Become the person your dog thinks you are
Everybody wants to be the person their dog thinks they are, right? A free workshop is coming up with Stephanos Severis titled Positive Training: Become the person your dog thinks ...
Tesla-chaser Volkswagen lifts margin outlook again after record profit
Europe’s largest carmaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) raised its profit margin target on Thursday for the second time in less than three months, pointing to record earnings in the ...
Stabbing on Nicosia’s Makarios Avenue (Updated)
A man has been taken to the Nicosia general hospital after being seriously injured in a stabbing incident.
According to reports, the stabbing took place on Makarios avenue in Nicosia’...
Coronavirus: SafePass to enter all shops under discussion
Reports indicate that the enforcement of the SafePass is likely to widen, set to encompass businesses with fewer than 20 people – likely including kiosks and mini-markets.
The Cyprus News Agency cited ...
Pound highest in over a month as dollar dips
The pound hit its highest in over a month against the dollar on Thursday, extending gains driven by a fall in coronavirus cases in Britain and as a dovish US ...
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine sales jump
Second-quarter sales of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine more than tripled to $894 million from the previous three months, but the drugmaker once again delayed its US application for approval.
The vaccine ...
More parking available in Nicosia’s congested old city
The Nicosia municipality on Thursday announced the opening of four new parking areas in the old part of the city offering 114 new places.
Acting Nicosia district officer Andreas Hadjipakkos inaugurated ...
Coronavirus: Experts to discuss child vaccinations (Updated)
The debate over how to proceed, if at all, with the vaccination of children and young teenagers will be top of the agenda at Thursday’s meeting amongst the government’...
Russia wants UK and France in nuclear talks, the US wants China
Russia said on Thursday that it wanted Britain and France to be included in wider nuclear arms control talks with the United States, while it said that Washington wanted China ...
Coronavirus: Record number in ICU but situation ‘manageable’
Though a record number of 42 patients are presently in intensive care units (ICUs), the situation in state hospitals remains manageable, spokesperson for state health services organisation (Okypy), Charalambos Charilaou said ...
Freedom day for dozens of birds at wildlife centre
Dozens of birds were released back into the wild on Thursday after receiving treatment for various injuries at the Athalassa wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre.
Approximately 70 birds were released at 8...
Scientists stunned by rare Arctic lightning storms north of Alaska
Meteorologists were stunned this week when three successive thunderstorms swept across the icy Arctic from Siberia to north of Alaska, unleashing lightning bolts in an unusual phenomenon that scientists say ...
Sleep procrastination is not as simple as we might think
By Abi Jackson
Know you could really do with getting to bed earlier, but can’t seem to make it happen?
Between Netflix episodes that roll on and on, and ...
Kontides slips to second at Tokyo Olympics
Cypriot sailor Pavlos Kontides suffered what was described as the biggest injustice of his career at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday when he was punished for allegedly ‘pumping’ during the ...
One dead, 10 people stranded in south Turkey wildfire
One person has died and 10 people were trapped in a forest fire which was burning for a second day in southern Turkey on Thursday, Agriculture Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said, as ...
Azerbaijan, Armenia accuse each other of ceasefire violations
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Thursday of flouting a Russian-backed ceasefire that both sides had accepted the previous day to halt deadly border clashes.
Armenia’s defence ministry ...
Cyprus to return migrants from Lebanon
Fourteen migrants, including two children, who were spotted in a vessel late on Wednesday in the sea off Cape Greco in Akrotiri are expected to be returned to Lebanon, police ...
Motorway diversion near Zygi
Drivers travelling to Limassol have been urged to use the old road from the Chirokitia junction, due to road works on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway, police said on Thursday.
According to ...
Workshop recreates ancient cooking pots from Cyprus and the Mediterranean
They say it can be meditative to work with clay and many handicraft processes possess a relaxing quality to them. The repetitive act calms the mind and soothes the nervous ...
Quake measuring 8.2 strikes Alaska Peninsula, tsunami alert issued
A shallow earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck the Alaska Peninsula late on Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings in the region, authorities said.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake, which ...
Improved disabled access at Lady’s Mile beach
The British bases have announced the construction of a wheelchair ramp on Lady’s Mile beach to improve disabled access. It is the fourth ramp installed this year on Limassol ...
Shots fired at Zakaki house
Police on Thursday said they are investigating after shots were fired against the house of a couple in Zakaki, Limassol.
The incident was reported to the police around 5.40am with ...
Man arrested over Nicosia fire
A 33-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting a fire in Analiontas village on Wednesday that burned about two square kilometres of dry grass and wild vegetation.
Authorities ...
Sydney posts record daily rise in COVID-19 cases, seeks military help
Australia’s biggest city Sydney posted a record one-day rise in local COVID-19 cases on Thursday and warned the outbreak would get worse, as authorities sought military help to enforce ...