Archive February 2022

Six out of ten businesses have experienced a decline in turnover over the past year, with 68 per cent stating in a survey their dissatisfaction with the extent of government assistance ...

Many fine words were spoken after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on administering the migration problem in the presidential palace. The MoU between Cyprus and the EU, was ...

The three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery acted out of “racial anger” when they chased down the young Black man as they saw him jogging through their Georgia ...

The European Commission and the German government said on Monday they expect deliveries of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid to begin over the course of this week. Novavax’s recombinant ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine after recognising them as independent on Monday, accelerating a crisis the West fears could ...

Lawmakers on Monday harangued the military for what they called ongoing discrimination against female personnel, urging the defence ministry to end ‘gender-based’ inequality and immediately abide with recommendations issued by ...

Theodoulos Constantinides paved the way for Cyprus journalism, the government said on Monday at the unveiling of the bust of the first Cypriot journalist and publisher outside the journalist union ...

Two deaths from coronavirus and 2,698 new infections were announced on Monday out of 132,177 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 2.04 per cent. The deaths were a woman, aged 90, who ...

Pinning George Floyd face down on a Minneapolis road in a May 2020 arrest seemed reasonable in the moment, Thomas Lane, one of three former Minneapolis police officers on trial for ...

British Prime Minister Boris on Monday said he would end all coronavirus restrictions in England including mandatory self-isolation for people with Covid-19 and free testing, drawing scepticism from some scientists ...

A Turkish court said on Monday philanthropist Osman Kavala must stay in prison, lengthening his detention of more than four years without conviction in a case that has fuelled tensions ...

Dancing will be allowed in night clubs for vaccinated and unvaccinated alike upon presentation of a 24-hour negative rapid test for coronavirus, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas said on Monday, as ...

In both February and March, Larnaca’s most popular live music venue has numerous gigs coming up to satisfy all music tastes and moods. A few days before February ends, ...

The state-run broadcaster CyBC on Monday conceded it has financial and other problems, but promised to “modernise” so as to keep up with trends in news and infotainment. The corporation’...

Credit Suisse was plunged into a dirty money scandal on Monday after media outlets reported the Swiss bank had managed accounts for human rights abusers, fraudsters and businessmen who had ...

Tourism deputy minister Savvas Perdios on Monday said there is now a serious possibility of direct flights from Cyprus to Saudi Arabia which has been in the works for three ...

The transport ministry on Monday responded to the Cyprus consumers association after it criticised the government’s intention of introducing fixed taxi fares to and from Paphos and Larnaca airports. ...

Chelsea will try to protect and get more out of record signing Romelu Lukaku after the Belgian striker again underperformed in their last game, manager Thomas Tuchel said on Monday. ...

The coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity to rethink the way society and the state treat children and reflect on more child-centred policies, as it exposed long-standing issues surrounding children’s ...

After the shame of Prince Andrew’s U.S. sex abuse lawsuit and Prince Charles embroilment in a cash for honours scandal, Queen Elizabeth catching COVID-19 rounded off a week ...

Thanks to its new Stick & Win rewards scheme, Alphamega Hypermarkets is rewarding customers’ loyalty while urging them to protect the environment and reconnect with nature. More specifically, Alphamega Hypermarkets ...

Donald Trump’s new social media venture, Truth Social, launched late on Sunday in Apple’s App Store, potentially marking the former president’s return to social media after he ...

A 34-year-old man was remanded for five days on Monday on suspicion of distributing child pornography following information by Europol. The man was arrested around 12pm on Sunday after officers, ...

36 ministry of health testing sites for Tuesday District Location of testing units Operating hours Telephone Lefkosia (16 units) Mall of Cyprus (underground parking area) 9 am – 6 pm 99969931 Nicosia Mall 9 am – 6 pm 94041843 Agios ...