Former Turkish Cypriot leader Eroglu hospitalised
Former Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has been admitted in intensive care after feeling ill on Monday while he was at home.
Turkish Cypriot media reported that Eroglu, 83, is in ...
Llama antibodies to save us from Covid-19?
Llama antibodies could soon be playing a role in the global fight against COVID-19, if clinical trials being conducted by a Belgian biomedical start-up live up to their early promise.
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Paralympics set to open in Tokyo amid worsening COVID-19 crisis
The 2020 Paralympic Games will kick off in Tokyo with the opening ceremony on Tuesday as Japan struggles with its worst COVID-19 outbreak so far, record daily cases and an overwhelmed ...
Police arrest fake id suspect at Paphos airport
Paphos police were investigating one more case of forgery after the arrest of a 22-year-old African man at Paphos airport.
According to police, the man was arrested on Monday afternoon ...
Coronavirus: First dose vaccination coverage nearing 80 per cent
Over 30 per cent teenagers between 16 and 17 and almost 78 per cent of the adult population have received at least the first dose of an anti-Covid vaccine, the health ministry said on ...
Antonio double helps West Ham thrash 10-man Leicester
Michail Antonio became West Ham United’s all-time Premier League top scorer after netting twice to help secure a resounding 4-1 home win on Monday over Leicester City, who had ...
Coronavirus: Police issue 34 fines for health and safety violations
Police said Tuesday they had issued fines to 32 individuals and two establishments in the past 24 hours for various violations of Covid health and safety measures.
The force said it carried ...
Crude Iron: world premiere of Andy Skordis’ opera
Andy Skordis’ opera Crude Iron will have its world premiere at the upcoming Kypria Festival 2021 this September in a highly anticipated performance that is a co-production of the international festival ...
Police seeking abduction suspect in Paphos
Paphos police were seeking a 26-year-old man on Tuesday on suspicion of abducting a domestic worker earlier this month.
The incident was reported to police on August 12 by the 42-year-old ...
Paphos fishermen want state to tackle alien species
Paphos professional fishermen urged for action on Tuesday over the increase of alien fish species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, which endangers the marine ecosystem but also their livelihood.
The ...
Israel bombs Hamas sites in Gaza over fire balloons
Israeli warplanes bombed Hamas sites in Gaza in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave that caused brush fires in southern Israel, its military said early on Tuesday.
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Police seeking suspects in car theft
Police said Tuesday they were looking for two people aged 21 and 36, suspected of stealing a €3,300 car in Paphos earlier this month.
The theft was reported to the police by the ...
Pensioner dies three days after road collision
A 73-year-old man died early on Tuesday three days after he was hospitalised in serious condition following a road collision in Larnaca.
The pensioner was driving on Limassol Avenue in ...
Are lithium-ion batteries in electric cars a fire hazard?
General Motors Co (GM.N) has expanded the recall of its Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles due to a risk of fire from the pouch-type lithium-ion battery cells made by South ...
Kamala Harris says China intimidates to back South China Sea claims
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday accused China of coercion and intimidation to back unlawful claims in the South China Sea, in her most pointed comments on China on ...
German companies struggle with supply shortages.
Four out of five German companies are struggling with a shortage of raw materials, the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) announced on Thursday.
Global supply chains ...
Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine boosters show signs of taming Delta
Less than a month into a Covid -19 vaccine booster drive, Israel is seeing signs of an impact on the country’s high infection and severe illness rates fuelled by ...
G7 to meet on Afghan deadline, evacuation put on ‘war footing’
Leaders of the Group of Seven countries were set to discuss on Tuesday whether to seek an extension to a Aug. 31 deadline for the evacuation of thousands of people trying ...
Bitcoin price rises past $50,000 then retreats on profit-taking
Bitcoin’s price surged past $50,000 on Monday for the first time since May, but the rebound from a months-long slump later ran out of steam.
The world’s largest cryptocurrency ...
Europe could see natural gas shortages, price rises this winter
There is real danger that Europe will see shortages of natural gas this winter, combined with sharp increases in price for the commodity.
“Going into the current winter with less ...
Cyprus Business Now
KEDIPES is expected to move forward in its transformation into an asset management company (a ‘bad bank’), StockWatch reported on Monday.
The company, which was set up to manage non-performing ...
Coronavirus: Athalassa psychiatric hospital struggles with outbreak
Health professionals at the already overcrowded Athalassa psychiatric hospital are pulling overtime as they strive to process increased daily admissions plus the five patients and one nurse who have tested ...
Our View: Passport move nothing more than a gesture for home consumption
The council of ministers decided on Monday to revoke or not renew 14 passports of the Republic held by Turkish Cypriot ‘officials’, 10 of whom are members of the pseudo-state’s ‘cabinet’ ...
New wave of Islamist terrorism unlikely
Violent Islamist movements, as current events in Afghanistan demonstrate, have had some success in Muslim countries that have been invaded by the United States. But they have failed everywhere else, ...