Archive 2021

Members of the advisory committee on coronavirus have defended the decisions announced on Friday regarding schools even as parents called them “inexcusable” and “incomprehensible”. It was decided that primary schools ...

The Anastasiades government has shown what its priorities are with the latest measures it announced. It is certainly not education as it has decided to keep gymnasiums (first three years ...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo again insisted on Friday he would not resign while allegations of his sexual misconduct are investigated, pushing back against a chorus of fellow Democrats, including ...

The Holy See, the central administrative body of the worldwide Catholic Church, may have to use 40 million euros in reserves for the second straight year as the COVID-19 pandemic burns ...

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has made her first appearance since a tell-all interview by grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan rocked the monarchy, but made no reference to the ...

Disy leader Averof Neophytou held a series of meetings on Friday in the north that included former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, ahead of the informal five-party summit on Cyprus ...

The welcome news that dining out was back on the cards from Tuesday, if only outdoors, as part of the relaxation of measures, was tempered on Friday by news that ...

The health ministry announced two deaths and 383 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday. The deaths concerned two men, a 70-year-old and a 69-year-old, both with underlying conditions. One died in ...

A lot is going on in the world right now. Sexual assault, hate crimes, police brutality, civil societies speaking out, all against the backdrop of a global health pandemic. What’...

The supreme court has upheld the conviction of a father found guilty of sexually molesting his underage daughter. The offences were committed between 2010 and 2013 when the victim was aged between ...

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said on Friday that he is unsure as to where captain Sergio Ramos’s future lies after recent speculation about the defender’s next move. ...

The health ministry announced that 64 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Saturday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory weekly testing of employees. ...

The former chief doctor for Team Sky and British Cycling was found guilty of ordering testosterone “knowing or believing” it to be for an athlete to improve their performance, the ...

Christiana Markou, assistant professor of the school of law, has, following a highly competitive selection process, been selected by the European Commission to be one of the fifteen members of ...

U.S. President Joe Biden met leaders of Australia, India and Japan on Friday, a group central to his efforts to counter China’s growing military and economic power, and ...

In this video, we pay our virtual respects to one of the most beautiful luxury hotels in the world, the Ritz Paris, as seen through the eyes of one of ...

The transport ministry on Friday called on Cypriots and permanent residents arriving from countries in the red category to get a PCR test within 72 hours prior to their arrival in ...

Britain is the legitimate owner of the Parthenon marbles, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a Greek newspaper, rebuffing Greece’s permanent request for the return of the 2,500-year-old sculptures. ...

The government on Friday announced an additional economic support package of €70m for businesses and employees affected by the extension of the measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The package ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has expressed concern about the state of the pitch at the Etihad Stadium. City seem to have had few problems playing at home this season ...

This is a city of excess: many people, many names, and oodles of happenings! The 21 million residents are packed roughly 120,000 to a square mile in Dhaka. Today, modern Dhaka is ...

The pandemic has put a damper on Green Monday celebrations, but though gatherings will be much smaller, Cypriots are unlikely to depart from tradition, at least as far as indulging ...

A powerful earthquake hit central Greece on Friday but there were no immediate reports of any injuries or of serious damage to buildings. The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences ...

President Nicos Anastasiades met members of the supreme court on Friday, as efforts continued to overcome obstacles preventing the much-needed reform of the justice system. The meeting was attended by ...