Archive 2021

By Ambassador Liu Yantao The National People’s Congress as China’s top legislature has approved by overwhelming majority a decision to improve Hong Kong’s electoral system. It is ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received his first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Friday and urged the public to do the same, saying “he did not feel a ...

By Antigoni Pitta and Gina Agapiou The University of Cyprus maritime archaeological research laboratory is collaborating with the antiquities department and the department of fisheries and marine research on the ...

Greece will lift some Covid-19 lockdown restrictions next week as part of a plan to gradually reopen the economy and relieve national fatigue even as its hospitals remain under severe ...

Political parties crossed swords on Friday at the House plenum on the Cyprus problem and on what the Greek Cypriot side’s stand ought to be at next month’s ...

The health ministry announced no deaths and 364 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday. As there were no deaths, the total number remains 241, of whom 160 were men and 81 women, with an ...

It’s no secret that life inspires art. But it’s not always rainbows and flowers. Sometimes real, gut-wrenching, unjust events inspire art. Such is the case with a new ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and European Union chiefs discussed eastern Mediterranean tensions and Turkey-EU ties in a video call on Friday, ahead of an EU summit due to address fraught ...

Almost 9,000 vaccination appointments for those aged 66 and older will be made available over the weekend, the health ministry announced on Friday. Some 8,934 appointments will be made available though the online ...

The embattled management of Cypra slaughterhouse denied Friday they had anything to do with the demise of a state facility and receiving preferential treatment along the way. In a statement, ...

– When Newcastle United were on the verge of a 300 million pounds ($417 million) takeover by a Saudi Arabian consortium last summer, fans of the club thought their dreams might finally start ...

Denmark, Sweden and Norway said on Friday they needed more time to decide whether to use AstraZeneca‘s COVID-19 vaccine while Finland joined them in putting the shots on hold, ...

In this video for Vogue, Mexican actress Salma Hayek dishes on some of her most iconic fashion looks. From crop tops to temporary tattoos, the star is Hollywood’s unsung ...

Around 7,000 people who were affected by the postponement of AstraZeneca vaccinations will be called on Monday and Tuesday to rebook their appointments, it was announced on Friday. According to acting ...

The health ministry announced that a total of 64 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday stressed the important role the EU can play in during the informal conference on the Cyprus issue that will take place next month in Geneva. ...

Britain will pilot using COVID-19 certificates to re-open sport to fans, culture secretary Oliver Dowden said on Friday, saying it was crucial to get crowds back to major events this ...

In this video, we travel to Manila, capital of the Philippines and located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay. “Manila” is commonly used to refer to the whole metropolitan ...

The interior ministry sought to clarify on Friday that the Kouklia community leader had not been sacked, as media reported the previous day, but he has been sidelined in a ...

The Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) and the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) have called on people in Cyprus to refrain from staging mass protests in the coming ...

Next week’s World Cup qualifying games in Europe and beyond are set to be heavily affected by clubs refusing to release players for international duty, COVID-19 quarantines and travel ...

On March 16, details of thousands of companies domiciled on the island will be collected to be entered in a so-called Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) register – according to standards set by ...

Cyprus has been receiving the biggest flow of migrants in proportion to its population, which is threatening to change its demographics, a presidential aide said on Friday, ahead of a ...

Government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos received the AstraZeneca jab on Friday, becoming the first member of the government to be vaccinated against the coronavirus after President Nicos Anastasiades who kicked off ...