Archive 2021

The European Union will consider fresh sanctions on Russian individuals on Monday after more than 3,000 people were arrested across Russia on Saturday to demand the release of Kremlin critic Alexei ...

Unless the United Kingdom is fundamentally reformed it could swiftly become a failed state as many people have lost faith in the way the country is governed by, and in ...

A €32,000 physiotherapy machine has been donated to Paphos general hospital by Cans for Kids, the charity said on Monday. The weight-bearing gait therapy device has been installed at the hospital’...

Actress Dakota Johnson’s new movie, ‘Our Friend’, may feature a singing scene, but that doesn’t mean she wants to take the full plunge into music. The actress, who ...

Police detained two Georgian men, 38 and 40, for staying in the republic after their residence permit expired. They were arrested during routine checks on Alexandrou Papagou avenue at 4.30pm on Sunday. ...

The informal 5+1 meeting is an ambitious goal, however we should not miss the window of opportunity presented to us, outgoing permanent representative of Cyprus to the UN and interlocutor of ...

“Blockchain technology follows the so called Gartner’s Hype Cycle that all nascent technologies go through. A lot of hype initially, many promises, people trying to invest or make money ...

Paphos police on Sunday evening arrested a man for traffic violations, driving under the influence of drugs and violating coronavirus measures. At around 8pm on Sunday, officers stopped a car ...

Police booked 169 individuals and one kiosk owner in the 24 hours until 6am on Monday for violations of coronavirus measures, a new record. During this time, 11,806 checks were carried out in ...

France probably needs to move into a third lockdown, perhaps as early as the February school holidays, because of the circulation of new variants of the virus, the government’s ...

“In business, authenticity matters; here, Cyprus has a strong voice, and that makes a difference,” comments Vicky Crease, a leader in the events industry with Cypriot roots in South Africa. “...

For PwC CEO Evgenios Evgeniou, Cyprus, coming out of the pandemic, has a critical need to make its business culture more creative and adaptive – in some senses, the Fourth Industrial ...

The pandemic has led to a mindset that is negative and unable to change. We often forget that our situation will not get better by chance but through our ability ...

“Cyprus has the capability to make the shift to a kind of Fourth Industrial Revolution orientation. A lot of emphasis in the past has been on things like accounting services, ...

But most are adhering to the rules Over this past week, police fined a number of supermarkets for flouting the lockdown’s restrictive measures by selling non-essential items such as ...

Manchester United added to Liverpool’s woes as Bruno Fernandes’s unstoppable late free kick earned his side a 3-2 win in a blockbuster FA Cup fourth-round clash on Sunday. ...

Treasures from the sanctuary at Frangissa are on display in London and Toronto, but its exact location remained a mystery until last year. Annette Chrysostomou speaks to one very excited ...

Three people died from the coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths so far to 186, the ministry of health announced on Sunday. At the same time 130 positive results (...

The ministry of health has announced 18 places for the public to get rapid coronavirus tests on Monday. In addition to these 25 mobile units will be testing in businesses, government departments ...

Caught between obstructive Cyprus government and dismissive European court By Esat Mustafa In March 1964, following intercommunal fighting, myself, my family and 250 other Turkish Cypriot villagers fled the beautiful, green village ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides The 21st century has delivered unprecedented prosperity and peace to mankind, especially in the developed world. Despite the fact that regional and social inequalities ...

Police have made an appeal for information after two patients have gone missing from the Athalassa hospital. They are looking for Theodoros Topouzides, 20, from Greece and Loizos Demetriou, 26, both of ...

Italy will take legal action against Pfizer Inc and AstraZeneca over delays in deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to secure agreed supplies rather than seek damages, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio ...

Welcome aboard the 60-million-dollar superyacht, named for one of James Bond’s recent cinematic adventures. Launched in 2012 by Turquoise Yachts, the 72.6m Quantum of Solace is fully worthy of the ...