Archive 2021

An outbreak of Covid-19 cases was reported on the largest Royal Navy warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, after the aircraft carrier stopped over in Limassol. According to UK-based media, at least 100 ...

A 20-year-old motorcyclist is being treated for head injuries in the ICU of Paphos hospital after he was involved in a traffic collision in Paphos, police said on Wednesday. The ...

Following a prolonged period of cinemas and venues being closed, the Lemesos International Documentary Festival returns full of energy, for the 16th consecutive year. With some of the best and ...

Hey kids, in this video we’re talking all about the advantages of reading! Of course, the past months have been particularly challenging, given the limitations that Covid-related lockdowns placed ...

An environmental issue used as means for bi-communal peace building By Tasos Karonias The Mediterranean sea is one of the most polluted seas worldwide, especially with regards to plastics It ...

Australian authorities extended a lockdown in Sydney on Wednesday by at least 14 days, after three weeks of initial restrictions failed to stamp out the biggest outbreak of COVID-19 this year ...

The Council of Ministers will meet on Friday and will discuss the possibility of new measures to stem the surge in coronavirus cases, government spokesman Marios Pelekanos said on Wednesday. ...

Evidence has begun to emerge that COVID-19 had been circulating around the world earlier than the pathogen was first reported in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. In mid-June, a ...

Six businesses and 43 individuals were reported in the last 24 hours for failing to abide by coronavirus measures, police said on Wednesday. Two business owners in the capital received fines of €8,000 ...

Announced by father-daughter acting duo Ron Cephas Jones and Jasmine Cephas Jones on Tuesday, this year’s batch of Emmy nominees featured frontrunners, snubs and surprises across categories. ‘The Crown’ ...

China expects to see the number of 5G users exceed 560 million by 2023, according to a recent guideline. By then, 5G network is expected to be used by over 40 percent of ...

A tenacious family’s dogged pursuit of the truth could provide answers to a soldier’s 2005 death By Achilleas Demetriades The Nicolaou case is a very sad one indeed. Not ...

The European Commission on Monday issued a further €10 billion to support Europe’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis and its consequences, the Commission said in a statement. It is the ...

Cuba has restricted access to social media and messaging platforms including Facebook and WhatsApp, global internet monitoring firm NetBlocks said on Tuesday, in the wake of the biggest anti-government protests ...

Universal Hydrogen, a US firm that aims to do for clean fuel what Nespresso did for coffee, is poised to announce preliminary hydrogen deals with airlines including Icelandair, Airbus, and ...

According to this year’s recently released Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Center Development Index Report, Singapore, London and Shanghai are the top three global shipping hubs in 2021, followed by Hong Kong, ...

As recently as 2019, a solid six per cent of Cypriots between the ages of 16 and 74 took part in an online learning programme. This percentage put Cyprus on par with such ...

The European Commission (EC) plans to impose a carbon surcharge on products entering the EU from third countries, through a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), likely to be phased in ...

One Nicosia-based private vet specialises in treating wild animals, but his main obsession is birds As a boy, Constantinos Antoniou watched and counted birds while spending the summers at his ...

In the last few months, the authorities have been toying with the idea of placing 30kph speed limit in the towns to improve the safety of pedestrians. Road bumps have ...

Asked how to disentangle oneself from the ‘knots’ of life, yogi and mystic Sadhguru responds that the entanglements themselves are illusory. After all, how can there be entanglements when the ...

Owners of recreation centres on Tuesday threatened to stage nationwide protests unless the government amends a decree that sees business owners checking that customers and staff have a SafePass. After ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell social media companies on Tuesday to do more to tackle online abuse, condemning racist comments made against England soccer players as coming from “...

The government’s draft legislation to replace the current Infectious Diseases Law, on which the health minister’s decrees have been based for the various measures taken relating to the ...