Archive 2021

The interior ministry quietly issued a decree disallowing any more Syrian refugees from settling in the coastal village of Chlorakas in Paphos, as numbers were causing a huge shift in ...

The health ministry has announced 24 rapid tests locations for the general public islandwide for Saturday. Limassol Tassos Papadopoulos building, Tepak (corner of Ifigenias and Themidos), 8.30 am- 4.30 pm. Ayia Varvara Church, ...

Against all odds, and despite its suspended programme of events, Rialto Theatre continues to support local artistic endeavours and production by launching in 2021 new programmes for collaboration with Cyprus-based artists. ...

Joe Root’s 13-month wait for a Test century, the longest of his career, ended on Friday with a masterful unbeaten 168 on day two of the first Test against Sri ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday said that he was against raising interest rates, and that rates should be cut to slow inflation. Erdoğan said he was against ...

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A 44-year-old man was found dead in his car in Aglandjia, Nicosia police said on Friday. During preliminary examinations, his death appeared to be due to a drug overdose. Police ...

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Unless the new initiative by the UN Secretary-General yields results, a “tsunami” of developments is expected in the summer that could see Varosha being lost, Disy chief Averof Neophytou has ...

Named for the river that runs through it, Tarn is one of the most beautiful regions of France – a place of pastoral valleys, rolling hills, and even a few mountains. ...

Very often, a key part of a premium holiday is staying at a hotel fitted with the most extravagant, stylish pool, designed to offer guests panoramic views. Which is why ...

Social media companies that remove posts they deem offensive could face fines, Poland’s justice minister said on Friday, as a government that allied itself with U.S. President Donald ...

Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government resigned on Friday, accepting responsibility for wrongful accusations of fraud by the tax authorities that drove thousands of families to financial ruin, often on ...

Musical moments from last year to savour online At first glance, looking back at 2020 may not bring the most cherished memories. If, that is, you want to look back to ...

Burglars broke into a bakery on Anexartisias street in Paphos and made off with €1200, police said on Friday. The incident was reported to the police at 5am by the 49-year-old ...

Limassol district court remanded for four days a 24-year-old woman who was arrested on a European warrant on suspicion of internet fraud, fraud by false representation and money laundering. The ...

Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has been named Premier League Player of the Month for December, the fourth time the Portuguese has won the award since signing for United last ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar kick started the vaccinations against coronavirus in the north on Friday after receiving the first jab of Chinese firm’s Sinovac batch sent this week ...

Many European Union nations say they are receiving lower-than-expected supplies of COVID-19 vaccines and complain in internal meetings of uncertainty over future deliveries, EU officials told Reuters, as distribution proceeds ...

Post-mortem examinations on ten dead cats found in Oroklini have confirmed signs of abuse, police sources told the Cyprus Mail on Friday. They added that as part of the ongoing ...

Participants in a special training programme for the unemployed will be paid additional expenses, the labour ministry and the human resources development authority (HRDA) announced on Friday. The programme covers ...

The British government said on Friday it had no plans to lower standards on workers’ rights, rejecting a Financial Times report that a shake-up of EU labour regulations as part ...

Athletes around the world have searched for ways and places to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for the Tokyo Olympics but surfers Brisa Hennessy and Michel Bourez may ...

The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to take a heavy toll on the Cypriot community in the UK, with Parikiaki newspaper estimating that a total of 480 UK Cypriots have died from ...