Archive 2021

In 2020, 88 per cent of people aged 16-74 in Cyprus used a smartphone for private purposes, higher than the EU average of 81 per cent, but they were less likely than their ...

Larnaca municipality on Friday detailed its efforts to keep the area’s rodent issues under control. A written announcement said that checks and the installation of bait stations are being ...

Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown branded Arsenal’s Europa League semi-final exit against Spanish club Villarreal on Thursday as embarrassing, saying the players did not turn up. Keown, who won ...

Victoria Beckham is a successful business owner, style icon, wife and mum, but she’s also crediting her former girl band, the Spice Girls, with inspiring Beyoncé in her rise ...

Spain’s Rafa Nadal was named the 2021 Laureus Sportsman of the year on Thursday, while fellow tennis player Naomi Osaka won the top women’s honour. Japan’s Osaka won ...

Every pet deserves a loving and respectful home: please only consider acquiring a pet if you will be able to take care of its long-term needs. Also, consider choosing your ...

Hey kids, in this ‘Study Skills’ series of videos, we’re going to learn, step-by-step, the best approaches to become a studying powerhouse. The second step towards this goal is ...

The Cyprus High Commission is presenting a series of concerts in partnership with the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra this month. A selection of classical masterpieces by major composers, including Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, ...

Britain’s governing Conservative Party won a new seat in parliament on Friday, ousting the Labour Party in the northern English town of Hartlepool with a sweeping victory that tightens ...

The issue of security and security guaranties will have to come out in a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem, said Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General ...

Police have arrested three people in Paphos in connection with stealing electricity, illegally staying in Cyprus and being in possession of stolen property. Following a tip off, officers found the ...

Paphos police on Friday morning arrested a man for driving under the influence of drugs and offences committed earlier in the year. At 4.15am officers in the coastal town stopped ...

Lebanon‘s lights may go off this month because cash for electricity generation is running out, a lawmaker said on Thursday, as the country grapples with a deep economic crisis. ...

Police booked 112 persons for violating coronavirus protocols in 24 hours from Thursday until Friday morning. One of them is the owner of a petrol station in Paphos who was fined because ...

France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Britain urged Israel on Thursday to halt settlement-building in the occupied West Bank. The joint statement came as tensions mounted in East Jerusalem ahead of ...

The single-dose Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik Light has received authorisation for use in Russia, the Russian Health Ministry told Reuters on Thursday. Data collected from 28 days after the injection showed that ...

Airlines, holiday companies, tourists and vast swathes of southern Europe are looking forward to hearing the UK’s plan to relaunch travel but only a limited number of countries are ...

US employers likely hired nearly a million workers in April as they rushed to meet a surge in demand, unleashed by the reopening of the economy amid rapidly improving public ...

As part of measures to support companies facing liquidity problems due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Finance announced plans to allow partial monthly payments of VAT. “It is ...

In a major shift on intellectual property rights, the US administration has backed lifting patents of Covid-19 vaccines in order to speed up vaccination of those in need worldwide. The ...

Paphos Municipality on Thursday signed a €916,300 contract for a ‘smart’ system to manage parking areas in what mayor Phedonas Phedonos hailed as another substantial step in the town’s transition ...

There seems to be no end to the erosion of our personal liberties by the government in the name of public health protection. While the house arrest that we have ...

Villarreal held out for a 0-0 draw on a nerve-jangling night away to Arsenal to reach the Europa League final on Thursday with a 2-1 aggregate victory. The Spanish side ...

At least 25 people were killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, one of the state’s deadliest police raids, police said. ...