Archive 2021

A vaccination programme for enclaved Greek Cypriots has been nearly completed, presidential commissioner Photis Photiou whose portfolio includes humanitarian issues, told the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday. He said that ...

A total of 60 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The general court of the EU said on Wednesday that the EU’s Intellectual Property Office should not have registered the name ‘Grilloumi’ by Swedish company Fontana Food AB. The ...

The commerce ministry’s consumer protection service said on Wednesday it had fined the House Finance Corporation €20,000 over some of its advertisements. The service found that a number of them ...

President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday not to cross Russia’s “red lines”, saying Moscow would respond swiftly and harshly to any provocations and those responsible would regret ...

Newspapers across Europe celebrated the Super League’s impending collapse on their front pages on Wednesday and the role played by English fans in its downfall. The ‘big six’ English ...

Cypriot deputy minister of tourism Savvas Perdios used his attendance at the Meet in Cyprus 2021 virtual expo to provide an update on the country’s efforts to keep tourism afloat ...

Cambodian police defended on Wednesday making arrests and punishing people by beating them using rattan canes for breaching coronavirus restrictions during a two-week lockdown aimed at containing a spike in ...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou The frost was spread over the field like splintered glass. There was silence of the kind that hovers over a neglected graveyard ...

Tourist business owners in the Famagusta district staged a protest on Wednesday morning to complain about insufficient government support during the pandemic. The protest was attended by various unions and ...

The Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre this April inaugurates the first Residency Programme for Performing and Live Arts at Theatro Polis OPAP. The programme will present seven artists and artistic groups ...

The European Super League collapsed on Wednesday as eight of the 12 founding members from England, Italy and Spain abandoned the breakaway project under massive pressure from fans, politicians, football officials ...

Should the number of positive Covid-19 cases increase even more in the next weeks, the government will have no choice but to revert to stricter measures, according to Maria Koliou, ...

Sometimes (perhaps often), it’s hard to get through a day without grazing on a little something. We can rationalise it as a needful ‘pick-me-up’ till the next meal… but ...

Personal doctors trying to book appointments for patients were frozen out of the vaccination portal on Wednesday, family doctors association president Andreas Polinikis said. The portal opened on Wednesday morning ...

Artview Co. Ltd, part of CTC Group and distributor of Dior Cosmetics, has launched the innovative skintech brand, FOREO, in Cyprus. With its revolutionary technology and mission to foster self-love ...

Strovolos municipality has been clamping down on Easter lambradjia – bonfire celebrations — with seven truckloads of stockpiled wood confiscated in recent days. Strovolos Mayor Andreas Papacharalambous spoke to the media about ...

‘Rounding into the home stretch, it’s Italy by a full length, then the United Kingdom, with the United States and Brazil neck and neck…. No, wait. Brazil is making ...

Thanks to its dedicated online Live Chat service, Pilakoutas Group now offers its clientele a unique, comprehensive opportunity to ask and learn everything regarding a vehicle for potential purchase, or ...

iPhones may be the best phone in the world but it’s never totally free from issues which may be either software or hardware related. There are several issues users ...

Efforts are focused on finding a way so that both communities on the island feel safe, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday in Athens upon his arrival at the office ...

Advisory: the video features use of a table saw – please do not operate this without supervision if you have never used one before. Our smartphones have long ceased to be ...

Greece aims to reopen restaurants early next month, state minister George Gerapetritis said on Wednesday, as the country is desperate for more economic sectors to resume operations ahead of its ...

Two of Alexei Navalny’s closest allies were arrested on Wednesday, their lawyers said, at the start of a planned day of mass protests in support of the jailed Kremlin ...