Archive 2021

A car with its owner ended up in the sea, in Peyia on Sunday morning after the driver forgot to pull the handbrake. The driver, a permanent Paphos resident, was ...

The owners of one plastic-free grocery store in Los Angeles are persuading customers to adopt an eco-friendlier way to shop… while acknowledging that some may need baby steps to adjust. ...

International Women’s Day: how do we get to a genuine ‘gender-transformative’ approach? By Sophia Papastavrou and Fiona Mullen In the 21 years since UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace ...

A Limassol coffee shop owner who was caught serving drinks to people inside his shop was among the people booked during the past 24 hours for violations against the spread of ...

By Philip Pullella Muslim and Christian residents of Mosul told Pope Francis of their lives under the brutal rule of Islamic State on Sunday as the pontiff blessed their vow ...

In this extended interview, Hollywood actor Eddie Murphy tells Today’s Al Roker why he felt that, after 33 years, it was finally time to make a sequel to cult comedy, ‘...

The first independent digital banking platform in the United Arab Emirates launched on Sunday, a neobank hoping to become a leader in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Dubai-based ...

The German government has agreed to pay four nuclear operators nearly €2.6 billion ($3.1 billion) in compensation for forcing them to shut their nuclear plants early in response to the Fukushima disaster, ...

By deciding to leave production unchanged for another month at its meeting on Thursday, OPEC+ risks causing the oil market to overheat. The expanded group of oil exporters defied expectations ...

There’s much to look forward to as days get longer When I was at primary school I well remember writing in my exercise book “March brings breezes loud and ...

The world of foreign exchange is divided into three parts: Majors, minors and exotics. Most traders concentrate on the majors and ignore the rest. But there is ‘gold’ to be ...

Every pet deserves a loving and respectful home: please only consider acquiring a pet if you will be able to take care of its long-term needs. Also, consider choosing your ...

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knows Manchester United need to rediscover their spark if they are to stop relentless Premier League leaders Manchester City extending their eye-watering advantage in Sunday’s derby. ...

Hey kids, in this video, Guggenheim museum teaching artist Jeff Hopkins gives you a brief overview of the animation process, and then shows you how to put it into practice, ...

By UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres As the world marks International Women’s Day in the midst of a global pandemic, one stark fact is clear: the Covid-19 crisis has a ...

Massive fee hike cuts educational umbilical cord to Britain By Karim Arnous The number of Greek Cypriot students applying to a UK university has plummeted by nearly 50 per cent, as ...

After President Anastasiades walked out of the talks in Crans-Montana in July 2017, he focused on his re-election, avoiding a settlement and on the forging of alliances with neighbouring countries, in ...

Elena is in love with a wide boy and just needs her mama to tell her what to do By Alper Ali Riza ‘El Diablo’ is a pop song by ...

The health ministry on Saturday announced 298 new coronavirus cases, 131 of them in Limassol. The new cases were among 45,369 tests, with a positivity rate of 0.66 per cent. Hospitalisations have increased to 126, ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Sunday, 66 in total. The testing sites are available for the wider population, workers and the self-employed but also pupils aged 12 and ...

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab threatened on Saturday to stop performing his duties to pressure politicians to form a new government, citing an incident in which shoppers fought ...

But with deep divisions remaining Egypt is treating Turkey’s overtures cautiously This has been a bewildering week for Cypriot diplomacy – and a tough one, too, for its much-vaunted new ...

The energy ministry is set to announce next week a €30 million project to upgrade energy efficiency in homes, minister Natasa Pilides said on Saturday. According to Pilides, this project, to ...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns one of the largest e-commerce companies in the world and is constantly travelling… which may cause you to wonder, does he own his own jet? ...