Archive 2021

The prospects for the further strengthening and utilisation of the trade relations between Cyprus and Greece were showcased at the ‘Doing Business in Cyprus – COVID 19 Challenges and Opportunities’ online seminar. ...

The Cyprus Integrity Forum (CIF), an independent, non-profit and non-governmental organisation, signed on November 15 a memorandum of understanding with fellow non-profit organisation Oxygono. The CIF, which was launched in 2010 and ...

Web hosting company GoDaddy Inc (GDDY.N) said on Monday email addresses of up to 1.2 million active and inactive Managed WordPress customers had been exposed in an unauthorized third-party access. ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday attended a performance by the prisoners’ theatre group, saying he was proud of all the progress made at the Nicosia Central Prisons in the past ...

Although the publication of the minutes of meetings held at Crans-Montana in July 2017 were seen as a vindication of President Anastasiades’ stance, they also raised a big question about his ...

A man was fatally stabbed late Monday night following an altercation in Engomi, police confirmed. Local media reported that the incident took place around 10pm, in front of a kiosk ...

The European Commission’s VAT committee has approved the government’s proposal to cut VAT on household electricity bills, the finance ministry announced on Monday. A statement said that the ...

Cyprus will use the means at its disposal – diplomatic and legal – to put pressure on Turkey over its actions on the high seas and in the fenced-off town of Varosha – ...

Police on Monday announced the reinstatement of the 12 police officers suspended in connection with the unauthorised departure of a boat with 61 migrants that was being held at the Kato Paphos ...

The European Commission aims to harmonise the duration of the validity of the Covid-19 vaccination certificate, including the effects of booster shots, Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on Monday, amid ...

A suspect who drove a speeding SUV into dozens of people at a Christmas parade in Wisconsin after he fled a domestic disturbance will be charged with homicide for the ...

New coronavirus infections jumped to 491 on Monday out of 83,155 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 0.59 per cent. No deaths were reported. There are 106 patients in hospital with the ...

The House human rights committee on Monday discussed the increasing numbers of unaccompanied minors arriving in Cyprus from warzones, and measures that should be done to protect them from exploitation ...

Europe must not be blackmailed into accepting thousands of migrants stranded on its border with Belarus, Austria said, after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pressed the bloc to let them in ...

Officials on Monday deliberated on a list of suggested further measures that will be brought before the Council of Ministers on Wednesday as the use of the CovScan app became ...

Former first lady Mimi Kyprianou, widow of the late president Spyros Kyprianou, died on Monday. She was 89. Born in Veria Greece, she studied English literature in London where she met ...

Unvaccinated people in the north will not be allowed to enter venues such as bars and restaurants from Monday according to the latest measures against the spread of coronavirus. The ...

Austria became on Monday the first country in western Europe to reimpose lockdown since vaccines were rolled out, shutting non-essential shops, bars and cafes as surging caseloads raised the prospect ...

Major infrastructure projects will go ahead as planned in the next year, including the Paphos-Polis highway and the installation of charging stations for electric cars, the transport minister said Monday. ...

PwC Cyprus presented its total impact on society, the economy and the environment for the year 2021. According to the report entitled “Cyprus Impact Report 2021”, the organisation’s total contribution is ...

Ahead of Black Friday, the Cyprus Consumers Association on Monday urged the public to do their research before venturing out on a shopping spree. Launched in the US in the 1960...

An 11-year-old Turkish Cypriot girl was rushed to Makarios children’s hospital from the north after her heart stopped following an accident, reports said on Monday. The hospital’s paediatrics ...

With lots of sequins, feathers and bright colours, the singer’s fashion has never been low-key says PRUDENCE WADE Sir Elton John has been honoured for his glittering music career ...

Marketing postcards are a great way to raise brand awareness and generate leads, especially if you have a target audience that digital marketing can’t comprehensively reach. But there’s ...