Archive 2021

Paphos police on Monday fined eight people €300 each for gathering to celebrate an engagement at a house. According to police, the fines were issued not only for the illegal gathering ...

Exactly one year after the first two confirmed cases of coronavirus were announced in Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades and the scientific advisory team for Covid-19 are scheduled to have a ...

The European Union wants to produce a fifth of the global output of cutting-edge semiconductors at the end of this decade and make its first quantum computer in five years, ...

Israel’s El Al airlines launched a pilot programme at its Tel Aviv airport check-in counters on Monday to test unvaccinated passengers for Covid-19 before allowing them to board a ...

Lex Greensill’s mission to “make finance fairer” has taken him from the sugar cane fields of Bundaberg in Australia to the gold embossed halls of Buckingham Palace. On Monday, ...

“Businesses in Cyprus support each other. It’s a real community,” comments Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou, CEO at Tototheo Maritime & President at WISTA International in an interview with the Cyprus ...

The committee of inquiry investigating the now-defunct citizenship-by-investment (CBI) scheme will resume its hearings on Tuesday, following a break of about a month. Next to testify will be Socrates Socratous, ...

If I were World Dictator, I would immediately place Brazil under total quarantine: nobody gets in, nobody comes out. And I would keep it isolated until they (a) arrest and ...

As is the practice, International Women’s Day was marked in Cyprus with the usual platitudes issued by the political parties and unions, about inequality, patriarchal society, stereotypes, discrimination and ...

West Ham United maintained their push for a top-four finish as goals by Jesse Lingard and Craig Dawson earned them a 2-0 home victory over Leeds United in the Premier ...

By Ricardo Brito A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Monday annulled the criminal convictions against former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a move that could allow the popular ...

Chelsea extended their turnaround under new coach Thomas Tuchel with a 2-0 home win over Everton on Monday as Kai Havertz played a key role in both goals on his ...

The two main suspects in the killing of a 20-year-old man from Syria last April in Paphos pleaded not guilty on Monday to the charge of premeditated murder. The suspects, 22 ...

Parliament on Monday wrapped up discussion of a bill providing for severe penalties – criminal and otherwise – to persons or legal entities aiding and abetting the unlawful entry of persons into ...

Omonia was the inadvertent winner of the goalless stalemate between Limassol rivals Apollon and AEL on Monday night. Though both sides had opportunities to score throughout the game neither Apollon ...

In a former royal forest, tree surgeons on Monday began felling centuries-old oak trees which will be used to rebuild the wooden-framed spire of Notre-Dame de Paris after it was ...

The island’s two community leaders reiterated on Monday their divergent positions on a Cyprus solution during their separate meetings with UN secretary-general’s special envoy Jane Holl Lute who ...

By Roselle Chen Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is expanding her partnership with Apple Inc to produce dramas, children’s series, animation and documentaries that will air on the ...

The health ministry on Monday announced 352 new cases of the coronavirus out of 40,891 tests. The positivity rate overall is 0.86 per cent based on both PCR and rapid tests. In Limassol, ...

Harley-Davidson Inc has decided the best way to get younger customers to buy a new motorcycle is to sell them a used one first. The Milwaukee-based company plans to roll ...

By Marine Strauss Brussels’ public transport operator marked International Women’s Day on Monday by renaming 10 metro stations after famous women for one day, and pledging to permanently rename 17 bus ...

An opposition party said Monday it will table a bill that would make decisions taken by the financial ombudsman legally binding on banks. Angelos Votsis, of the Democratic Forces Cooperation, ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed his admiration for the Queen and the unifying role she plays in Britain and beyond on Monday, trying to steer clear of accusations of racism ...

The Cyprus Virtual Forum is an intercultural dialogue forum organised by the tourism organisation Top Kinisis Travel within the framework of the Trames project. The project is co-funded by the ...