Over 2,000 police will be on duty on election day
Police are ready to meet the demands of election day on Sunday by dispatching over 2,000 officers on the streets, according to the chief of police Stelios Papatheodorou.
Speaking to the ...
Gender has negligible effect on wages in Cyprus amongst educated, study finds
Gender has been found to not be a significant factor on how wages are determined amongst the educated in Cyprus, a study has revealed.
The Structure of Earnings Survey is ...
State under fire for inadequate protection of Natura sites
The agriculture ministry has come under fire for its lack of progress in adequately protecting Natura 2000 zones, but this time, from the state legal service.
For years, the Republic and ...
Our View: The biggest problem facing Gesy is the public hospitals
Nobody could disagree with health minister Constantinos Ioannou’s positive evaluation of Gesy, two years after it was introduced. In an article he penned on the occasion of its second ...
Biden’s $6 trillion budget plan draws partisan scorn and praise
U.S. President Joe Biden released his 2022 budget on Friday, calling for $6 trillion in spending by stitching together his most ambitious spending proposals.
Republicans criticized the increase in government spending, ...
Probe into commissioner’s qualifications began in April
The investigation into the forged academic qualification of the volunteerism commissioner was initiated in April, the auditor-general’s office said on Friday after the president accused the audit chief of ...
Coronavirus: three deaths, 73 people test positive on Friday (Updated)
The health ministry announced three deaths and another 73 positives for Covid-19 on Friday from 62,125 PCR and rapid tests with a positivity rate of 0.12 per cent.
The deaths concerned two men ...
Macron says France will help Africa make more Covid-19 vaccines locally
President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday France would invest in boosting the production of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa, to help close a gap in the availability of the shots between ...
€20,000 stolen from parked van in Limassol
Police are investigating the theft of €20,000 from a parked vehicle in Limassol on Friday.
Limassol CID received a complaint from the owner of the car, a 51-year-old man, according to ...
Beat the Devil back for extra show
David Hare’s covid confessional play Beat the Devil, which premiered in Cyprus earlier this year, returns for another performance. Andreas Araouzos takes the British playwright’s monologue to Paphos ...
Republicans in US Senate block probe of Capitol riot
Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday derailed a bipartisan inquiry into the deadly assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump’s supporters, despite a torrent of ...
Parties in last-ditch duel for Sunday’s votes
The Cyprus problem, corruption and possible protest votes were the focus of political parties on Friday in their final messages before Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
With the election campaign period ...
Research boosted between French and Cyprus institutes
The Cyprus Institute and the French Institute have renewed their collaboration on issues of common interest, related to education and research.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony took place ...
UK PM acted unwisely over home refurbishment but no conflict of interest, says report
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson “unwisely” allowed a refurbishment of his residence to proceed without more rigorous consideration of how it would be funded but did not break the ministerial ...
€700,000 in grants to boost businesses along Green Line
A total of €700,000 in grants were presented on Friday by Interior Minister Nicos Nouris and Nicosia Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis to 18 private companies operating in areas adjacent to Nicosia’s Green ...
EU regulator backs Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for adolescents (Update 1)
Europe’s medicines regulator on Friday backed the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 12, paving the way for a broader roll-out in the region after ...
Orthorexia: when ‘clean eating’ becomes unhealthy
This video is meant to expand your general knowledge about living a healthy life and is NOT a substitute for seeking medical advice. Please consult with your doctor before making ...
Low number of personal data breaches by parties this election
The personal data commissioner on Friday said that her office has received a very small number of complaints from members of the public regarding personal data breaches from parliamentary candidates ...
First Greek Cypriot woman MP, Rina Katselli, dies aged 83
Renowned writer and politician Rina Katselli passed away on Friday at the age of 83, the Kyrenia municipality announced in a post on Facebook.
Katselli is considered one of the most ...
Five key battles in the Champions League final
Manchester City face Chelsea in the Champions League final on Saturday. Here are five key tactical battles to watch out for:
WILL CHELSEA’S WING-BACKS BE ABLE TO ATTACK?
Thomas ...
Erdogan inaugurates major new mosque in heart of Istanbul
President Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated an imposing new mosque in Istanbul on Friday, fulfilling a decades-old goal and stamping a religious identity on the landmark Taksim Square in the heart of ...
Coronavirus: testing locations for Saturday
The health ministry announced a total of 84 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Saturday.
The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...
Hoteliers ask British High Commission to help move Cyprus to UK green list
A delegation representing the Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe) on Friday asked the British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie to move the island to the UK’s green list of tourist destinations ...
What’s Eaten Where: Quebec
Half a million lakes, 4500 rivers, and over 13,000 kilometres of coastline… Quebec is a watery sort of place! Even its name pays tribute to its aqueous nature: ‘Kebec’ in Algonquin means ‘...