Archive 2021

Portuguese forward Ivan Cavaleiro rescued a precious point for an impressive Fulham on Wednesday as they came from behind to draw 1-1 at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. Fulham ...

The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to make Donald Trump the first U.S. president ever to be impeached twice, formally charging him in his waning days in power ...

Manchester City moved to within four points of the Premier League summit as Phil Foden’s goal earned them a nervy 1-0 victory over struggling Brighton & Hove Albion on ...

Italy‘s former premier Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday he was pulling his party’s ministers from cabinet, depriving the ruling coalition of its parliamentary majority and causing fresh political ...

Omonia were held to a goalless draw in Limassol by title rivals Apollon on Wednesday night despite dominating the vast majority of the game. This result leaves Apollon alone at ...

Six people, including a 28-year-old woman with underlying problems, died from Covid-19 and 227 new cases have been detected from 13,298 tests, a positivity rate of 1.71 per cent, the health ministry said ...

Britain reported 1,564 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test for COVID-19 on Wednesday, a record daily toll, meaning more have died in the second wave of the pandemic than ...

British footballer Marcus Rashford said he had received assurances from Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday that problems with the meagre food parcels being offered to young English schoolchildren would ...

Messaging app Signal has seen “unprecedented” growth following a controversial change in rival WhatsApp’s privacy terms and is looking to hire more staff as it seeks to bolster the ...

Ronnie O’Sullivan rallied from the brink of defeat to beat Ding Junhui in a final frame decider and keep alive his hopes of an eighth Masters title. O’Sullivan ...

The health ministry announced the antigen testing locations for Thursday. Limassol: Gregoris Afxentiou Square, administration building, 8.30am to 4.30pm, Ypsonas town hall, south entrance, 8.30am-5pm, Sklavenitis parking lot, Ayios ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday said that unless the coronavirus vaccines reserved for his community are delivered directly via the EU and not through the Greek Cypriot side, ...

The mayor of Limassol Nicos Nicolaides announced on Wednesday that, by the end of 2021, he will announce tenders for the construction of 150 apartments in the neighbourhood of Ayios Nikolaos, as ...

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin formally apologised on Wednesday for the state’s “profound failure” in its treatment of unmarried mothers and their babies in a network of Catholic ...

A bunch of friends, three Land Rovers and Kenya… the perfect combination for a trip of a lifetime. How could it be anything less? To visit Kenya, is to journey ...

By Nick Theodoulou and Evie Andreou The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) called on Wednesday for the Pournara migrant reception centre to be decongested after a 600-person brawl ...

Two men, a Turkish national and a Turkish Cypriot, were remanded on Wednesday for eight days on suspicion of illegally assisting a group of 19 Syrian migrants arrive in Cyprus by ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Wednesday unveiled the government’s plans to absorb €968 million in EU structural funds in the period of 2021-2027 with emphasis on the green economy, tackling ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday discussed developments on the Cyprus problem and the latest UN reports on Unficyp and the Good Offices mission in Cyprus with the UN’s special ...

From crabs to macaques, surgical face masks and rubber gloves used to safeguard health in the midst of the spread of Covid-19, are now posing a grave threat to wildlife ...

Syria said Israel bombed Iranian-backed militia bases near the Iraqi border in the early hours of Wednesday, in a raid which military defectors and Western intelligence sources said was one ...

The cabinet on Wednesday rubberstamped rent relief measures for businesses stricken by the Covid crisis, which include a 70 per cent temporary discount for two months if the landlords are private ...

Constructed in 1889, Athens’ National Archaeological Museum is one of the best of its kind, home to famous and unique artefacts and sculptures from various sites across the ancient Greek world. ...

As the U.S. House of Representatives neared a vote on Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump, Republican leaders in the Senate weighed whether to launch a trial on Friday ...