Sweden take top spot after thrilling 3-2 win over Poland
Sweden topped Group E and sent Poland home from the European Championship on Wednesday with a stoppage time winner to make it 3-2 in one of the tournament’s most ...
Priest douses bishops with acid in Athens
Police have arrested a priest who attacked metropolitan bishops at the Petraki Monastery in Athens on Wednesday by dousing them with acid.
The seven bishops, who were meeting to consider ...
Spain crush Slovakia to set up Euros last-16 date with Croatia
Spain claimed the biggest win of the tournament with a 5-0 thrashing of Slovakia in their final European Championship Group E match on Wednesday to finish second in the group ...
Coronavirus: No deaths, 167 new cases (updated)
There were no deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, but infections continued to climb on Wednesday with the health ministry announcing 167 new cases after 33,413 tests, a positivity rate of 0.50 ...
It ‘is a shame’ – EU to take steps against Hungary over anti-LGBT bill
By Sabine Siebold
June 23 (Reuters) – The European Commission will take action against Hungary over planned new restrictions on LGBT rights, the head of the bloc’s executive announced on Wednesday, ...
Greece ends mandatory face mask-wearing outdoors as pandemic recedes
Greece will end the mandatory wearing of face masks outdoors and ease other remaining restrictions imposed to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities said on Wednesday, with infections now clearly on ...
Biden lauds athletes Nassib, Yokoyama for coming out
U.S. President Joe Biden praised the courage of the Las Vegas Raiders’ Carl Nassib for becoming the National Football League’s (NFL) first openly gay active player and Japan ...
Cheerleader prevails at US Supreme Court in free speech case
By Andrew Chung
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of a Pennsylvania teenager who sued after a profane social media post got her banished from her high ...
Cavendish feels no pressure after his late call-up for the Tour de France
Mark Cavendish said he will begin the Tour de France on Saturday without the burden of expectation on his shoulders after his late call-up into the Deceuninck-QuickStep squad.
The 30-time ...
State failing to follow own rules for big projects say conservationists
Conservationists censured the government on Wednesday over its failure to protect the environment or even ensure its own provisions in impact studies were adhered to when it comes to largescale ...
A blend of Soul, Reggae, RnB, World and Jazz at Technopolis 20
Technopolis 20 invites music lovers to its garden on July 2 to enjoy the wonderful Trio Frisson, one of the leading Soul bands in Cyprus performing a unique, groovy blend of Soul, ...
Police issue fresh phone scam warning
Police have renewed calls to the public to be aware of scammers trying to gain access to their computers by pretending to be Microsoft employees offering to remove a virus.
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Coronavirus: Young urged to get vaccinated as numbers surge
With daily cases almost doubling between Monday and Tuesday from 67 to 122, experts have warned that Cyprus might be experiencing yet another wave, this time of the Delta variant, and repeated ...
Audit service denies failing to carry out passport probe
The audit service on Wednesday vehemently rejected suggestions by an inquiry that it had not done its job properly in 2016 as regards the controversial citizenship-by-investment programme, accusing the panel of ...
Coronavirus: Rapid testing sites for Thursday
The health ministry announced a total of 63 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday.
The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the obligatory ...
Rhapsody in yellow: shopping Bijan in Beverly Hills
If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to be styled to the max in Beverly Hills, wonder no more.
In this video, we follow fashion expert Joe Katz on ...
Germany’s health minister angered by UEFA decision on stadium lighting
German health minister Jens Spahn has been angered by what he slammed as a “very irritating” UEFA decision to stop Munich’s Allianz Arena being lit in rainbow colours for ...
Buffett resigns as Gates Foundation trustee, donates another $4.1 bln for philanthropy
Warren Buffett on Wednesday resigned as trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations, as he delivered another $4.1 billion worth of ...
Crypto is ‘rat poison’, a third of mainstream investment firms tell JPM
Only 10 per cent of institutional investment firms surveyed by JPMorgan trade cryptocurrencies, with nearly half labelling the emerging asset class as “rat poison” or predicting it would be a temporary ...
‘Big day’ for Cyprus on Innovation scoreboard
The European Innovation Scoreboard made public earlier this week testifies to the progress Cyprus has made in innovation, the Republic’s chief scientist Dr Nicolas Mastroyiannopoulos said on Wednesday after ...
More airlines join legal action against UK over travel curbs
More airlines on Wednesday joined legal action against the Britain over its travel curbs, adding to pressure on the government to relax restrictions that are putting businesses and jobs on ...
Coronavirus: State support for workers second highest in EU
About one in three or 33.4 per cent of working Cypriots received support from special schemes to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, the second highest rate in the EU 27 and nearly ...
The choices available in life’s ugly situations – Sadhguru (Cyprus)
“What the world throws at us is not necessarily your choice, but what you make out of it is entirely your choice…”
In this video, yogi and mystic Sadhguru counsels ...
Russia says it fires warning shots at British destroyer near Crimea, UK denies it
Russia said on Tuesday it had fired warning shots and dropped bombs in the path of a British destroyer sailing in the Black Sea off the coast of the Crimea ...