Archive 2022

Australian COVID-19 cases soared to a pandemic record on Tuesday as the Omicron variant ripped through most of the country, driving up hospitalisation rates as the once-formidable testing regime buckled ...

President Nicos Anastasiades will be meeting government advisors on Tuesday to be briefed on the current epidemiological situation and discuss tighter measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, as ...

Starting Tuesday, everyone over 12 travelling to Cyprus must have a negative PCR Covid test conducted not more than 48 hours before their departure. The decision applies to all arriving passengers irrespective ...

The Cyprus Economy and Competitiveness Council on Monday submitted a range of proposals for pursuing the growth and development of the tertiary education sector which would have many benefits for ...

Footfall across all British retail destinations in the days after Christmas was 24.5 per cent lower than the same week in 2019 as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 rapidly spread, Springboard analysts ...

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Monday became the first US company to hit $3 trillion in market capitalization, thanks to investor confidence that the iPhone maker will keep launching best-selling products ...

Cyprus’ retail turnover recorded a significant increase on an annual basis in October, according to data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) on Monday. The Retail Trade Turnover Value ...

The legislature dives back into business this week and the next, with a packed agenda featuring a number of important bills and issues, starting with the presidential veto of a ...

The euro marked its 20th birthday on January 1. On the first day of 2002 nine EU member-states gave up their national currency and adopted the euro. Proof of the euro’s ...

The following is a summary of some recent studies on Covid-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by ...

Game and fauna service officers helped rescue a flamingo that was found with a string wrapped around its legs and neck in Aliki salt lake in Larnaca over the weekend. ...

Police late on Monday said they arrested a 41-year-old man who had escaped from Athalassa psychiatric hospital in Nicosia early in December. The man was wanted for escaping from legal ...

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, speaking on the second anniversary of the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani by the United States, said that former US President Donald Trump must face trial ...

Manchester United suffered their first defeat under interim manager Ralf Rangnick, falling to a 1-0 loss at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Monday. An 82nd minute ...

Following existing health protocols is enough to protect people expected to gather at cross throwing ceremonies on January 6, Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Monday, following reports that new Covid restrictions might ...

The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorised the use of a third dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15, and narrowed the interval ...

Gunmen unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry during an event on Saturday commemorating the Caribbean country’s independence, his office said in a statement. Henry’s office ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Monday, as daily cases surpassed 5,000 for the second time in the last four days. The news was announced by the minister ...

Nicosia district court said Monday that it will be hearing arguments later this week for and against an application for an injunction seeking to suspend a recent government decision barring ...

Two deaths and 5,024 new infections of coronavirus were announced by the health ministry on Monday. The deaths were two men aged 84 and 62. The 84-year-old died at the Limassol general hospital ...

Ruling Disy recalled on Monday that next week it will initiate its process for persons seeking the party’s nomination for the 2023 presidential elections. Persons interested in running for president ...

New month, new year, new music performances! We have finally stepped into 2022 and the first week of January can feel a little slow and blurry, stuck in between work and ...

New York state’s attorney general is demanding that two of Donald Trump’s adult children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, testify in her civil probe into the former ...

A new blaze broke out on Monday at the complex housing the two chambers of South Africa’s national parliament in Cape Town, one day after a devastating fire swept ...