The women who made Cyprus what it is today
Women of the 1920s and 30s made sacrifices hard to understand in modern times. ALIX NORMAN speaks to a man behind a series of drawings dedicated to them
“Tales of ...
Using tree-rings to date and write history
Tree-rings are extraordinary archives of information. The growth patterns recorded, and chemistry stored within the cellulose of each tree-ring can potentially provide key information for architectural history, art history, archaeology, ...
Former Kitium Bishop denies rape charges
Former Kitium bishop Chrysostomos on Monday denied rape charges in a formal written statement without swearing an oath on the Bible at the Larnaca criminal court.
The 83-year-old cleric fully ...
Heineken doubles profit, warns on costs
Dutch brewing giant Heineken expects the COVID-19 pandemic to weigh on key Asian markets for the rest of the year and rising costs to dent margins, it said after posting ...
Coronavirus: Pharmacies scramble to meet rapid test demand
Private pharmacies on Monday said they will hire additional staff as people formed queues outside pharmacies and labs to get tested for the coronavirus after the health ministry scrapped its ...
HSBC profit more than doubles, loan-loss fears ebb as economies rebound
HSBC Holdings beat forecasts on Monday with first-half pretax profit that more than doubled from last year when it set aside $7 billion to cover pandemic-related bad loans.
Encouraged by an ...
Twitter’s Dorsey leads $29 billion buyout of lending pioneer Afterpay
Square Inc, the payments firm of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) co-founder Jack Dorsey, will purchase buy now, pay later (BNPL) pioneer Afterpay Ltd (APT.AX) for $29 billion, creating a global ...
It is time for toxic fan boys to go
By Constantinos Psillides
Caution: Spoilers for the Masters of the Universe: Revelations series
The backlash to Masters of the Universe: Revelations was anticipated. In fact, Netflix’s PR team was ...
Sun-seekers enjoy European summer ‘workcation’ before office return
Drawn by sun, sea and speedy Wi-Fi, remote workers are converging on Europe’s southernmost islands to try “workcationing” before employers order them back to the office, giving battered tourism ...
Putin says unilateral actions on Varosha ‘unacceptable’
Unilateral actions that violate UN Security Council Resolutions on Varosha are unacceptable, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told President Nicos Anastasiades, the Cyprus presidency said on Monday.
It said that ...
DP World Limassol employees in work stoppage at Limassol port (Updated)
The Labour ministry on Monday criticised an impromptu work stoppage by employees at the DP World Limassol, which manages the general cargo and cruise terminals at Limassol port, saying workers ...
Ministry shines spotlight on Cyprus’ only endemic carnivorous plant
Pinguicula crystallina, the only carnivorous plant endemic to Cyprus, is the agriculture ministry’s plant of the month for August.
Each month, the ministry highlights an endemic plant as part ...
Police investigate after two men assaulted
Police in the Famagusta district are investigating a case of assault after a complaint was filed by two men aged 28 and 25 in the early hours of Sunday.
The 28-year-old told ...
On-site determination of land area
It regulates the private right to real estate and does not promote public purpose
The decision of the director of the land registry on a property owner’s application for ...
Paphos hotels fret over August occupancies
By Stavros Nikolaou
Occupancy rates are expected to remain low at around 50 per cent of capacity in August, the president of the Paphos Hotels Association Thanos Michaelides told the Cyprus ...
Greece’s Tentoglou wins gold with dramatic final leap
Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece won the men’s long jump in the most dramatic fashion on Monday as he leapt 8.41 metres in his final attempt to snatch the gold medal ...
Coronavirus: Famagusta Hospital 100 per cent full on Monday
By Stavros Nikolaou
Famagusta general hospital, which operates as a Reference Hospital for patients with coronavirus, is 100 per cent full, with all 75 beds taken, the Cyprus News Agency reported on ...
Pfizer, Moderna raise Covid-19 vaccine prices for EU
Pfizer raised the price of its Covid-19 vaccine by more than a quarter and Moderna by more than a tenth in the latest EU supply contracts, the Financial Times reported ...
Aston Martin to appeal Vettel disqualification from Hungarian GP
Formula One team Aston Martin intends to appeal the disqualification of four-times champion Sebastian Vettel from the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, with the exclusion costing the German a second-place ...
Woman charged for leaving dog on balcony during heatwave (Updated)
A woman who left her dog on the balcony without food or water during the heatwave was charged in writing and has temporarily lost custody of her pet, police said ...
The Cyprus tech hub, data centres, and the premium on investment
A data centre is storage for bits and bytes, but it is also a store of value
In the General Theory, John Maynard Keynes defined that concept: “Why should anyone ...
Belarus athlete ‘safe and secure’ in Tokyo
A Belarusian athlete who refused to board a flight after she said she was taken to the airport by her team against her wishes was “safe and secure” in Tokyo, ...
Coronavirus: Threats made against doctors as vaccination portal opens for children (update 2)
As the vaccination portal opened for children aged 12 to 15 on Monday with 830 slots booked by noon, the Cyprus Paediatric Society has filed a complaint with police after members of the ...
Data centres and GDPR
“Many data centres in Europe have taken advantage of the stability and clarity of GDPR to make compliance with it a selling point,” writes a researcher. “This may involve helping ...