Archive 2021

Greece has ordered private sector doctors in the broader Athens region to assist its public health system to fight a rise in new COVID-19 infections, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias said ...

Police booked 220 individuals and two businesses for flouting coronavirus protocols in a day, from 6am on Sunday until 6am on Monday. During this time, 11,816 checks were carried out, 2,879 in Nicosia, 2,265 ...

Two police officers were seriously injured and at least two police vehicles were set on fire in the city of Bristol in southwest England during violent scenes after a peaceful ...

The European Union is rebuffing British government calls to ship AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines produced in a factory in the Netherlands, an EU official said on Sunday. Former EU member Britain ...

“The recent aggressive price rally seems to have come to an end,” writes analyst Tom Kool at oilprice.com. Oil prices resumed their decline on Monday, falling around 1 per cent ...

The hubbub that descends each summer on a sleek exhibition hall in Basel, where collectors snap up art and hunt for hot-ticket new talent, is likely to be replaced this ...

The Turkish lira plunged on Sunday night, immediately after the re-opening of major foreign exchange markets, after President Tayyip Erdogan sacked the country’s hawkish central bank governor, replacing him ...

For one local photographer, what can be seen in the great outdoors makes life worth living, although he fears the change inflicted on it by hordes of visitors With increasing ...

Tottenham Hotspur emerged from the gloom of the past week to claim a morale-boosting 2-0 victory at Aston Villa and climb to sixth place in the Premier League on Sunday. ...

Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho scored two poacher’s goals as they beat Manchester United 3-1 in their FA Cup quarter-final to set up a last-four clash with Southampton. The ...

One person died from coronavirus on Sunday as the ministry of health announced 336 new cases. The new cases were among 47,306, meaning a positivity rate of 0.71 per cent was recorded. The ...

Alexandre Lacazette’s late header completed a stunning Arsenal comeback as they recovered from a nightmarish start to grab an unlikely 3-3 draw away to West Ham United in a ...

Cyprus will be on its own at the upcoming Council meeting THE eagerly-awaited European Council of March 25-26, which the Cyprus government had hoped would take punitive measures against Turkey ...

Police launched an investigation on Sunday after a video posted on social media showed people inside a Limassol taverna dancing. The video posted on Instagram shows several people dancing, in ...

Cyprus saw over 10,000 road accidents in 12 years with 729 fatalities The majority of fatal traffic accidents’ victims in Cyprus are men, while most of those killed failed to wear a seatbelt ...

Chelsea beat Sheffield United 2-0 on Sunday thanks to an own goal by Oliver Norwood and winger Hakim Ziyech’s late strike to reach the FA Cup semi-finals for the ...

Cyprus’ official stance on the negotiations has just been undermined by the very man who was supposed to be defending it A “very harmful act” was the description given by ...

Britain administered 873,784 COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday, a second daily record in as many days, the government said. More than 26.8 million people in Britain, or over half the adult population, have ...

The ministry of health on Sunday afternoon announced 54 testing sites on Monday for rapid Covid-19 tests. It also reminded that all those who go to work are required to take ...

Akel leader Andros Kyprianou on Sunday took the opportunity of the International Day against Racism to accuse the government of not caring about foreigners, just how wealthy they were. At ...

Parents of primary age children will join a demonstration outside the Presidential palace on Monday to protest the ongoing online lessons for gymnasium students, they announced on Sunday. The Pancyprian ...

Superstar former boxer turned promoter Floyd Mayweather Jr. cemented his legacy as the greatest of his generation, retiring with a perfect record after his 2017 knockout win over younger foe Conor ...

In this video, we encounter the cinematic painting ‘La Corrida’ (‘The Matador in the Arena’) by French artist Francis Picabia, completed in 1941. Born in 1879 in Paris in an affluent setting, ...

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, who has influenced British government policy on food parcels for poor children, is seen kicking down Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s front door in a ...