Learning and teaching through Zoom: Tips for online classes
The pandemic last year changed the trajectory of education. While some are starting to go back to regular classes, many will still subscribe to the online medium for the foreseeable ...
Search continues for missing sailor
The search for a sailor missing since Tuesday south of Cape Gata in Akrotiri continued on Thursday.
“The search operations to locate the sailor were stopped with the last light ...
Coronavirus: Three businesses fined for breaking protocols
Police carried out 10,150 checks and booked 148 individuals for disregarding coronavirus protocols during the 24 hours until Thursday morning.
A barber in Limassol was fined €500 for not displaying the correct signage, the ...
UN hopes parties attend Geneva talks with creativity
The UN has said it hopes the parties attending the informal 5+1 meeting on Cyprus in Geneva next week will attend with creativity.
“I think what the Secretary-General, the aim as ...
Israel retaliates after Syrian missile lands near nuclear reactor
A Syrian surface-to-air missile exploded in southern Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, in an incident that triggered warning sirens in an area near the secretive Dimona nuclear reactor.
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Car bombing at luxury hotel in Quetta kills 4, Chinese ambassador possible target
car bomb blast late on Wednesday ripped through a luxury hotel’s parking area in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing four people and wounding 11, officials said.
China’s ...
Cyprus should get ready for an increase in NPEs – Central Bank governor
The governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus Constantinos Heredotou warned on Tuesday of an impending increase in non-performing loans in the near future.
Heredotou told the 11th Nicosia Economic ...
Artists in Cyprus are hanging on by a thread
The art world in Cyprus has been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, with galleries, cinemas, theatres, concerts and other events being forced to shut down, indefinitely postponed ...
New York still number 1 financial centre; Frankfurt, Hong Kong pressure London, Cyprus is number 98
New York keeps its first place in the ranking of global financial centres, and London in second place is under pressure from Frankfurt and Shanghai.
Frankfurt jumped seven places in ...
Cyprus Parklane Hotel opens for the summer
Parklane, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa is now open!
Parklane, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, is now open for the Summer 2021 season and ready to welcome you back!
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Huge quantities of dangerous used tyres left unprocessed
The Audit Office on Wednesday said the company being paid to process massive quantities of used car tyres is failing to do so
In a report, the Audit Office said ...
Our View: Government had no choice but to withdraw bill on foreclosures
The government did the right thing to withdraw the bill amending the law on the courts which had been changed beyond recognition by the political parties. The aim of the ...
Earth Day: Climate change calls for all of us to act now
By Judith Garber
On my very first walk around Nicosia two years ago, I passed a group of young Cypriots creating posters calling on their fellow citizens to take bold ...
Shame on health ministry for changes to Covid-death announcements
Your journalist’s report in the Cyprus Mail (Tuesday, April 20) that the health ministry appears to no longer be informing the public as to whether people who have died from ...
Man City close in on Premier League title with win at Villa
Manchester City recovered from conceding a very early goal to win 2-1 at Aston Villa on Wednesday and move a step closer to the Premier League title after a game ...
World is still waiting for US climate target on eve of Biden summit
The White House is still putting the finishing touches on its plan to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, ahead of a summit this week with world leaders including ...
Son’s late penalty revives Tottenham’s top-four hopes
Tottenham Hotspur enjoyed some respite in a tumultuous week for the club as Son Heung-min’s late penalty earned them a 2-1 victory over Southampton on Wednesday to revive their ...
Greek, Turkish Cypriots call for reunification, plan march
More than 100 organisations from both sides of the divide and abroad, called on Wednesday for Cyprus’ reunification as a bizonal bicommunal federation with political equality.
A total 113 groups, parties, and ...
Olympiakos to face Anorthosis in Cyprus Cup final
Olympiakos reached their first Cyprus Cup final for 30 years after beating AEL 1-0 in Limassol on Wednesday night to seal a comprehensive 5-2 aggregate win.
The Nicosia side will play ...
Coronavirus: 843 new cases, no deaths (updated)
There were no deaths from Covid in the past 24 hours, as 843 new infections were reported after 53,024 tests, an overall positivity rate of 1.59 per cent, the health ministry said on Wednesday.
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Helen Kirwan performances continue with breaking vessels
The fifth performance in Helen Kirwan’s new series of online events broadcast live to a global audience is coming this Friday. As an artist in residence with the Cyprus ...
Apocalypse glitz: inside a custom-built doomsday bunker
Viewing the escalation of any number of existential threats – climate change, food and water shortages, natural disasters, nuclear conflicts – many of the world’s elite, including hedge-fund managers, sports stars ...
Geneva will reveal president’s stance, govt tells opposition
President Nicos Anastasiades’ response to criticism from opposition parties on the way he is handling the Cyprus problem will be given in Geneva, government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos said on Wednesday.
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Scientists find only 3 per cent of land areas unblemished by humans
By Kanupriya Kapoor
Very little of today’s world resembles Planet Earth from 500 years ago. In fact, only about 3 per cent of land surfaces might be ecologically intact — still home ...