Archive 2021

Leaders of 23 countries and the World Health Organisation on Tuesday backed an idea to create an international treaty that would help the world deal with future health emergencies like the ...

Police booked 169 individuals for breaching coronavirus measures in 24 hours from Monday until 6am on Tuesday, most of them for leaving their homes without having sent the required SMS. 11,202 checks were ...

Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin betrayed his badge by “grinding” his knee into George Floyd’s neck during a deadly arrest last May, a prosecutor said on Monday at a ...

“Recalculating,” as the GPS often tells us when we are driving, may be our best career strategy after a year of uncertainty. Roadblocks or jams may lie ahead, but the ...

Covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc with BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc reduced risk of infection by 80 per cent two weeks or more after the first of two shots, according ...

Talks on the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform held on March 26 broke down over questions like “what does a farmer do” and payment for performance. The CAP accounts for ...

Business for bars and cafes in the city centres is booming with some even arguing that their opening has led to a reduction in coronavirus cases. Saturday night in Nicosia’...

“We’re waiting on food goods like coconut milk and syrups, some spare parts for motors, we’ve got some fork lift trucks, some Amazon goods on there, all sorts,” ...

The auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides appears to have decided that the government should abandon its policy to attract film production companies to Cyprus. It is another case of the auditor-general behaving ...

A 24-year-old man was sentenced on Monday by the Larnaca district court to 30 days in prison with a three-year suspension after caught driving 207 kilometres per hour last January. The court ...

Greece “can do more” to investigate reports it has pushed asylum-seekers back to Turkey, a senior European Union official said on Monday, as Greek authorities pledged a new migrant reception ...

By David Ljunggren and Allison Martell Canada will modify its approval of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to require a new analysis of its benefits and risks based on age, the ...

By Jason Hovet and Jan Lopatka Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic’s richest man and founder of investment group PPF, was killed in a helicopter crash on a skiing trip ...

By Yusri Mohamed, Nadine Awadalla and Aidan Lewis Egypt’s Suez Canal will reopen for shipping traffic in both directions on Monday evening after a giant container ship which had ...

A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that the virus was probably transmitted from bats to humans through another animal, and that a lab leak was “extremely ...

Two deaths from coronavirus and 360 new cases were announced on Monday. The deaths were two women, 75 and 85, both with underlying health conditions. Neither of them had been vaccinated. The health ...

Cyprus, that has always been an integral part of Hellenism, has joined in the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday. In ...

President Nicos Anastasiades welcomed on Monday evening the registration of halloumi by the EU as a protected designation of origin (PDO), seven years after Cyprus first applied. “A milestone day ...

Bitcoin jumped to a one-week high on Monday, rising as much as 4.5% to $58,300 and nearing a record high above $61,000 hit earlier this month. Visa Inc said earlier it would allow ...

Paphos cafes, restaurants and other recreational businesses said they would remain closed on Monday and Tuesday in protest over the recent police bookings of several hospitality businesses. The Paphos branch ...

A jury gathered on Monday to hear opening arguments in the murder trial of former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin for the deadly arrest of George Floyd, which ignited a global ...

A total of 58 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Tuesday, the health ministry announced. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...

The committee of inquiry looking into the now-defunct citizenship-by-investment (CBI) scheme will deliver its interim report to the attorney-general on April 6. Committee chair and former judge Myron Nicolatos told news ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday had a meeting with EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, at the Presidential Palace. He said after the meeting the commissioner briefed ...