UK bows to pressure in wrangle over Unficyp mandate
Pressure from all other members of the Security Council forced Britain to accept the requested amendments to the draft resolution renewing the Unficyp’s mandate, expected to be put to ...
Coronavirus: Total cases now top 100,000 (Updated)
The total number of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic reached over 100,000 on Wednesday when 769 new cases announced. Two deaths were also reported.
The total number of positive ...
Performance is about more than Just a Bottle
To change it up this weekend a special performance is being staged at Theatro Polis OPAP. On Friday and Saturday Just a Bottle? is coming to Nicosia. Andreas Kentis and ...
Temperatures expected to shoot up further
The met office issued another yellow warning from Wednesday evening until Thursday afternoon and warned that temperatures will shoot over the seasonal average this weekend.
The warning covers the period ...
Barclays pays out more than $1 bln to investors as profits rebound
Barclays (BARC.L) will pay out more than a billion dollars in dividends and buybacks to shareholders after beating first-half profit forecasts as bad loan fears receded and investment banking ...
German insurers expect up to $6.5 bln in storm claims
German insurance industry association GDV estimates that there will be up to 5.5 billion euros ($6.5 billion) in claims from storms that brought catastrophic flooding to parts of the country this month.
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UK watchdog demands 40 per cent women in boardrooms
Britain’s financial regulator demanded the appointment of more women and non-white minorities to the leadership of Britain’s largest firms on Wednesday, saying at least 40 per cent of board ...
Boeing posts first profit in almost two years helped by 737 MAX deliveries
Boeing Co (BA.N) on Wednesday posted its first quarterly profit in almost two years, as deliveries of its best-selling 737 MAX jets to airlines gained traction amid a sharp rebound ...
Cypriot windsurfers starting to find their rhythm in Tokyo
Cypriot athletes began to find their rhythm in the windsurfing competitions at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday to maintain their positions in the general classification.
According to the Cyprus Olympic ...
England scraps quarantine for fully vaccinated US, EU arrivals (Update 5)
England will allow fully vaccinated visitors from the European Union and United States to arrive without needing to quarantine from next week, in a huge and long-awaited boost for airlines ...
TV Shows we love: Star Trek Voyager
Hate me if you like, but Voyager is my favourite of the Star Treks. Of course I love the Original Series; nothing beats a great Spock. And I adore Next ...
Mehran and Yamin keep Moufflons run going
Moufflons continued their fine start to the 2021 CCA #BAOFINANCIAL 40 Over Cup presented by Abbeygate Insurance with an emphatic 8-wicket win over Black Caps.
Murtaza Yamin’s five wicket haul helped ...
Renovation work has started on historic Famagusta church
The Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage (TCCH) announced on Wednesday that a contract has been signed for conservation works at the church of Ayios Synesios in the Famagusta area in ...
Anastasiades critical of UK and Spehar over their stance on Turkey at UN
President Nicos Anastasiades has left open the possibility of either vetoing the EU’s positive agenda towards Turkey or pushing for the adoption of new sanctions against Ankara, he said ...
Two jailed for drugs
Larnaca criminal court on Wednesday jailed a 48-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man to ten and five years in jail for illegal drug possession and possession with the intend to ...
Dream Team back on track with blow-out win against Iran
The United States got back on track in their quest for a fourth consecutive men’s basketball gold medal on Wednesday with a 54 point blowout win against Iran buoyed by ...
Coronavirus: Members of Olympic team negative after second test
Two members of the Cyprus’ Olympic games delegation who had tested positive for coronavirus tested negative in a second test, the head of the Cypriot delegation Andreas Theofylaktou said on ...
Greener PPE: Inventors tackle Covid-19 plastic waste mountain
By Emma Batha
From surgical masks and gloves to disposable hospital gowns and aprons, the Covid-19 pandemic is creating a mountain of plastic medical waste that is polluting the land ...
Coronavirus: Rapid testing sites for Thursday
A total of 63 free rapid testing locations will operate across the island on Thursday, the health ministry announced.
The sites aim to facilitate the mandatory testing of employees who have ...
Motorway reopened after fire forces closure near Governor’s beach (Update 3)
Houses had to be temporarily evacuated near Governor’s beach on Wednesday as fire fighters battled fires in Limassol district that led to the closure of a section of the ...
Pfizer raises 2021 Covid-19 vaccine sales forecast to $33.5bn
Pfizer Inc on Wednesday raised its forecast for sales of the COVID-19 vaccine that it developed with Germany’s BioNTech by 28.8% to $33.5 billion, as countries scramble to secure supply of ...
Stand up, Dinty Hardman
By Richard Dickenson
Some historical characters are famous, like Kilroy (who, once, really was here), Mickey Mouse, Robin the Hood, and Zorba the Clerk. Others remain inexplicably unrecognised. For example, ...
Trilateral summit praises strengthened Greece-Cyprus-Jordan ties (Updated)
The further expansion and deepening of ties between Cyprus, Greece and Jordan were the focus of the trilateral meeting between the leaders of the three countries in Athens on Wednesday.
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Court finds prima facie case against bishop accused of rape
The Larnaca-Famagusta criminal court on Wednesday found there was a prima facie case against former Kiti bishop Chrysostomos who has been accused of rape.
The lawyer of the 83-year-old cleric, ...