Appeal for relatives after British woman’s body remains unclaimed in morgue
Authorities in Cyprus and the Isle of Man are desperate to find family members of a British woman whose body has lain unclaimed in the morgue of Paphos hospital since ...
Body of missing diver found off Larnaca airport following search (Updated)
The body of a diver missing since Saturday noon in the sea area of Larnaca airport was located before midday on Sunday at a depth of 18 metres the Search and ...
German region plans tougher restrictions for unvaccinated
At least one region in Germany is planning to impose tougher restrictions on people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 as the country faces a fourth wave of the pandemic, ...
Greek Cypriot side ready to attend any meetings UN chief wishes
The Greek Cypriot side stands ready to attend any meeting the UN Secretary-General wishes to convene on the Cyprus issue, either between the leaders of the two communities or with ...
Coronavirus: 78% have had one jab, 73.89% two jabs
Up until Saturday, 78.2 per cent of people in Cyprus had received one Covid jab and 73.8 per cent were fully covered, the health ministry said on Sunday.
The government’s target ...
‘As a parent you want to give your children everything’
Kyriacos Nicolaou catches up with two Premier League greats on the island recently to coach kids at summer camps at Limassol’s Parklane hotel
As the unrelenting August sun beat ...
Health minister slams Okypy delays in letter to board (Updated)
A letter has been sent by Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas to the state health services organisation (Okypy) warning “for the last time” about delays, and “compliance with Council of Ministers ...
Varosha opening aims at causing maximum human pain
But revoking Cyprus passports of Turkish Cypriots was not the answer
In a recent article of mine, I made the following important points concerning the 1974 Turkish military intervention:
The 1974 coup, ...
Ida makes landfall in Louisiana as most intense hurricane in years (Updated)
Hurricane Ida made landfall in the United States on Sunday as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm that was set to plunge much of the Louisiana shoreline under water as the ...
Drunk motorist hits pole, teen caught driving
A man driving at six times over the limit hit a traffic sign in Pervolia on Saturday night after losing control of his vehicle, police said.
The man, 41, was driving ...
Coronavirus: 30 people and three premises booked for breaking decrees
Thirty individuals and three businesses were fined in the last 24 hours for breaking Covid decrees.
Police carried out 3,574 checks islandwide.
In Nicosia, 1,091 checks were done resulting in two fines.
In ...
Our View: Anastasiades continues to show impetuous inconsistency over Cyprob
Was President Anastasiades offering some light relief to lift the gloom caused by the opening of Varosha by proposing a return to the 1960s constitution, or was this another display ...
Djokovic faces now-or-never moment at US Open
Novak Djokovic hesitated to call the U.S. Open a now-or-never moment, but the history-hunting Serb noted on Friday that an opportunity for a calendar year Grand Slam could be ...
Budget for 2022 to be tabled by end of September
The coming months, and 2022 will be crucial for ensuring the sustainability of public finances, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides has said.
His ministry is currently working on the state budget but ...
More contaminants found in Moderna vaccines in Japan- NHK
Contaminants were found in Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccines at a large-scale vaccination centre in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture, suspending inoculations, public broadcaster NHK reported on Sunday.
The Okinawa vaccines ...
U.S. in final phase of Kabul evacuations, Taliban prepares government (Update 1)
U.S. forces were in the final phase of pulling out of Kabul, ending two decades of costly involvement in Afghanistan, as the country’s new Taliban rulers prepared to ...
Covid Delta variant poses twice the risk of hospitalisation – study
People who get the Delta variant of the coronavirus are twice as likely to be hospitalised as those who were infected by the Alpha variant which was first detected in ...
The Use Case for Creativity
When businesses stray into apperception, they tend to fall from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Businesses recognise creativity when it happens; that is simple perception. But in recent years, the ...
Cyprus fosters effective creativity and Innovation
In July, Cyprus was named one of five most improved EU countries, rising by 33 per cent since 2014. The report highlighted “very strong increases” in several indicators, including venture capital, broadband ...
EFG Bank integrates innovation into strategy for clients
Most importantly, technology has to be benchmarked against our clients’ needs. We see technology as an enabler and change for the sake of change isn’t always a good thing. ...
Tales from the Coffeeshop: Meaningless decision provokes both communities
THE REVOKING of the passports of 14 ‘officials’ of the pseudo state by the council of ministers was a gloriously meaningless decision that was enthusiastically cheered by our patriotic parties, but ...
Weaponising Cyprus passports may infringe EU law
Neither RoC nor EU citizenship is in the gift of the government of the RoC to give or withhold
The decision of President Anastasiades to weaponise Republic of Cyprus passports ...
Ten-man Chelsea hold on for point at Liverpool
Ten-man Chelsea delivered a fine defensive display as they held on for a 1-1 draw against Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday after defender Reece James was sent off just before ...
Coronavirus: One death, 213 new infections announced on Saturday (updated)
One person has died from Covid-19 as 213 new infections were detected in the past 24 hours after 47, 772 tests, a positivity rate of 0.45 per cent, the health ministry said on Saturday.
At ...