Archive 2021

The deadline to declare an interest to vote at polling stations abroad has been extended to April 23, the interior ministry said on Monday as it urged registered voters wishing to ...

Demonstrators burnt tyres to block main roads all over Lebanon for the seventh straight day on Monday in anger at more than a year of economic crisis and seven months ...

An eight-car pile up caused a huge traffic jam on the Limassol-Paphos motorway, in the direction of Limassol on Monday morning. According to head of Limassol traffic police Michalis Michael ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is expected to express on Monday during a meeting in Nicosia with the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy on Cyprus Jane Holl Lute his determination to attend ...

Police fined 199 individuals and two business owners for breaching coronavirus protocols in 24 hours from Sunday until Monday morning. Most were booked for not wearing protective masks and leaving their homes ...

More than 20,000 U.S. organisations have been compromised through a back door installed via recently patched flaws in Microsoft Corp’s email software, a person familiar with the US government’...

A far-right proposal to ban facial coverings in Switzerland won a narrow victory in a binding referendum on Sunday instigated by the same group that organised a 2009 ban on new ...

The dollar held near a one-month high against the British pound, which traded at $1.3819, and a three-month high against the euro, which stood at $1.1904. The dollar hovered near three-month highs ...

Brent crude futures surged above $70 a barrel on Monday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, while U.S. crude touched its highest in more than two years, ...

Article by Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides on progress made in the mainstreaming of the gender dimension in the foreign policy of the Republic of Cyprus, on the occasion of the ...

Barcelona members elected Joan Laporta as club president on Sunday, turning to the man who oversaw one of their most successful periods to lead them out of an institutional and ...

S&P Global, late on Friday, affirmed its rating for Cyprus at ‘BBB-/A-3’ for long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings for Cyprus. The outlook ...

Cheap and easy lockdown exercise: pandemic sees more people interested in cycling and shops can’t cope with the demand By Annette Chrysostomou Most agree the surge in cycling brought ...

Two goals apiece from Harry Kane and Gareth Bale helped a resurgent Tottenham Hotspur to beat Crystal Palace 4-1 and move into sixth spot in the Premier League on Sunday. ...

Manchester City’s 21-match winning streak was ended by rivals Manchester United on Sunday with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side enjoying a 2-0 Premier League derby win at the Etihad ...

One death and 303 new coronavirus cases were announced on Sunday. The death concerns an 89-year-old man with underlying health conditions. The total number of people who died from Covid-19 is ...

Rangers celebrated their first league triumph since 2011 after Celtic were frustrated by Dundee United in a 0-0 Premiership draw on Sunday to hand their bitter Glasgow rivals the title. Rangers ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Monday, 57 in total. The testing sites are available for the wider population, workers and the self-employed but also pupils aged 12 and ...

COVID-19 insurance policies are increasingly joining passports and sunscreen as vacation staples, creating opportunities for insurers as more countries require mandatory coverage in case visitors fall ill from the coronavirus. ...

Scores of people gathered outside the district administration office in Limassol on Sunday afternoon to protest against the measures against the spread of coronavirus but also the obligatory testing in ...

A week-long campaign will start on Monday for the use of seat belts and booster seats, police said on Sunday. According to a police announcement, more than half (55,5 per cent) ...

Two German lawmakers have resigned from posts in chancellor Angela Merkel’s parliamentary group in a scandal over alleged kickback payments for state purchases of respiratory masks, in a blow ...

The Learning Refuge in Paphos is moving to a new house to operate from, which includes a stunning, contemporary chapel, which they will care for. “We have been fortunate to ...

Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei belongs to one of the richest royal clans in the entire world. While his brother, Sultan Hassan al Bolkiah, controls the family’s fortune, which ...