Archive 2021

After a week of sweltering heat that has seen the thermometer hit 44C and prompted a flurry of extreme hot weather warnings from the met office, temperatures will drop below 40...

A 25-year-old man admitted of setting fire to his 52-year-old mother’s apartment after getting into an argument with her, police said. Residents of the apartment building in Limassol were ...

The Cyprus Medical Association (CMA) on Friday denied delays in investigating complaints that some doctors were encouraging their patients not to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, insisting that it was ...

The Astronomical Society (Astrek) is inviting people to an event on Wednesday evening in Kyperounda for the observation of the Perseids meteor shower and a lecture on the annual phenomenon. ...

In this video for ‘Vogue’, queen of Hip-Hop Soul Mary J. Blige examines her life in looks. From a rough upbringing in the Bronx to hard-earned fame, Blige is a ...

Never heard of the Sundarbans? Not surprising! This vast mangrove forest is hardly the Bangladeshi Brighton. In fact, it’s a place even the locals fear to live… Almost 10,000 square ...

Animal police are investigating the killing of a cat in Ergates on Thursday, police said on Twitter on Friday following complaints from the Green Party that law enforcement was dragging ...

There’s not enough data to recommend using COVID-19 vaccine boosters, the European Union’s drugs regulator said on Friday, after major EU states said they would roll out a ...

Famagusta District Court issued a three-day remand order against two suspects aged 48 and 39, in a case involving grievous bodily harm to a man and a woman, aged 39 and 36, in Ayia ...

Seven residents of a nursing home in Belgium have died after being infected with the Colombian variant of the coronavirus, despite being fully vaccinated, the virology team that conducted tests ...

A forest fire was coming closer to a power station in southwest Turkey on Friday, local officials said, a day after firefighters brought a blaze under control around another nearby ...

By Gina Agapiou and Evie Andreou The first day of walk-in Covid vaccinations for non-Gesy users met with enthusiastic take-up on Friday as hundreds, mostly third country nationals, braved the ...

A Russian court gave the brother of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a one-year suspended sentence on Friday for inciting people to break COVID-19 restrictions, his lawyer Nikos Paraskevov said on ...

British supermarket group Morrisons has agreed to an improved takeover offer worth 6.7 billion pounds ($9.3 billion) in cash from a consortium led by Softbank-owned (9984.T) Fortress Investment Group, it said on ...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has repatriated $452 million in misappropriated funds from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), it said in a statement on Thursday, bringing the total amount recovered from ...

The Health and Fitness industry is growing at a fascinating pace, with innovative training concepts, novel business structures, and consistently emerging trends propelling the industry’s projected growth. The Gym, ...

Energy prices for millions of Britons are expected to rocket from October after the energy regulator said it would increase its cap on the most widely used tariffs by about 12...

Lidl’s favourite van travels to all the main towns of Cyprus and serves delicious ice cream. One of our favourite habits is to count our summers in ice creams! ...

“Now that raw emotions have subsided, I realise how big a success fourth place at an Olympic Games is,” said Cyprus sailing star Pavlos Kontides at a press conference at ...

After the floods, Ahr valley winemakers are selling muddy bottles of wine labelled “authentic mud,” — bottles taken from the cellars that were filled with flood waters. Proceeds go to aid ...

While remaining popular for domestic tourism, increases in arrivals from abroad during August to October will dictate how successful year Paphos will have, head of the Paphos regional board of ...

Barcelona was forced to let Argentina superstar Lionel Messi leave the club because his wage demands could have jeopardised its financial situation and its future, President Joan Laporta said on ...

Building permits increased by 30.3 per cent in the first five months of the year, compared with the same period of 2020, the Statistical Service announced on Friday. “During the period January – ...

By Costas Baltas and Angeliki Koutantou Thousands of people fled their homes on the outskirts of Athens on Friday and hundreds were evacuated by boat from the nearby island of ...