Four per cent of Cypriots say they have asthma
About four per cent of Cypriots said they were affected by asthma in 2019, below the EU average of 5.7 per cent, a report by Eurostat showed on Friday.
The EU average ...
Two blind children remain at home in row over teaching aides
Citing lack of progress in the case of two blind children who continue not to attend school, the Pancyprian Organisation for the Blind said on Friday that it would ask ...
UK police release suspect under investigation over murder of teacher
British police said on Friday they had released under investigation a man held over the murder of a teacher in a London park last week that has provoked an outburst ...
Sea daffodils bloom on the beach in Famagusta (video)
Sea daffodils are in bloom on the beach in the fenced city of Famagusta, having sprouted up among the umbrellas and sunbeds that the authorities in the north have set ...
Coronavirus: EU health commissioner says not time to get complacent
EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides on Friday visited the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (Cing) with Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas, where she learned about the institute’s work and ...
Rally returns to central Nicosia
For the first time in two decades, Eleftheria Square in Nicosia hosted the start of the Cyprus Rally on Friday evening but the usual razzmatazz was noticeably missing: due to ...
Firefighters retreat as La Palma volcanic explosions intensify
Intensifying volcanic explosions on the Spanish island of La Palma forced firefighters to retreat and authorities to evacuate three more towns on Friday, while airlines cancelled flights due to a ...
Bolsonaro’s son and two cabinet members diagnosed with Covid-19
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s son and two members of his cabinet said on Friday that they had tested positive for COVID-19, bringing to four the number of close aides ...
Coronavirus: No deaths, 109 new cases on Friday (updated)
The health ministry announced 109 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Friday.
As there were no deaths, the total death toll remains at 550, of whom 350 were men and 200 women.
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Aim is for quarter of new cars to be electric by 2030
Cyprus aims to see electric cars make up at least one quarter of all newly registered vehicles per year by 2030, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said at the informal meeting of ...
Music on the roof of the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation
The summer performing arts festival at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation may be over yet the foundation is keeping the old town’s cultural scene alive with one more ...
Fire service to be independent by next month
The fire service is expected to be fully independent early next month after parliament approves a bill on employment terms, Justice Minister Stefi Drakou said on Friday.
The minister was ...
Anastasiades meets Russian FM
President Nicos Anastasiades met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
In a written statement, the president said he had a “...
Minister encourages all school children to take part in sports
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Friday underlined the importance of sports in schools during a visit to the Apostolos Markos Lyceum in Nicosia.
Prodromou’s message came during European School ...
Pasykaf run this Sunday to promote local tastes, nature
A sports day fundraiser organised by the Cyprus association of cancer patients and friends (Pasykaf) at Amiantos village this weekend will help promote local nature and traditional foods.
Run for ...
Joshua promises to ‘deliver’ in heavyweight showdown with Usyk
Anthony Joshua has vowed to “deliver” at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night after weighing in more than a stone heavier than Oleksandr Usyk on the eve of their world ...
Kenya film board bans gay documentary, calling it “an affront”
Kenya has banned a documentary about a gay Kenyan man’s struggle to be accepted by his family and country, saying it was blasphemous and an affront to the constitution.
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Defence ministries from Cyprus, US meet
Defence ministry delegations from Cyprus and the US met in Nicosia on Friday in the framework of the first Defence and Security Cooperation Dialogue between the countries.
A statement released ...
A Cementography workshop is coming up this Saturday
More parallel events are coming up as part of the retrospective exhibition Past-forward: Stavros Economou Unarchived at SPEL State Gallery in Nicosia. This Saturday, a cementography workshop and documentary screening ...
Minister welcomes creation of flood defences in fire hit area
The minister of agriculture welcomed progress made in the village of Arakapas on Friday to protect the hillsides in the event of rain after a large fire hit the area ...
Coronavirus: Where eligible groups can get free rapid test on Saturday
A total of 51 free rapid test sites mobile units for coronavirus will operate nationwide on Saturday, the health ministry announced, for eligible groups.
Free rapid testing for the general population ...
What’s Eaten Where: Cook Islands
Welcome to the true tropical paradise, a place in which no building may be taller than a coconut palm! Dotted across 1,960,027 square kilometres of azure waters, the Cook Islands comprises 15 ...
Turkey has passed itself off as the victim, Anastasiades tells UN general assembly (updated)
Lack of means for the implementation of UN resolutions have allowed Turkey the audacity to pass itself off as a victim instead of the perpetrator it actually is, President Nicos ...
China turns the screws on crypto, Bitcoin stumbles
China intensified a crackdown on cryptocurrency trading on Friday, vowing to root out “illegal” activity and banning crypto mining nationwide, hitting bitcoin and other major coins and pressuring crypto and ...