UNSG’s special envoy to visit Cyprus on March 7-9
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Cyprus, Jane Holl Lute, will visit the island on March 7-9, to hold meetings with the two sides, in the framework of the ...
Runaway schoolgirl who joined IS cannot return to Britain
A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State should not be allowed to return to Britain to challenge the government taking away her citizenship ...
Coronavirus: Larnaca street art says ‘thanks’ to health professionals
Street art has gone up on a busy Larnaca street to send a ‘big thank you’ to health professionals who are in the first line of defence against the coronavirus ...
Copies for cash: how ‘Max the Forger’ faked famous art
In this video we meet Max Brandrett a.k.a. ‘Max the Forger’. For 40 years, he specialised in faking the world’s most expensive art and selling it for a ...
Colder start to March after spring-like temperatures
March is expected to arrive with rain, local showers and a drop in temperatures, the met office said on Friday.
According to the head of the meteorology department, Kleanthis Nicolaides, ...
Coronavirus: Fewer Covid-19 deaths in past two weeks after January’s heavy toll
Cyprus saw fewer Covid-19 deaths over the last two weeks following the deadliest period in January, the health ministry announced on Friday.
Between February 12-19, deaths were down by 33 per ...
A new take on classic Italian tiramisu
In this video, you’ll learn how to make a classic Italian tiramisu dessert, featuring lightly sweet mascarpone filling, layered with sponge fingers, soaked with a spiked espresso mixture, and ...
Dutch appeals court says coronavirus curfew was right move
A Dutch appeals court said on Friday the government had been right to impose a night curfew in the fight against the coronavirus, overturning a lower court’s order which ...
Bullet point previews of Premier League matches
Match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of the 26th round of Premier League fixtures from Feb. 27-March 1. All times GMT.
Feb. 27, Saturday
Manchester City v West Ham United (1230)
* City are unbeaten ...
Liverpool’s Henderson out until April after surgery
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson will be sidelined for at least five weeks after undergoing groin surgery, the Premier League champions said on Friday.
The 30-year-old England international sustained the injury ...
Coronavirus: Policeman among 13 caught gambling, breaking decrees
One of the people caught in Limassol gambling at a home was a police officer, the town’s CID chief said on Friday.
Lefteris Kyriacou confirmed on Alpha television that ...
The most effective exercises to correct ‘neck hump’
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 ...
Coronavirus: 70 per cent of fortnight’s cases in Limassol
Limassol accounted for 70 per cent of the country’s total coronavirus cases detected in the last 14 days, the health ministry said on Friday.
According to the epidemiological unit’s biweekly ...
Indian coast guard find 81 Rohingya adrift at sea, asks Bangladesh to take them
India’s coast guard found 81 survivors and eight dead on a boat crammed with Muslim Rohingya refugees adrift in the Andaman Sea, and were repairing the vessel so that it ...
Two men arrested in suspected child abduction case (updated)
Two men were remanded in custody for eight days on Friday on suspicion of trying to abduct a child in Limassol the previous day.
The suspects, 29 and 21, were arrested by ...
Supreme Court upholds 14-year jail sentence for sexual abuse of teenage girl
Saying the courts have a responsibility to protect children from abhorrent behaviour, the Supreme Court has upheld a 14-year jail sentence of a man found guilty of sexually abusing a ...
How old cell phones are protecting the rainforest
This video presents a project by Rainforest Connection, which is helping to put a stop to illegal logging in Indonesia and 11 other countries.
Planted high in jungle treetops, used cell ...
Dusting off the art world
Art is back. As measures are slowly lifted, the local art world can finally dust itself off and return to the spotlight. This March and April, the collective exhibition DUST ...
Israel says half its population has received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Israel has administered at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot to 50% of its population, while 35% have received the full two-dose course, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Friday.
Israel counts East ...
Woods moved to new hospital to continue recovery
Tiger Woods has been moved to a new hospital in Los Angeles, the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center said on Thursday, as he recovers from multiple injuries sustained in a serious car ...
Coronavirus: defence ministry extend suspension of exercises for reservists
The defence ministry has extended a postponement of army reservists’ duty until March 31, taking into account the risks of spreading the coronavirus, it announced on Friday.
The postponements concern exercises ...
Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn break silence over documentary
Director and screenwriter Woody Allen has rebutted renewed allegations, in the HBO documentary ‘Allen v. Farrow’, that he sexually assaulted his daughter Dylan in 1992, calling the series “a hatchet job ...
Coronavirus: 14 booked for gambling, breaking decrees
Paphos police on Thursday booked 14 people for violating coronavirus measures while seven of them were also booked for illegal gambling.
As part of an operation to combat gambling, officers searched ...
Rare disease affects 50,000 Cypriots, research shows
More than 50,000 Cypriots live with a rare disease, recent research by the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING) and Karaiskakio Foundation has shown.
Ahead of World Rare Disease Day, ...