Archive 2021

According to a newly released study from the RIAA, Latin music earnings in the United States increased 36.6 per cent year over year in the first half of 2021, totaling $407.4 million, or ...

How far do mandatory vaccinations for employees clash with human rights? By Aylin Zeybek The growing prevalence of imposing mandatory vaccination as a condition for employment raises issues over how ...

Police issued 19 fines during 2,589 checks for the implementation of coronavirus measures in the last 24 hours, it was announced early on Wednesday. Most people were fined in Limassol, where officers carried ...

President Joe Biden’s historic move to release oil from strategic reserves in coordination with big nations including China represents a unique bet that finding common ground with the United ...

Barbados, a former British colony, will next week ditch Queen Elizabeth as head of state, breaking its last remaining imperial bonds with Britain nearly 400 years since the first English ship ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) said a further 700,000 people could die from Covid-19 in Europe by March, taking the total to above 2.2 million, as it urged people to get vaccinated ...

“The protection of worker rights, through the actions of the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, has always been the government’s priority,” President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday in ...

Port workers at the Eurogate Container Terminal Limassol and DP World Limassol participated in a one-hour work stoppage on Tuesday, November 23. According to a press release by the two participating ...

British businesses reported the fastest growth in new orders since June this month alongside record cost pressures, according to a closely watched business survey that could pave the way for ...

The ancient symbol of humankind’s relationship with nature dates back in Cyprus to at least the 3rd century BC By Martin Clark When I talk about green men, I’...

Attorney-general Giorgos Savvides was perfectly justified in expressing his disappointment over last month’s Supreme Court decision that retaining customer data for six months by telecommunications providers was illegal. “It ...

Some of the trees planted in fire-stricken areas this year have dried out after being deprived of water for weeks amidst a mix-up over who is responsible for their maintenance. ...

Chelsea claimed a thumping 4-0 victory over Juventus thanks to goals from home-grown trio Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi and a fourth by Timo Werner to top Champions ...

Late goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Jadon Sancho were enough to earn an underwhelming Manchester United a 2-0 victory at Villarreal on Tuesday that guarantees them a spot in the ...

Around six million kilos of halloumi remain unsold mainly because of the coronavirus pandemic, MPs were told on Tuesday. Energy and Trade Minister Natasa Pilides said in recent months Halloumi ...

Police said Tuesday they arrested two more suspects in the beating of a professional basketball player outside a Nicosia club early on Sunday that left him in critical condition. The ...

The Renewable Energy Sources Fund will turn another deficit next year, and will again need to tap into its reserves to stay afloat. The fund’s budget for 2022 was discussed ...

The state vaccination committee will discuss Wednesday the inoculation of children between the ages of five and 11, the health ministry’s permanent secretary, Christina Yiannaki said on Tuesday. Yiannaki said ...

No deaths from Covid were recorded in the past 24 hours, as new infections reached 437 after 66,797 tests, a positivity rate of 0.65 per cent, the health ministry said on Tuesday. However, the ...

The aim of the new, Covid-19 measures is to save the Christmas holidays, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Tuesday. Replying to questions after giving an assessment of the health ...

By Andrew Osborn Russia’s defence minister on Tuesday accused U.S. bombers of rehearsing a nuclear strike on Russia from two different directions earlier this month and complained that ...

By Rich McKay and Jonathan Allen A Georgia jury began deliberating on Tuesday on whether three white men are guilty of murder for chasing and shooting a Black man named ...

Paphos police on Tuesday declined comment on allegations made by Mayor Phedonas Phedonos about an apartment block whose tenants included a drug dealer and a trafficker in migrants. “The police ...

The European Parliament approved the biggest reform of farm subsidies in decades on Tuesday, in a vote that switches cash to smaller farms and rewards sustainable farming methods. The Common ...