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The Turkish Cypriot side will keep the crossing points shut on Monday, Government Spokesman Kyriacos Kousios said on Sunday. The spokesman told Alpha TV on Sunday evening that Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci’s office has informed the president’s office that it will not be possible for the crossings to reoperate...

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Changing the way we start every day can change our life because our mornings set the tone for the rest of day. Feeling content in the morning helps our brain to release feel good hormones and gives us a boost to achieve what we want to achieve whereas waking up...

By Amber Milne “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling sparked outrage online from fans and members of the LGBT+ community again on Sunday after a string of tweets accused of being transphobic at a time when protests over inequality are raging globally. The tweets came in response to an opinion piece...

Price correction needed to attract new investors By Gina Agapiou and Andrew Rosenbaum Tourism industry leaders called this week for the sector to be upgraded to attract more visitors to tackle the changing conditions imposed by the coronavirus crisis and the succeeding economic recovery. The prospects for tourism was the...

Online lectures, socially distanced living and ‘virtual’ freshers’ week. Why would a Cypriot student want to study in England this year? By Annette Chrysostomou With England still in the grip of the coronavirus and talk of universities holding lectures online to ensure social distancing come September, Cypriot students and parents...

Malta reluctantly allowed 425 migrants held offshore for more than a month to disembark on Sunday after a group of them threatened to kidnap the crew of the chartered boats where they were being held, authorities said. Prime Minister Robert Abela said the government had been forced to act after...

Nicos Rolandis looks at the journey, the universe, the beginning and the end It was summer of 1952. I was 17, a graduate of the Pancyprian Gymnasium. My father, Andreas Rolandis, was 50. He worked in the government and devoted all his free time to the study of metaphysics, a...

For the first time in its history, Cyprus has the chance to be energy independent, and it’s not from gas By Constantinos Christofides Down through history, the nations that had a competitive advantage were those that enjoyed scientific and technological superiority, and, of course, cheap energy. For the first time...

Three airlines have written to the British government in protest at its “wholly unjustified and disproportionate” quarantine rules for most international arrivals from Monday, a copy of the letter seen by Reuters showed. With planes around the world grounded since late March, airlines had hoped to start flying from July,...

Four new coronavirus cases were detected on Sunday bringing the total to 964. According to the health ministry, three cases concern people who were recently repatriated and one was among contacts of a person who tested positive. The four cases were among 2,364 tests carried out during the past 24...

The Turkish Cypriot Mufti, Dr Talip Atalay, on Sunday called for investigation by the government of the placement by some of the Byzantine flag on the roof of a mosque in Larnaca. Some media in the north reported that Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said such a move was an...

An independent authority is not synonymous with an autocratic authority By Christos Panayiotides President Nicos Anastasiades’ conclusion that auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides is seeking to govern or at least co-govern Cyprus is correct. On numerous occasions, he has acted outside his terms of reference and has sought an involvement that would...

Be patient, says the Hoteliers’ Association By Jonathan Shkurko With lockdown over but flights abroad patchy, uncertain and clogged with coronavirus-proof measures, many Cypriots, some for the first time in years, are looking to spend their holidays at home. That means looking for good deals at hotels. Soon after the...

Police on Sunday said they investigate an incident concerning a man hitting a woman and a dog that took place in Paphos. A video circulated on social media shows a man,27, on the balcony of a house hitting a woman, 28, reportedly his partner and their dog that tries to...

With shifting interests in the region it is time for the US and the EU to help Turkey and Greece back to a position of negotiation By Charles Ellinas Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan met leader of Libya’s internationally recognised government Fayez Al-Sarraj in Ankara on Thursday and promptly announced...

Police on Sunday said that the owner of a bar in the Famagusta district who organised parties during the weekend in violation of coronavirus measures would be taken in court next week while they would also suggest the suspension of the business’ operation. The announcement follows videos on social media...

” and its establishment as an important thematic constituent of Cypriot art is closely connected to the work of Ioannis Kissonerghis. He is also the source of the tradition of painting ‘en plein air’ – that is, from nature – which was followed by all Cypriot artists during the first...

The Nicosia to Larnaca motorway near the Lymbia bridge closed on Sunday for a few hours due to car fire that spread also into the adjacent forest area. The motorway closed between around 1 pm and 3 pm with traffic channelled to the old Nicosia to Larnaca road through the...

The government will introduce checks and identify everyone passing through the crossing points in a bid to curb migrant flows that raise a national survival problem due to demographic changes, President Nicos Anastasiades said. In an interview with Sunday’s Simerini, the president said that the government will introduce checks and...

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Fourteen police officers were injured in “shocking and completely unacceptable” assaults during anti-racism protests in central London on Saturday, London police chief Cressida Dick said on Sunday. After a largely peaceful day, small numbers of protesters briefly clashed with mounted police on Saturday after thousands gathered to voice their anger...

By George Koumoullis A CHAIN of events has sparked rumours that Diko and Akel have agreed to cooperate in both the parliamentary and presidential elections. These rumours were sparked last year when Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos and Akel chief Andros Kyprianou met secretly to discuss the House elections next year....

By Ben Blanchard Taiwan’s main opposition party moved to distance itself from China after one of its most senior officials lost a highly charged recall election, as attitudes harden towards Beijing on the democratic island claimed by China. The Kuomintang, or KMT, was already reeling from losing presidential and parliamentary...

Gardening can be a lonesome hobby, even more so whilst everyone was on lockdown. Spring is the most exciting time in the garden here, as plants throw out new shoots and flower buds begin to burst open! Whilst those in northern Europe were still suffering late winter weather, here in...