Archive February 2022

Vaccination rates are rising sharply among the elderly in Hong Kong, lifting from a relatively low base as an omicron-fuelled spike in new Covid-19 cases and looming vaccine passes pierce ...

Police on Thursday said they issued 21 fines related to violations in coronavirus measures, after 1,804 checks in the government-controlled areas. The checks were carried out between 6am on Wednesday and 6am ...

By Mark Trevelyan Behind his latest outbursts against Nato and doomsday warnings to the West, there are tentative signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin is keen to avoid an escalation ...

The US Department of Homeland Security has warned law enforcement agencies that a convoy of truckers protesting against Covid-19 vaccine mandates could affect this weekend’s Super Bowl in Los ...

Police on Thursday said they were investigating a murder attempt after a 15-year-old boy allegedly assaulted another teenager with a knife at the Pournara migrant reception centre. Both minors involved “...

American Nathan Chen achieved a spectacular redemption when he claimed the men’s figure skating title in dazzling fashion at the Beijing Olympics, completing a four-year journey to the exhilarating ...

French President Emmanuel Macron, the first leader of a major Western power to meet Vladimir Putin since Russia massed troops near Ukraine, said on Tuesday he believed steps can be ...

Britain’s exit from the European Union has so far made trade more expensive because of delays and red tape, and more border disruptions are likely as passenger numbers recover ...

Ten students from the International school of Paphos (ISOP) have received prestigious awards from Cambridge assessment International education, acknowledging their outstanding performance in last year’s examinations The awards were ...

Russian figure skating sensation Kamila Valieva showed up for her scheduled practice at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday after Russian media reported the 15-year-old had tested positive for a banned ...

British homes will likely remain affordable and demand will stay strong despite a climate of rising interest rates, the head of the UK’s largest homebuilder Barratt (BDEV.L) said ...

Quant Insight (Qi), a Limassol-based quantitative financial market analytics and trading insights provider, on Wednesday announced the launch of a new product, aiming to provide individual traders with high-end analytics. ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) announced on Wednesday that they are spearheading Cyprus’ representation at the International Agricultural and Environmental Exhibition in Doha, Qatar, scheduled to commence ...

The bill to set up an independent anti-corruption authority, which is being hailed as “the first and foremost” of its kind in Cyprus, will go before the House plenum on ...

It hasn’t been a great month so far for the reputation of the health scheme Gesy, but whatever operational weaknesses the system might have, they pale in comparison to ...

By Juliette Jabkhiro Salah Abdeslam, a self-avowed Islamic State combatant, told a court on Wednesday that he had backed out of detonating his explosive vest during the jihadist rampage across ...

More than 50 people believed to have attended lockdown parties at British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Downing Street will be contacted by police to explain their involvement, officers said on ...

The White House publicly pressured Iran on Wednesday to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement quickly, saying that it will be impossible to return to the accord if a deal is ...

‘Fenced-off Varosha’ is no more as that is its old name and instead it is now open, according to Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. He emphasised that over 400,000 people have ...

Five deaths attributed to Covid-19 and 2,779 new infections were announced on Wednesday out of 95,572 PCR and rapid tests. The deaths were four men, aged 65, 85, 88 and 90. A woman, aged 94, also died – ...

Flower shops have started decorating their windows with red roses, balloon shops have set out heart-shaped designs and supermarkets are marketing wine and chocolate boxes. When the streets and the ...

Sweden scrapped almost all of its few pandemic restrictions on Wednesday and stopped most testing for COVID-19, even as the pressure on the healthcare systems remained high and some scientists ...

Paphos municipality and Green Dot Cyprus have partnered up to encourage recycling and provide Paphos town and its suburbs with a ‘door to door’ environmentally clean municipal solid waste management ...

Canadian authorities are scrambling to find ways to end the 12-day-long occupation of the national capital’s downtown over COVID-19 measures, hoping a combination of criminal charges, traffic tickets and ...