Cyprus property prices fall across most categories, index shows
A new index created by WiRE FS shows that the prices of Cyprus property, across most categories, fell in the first quarter of 2021. Rents also recorded a drop in most ...
Coronavirus: a quarter of Cypriots say they’ll never take the jab – survey
Cyprus has the biggest percentage across the EU of people who do not wish to get vaccinated according to the latest Standard Eurobarometer.
Based on the results of the Eurobarometer, ...
Our View: There’s a word for it when the state determines the extent of civil liberties
Perhaps the new lockdown, which kicks in on Monday, is necessary given the consistently high number of cases and the failure of the government to make any contingency plans for ...
Leno blunder gifts Everton 1-0 win over Arsenal
An own goal by Arsenal keeper Bernd Leno gave Everton a 1-0 win in their Premier League clash at The Emirates on Friday, gifting the Toffees three valuable points in ...
Former UK aide Cummings denies leaking ventilator messages, blasts PM
Dominic Cummings, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former top adviser, on Friday denied reports he leaked Johnson’s private communications over COVID-19 ventilators and criticised the British leader’s competence ...
Biden told Erdogan he plans to call 1915 massacres of Armenians genocide -sources
By Humeyra Pamuk
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that he intends to recognize the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide, ...
Parliament officially dissolves ahead of elections
The House of Representatives on Friday held its last plenary session before the parliamentary elections due to take place on May 30.
The parliament decided unanimously to be dissolved beginning as ...
Kremlin critic Navalny ends hunger strike, but political prospects darken
By Andrew Osborn, Anton Zverev and Tom Balmforth
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Friday he would start gradually ending a hunger strike after getting medical care, even as ...
Coronavirus: ministry issues more detail on lockdown diktats
The health ministry on Friday released a list of clarifications following the new lockdown announced earlier in the day.
According to the ministry, private and public nurseries and kindergartens must ...
Coronavirus: one death and 889 new cases announced on Friday (Updated)
The health ministry announced one death and 889 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday from 66,634 PCR and rapid tests, a positivity rate of 1.33 per cent.
The death concerns an 85-year-old man ...
Redacted interim report on passports to be published
A panel investigating the controversial citizenship by investment programme said Friday its interim findings reports would be published after personal data and certain other data were redacted for public interest ...
UK police to charge former soccer star Ryan Giggs with assault against two women
British police have been authorised to charge former Manchester United soccer star Ryan Giggs, who is also the current manager of the Wales national soccer team, with charges of assault ...
Fit for a queen: Elizabeth Taylor’s jewellery top 10
In this video, we take a look at 10 highlights from the jewellery collections of late Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor.
Born in London in 1932 to American parents who were art dealers, ...
Coronavirus: testing sites for Saturday
A total of 69 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday, the health ministry announced.
The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...
House approves tougher consumer protection legislation
The House of Representatives on Friday approved tougher consumer protection legislation with 43 votes in favour and three abstentions.
The vote of the omnibus bill in the last session of parliament ...
Solskjaer happy fans spoke out, says he never liked Super League
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said on Friday he had never been a supporter of the collapsed European Super League project and was pleased fans had spoken out.
The ...
Red Bull hire Mercedes engine expert for own F1 project
Red Bull have hired Ben Hodgkinson from Formula One rivals Mercedes as technical director of their own engine company, the team said on Friday.
Hodgkinson is head of mechanical engineering ...
Turkey’s EU candidacy must be suspended if no change, EU lawmakers say
Turkey‘s membership negotiations to join the European Union should be formally suspended if Ankara continues on its autocratic track, EU lawmakers said on Friday, saying a decision was urgent ...
Coronavirus: new vaccination centre opens at state fair
A new vaccination centre opened at the state fair in Nicosia on Friday as Cyprus ramps up its vaccination drive in a race to contain a surge of new coronavirus ...
China could rule world’s technology, UK cyber spy chief says
The West must urgently act to ensure China does not dominate important emerging technologies and gain control of the “global operating system”, Britain’s top cyber spy said on Friday.
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Oil steady as European recovery support countered by Indian virus surge
Oil prices were broadly steady on Friday with support from a European economic recovery countered by concerns about the record surge of coronavirus infections in India.
Brent crude dipped 2 cents, ...
Paphos woman arrested for calling local community leader ‘useless’
A well-known and respected Paphos resident was arrested for calling the community leader of Mandria “useless” in the comments section of a Facebook page and is now trying to find ...
Paris to Berlin in an hour by train: can it happen?
by Tom Cassauwers
The hyperloop is what you get when you take a magnetic levitation train and put it into an airless tube. The lack of resistance allows the train, ...
What’s Eaten Where: Shōdoshima
In the creation myths of Japan, Shōdoshima was among the first islands born to and blessed by the gods. And its pristine beaches, unspoiled mountains and virgin forests are ...