumors ...

The revision of history in education to reflect ‘national values’ was among the issues raised in the north this week with the Turkish Cypriot leadership backing the idea, reports said ...

A standoff between Limassol port workers and their employer appeared deadlocked on Thursday, after the latter turned down overtures from the labour ministry to reinstate four recently sacked workers and ...

The health ministry has announced 51 rapid testing sites for Friday. People need to present proof of identity to get tested, such as ID, passport, or driver’s licence. District Sites ...