Archive 2021

The European Union needs an emergency response mechanism that a member state can trigger when the bloc’s external borders are under threat, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. ...

Auditor general Odysseas Michaelides on Thursday accused the health insurance organisation (HIO) of violating the law and philosophy of Gesy, charges quickly denied by the HIO which insisted that it ...

A Greek Cypriot man was arrested in the north on Thursday after he unfurled a Greek flag over a monument just outside Varosha, the fenced-off part of Famagusta. Reports said ...

European Union countries are expected to agree to limit to nine months the duration of COVID-19 certificates for travel around the bloc, three EU sources told Reuters, but some states ...

Authorities on Thursday announced two more fatalities from Covid-19, while testing detected 635 new positives to the coronavirus. The two deaths were both women – one aged 84, who passed away on Thursday ...

Austria’s conservative-led government on Thursday gave details of its plan to make coronavirus vaccines compulsory https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/austria-reimposes-full-lockdown-makes-vaccination-compulsory-2021-11-19, saying it will apply to ...

Russia kept up a barrage of hostile rhetoric towards Ukraine on Thursday and compared the crisis there to the most dangerous moment of the Cold War as it waited for ...

Lidl Cyprus and the Lidl Food Academy on the Go were on top form at the recent Pancyprian Exhibition of Food & Drink HORECA – Gastronomica, held at the State Exhibition ...

The Jazz Music Concert Series micro edition at Technopolis 20 continues on Friday at the cosy and intimate Paphos venue in a family atmosphere. This time Technopolis 20 invites well-known beloved jazz ...

By Kathy Tzilivakis As the world’s newest Nobel Prize laureates gather for Nobel Week, EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel speaks about the incredible advancements made by scientists and the EU’...

French carmaker Renault (RENA.PA) on Wednesday received a blow for its popular Zoe electric model, as the European New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP) gave it a zero-star safety rating ...

The United Arab Emirates will allow the creation of companies for acquisition or merger purposes, the Economy Ministry said on twitter. The move is part of a series of amendments ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is in Madrid for meetings with the country’s monarch and the prime minister where the relations between the wo countries were at the forefront of discussions. ...

Early hospital data from South Africa shows less than a third of patients admitted for COVID-19 during the latest wave linked to the Omicron variant are suffering severe illness, compared ...

Members of the House health committee on Thursday welcomed planned updates to the national cancer strategy that will include a national cancer institute and urged the state to step up ...

The government plans to go ahead with taxation reform after 20 years, including raising the corporation rate and introducing carbon tax and fossil fuels taxes to achieve the country’s environmental ...

A total of 38 positive Covid-19 cases were detected in primary and secondary schools after 21,581 tests carried out on Wednesday – a positivity rate of 0.18 per cent which is below that recorded ...

Formula One drivers could face suspension or lose all their points for driving in an unsportsmanlike manner, race director Michael Masi has warned ahead of Sunday’s title-deciding battle at ...

The European Union’s drugs regulator said it could make sense for countries in the bloc to administer COVID-19 vaccine boosters as early as three months after the initial two-shot ...

In a world where decentralised digital coins have become one of the biggest investment vehicles, many people purchase crypto for the purpose of trading and earning a profit. However, many ...

Justice Minister Stephie Dracou on Thursday pointed to progress in parliament on draft anti-corruption bills to argue that slogans were turning into action. She was speaking to mark International Anti-corruption ...

The Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends (Pasykaf) called on people to pick a decoration for the charity’s virtual Christmas tree and make a donation to support those ...

New Zealand plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry, arguing that other efforts ...

The United States rushed millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses for children ages 5 to 11 across the nation, but demand for inoculations for younger kids has been low, more than a dozen ...