As night fell, the joint rescue coordination centre (JRCC) said it was suspending a search and rescue operation in the sea off Larnaca for a 70-year-old woman who has been ...
Cyprus hopes to tap a new niche market for tourists with luxury camping, or glamping, for which legislation is being drafted, deputy tourism minister Savvas Perdios said on Tuesday after ...
The amount spent on player transfers in international football fell by 23.4% last year as the impact of the COVID pandemic was felt across the game.
Figures released by FIFA showed ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and state premiers agreed on Tuesday to extend a lockdown for most shops and schools until Feb. 14 as part of a package of steps to try ...
Cyprus has secured an additional 565,000 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines, the health ministry said on Tuesday as it announced that if EU approval of other vaccines goes as planned, ...
Medellín, Colombia has undergone an impressive transformation over recent years.
Once better-known for drug cartels and violence, today it is emerging as a champion of urbanism. In fact, in 2016, ...
The coronavirus advisory committee will meet on Tuesday evening to lay down a framework for the potential relaxation of measures, committee member Maria Koliou said on Tuesday morning.
The committee ...
The municipality of Nicosia’s recent redevelopment plans for the city centre are discriminatory and have not accounted for the blind, the Pancyprian Organisation of the Blind (Pot) said on ...
Which animal would you think has the bigger claws… an eagle or a grizzly bear?
While we may think of lions and other massive predators as having the largest claws, ...
After Edek, the Solidarity party on Tuesday threatened to throw a spanner in the state budget, setting conditions in return for their vote on Thursday.
Party head Eleni Theocharous said ...
Ankara has imposed advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest after they failed to appoint local representatives in Turkey under a new social media law, according to decisions published on ...
What is it that makes Vienna one of the world’s capitals of music? As you will learn by watching this video, the reasons are many!
From its craftspeople creating ...
By Prudence Wade
If you’re the kind of person who practises self-care through skincare, there are plenty of buzzy new ingredients to get excited about.
Whether you’re looking ...
Indy Mellink, a Dutch card fan, was explaining a game to her cousins last summer when she asked herself: why should a king be worth more than a queen?
The 23...
A 60-year-old man was remanded in custody for three days on Tuesday on suspicion of falsely reporting a car as stolen to collect the insurance.
The car in question belongs ...
Bank of Cyprus on Tuesday warned clients to be on alert against scammers trying to access their accounts and urged them not share any information.
In a written statement, the ...
A candidate COVID-19 vaccine known as EpiVacCorona, Russia’s second to be registered, proved “100% effective” in early-stage trials, Russian consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has told local media.
The data, based ...
Major flaws in the citizenship-by- investment (CBI) programme’s procedures were noticed in 2017 by then interior minister Constantinos Petrides who started drafting a code of ethics that would strengthen them, ...
By Luke Rix-Standing
You don’t have to spend long on social media to see that New Year’s resolutions appear to be taking 2021 off. Around this time, Facebook and ...
A private clinic had to suspend the operation of its maternity ward after ten health professionals and patients tested positive for coronavirus, the inspector of private hospitals Elli Theodorou told ...
Recreational venues in Paphos are in financial ruin, yet officials do not seem to care, the Paphos Hospitality Centre Owners Union (Sikap) said on Tuesday.
Deputy branch president Demetris Kallis ...
Covid-positive people leaving self-isolation continue to plague the health ministry as it emerged on Tuesday that some are leaving home to take rapid tests before they should.
Police are in ...
The road transport department announced on Tuesday the rules concerning the importation of vehicles from the UK following its EU exit.
According to the department, an M1 category vehicle – passenger ...
Every pet deserves a loving and respectful home: please only consider acquiring a pet if you will be able to take care of its long-term needs. Also, consider choosing your ...