‘Walking for Life’ taking place in Protaras on Saturday
A local charity is calling on people to walk or run in the coastal pedestrian road in Protaras this Saturday to support cancer patients and their families.
This year’s ...
Animal Party hosting vegan event in central Nicosia on Sunday
The Animal Party on Friday invited consumers to question behaviours responsible for the abuse of millions of animals and try vegan foods this weekend.
In a statement announcing the coming ...
Comedy should not be neutered by a desire to play things safe, says BBC boss
By Alex Green
The director-general of the BBC has pledged to ensure the broadcaster’s comedy programmes are not “neutered” by a desire to “play things safe”.
Tim Davie said ...
Cyprus will ‘do its best’ to adopt EU’s farm to fork strategy
Cyprus will do its best to adopt the EU’s ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy, agriculture minister Costas Kadis said during a meeting on Friday with EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides.
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Tedros sole nominee as WHO chief, UN agency says
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has steered the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is on course to serve a second five-year term as head of the World Health Organization (WHO) ...
Saudi Arabia may raise light crude prices in December
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia may raise prices of light crude grades to Asia in December, supported by a rebound in distillate margins and spot premiums for Middle Eastern oil ...
Draft tender announced for new ferry service
The deputy ministry of shipping on Friday announced the online publication of the draft tender document for the establishment of a ferry link with Greece which is available for open ...
Sweden acted too slowly as pandemic swept country, commission finds
Sweden’s response to the spread of coronavirus was too slow and preparations to handle a pandemic were insufficient, a commission investigating the country’s response to COVID-19 said on ...
The joy of planning a holiday
By Alexia Saleem
This summer was really hot in Cyprus. I don’t ever remember it being this hot in the past. I actually found it unbearable, but let’s ...
Submissions for FlashArt@Rialto continue
The Rialto Theatre, positive in its assessment of the FlashArt@Rialtο results achieved during the pandemic of 2020 and 2021, has diversified, developed and established the programme on an annual basis, updating ...
NatWest triples profit but focus turns to margin pressure
NatWest’s (NWG.L) profit tripled in the third quarter as Britain’s resurgent economy buoyed its finances, but its margins contracted in a sign of potentially tougher times ahead.
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UN urges Mali to end hereditary slavery
U.N. human rights experts on Friday called on Mali to crack down on hereditary slavery after a series of violent attacks against people born into servitude.
Slavery was officially ...
Facebook rebrand mostly applies gauze to cover a tarnished name
The metaverse is here, in name if not in fact. Facebook (FB.O), the company, will henceforth be known as Meta, a new name that reflects co-founder and Chief Executive ...
Contracts signed for ‘green’ promenade along Nicosia walls
Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis and representatives from C. Roushas Trading and Development Ltd signed contracts earlier this week for Phase 2.2 of a redevelopment project along the Nicosia walls with a budget ...
Eriksen cannot play for Inter, but club open to letting him leave
Christian Eriksen is not permitted to play in Italy this season as a result of the cardiac arrest he suffered at Euro 2020, his club Inter Milan said in a statement, ...
€378m for projects in Paphos district in past six years (Updated)
A total of €378m was allocated for projects that have been implemented or are being implemented in Paphos over the last six years, President Nicosia Anastasiades said on Friday.
The ...
Alien world under Austria’s doomed glaciers tells tale of their collapse
Scientists are venturing inside otherworldly ice caves growing beneath Austria’s doomed glaciers to study why they are melting even faster than expected, and understand the fate that will befall ...
Cyprus marks Missing Persons Day with pledge to continue efforts to resolve issue
Those responsible for the disappearance of missing persons are also guilty of perpetuating the anguish of their families, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday on the Missing Persons Day marked ...
Coronavirus: Teen dies of Covid in north
A 15-year-old has died in the north after spending months in intensive care with Covid, reports said on Friday.
He is the youngest victim of the virus in the north ...
Ferrari EU court case win has implications for numerous industries
Italian luxury sports car maker Ferrari (RACE.MI) on Thursday won its dispute with a German car design company after Europe’s top court agreed with its arguments that it ...
No crowd surfing, orderly queues: Ireland lays down new Covid -19 rules
Crowd surfing will not be permitted at concerts in Ireland and nightclub goers must form a socially distanced queue to buy drinks, under new guidelines issued by the government for ...
Stroke is second leading cause of death in Cyprus
Stroke is the second leading cause of death on the island, with 600 to 1,000 cases a year, according to the Cyprus stroke association.
In a written announcement marking world stroke day ...
Most Cypriots say heatwaves main problem of climate change
Rising temperatures and protracted heatwaves are considered by Cypriots as the most important weather phenomena of climate change that affect the region, a survey has found.
On the other hand, ...
Coronavirus: Uptick in positive cases in past two weeks (Updated)
Cyprus is experiencing an uptick in positive infections after months of steady decline, as the two-week cumulative diagnosis rate of Covid-19 stands at 204.4 per 100,000.
This is up on the national ...