Archive 2021

Holidaymakers in Portugal will be required to show a negative Covid-19 test, a vaccination certificate or proof of recovery to stay in hotels or other holiday accommodation, the government announced ...

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) is investigating a possible case of fraud involving EU grants received by companies linked to the former commissioner for the development of mountain communities, it ...

Lifeguards on Thursday called off a planned three-hour nationwide work stoppage planned for Friday. The decision to cancel the strike came after a meeting between the lifeguards’ association (Psen), Interior ...

No deaths from coronavirus occurred Thursday although a new record of 993 positives were recorded, the health ministry said. The 993 latest positives came from 49,032 tests (of which 7,924 with PCR), for a ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban vowed on Thursday he would not give in to EU pressure to repeal a new law banning schools from using materials seen as promoting homosexuality, ...

Cyprus has been ‘downgraded’ to the ‘dark red’ zone for coronavirus in the latest update issued by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Thursday, after registering 493.13 ...

Former world number one Karolina Pliskova reached her maiden Wimbledon final after coming back from a set down to beat second seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 5-7 6-4 6-4 on ...

Commerce Minister Natasa Pilides on Thursday toured four factories in the Larnaca area, rounding off visits to industrial areas in all districts to record problems and seek solutions. Aradippou Mayor ...

The met office on Thursday issued a yellow alert, warning of extreme high temperatures on Friday. The alert is in force from 1pm to 5pm when maximum temperatures inland are ...

The health ministry announced a total of 62 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Friday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

A man who crashed with his motorcycle on Wednesday night on the Liopetri to Xylophagou road had been dismembered during impact with a metal barricade, pathologists said on Thursday. Police ...

World number one Ash Barty became the first Australian woman to reach the Wimbledon singles final for 41 years after beating former champion Angelique Kerber 6-3 7-6(3) on Thursday. The 25-year-old ...

The company won 2 Gold and 2 Silver awards for its business practices and innovative actions in the Cypriot retail market Lidl Cyprus was awarded four prizes in the Cyprus Retail Excellence ...

A typical celeb home tour usually spends longest on the size of the pool and the number of bedrooms. But the heart of a home, even for the glitterati, is ...

Animation and the Illusion of Life workshop open to beginners Practising art now goes way beyond the mere paintbrushes, clay sculpting and pencil drawings we once knew. Workshops are now ...

Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Thursday agreed to hold the Games without spectators, after Japan declared a coronavirus state of emergency for the capital that will run throughout the ...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Thursday the response to the deadly fire over the weekend had been immediate, with authorities using all available means to bring it under control. ...

Everyone aged over 12 using Nicosia Municipal Pool will be required to show a SafePass, the Nicosia Municipality said on Thursday as it announced that it has authorised private security firm ...

The European Commission fined German carmakers Volkswagen and BMW a total of 875 million euros ($1 billion) on Thursday for colluding to curb the use of emissions cleaning technology they had developed. ...

As a country that is consistently developing and attracting more investment, Cyprus is becoming a hub for new sales opportunities at an excellent value. At CITR, a number of properties ...

Financial firms should use their experience in the COVID-19 crisis to consider how flexible working could help create a more diverse workforce but the government will not impose a model, ...

Events at Artnaldas Concept store have been scarce recently, but before the days of masks, restrictions and hand sanitisers, the chic Nicosia store hosted all sorts of evenings at its ...

In this video, we take a closer look at a painting that set off a scandal from which neither its artist nor its subject emerged unscathed. ‘Madame X’ or ‘Portrait ...

While England exulted at reaching a first major final since 1966, there was increasing outcry abroad over the penalty awarded for a foul on Raheem Sterling in extra time to give ...