Archive 2021

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides At regular intervals, the European Commission undertakes an assessment of the economies of the member countries of the EU. This process, known as ‘European ...

Myanmar’s major trade unions called on members to shut down the economy from Monday to support a campaign against last month’s coup, turning up the pressure on the ...

In this video, we take a pre-Covid trip to Perugia, the Italian region of Umbria’s largest and most cosmopolitan city, and famous for its pristine medieval centre. Other than ...

A series of steps that currently lead to nowhere have excited the imagination of people living nearby although treasure of legend has not been found there. But what has been ...

In this video we head to Lindau to visit an Opera house of a very special kind – one designed exclusively for performances by marionettes, founded and led by Bernhard Leismü...

Is the badly needed catharsis of the politically exposed persons in sight? By Christos P Panayiotides I am one of the three members of a team comprising Sir Christopher Pissarides, ...

By Elizabeth Piper British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed his gratitude on Sunday to health workers, responding to criticism over his government’s pay proposal by saying he had tried ...

By Gwynne Dyer By now Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will have reached Correctional Facility No 2 (IK-2), where he will be spending the next two-and-a-half years in one of the ...

Women held 33 per cent of seats in national parliaments in the EU in 2020, according to data released on Sunday by Eurostat, the statistical service of the EU. Cyprus, at 22 per ...

A convoy of around 70 cars drove on Sunday in the streets of Limassol in an unusual carnival parade aimed at spreading cheer to the people. The idea was to hold ...

In this video, art historians Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris discuss the remarkable ‘Nike of Samothrace’, a marble Hellenistic sculpture of the Greek goddess of victory, created around 190 ...

By Savvakis C. Savvides A business today is like an orange that is forcibly squeezed from both sides under conditions of extreme debt and by being obliged to be operating ...

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Guilty officers have forced resignations rescinded By George Psyllides Few cases have highlighted the flaws in the legal system more than the fight for justice by two students severely beaten ...

By Michael Shields and Ludwig Burger Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and ...

The Greens on Sunday planted 85 trees at the Academia Park in Nicosia, to mark 25 years since the party’s establishment. Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis was also present at the event. ...

Looking for a show-stopping lunch or dinner that won’t keep you slaving for hours? You’re in the right place. In this video, cookbook author and YouTube food channel ...

Britain’s top EU adviser David Frost on Sunday defended Britain’s unilateral move to smooth post-Brexit trade between Britain and Northern Ireland, over which the EU has promised to ...

The European Union should shake off its ill will and build a good relationship with Britain as sovereign equals, Britain’s top EU adviser David Frost said on Sunday, promising ...

Swiss voters are deciding on a far-right proposal to ban facial coverings as they take to the polls on Sunday in a binding referendum viewed as a test of attitudes ...

President Nicos Anastasiades is expected to express on Monday during a meeting with the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy, Jane Holl Lute, his determination to attend the 5+1 informal meeting on ...

In this video, dermatologist Dr. Bindu Sthalekar outlines how to identify the five main skin types – oily, dry, normal, sensitive and combination – and how to care for each, to ensure ...

By George Koumoullis The view expressed recently by Disy leader Averof Neophytou, that we must accept political equality in order to secure a solution to the Cyprus problem sparked a ...