Germany’s health minister angered by UEFA decision on stadium lighting
German health minister Jens Spahn has been angered by what he slammed as a “very irritating” UEFA decision to stop Munich’s Allianz Arena being lit in rainbow colours for ...
Buffett resigns as Gates Foundation trustee, donates another $4.1 bln for philanthropy
Warren Buffett on Wednesday resigned as trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations, as he delivered another $4.1 billion worth of ...
Crypto is ‘rat poison’, a third of mainstream investment firms tell JPM
Only 10 per cent of institutional investment firms surveyed by JPMorgan trade cryptocurrencies, with nearly half labelling the emerging asset class as “rat poison” or predicting it would be a temporary ...
‘Big day’ for Cyprus on Innovation scoreboard
The European Innovation Scoreboard made public earlier this week testifies to the progress Cyprus has made in innovation, the Republic’s chief scientist Dr Nicolas Mastroyiannopoulos said on Wednesday after ...
More airlines join legal action against UK over travel curbs
More airlines on Wednesday joined legal action against the Britain over its travel curbs, adding to pressure on the government to relax restrictions that are putting businesses and jobs on ...
Coronavirus: State support for workers second highest in EU
About one in three or 33.4 per cent of working Cypriots received support from special schemes to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the second highest rate in the EU 27 and nearly ...
The choices available in life’s ugly situations – Sadhguru (Cyprus)
“What the world throws at us is not necessarily your choice, but what you make out of it is entirely your choice…”
In this video, yogi and mystic Sadhguru counsels ...
Russia says it fires warning shots at British destroyer near Crimea, UK denies it
Russia said on Tuesday it had fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the path of a British destroyer sailing in the Black Sea off the coast of the Crimea ...
Creative distortions: the mathematical art of M.C. Escher
In this video, Professor Ian Stewart of Warwick University explores the mathematical influences in the works of Dutch artist M. C. Escher.
“If you wander around university mathematics departments, you ...
Can travel insurance be bought after departure?
There is a saying that says a man is as rich as he has traveled. Every trip is a new acquaintance, a departure from your comfort zone, your home, and ...
US to review heart inflammation cases after Pfizer, Moderna jab
Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are set to meet on Wednesday to assess the possibility of a link between rare cases of heart ...
Tatar to meet UN chief on Friday
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will travel to Brussels for a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday, it was announced on Wednesday.
According to a written statement issued ...
House plenum to rubberstamp composition of committees (Updated)
The House plenary will on Thursday ratify the composition of the 16 regular and one ad hoc parliamentary committee, as well as a newly established ethics committee for MPs, the Cyprus ...
Hellenic Bank sees positive change, directors say at AGM
Hellenic Bank announced on Wednesday at their Annual General Meeting for 2020 that the appointment of the new CEO Oliver Gatzke is awaiting the approval of both the European Central Bank ...
JustNiki Episode 3: Stephan and Kyriako Caras
In this episode of her fashion-focused YouTube series, stylist Niki Charalambous speaks with prominent father and son designers, Stephan and Kyriako Caras.
The Greek-born elder Caras is the internationally-renowned couturier ...
TV shows we love: The Durrells
Moving to a seaside house in Corfu surrounded by nature may sound like a dream right now yet in 1935 when Louisa Durrell relocated her family of four there it was ...
What is the Delta variant of coronavirus with K417N mutation?
India said on Wednesday it has found around 40 cases of the Delta coronavirus variant carrying a mutation that appears to make it more transmissible, and advised states to increase testing.
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We are definitely not all in this together
THE WAY THINGS ARE
Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou
If another sanctimonious voice tells me that ‘we’ were/are all in this together, I’ll release a gamut of swear words and ...
Russian security chief says Moscow will cooperate with U.S. against hackers
Russia will work with the United States to locate cyber criminals, the head of the FSB security service said on Wednesday, a week after the countries’ leaders agreed to step ...
Tokyo 2020 bans booze, high-fives and autograph hunting for fans
Alcohol, high-fives and talking loudly will be banned for the reduced numbers of Olympic ticket holders allowed into venues as organisers conceded a “sense of celebration” would be limited at ...
A territory without terrain
Efi Savvides’ solo exhibition A Territory Without Terrain has opened at the Larnaca Municipal Art Gallery presenting a series of works dealing with the life of political refugees at Richmond ...
Photo captures cruise ships ‘hovering’ in air off Limassol
A photo of three cruise ships off Limassol that appear to be hovering in the air generated keen interest on social media on Wednesday, with both the person who took ...
Coronavirus: More than 90 per cent of hospitalised Covid cases not vaccinated
Over ninety per cent of those hospitalised for Covid-19 are unvaccinated, the health ministry said on Wednesday as it again urged the public, particularly younger people where vaccine take-up is ...
Confit of duck and lentil salad
In this video, Australian cook, author and host of the Everyday Gourmet YouTube channel, Justine Schofield, shows us how to transform the classic French main of confit of duck with ...