Archive 2021

In his report about the deputy ministry for tourism, auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides pointed out that the government had not followed the correct procedures for the leasing of a state-owned seaside ...

Richarlison’s early goal for Everton secured a 1-0 Premier League win over ailing Southampton on Monday to compound the woes for the visitors who have taken one point from ...

Lidl Cyprus has launched the Lidl Plus Fidelity Programme, valid for purchases at each of the 18 stores of Lidl’s network, and offering registered users attractive offers on favourite products, ...

Unauthorised companies are offering red button services of questionable quality to the elderly the House human rights committee heard on Monday. It is not known who these companies are, what ...

AstraZeneca sold its stake in rival COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna for roughly $1 billion over the course of last year as the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker cashed in on the meteoric rise in ...

Media professionals in the north along with hundreds of their supporters marched on Monday afternoon in support of freedom of expression in the press. Organised by press workers’ union Basin ...

The Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are more than 80% effective at preventing hospitalisations from Covid-19 in those over 80 after one dose of either shot, Public Health England (PHE) said on Monday, ...

The health ministry announced 302 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Monday. As no new deaths were recorded, total deaths remain at 231, of whom 154 were men and 77 women with ...

Authorities on Monday justified the decision to postpone for a week the return of junior high-school pupils to classrooms citing the coronavirus cases recently detected in schools, warning things could ...

The government on Monday rejected a law proposal submitted by main opposition Akel to change the process of referring substance addicted prisoners for treatment at an outside centre. The proposal, ...

The number of new coronavirus infections globally rose last week for the first time in seven weeks, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. Tedros said the rise was “...

There’s nothing more important than our health and wellbeing. It’s one of the major lessons that surfaced in the past year yet looking after our health isn’t ...

Novak Djokovic equalled Roger Federer’s all-time record for most weeks as ATP world number one on Monday, holding the top spot for the 310th week. Djokovic’s ninth Australian ...

The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a man sentenced to 10 years in prison for offences concerning child sexual abuse while arguing that the time has come to review ...

It’s been quite a year for cinema. Productions were put on hold, film premieres took a step down and cinemas remained mostly empty. But of course, home cinema has ...

Cyta CEO Andreas Neocleous in a recent interview with the Cyprus Mail raised an interesting point regarding the implementation of 5G and the resulting facilitation of advanced technology solutions on ...

The health ministry announced that 56 rapid test sites will operate nationwide on Thursday. The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and the obligatory weekly testing of employees. All ...

Always exercise responsibly and safely. Ideally under the guidance of a trained fitness and/or medical professional, who can match the exercise or sports regimen to your present level of ...

In this video, we take a pre-Covid bus trip across the Kimberley region in Western Australia’s far north, checking out 10 of the must-sees and must-dos, along the way. Characterised ...

Israeli millionaire and philanthropist Moti Kahana has come up with an idea to repatriate stranded compatriots from around the world by taking them through Cyprus, the Times of Israel reported ...

In this video for Vogue, American singer, actress and TV personality Cher, takes us through 22 of her iconic looks from 1965 to the present. Of course, every outfit tells a story, ...

By Andrew Rosenbaum and Karim Arnous As an architect Yiannis Armeftis has done much to beautify Limassol. Now, as a leader of the newly established initiative in Limassol, he has ...

As the rollout of vaccines against COVID-19 gathers pace, countries from Sweden to Israel are exploring how certificates and passports could help reopen economies by identifying those protected against the ...

In October 2020, Miami-based art collector Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile spent almost $67,000 on a 10-second video artwork that he could have watched for free online. Last week, he sold it for $6.6 million. The ...