Mentality more critical than price tag in bid to beef up Everton -Benitez
Everton do not have enough money to sign top quality reinforcements in January and will have to depend on bargain buys with the right mentality to be a fit at ...
Coronavirus: Five-month old being treated in Makarios hospital
A five-month-old baby is being treated at Makarios children’s hospital for coronavirus, paediatric chief Dr Avraam Elia said on Saturday.
Speaking to CyBC radio, Elia said that the baby ...
Arrest after murder attempt reported
Police on Saturday arrested a 38-year-old man in relation with a murder attempt against a 47-year-old.
The man is suspected of deliberately crashing his car into the victim, injuring him ...
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Lawful Seat of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations
By Liu Yantao
On October 25, 1971, the United Nations General Assembly at its 26th session adopted Resolution 2758 with an overwhelming majority to restore all the lawful rights of the People’s ...
Man arrested abroad in connection with 100kg cannabis haul (updated)
A 32-year-old man sought for the illegal import and possession of drugs with intent to supply was located and arrested abroad, police said on Saturday.
He was being sought in ...
Coronavirus: Nine businesses fined for breaking decrees
Nine businesses in Nicosia and Paphos, and 27 individuals were fined for violating coronavirus measures in the past 24 hours, police said on Saturday.
In Nicosia, five businesses were fined because employees ...
N. Zealand’s daily cases cross 200 for first time
New Zealand’s 206 new daily community infections on Saturday carried it past the double-hundred mark for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic, as the nation scrambles to vaccinate its ...
New Unficyp chief in Cyprus as soon as UN can get him on the ground
The United Nations is trying to get new Special Representative and Head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus Colin Stewart on the ground as soon as it can, Deputy ...
The joy of raiding your kitchen cupboards
By Katie Wright
Given the time it takes to research, compile and publish a recipe book, most of the titles hitting book shops right now started life long before the ...
Mining the richness of Nicosia’s past
In Yesteryears of Nicosia one man has set up a collaborative Facebook page looking back on the glory days of the island’s capital. Alix Norman meets him
The earliest ...
Pressure stays on United ahead of Manchester derby
A comfortable win at troubled Tottenham Hotspur and then a Cristiano Ronaldo-inspired escape from defeat at the hands of Atalanta have taken some of the heat off under-pressure Manchester United ...
Is the ECB right to take on climate change?
by Maria Demertzis
By far the biggest innovation in the recent monetary policy strategy review of the European Central Bank (ECB) is the emphasis that it puts on climate change ...
Anastasiades unveils strategy to woo foreign business
President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday outlined the government’s Action Plan, aimed at establishing Cyprus as “a prosperous, reliable and competitive business hub.”
“We are keen on providing the conditions ...
Eastern Mediterranean Energy Conference to cover key issues
Taking place over November 10-12 at the Cyprus International Fair in Nicosia, the Eastern Mediterranean Energy Conference and Exhibition (EMC) will focus on a wide range of crucial issues related ...
Cyprus Business Now
Cyprus Deputy Minister of Shipping Vasilis Demetriades travelled to Glasgow on Friday to take part in the shipping industry’s official COP 26 sideline event, entitled ‘Shaping the Future of Shipping’, ...
‘Smart road network in three years’
Cyprus aspires to cover its entire road network with an intelligent transportation system within the next three years, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said following the signing of a new contract ...
Our View: Education budget bigger every year but little of it goes towards learning
About this time every year, government ministers go before the House finance committee to discuss their ministry’s respective budget for the following year. They are always at pains to ...
Prodromou: time to take education reform a step further
It’s time to make some decisions that will take educational reform a step further, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday during a press conference on the ministry’s ...
Mona Lisa copy to go under the hammer in Paris auction
A faithful copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa dating from more than 400 years ago will go under the hammer at a Paris auction on Tuesday, months after another ...
New arrest in connection with stolen bullets
Police on Friday arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with the theft of guns and thousands of bullets from a container in Limassol as a 27-year-old suspect was remanded for ...
Anti-trapping activist says was attacked by poachers in Avgorou
The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) on Friday said one of its members was violently attacked the previous night by bird trappers in Avgorou and left needing urgent medical assistance.
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Coronavirus: No deaths, 227 people test positive on Friday (Updated)
The health ministry announced 227 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths on Friday.
As there were no deaths, the death toll remains 575, of whom 367 were men and 208 women.
There are 73 ...
Film festival highlights exceptional stories
This autumn has seen a thrilling rise and comeback of festivals and though plenty more annual events remain to return to their full scale, the cultural scene has been busy ...
War of words over health system Gesy (Updated)
Government, parties, unions and professionals on Friday attacked a proposal by socialist Edek leader Marinos Sizopoulos that they said would fundamentally change the philosophy of the health system Gesy and ...