Solo performance asks Who Cares?
Be tall, be skinny, hairless, flexible. The messages on how our body should look and feel come from all directions these days. Social media, ads, marketing, films, celebrities, social pressure, ...
WHO seeks greater powers to prevent future pandemics
A new global system should be set up to respond faster to disease outbreaks to help ensure no future virus causes a pandemic as devastating as COVID-19, an independent World ...
Child’s burial 78,000 years ago in Kenya was a Homo sapiens milestone
By Will Dunham
It is a scene that exudes sadness: a child perhaps 2-1/2 or 3 years old buried in a shallow grave under the sheltered overhang of a cave, head ...
Gnomi takes lion’s share at Digital Marketing Awards
Gnomi Integrated Communications has been named Social Media Agency οf the Year and Performance Agency of the Year at this year’s Cyprus Digital Marketing Awards.
Even though 2020 was a ...
Treppides Investments, Pacha Group join forces in Mykonos
Expanding its investment on the Greek island of Mykonos where it operates two luxury hotels, Treppides Investments has joined forces with Pacha Group, a company of global reach that is ...
Coronavirus: Cyprus now fourth in website’s EU jab table
Cyprus has climbed to fourth place among EU states in terms of the number of vaccine doses per 100 people in the total population, the health ministry said on Wednesday as ...
Paphos villages hope to open gorges for tourist trails
Four gorges near the Arodes villages are under review with the hopes of making them more accessible to nature lovers.
Officials from the tourism ministry as well as the Pano ...
Colombia protests enter third week with national strike
Anti-government protests in Colombia entered their third week on Wednesday as unions, student groups and other organizations convened a national strike after fruitless talks with the government.
Demonstrations fueled by ...
Easter Island: the resilience of a remote and ancient Pacific culture
In this documentary ‘Amo’ by Max Lowe and Clay Mason, we take a pre-Covid trip to one of the most remote places on earth: Rapa Nui, known widely as Easter ...
House to meet over laws sent back by president
The House of Representatives will reconvene on May 20, only 10 days before the parliamentary elections, to decide whether to accept or reject the reasons for which President Nicos Anastasiades has sent ...
Fly him to the moon: ‘spaceman’ Nick Jonas shares his styling staples
Singer, songwriter and actor Nick Jonas is no stranger to the fashion scene, and reported to own more pairs of shoes than superstar wife Priyanka Chopra. So, who better to ...
Coronavirus: Food and drink sector seek Disy help over testing rules
The restaurant and café sector on Wednesday asked Disy’s leadership to convey their demand for less stringent rapid test requirements to the government.
The issue was raised by Fanos ...
Coronavirus: Rapid testing sites for Thursday
The health ministry announced that a total of 71 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday.
The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...
US-style police ID badges coming to Cyprus
The police force will soon carry US-cop style badges as part of their identification package, it was announced on Wednesday.
This is part of the “continuous modernisation and upgrading” of ...
Byzantine surrealism: Nikos Engonopoulos’ ‘Self Portrait’ at the Benaki Museum
For non-Greek speakers, this video requires captioning. After clicking the video’s play button, hover your mouse cursor over the lower border of the video, then click on the ‘CC’ ...
Fingers of fire: Grisha Goryachev performs Paco de Lucía’s ‘Almoraima’
In this 2018 video Grigory ‘Grisha’ Goryachev gives a thrilling performance of Paco de Lucía’s ‘Almoraima’ (Bulerías), recorded at the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, California.
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New law offers greater protection for misled shoppers
A clampdown on false advertising and misleading sale prices are just some of the provisions of new consumer protection legislation, Commerce Minister Natasa Pilides said on Wednesday
Presenting the new ...
Tziortzis begins EuroNascar campaign in Valencia
Cypriot race driver Vladimiros Tziortzis will get his Nascar Whelen Euro Series campaign underway in Valencia on May 15-16.
In a press conference this week, the driver, who is backed ...
Philippines flags ‘incursions’ by nearly 300 Chinese militia boats
The Philippines on Wednesday reported what it said were incursions into its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) by 287 maritime militia vessels from China, in a further sign of cracks reappearing in ...
Amazon wins court fight against $303m EU tax order
Amazon on Wednesday won its fight against an EU order to pay about €250 million ($303 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg as Europe’s second highest court dealt a blow to ...
EU Commission sees economy growing 3.1 per cent in 2021
Economic activity in Cyprus contracted sharply in 2020, due to the Covid-19 crisis, though less than the EU average. The tourism sector has been severely affected, while the impact on domestic ...
659 candidates standing for 56 seats in parliamentary elections (Update 2)
Almost 660 people from 15 political parties, as well as eight independents, officially submitted their candidacies on Wednesday, competing for one of parliament’s 56 seats during the May 30 elections.
According to the ...
How to step out of a cyclical, conditioned life (Part 1) – Sadhguru (Cyprus)
In the first video of a two-part series, yogi and mystic Sadhguru turns our attention to the limitations posed to our inner progress by our biological, familial, societal and intellectual ...
Title romp shows Man City have raised the bar again
Whenever Manchester United did not win the Premier League in the glory years of Alex Ferguson, their fans took comfort in teasing their rivals by saying the title was merely ...