Disy-Edek meeting as state budget pressure grows
President Nicos Anastasiades has called a meeting with party leaders on Thursday to discuss a new 2021 state budget, as Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Monday continued efforts to secure enough ...
Canary Islands sees more than eight-fold increase in migrants in 2020
The number of undocumented migrants arriving in Spain’s Canary Islands on rickety boats was more than eight times higher in 2020 from the previous year, the Spanish Interior Ministry said ...
UK PM Johnson to set out COVID lockdown measures later tonight
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out further measures later on Monday to try to control the rising spread in cases from the new variant of COVID-19, a spokesman ...
Footballers who broke coronavirus restrictions ‘should know better’
Watford captain Troy Deeney has criticised players who broke coronavirus restrictions over Christmas and New Year.
A number of players from several Premier League clubs were pictured at gatherings that ...
Coronavirus: Vaccinations in north to start on January 15
Vaccinations in the north will start on January 15, with Sinovac, the Chinese vaccine to be delivered to the Turkish Cypriot community by Turkey, it was reported on Monday.
In the ...
Man in custody over terrorism related offences
A 24-year-old foreign national was remanded in custody for eight days in Limassol on Monday in connection with terrorism related offences.
The man was arrested in the district of Limassol ...
Moat section of new Eleftheria square finally opened to the public
Nicosia residents have been flocking to Eleftheria square after it was partially opened for the public on New Year’s Day following years of delays.
Hearing that the moat section ...
Natty new ways to wear knitwear
By Prudence Wade
Knitwear is no longer the reserve of itchy jumpers and gaudy prints.
Over the last few years, style icons like Katie Holmes have helped knitwear shed its ...
EU drugs agency still undecided on Moderna vaccine -Dutch regulator (Update)
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has not been able to reach a decision on the approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, the Dutch national medicines authority said.
The ...
How to interpret Prague’s famous astronomical clock
The Prague Astronomical Clock, or Prague Orloj, is a medieval timekeeping device located in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
First installed in 1410, it is the third-oldest astronomical clock ...
Ground-breaking ceremony for US sponsored security training facility
Acting Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security Chad Wolf on Monday joined Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides at a ground-breaking ceremony for the CYCLOPS training facility in Larnaca, seen ...
Wanted man
Police are looking for 34-year-old Simoni Bejitashvili from Georgia, in relation to a case of burglary and theft.
The crimes were committed between September 24 and November 19, 2020 in Nicosia.
Whoever has ...
Egypt eyes slow return for tourism after revenues dive in 2020
Egypt’s tourism sector is eying a gradual recovery after revenues plunged by nearly 70% to $4 billion in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the tourism minister and travel companies said.
The ...
Akel says it’s not letting go of Yiolitis Twitter storm
Main opposition Akel sought to keep up pressure on the government on Monday over an apparently wrong police raid at a private citizen’s home after Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis ...
Apollon on top, Omonia continue hot streak, Apoel in trouble
With 21 goals scored across seven games, the first round of the Cyprus first division in 2021 has set a benchmark for the remainder of the season.
The end of round 17 finds ...
Petrolina acquires Silk Oil
Petrolina Holdings on Monday released a regulatory announcement stating its acquisition of the oil trading firm Silk oil.
Petrolina will pay a redemption consideration at a maximum amount of €9 million, ...
Corona adds new words to the language
Which word sums up 2020? ALIX NORMAN discovers how Covid-19 has impacted how we speak and reveals the words that typify the year just passed
At the end of each year, ...
April 2 deadline to register to vote in parliamentary elections
The voter registration deadline for the May 30 parliamentary elections is April 2, the election service said on Monday.
Teenagers who will turn 18 by the date of the elections can also register ...
Coronavirus: Patient numbers continue to rise (updated)
Around 185 people were being treated in hospital on Monday and more were expected in the coming days following the holidays, a health official said, as the government was considering imposing ...
District post offices to open later to clear parcel backlog
The parcel offices at four district post offices will remain open beyond normal operating hours later this week to deal with a backlog of parcels, the Cyprus Post said on ...
UK judge rejects extraditing Julian Assange over ‘suicide risk’ (Update)
By Michael Holden
A British judge ruled on Monday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges including breaking a spying ...
Death to 2020: a somewhat silly mockumentary
Netflix’s end of year special Death to 2020, made by Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, was supposed to be a surprise, announced mere days before its December 27 ...
Fears that vaccines may not work on S.African variant
Scientists are not fully confident that COVID-19 vaccines will work on a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa, ITV’s political editor said on Monday, citing an ...
Germany mulls delaying second vaccine shot, French rollout progresses at a snail’s pace
Germany’s health ministry is seeking advice on whether to delay administering a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from BioNTech and Pfizer to make scarce supplies go further, according ...