Archive 2021

The eurozone economy will grow faster than previously thought both this year and next, the European Commission said on Wednesday, despite emerging concerns the fast-spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus ...

The Cyprus Hotels Association (Pasyxe) revealed on Wednesday that, by the end of this week, mobile vaccination units would be deployed at over 80 hotels in Cyprus to vaccinate staff. According ...

The government on Wednesday placed restrictions in hospitality venues and other places where people gathered in large numbers in a bid to stem the spread of Covid infections, which have ...

Senior managers at financial firms could see pay linked to their progress in making their workforces more diverse and inclusive, Britain’s financial regulators said in a discussion paper on ...

An investigation into a fatal road accident which involved a moped and a motorbike that led to one death will have further results pending a DNA test on Thursday. The ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou I don’t pry into the private affairs of friends or ask about political affiliations. During the coup in 1974, it was a revelation ...

Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight in an “inhuman and barbaric act” and his wife was injured, Interim Prime Minister Claude ...

Lidl Cyprus has won the honorary distinction of Brand of the Year, winning a total of 7 awards at this year’s Cyprus Digital Marketing Awards. Although 2020 was a strange and ...

The University of Cyprus (UCY) has established a new Europe Direct centre at the Stelios Ioannou library, aiming to provide information about the European networks operating in Cyprus. The inauguration ...

The European Commission has raised its forecast for Cyprus’ economic growth in 2021 to 4.3 per cent from 3..8 per cent in its previous forecast. This brings Cyprus closer into line with the ...

In this video, chef John Mitzewich, host of the Food Wishes YouTube channel, prepares delicious, Korean-style barbecue beef short ribs – with the twist being that he adds to it a ...

Police investigators on Wednesday retraced the route taken by four men who died later in a large forest fire, which also destroyed everything inside an area of 55 square kilometres. The ...

Greece’s jobless rate rose to 17.0% in April from an upwardly revised 16.8% in the previous month, data from statistics service ELSTAT showed on Wednesday. Seasonally adjusted data showed 762,553 were officially ...

Electrical problems with his Ford Mustang with the No1 on the doors, which appeared in testing before the racing action, did not allow Vladimiros Tziortzis to fight as he would ...

The supreme court rejected an appeal to return over 600,000 Covid rapid tests seized as part of an investigation into bogus kits. The appeal had been filed by the importer, which ...

A two-state solution in Cyprus is a non-starter, European Council President, Charles Michel, said on Wednesday, speaking before the European Parliament plenary. In a debate with MEPs about the outcome ...

Lordos plastics donated €1,300 to the University of Cyprus to aid their sea cleaning campaign at a ceremony on Wednesday. More than 150kg of disposable plastics have been removed at a 10...

In their death throes, roughly 97 per cent of all stars become a smouldering stellar zombie called a white dwarf, one of the densest objects in the cosmos. A newly discovered ...

The drug squad said Wednesday they arrested three people and seized 27 kilos of cannabis at Larnaca airport the previous day. Police said two of the three men, aged 32 and 41, had ...

Ordinarily, buses summon up fairly quotidian A-Z travel – often in the context of ferrying schoolchildren to their daily lessons, or as part of a busy city’s public transport system. ...

The official opening of the project of Winstonfield Property Developers – Winstonfield Residences took place with great success in Limassol on Thursday, July 1, 2021. The inauguration ceremony was held by the Mayor ...

Japan is considering banning all spectators from the Olympic Games, several sources told Reuters on Wednesday, as officials weigh extending novel coronavirus restrictions to contain infections just over two weeks ...

In the man behind hairdressing experience Blow, THEO PANAYIDES meets someone who is effortlessly friendly and gives off a cool vibe as he tries to make everyone feel good The ...

When parasites take over their hosts, they can actually change their hosts’ behaviour. The effect on the host can range from aggressiveness to losing its ability to make decisions. But ...