Archive 2021

A kiosk on Stavrou Avenue in Nicosia was extensively damaged early on Tuesday by a fire with investigations focusing on what caused the blaze. The fire broke out at around 3.40...

Some parents are deeply concerned over the compulsory use of facemasks in primary schools, as the measure appears to have been preliminarily adopted without notable opposition during Monday’s Covid-19 ...

nternational Business Machines (IBM.N) on Monday said it has designed a new quantum computing chip that its executives believe will let quantum systems start to outperform classical computers at ...

Mavys Alvarez, a Cuban woman who had a relationship with late soccer star Diego Maradona two decades ago, told a news conference on Monday that the Argentine player had raped ...

Christmas trees will go on sale starting Monday, November 29, the forestry department said on Tuesday. Trees cut as a result of the department’s efforts to improve growing conditions and ...

Social protection benefits expenditure as a percentage of GDP between 2019 and 2020 has increased in almost all EU Member States, with the largest jump recorded in Cyprus and estimated at +2.2 per ...

Nicosia urban taxi drivers started a series of weekly protests early on Tuesday against price inflation which they said affects their income. Professional taxi drivers from Nicosia and Famagusta gathered ...

Elias Neocleous & Co LLC has been included in the Global Restructuring Review’s 2021 GRR 100 list – the elite guide to the world’s leading law firms for cross-border restructuring and ...

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel will take a late call on including striker Romelu Lukaku for their Champions League group game with Juventus, but said on Monday that midfielder Jorginho was ...

Germany’s health minister called on Tuesday for further restrictions to contain a “dramatic” surge in coronavirus cases as the country’s infection rate hit a record high and the ...

Limassol municipality will hand out €300 grants to local councils, citizen groups and businesses to decorate their local parks for Christmas. In a statement, the municipality invited those interested to submit ...

A Christmas-themed art piece created by a 10-year-old artist is being auctioned to collect money in support of people with leukaemia. Lambros Kallenos created a 69cm high ‘Tree of Life’ ...

The world is not always a safe place. Therefore, it is important to be prepared if you are living alone or cannot get help when you need it. An emergency ...

A Limassol kiosk employee was injured during an attempted robbery in the early morning hours of Tuesday. According to police, a hooded man wearing a mask entered the kiosk about 20 ...

An experimental chewing gum containing a protein that “traps” coronavirus particles could limit the amount of virus in saliva and help curb transmission when infected people are talking, breathing or ...

The festive season is upon us, and this year unlike the last one – we hope — allows for several Christmas-y events and pop-ups to take place. Technopolis 20 in Paphos couldn’t ...

Limassol city centre post office announced it will remain closed on Tuesday after a coronavirus case was detected in the premises. According to the announcement of Cyprus postal services, the ...

In today’s episode, the European Commission will be drafting proposals to harmonise the duration of the validity of the Covid-19 vaccination certificate, while Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas has discussed ...

Michael Carrick wants Manchester United players to quickly refocus on Tuesday’s Champions League trip to Villarreal after paying an “emotional” farewell to sacked manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Carrick has ...

Paphos police are investigating after unknown culprits broke into a jewellery shop in the early morning hours on Tuesday. The theft took place around 4.30am, when the alarm system of ...

Paphos police were investigating a knife assault case on Tuesday that led to the injury of a 28-year-old man. According to Paphos spokesman Michalis Nicolaou, the victim was allegedly beaten ...

The boss of the British Airways owner, IAG (ICAG.L), said on Monday its transatlantic bookings had already reached nearly 100 per cent of 2019 levels after the United States dropped restrictions ...

Police on Tuesday said they issued 22 fines as part of 2,934 checks for the implementation of coronavirus protocols in the last 24 hours in the government-controlled areas. Most checks, 1,341, were conducted in ...

At least 45 people, including 12 children, died as a bus carrying mostly North Macedonian tourists crashed in flames on a highway in western Bulgaria on Tuesday, officials said. Seven people who ...