Mars on Earth: Turkish lake may hold clues to ancient life on planet
As NASA’s Perseverance rover explores the surface of Mars, scientists hunting for signs of ancient life on the distant planet are using data gathered on a mission much closer ...
Coronavirus: Spotlight on political role in European AZN vaccine suspensions
By Douglas Busvine and Ludwig Burger
The decision by more than a dozen European countries to suspend AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 shot faced deepening scrutiny on Wednesday, amid concerns the step ...
Government urges no extensions to suspending foreclosures
The government warned opposition parties for the umpteenth time on Wednesday that changing the foreclosures legislation would have negative consequences on banks and possibly create the need for fresh capital.
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Coronavirus: Rapid testing sites for Thursday
The health ministry announced that a total of 55 rapid test sites will operate around the island on Thursday.
The sites provide free coronavirus tests to the public and for the ...
WHO: Benefits outweigh the risks of AstraZeneca Covid shot
A World Health Organization (WHO) vaccine safety panel said on Wednesday that it considers that the benefits of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine outweigh its risks and recommends that vaccinations continue.
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Public thumbs up for bus system, survey shows
A recent survey conducted by IMR/University of Nicosia showed that public transport in Nicosia and Larnaca has improved in the past few months, the ministry of transport announced on ...
TV shows we love: Cheer
Cheerleaders get a bad rep. According to Hollywood they’re all sex-crazed, pom-toting airheads on a killing spree – usually in the deep south. Cheer gives us the truth. And it ...
EU proposes vaccine certificate for travellers
European Commission proposes to create a Digital Green Certificate to facilitate safe free movement inside the EU during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a press release on Wednesday.
Commissioner for ...
Reality to abstraction: Maryam Hoseini paints the spaces we dismiss
In this video, we explore how a painter translates the real into the abstract.
From her Brooklyn-based studio, artist Maryam Hoseini explores the spaces in between painting and drawing, figuration ...
Coronavirus: Sputnik vaccine order depends on EMA approval
Cyprus has pre-ordered 50,000 Sputnik vaccines as a first step and will order more if the Russian-made vaccine secures early approval from the European Medicines Agency, government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos said ...
Old Age cometh not alone
By Richard Dickenson
They say everyone can remember where they were the moment they heard of the Kennedy assassination. Certainly I can. Similarly I remember my whereabouts when I heard ...
Our environment is our life – Sadhguru (Cyprus)
“You must be conscious of everything that is alive…”
In this video, yogi and mystic Sadhguru, reminds us that the perceived boundaries between our environment and ourselves are artificial and ...
Coronavirus: Matter of time before hospitals reach their limit, minister warns (Updated)
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou warned Wednesday that at the current rate of hospital admissions due to Covid, state hospitals would soon be unable to afford quality care to patients despite ...
Opposition says planned anti-corruption authority a PR stunt
Parties could not seem to agree on Wednesday on the provisions of a bill creating an independent authority against corruption whose final text will be submitted by the justice ministry ...
Greek, Turkish ministers to meet on April 14 aiming to ease tensions
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu will meet in Ankara on April 14, officials said on Wednesday, in a renewed effort to ease months of heightened ...
How NASA plans to save earth from asteroids
Doomsday scenarios in sci-fi movies have often featured massive asteroids smashing into our home planet and causing incalculable damage. Not the most comforting thought for earthlings, to be sure!
Fortunately, ...
Coronavirus: Parent groups threaten ‘dynamic action’ if schools remain closed
Parent groups warned on Wednesday that they will take dynamic action if the government does not rescind its measures which prevent many pupils from attending school.
Meanwhile, the education ministry ...
Facing ‘crisis of century’, EU threatens ban on Covid vaccine exports to UK
The European Union on Wednesday threatened to ban exports of COVID-19 vaccines to Britain to safeguard scarce doses for its own citizens facing a third wave of the pandemic that ...
Omonia heavily represented at football awards ceremony
The 48th annual Best Athletes Awards Ceremony will take place at the Nicosia Municipal Theatre on April, 8.
The awards aim to honour the best footballers on the island and are ...
Cabinet green lights Astromeritis-Evrihou motorway despite eco-concerns
Citing overriding public interest, the cabinet decided on Wednesday to go ahead with construction of a mountain road, ignoring its own department’s disagreement and warnings of negative and irreversible ...
Former England captain Lineker wants brain tested for signs of dementia
Gary Lineker says he will get extra checks on his brain for signs of dementia.
Research has found that former professional footballers are three and a half times more likely ...
Rifts over Covid vaccines weigh on EU push to reopen summer travel
Six countries demanded more COVID-19 vaccines from the European Union on Wednesday, the latest setback to the bloc’s troubled inoculation campaign that risks undermining plans to restart travel this ...
Thick fog, slippery roads in Troodos, police warn
Roads in the wider Troodos area are slippery because of hail, while there is also thick fog and strong winds, police warned on Wednesday.
In an announcement, they urged all ...
Haemodialysis patients call for more staff at Famagusta hospital
Patients of the haemodialysis unit at Famagusta general hospital held a protest outside the facility on Wednesday to press for a second doctor permanently on call in case of emergency ...