Archive 2021

Two deaths from coronavirus and 260 new positive cases were reported on Wednesday. The deaths were a woman, aged 82, and a man, aged 47. The health ministry no longer announces the vaccination ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday apologised “unreservedly” on behalf of the British government for the deaths of 10 innocent people killed in a 1971 incident in Belfast during a British Army ...

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller Israel said it killed 16 members of the Hamas armed wing in Gaza in a barrage on Wednesday and Palestinian militants rained rockets into Israel ...

Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor was the world’s highest-paid athlete over the last year ahead of footballers players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, according to the annual Forbes http://...

Transport minister Yiannis Karousos and Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis attended an urgent meeting on road safety on Wednesday after six motorcyclists died in accidents this year. At the meeting, it ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday it had identified 28 cases of serious, potentially life-threatening cases of blood clotting, among the more than 8.7 million people ...

Be tall, be skinny, hairless, flexible. The messages on how our body should look and feel come from all directions these days. Social media, ads, marketing, films, celebrities, social pressure, ...

A new global system should be set up to respond faster to disease outbreaks to help ensure no future virus causes a pandemic as devastating as COVID-19, an independent World ...

By Will Dunham It is a scene that exudes sadness: a child perhaps 2-1/2 or 3 years old buried in a shallow grave under the sheltered overhang of a cave, head ...

Gnomi Integrated Communications has been named Social Media Agency οf the Year and Performance Agency of the Year at this year’s Cyprus Digital Marketing Awards. Even though 2020 was a ...

Expanding its investment on the Greek island of Mykonos where it operates two luxury hotels, Treppides Investments has joined forces with Pacha Group, a company of global reach that is ...

Cyprus has climbed to fourth place among EU states in terms of the number of vaccine doses per 100 people in the total population, the health ministry said on Wednesday as ...

Four gorges near the Arodes villages are under review with the hopes of making them more accessible to nature lovers. Officials from the tourism ministry as well as the Pano ...

Anti-government protests in Colombia entered their third week on Wednesday as unions, student groups and other organizations convened a national strike after fruitless talks with the government. Demonstrations fueled by ...

In this documentary ‘Amo’ by Max Lowe and Clay Mason, we take a pre-Covid trip to one of the most remote places on earth: Rapa Nui, known widely as Easter ...

The House of Representatives will reconvene on May 20, only 10 days before the parliamentary elections, to decide whether to accept or reject the reasons for which President Nicos Anastasiades has sent ...

Singer, songwriter and actor Nick Jonas is no stranger to the fashion scene, and reported to own more pairs of shoes than superstar wife Priyanka Chopra. So, who better to ...

The restaurant and café sector on Wednesday asked Disy’s leadership to convey their demand for less stringent rapid test requirements to the government. The issue was raised by Fanos ...

The health ministry announced that a total of 71 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

The police force will soon carry US-cop style badges as part of their identification package, it was announced on Wednesday. This is part of the “continuous modernisation and upgrading” of ...

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In this 2018 video Grigory ‘Grisha’ Goryachev gives a thrilling performance of Paco de Lucía’s ‘Almoraima’ (Bulerías), recorded at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, California. ...

A clampdown on false advertising and misleading sale prices are just some of the provisions of new consumer protection legislation, Commerce Minister Natasa Pilides said on Wednesday Presenting the new ...

Cypriot race driver Vladimiros Tziortzis will get his Nascar Whelen Euro Series campaign underway in Valencia on May 15-16. In a press conference this week, the driver, who is backed ...