Archive February 2022

Ukraine on Sunday suspended operations at one of the seven checkpoints to territory in the eastern Donbass region controlled by Russia-backed separatists, due to heavy shelling, the Ukrainian military said. ...

Diko seeks a ‘regulatory role’ in politics, but the party leader’s recent comments reveal why that should not happen I watched with interest the interview of Nicolas Papadopoulos, president ...

Technology that merges the virtual and physical worlds could start to become a reality for consumers in a few years, Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) has told advertising ...

Ralf Rangnick has confirmed Harry Maguire will continue to captain Manchester United for the rest of the season. The Red Devils are in the midst of a disappointing season, with ...

The United Arab Emirates’ plans for a corporate tax risk eroding one of its main attractions as the Gulf’s premier destination for foreign firms, at a time when Saudi ...

Singapore will begin implementing a long-flagged increase to its goods and services tax next year, its finance minister said in his budget speech on Friday, while also announcing a slew ...

Intel Corp’s latest focus on making chips to meet rising demand will give Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.O), its biggest rival in the server and PC market, a ...

Wolves boss Bruno Lage believes his side have been unlucky not to score more this season, but feels things are now moving in the right direction on the scoring front. ...

As non-urgent surgeries set to resume ‘clinical picture of patients has deteriorated’ With the coming relaxations on Covid-related restrictions, non-urgent surgeries will resume as of February 28 in public and private ...

Brexit provides no reasonable justification for depriving British expats in Cyprus of the right to vote in municipal elections Brexit is no justification for disenfranchising British permanent residents settled in ...

The pursuit of sanctions against Turkey is no longer the priority of the government’s foreign policy. This was made clear both by President Anastasiades and his new foreign minister ...

The health ministry on Saturday night announced four deaths attributed to Covid-19 and 1,764 new infections. The four deaths were: three men aged 75, 82 and 90 and one woman aged 88. The 90 and the 75...

A total of 65 free rapid testing sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Sunday, the health ministry announced. In addition to any medical certificates exempting them from ...

By Sabine Siebold and Matthias Williams Reports that Ukraine has been shelling regions controlled by Moscow-backed separatists and inside the Russian border are “pure lies”, Ukraine’s president said on ...

Mohamed Salah’s 150th Liverpool goal helped keep his side’s title challenge on track as they came from behind to beat Norwich 3-1 at Anfield. Victory kept the pressure ...

With still two weeks left before Rialto Theatre’s new cultural programme begins, February has two more stand-out events at the Limassol theatre. On Monday 21 and Tuesday 22, nine films will ...

U.S. health regulators are looking at authorizing a potential fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in the fall, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with ...

The memorandum of understanding between Cyprus, the European Commission and relevant EU will strengthen cooperation in the field of migration, European Commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas said on Saturday. Addressing an ...

Newcastle’s revival continued with a hard-fought point in a 1-1 draw at top-four hopefuls West Ham. Joe Willock’s scruffy equaliser cancelled out Craig Dawson’s header as the ...

Formula One’s governing FIA said it is not currently in a position to consider interest from new teams, after former world champion Mario Andretti said his son Michael had ...

Home of famous footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and festival capital of the world, Portugal’s Madeira islands are a vibrant, colourful, sunny haven in the North Atlantic. While sugarcane was the ...

Dr Leondios Kostrikis on Saturday said he was delighted scientists are confirming the existence of Deltacron after the British media reported the variant, previously dismissed as a lab error, has ...

Where do you live? I live in Limassol, with all the voices in my head and my multiple selves. What did you have for breakfast? Very boring but literally, every ...

Jean-Luc Brunel, a longtime French modeling agent who was detained in December 2020 as part of an inquiry into allegations of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment, was found dead in ...