Archive 2021

Iridium has become the latest precious metal to undergo a spectacular price rally, after supply shortages and expectations it will be used to produce hydrogen to power a greener economy. ...

Facebook Inc is building a smartwatch that will let users send messages and also offer health and fitness features, according to a report on the tech website The Information reported ...

Dogecoin, the “joke” cryptocurrency, has suddenly gotten dead serious, as investors pile in funds, raising its market capitalisation to $9 billion. ‘It took about 3 hours to make’, said Billy Markus in ...

NOTE: this video features disabled young people in a variety of work situations. The skills are applicable and valuable for every young person to cultivate. This video explores the eight ...

There are more than 17,000 children whose mother language is not Greek in the state education system, education minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday as he unveiled new programmes to boost ...

Almost half a century after the Turkish invasion, the political parties decided that the people who benefited through the big increase in the value of properties in the free areas ...

There is an urgent need for a holistic approach to the problem of abandonment and complete ‘withering’ of the Cyprus countryside before it’s too late, the Paphos regional board ...

Walt Disney Co swung to a surprise quarterly profit on Thursday, as ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘Soul’ lifted its fast-growing streaming business, outweighing pandemic worries about its hobbled theme park operations. ...

L’Oreal, the world’s biggest cosmetics group, forecast a strong rebound in makeup sales when the COVID-19 pandemic gives way to a ‘roaring 20s’ when people get dressed up ...

A teleconference will take place next week between Cyprus, Greece and Israel aiming to finalise the Memorandum of Understanding that the three countries will sign regarding the electricity interconnection EuroAsia ...

One more person has died of Covid-19, while another 113 have tested positive islandwide, health authorities said Friday. The death concerned a woman aged 49 with underlying conditions at the Nicosia general ...

Greece on Friday extended the full lockdown imposed on metropolitan Athens earlier this week to more regions of the country in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19 infections, ...

Mario Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank, took charge of Italy’s new government on Friday, and unveiled a cabinet that mixed unaffiliated technocrats with politicians from ...

The Cyprus High Commission is taking experimental Cypriot theatre to the UK for the first time. Cutting-edge performances produced during lockdown as a response to the pandemic by independent Cypriot ...

Supporters of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi clashed with police on Friday as hundreds of thousands joined nationwide pro-democracy demonstrations in defiance of the military junta’s call ...

Is coughing a crime? Danish court hears appeal against pandemic-linked conviction Denmark’s top court will on Thursday begin an appeal hearing in which it will be asked to decide ...

Up to Thursday, 41,673 people have been vaccinated, of whom more than 14,000 receiving both doses, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Friday. Speaking at a press briefing, Ioannou said that 14,105 have ...

The health ministry has announced testing sites for Saturday as follow: Limassol: Church of Ayios Ioannis Eleimonos, Limassol 8.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m, TEPAK Building Andreas Themistocleous, Agia Zoni (Old ...

The Biden administration has launched a formal review of the future of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay with the goal of closing the controversial facility in Cuba, ...

The return of sports to normality will take place in three separate phases, with each phase requiring around two weeks to be evaluated before moving on to the next one, ...

This video takes a look at how the Smith family earns and spends their millions. The Smith clan is worth about $416 million, with patriarch and Hollywood A-lister Will worth $350 million, ...

The epidemiological picture in Limassol is of great concern, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Friday announcing that further checks would be carried out in the district. Responding to questions ...

Akel MP Irene Charalambidou on Friday described abattoir Cypra’s payment schedule of late veterinary fees as an interest-free loan extended to the business by the state. Charalambidou was the ...

It’s remote, tropical, and produces one of the best beers in the world! South-East Asia’s only landlocked nation boasts 4,000 islands, where the Mekong River breaks into hundreds of ...