Cyprus has issued the final building permit for the Egypt-Cyprus electricity interconnection EuroAfrica Interconnector, it was announced on Wednesday. EuroAfrica Interconnector is the official project developer of the Egypt-Cyprus electricity interconnection. The permit provides the green light for the construction of the HVDC converter station, for which Siemens has been...
The tenders review board for the planned new Paphos-Polis Chrysochous road will convene on September 15 following an appeal submitted by one of the bidders, chairman of the Paphos Chamber of Commerce Yiorgos Mais said on Wednesday. He told the Cyprus News Agency that that the hearing had been initially...
Britain plans to bring in regular, population-wide testing for COVID-19 so it can suppress the spread of the virus and ease restrictions that have crippled its economy without triggering a second wave in one of the worst-hit countries in the world. Health minister Matt Hancock said the government was trialling...
Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Wednesday he will announce his decisions on the traffic island to be constructed on Despina and Nikos Pattichis Street in Limassol on Friday. Roadworks set to start on the road were interrupted on Monday after protesting business owners, who are against the traffic island,...
Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis said on Wednesday the government is taking action to tackle issues affecting rural communities, during her visit to the village of Lania. Yiolitis was invited to visit the communities by Rural Communities Development Commissioner Kostas Hambiaouris. She also visited police and fire stations in the region...
Omonia scraped through to the second qualifying round of the Champions League after defeating Armenian Ararat in Yerevan thanks to a goal by Tiago in the fourth minute of extra time in a poor and dull game. It took either side almost half an hour to create a worthwhile chance...
FIFA’s independent ethics committee has cleared the organisation’s president Gianni Infantino of any alleged breach of its code, world football’s governing body said on Wednesday. Swiss authorities last month decided to open criminal proceedings against Infantino to look into meetings between the FIFA chief and Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber....
A set of manhole covers in Japan’s Tokorozawa city, north of Tokyo, has been decorated with anime characters that glow in the dark, to the delight of locals and city officials. The city installed the covers, which include designs from animation series such as Neon Genesis Evangelion and Gundam, this month to...
Any decision on new measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak will be taken by the Council of Ministers on Friday, amid indications that the epidemiological situation has stabilised and does not require additional restrictions, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Wednesday. Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou and the scientific advisory team...
Cyprus-related issues should not be a footnote in a wider Greco Turkish dialogue to diffuse the crisis in the eastern Mediterranean, the island’s permanent representative at the UN and chief negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis said on Wednesday. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, Mavroyiannis said Cyprus should maintain its...
Misleading health content has racked up an estimated 3.8 billion views on Facebook Inc over the past year, peaking during the Covid-19 pandemic, advocacy group Avaaz said in a new report here on Wednesday. The report found that content from 10 ‘superspreader’ sites sharing health misinformation had almost four times as...
Twenty-six new cases of coronavirus were announced by the health ministry on Wednesday, bringing the total to 1,385. According to the ministry a total of 3,372 tests were processed over the past 24 hours. Eleven of the cases came from 178 tests conducted at migrant camps. They are all in...
Over centuries, Beirut built its reputation as a cultural crossroads, a thriving port and a playground known as ‘the Paris of the Middle East’. In just moments, much of it lay in ruins. Now stunned residents come and stare at the heaps of rubble and twisted steel, contemplating all they...
No threats can deter Turkey from seeking natural resources in the eastern Mediterranean, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, adding that Ankara expects actors in the region to take steps to de-escalate tensions. Cyprus and Greece are locked in a dispute with Turkey over claims to areas potentially rich in...
Manchester United and Manchester City will not be required to compete in the opening weekend of the 2020-21 Premier League campaign following their European commitments this past season, the Times newspaper has said. Man City’s season came to an end on Aug. 15 with a 3-1 defeat by Olympique Lyonnais...
The European Union has a responsibility to react to all Turkey’s threatening actions in the region, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday at an unofficial EU Council teleconference. The meeting was called by EU Council President Charles Michel to discuss protests in Belarus following presidential elections on August 9. Anastasiades’...
For the first time since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, more coronavirus cases were recorded in the north than in the Republic on Tuesday, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Wednesday. According to Avrupa, nine people tested positive on Tuesday after a total of 1,695 tests, bringing the total to...
The Covid-19 pandemic has decimated the Cyprus tourist industry with tourist arrivals in July registering an annual decline of 88.2 per cent, the statistical service said on Wednesday. According to Cystat, amid the coronavirus outbreak, tourist arrivals in July reached 64,914 compared with 550,971 in the same month last year....
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered his police on Wednesday to put down protests in the capital Minsk, signalling an escalation after a week and a half of mass demonstrations against his rule. The European Union held an emergency summit on the crisis, rejecting Lukashenko’s re-election in a disputed vote on...
Greece will extend restrictions in the popular holiday island of Mykonos and the coastal area of Chalkidiki in northern Greece to contain the spread of COVID-19 infections, Civil Protection authorities said on Wednesday. The measures include a complete ban on live parties and festivities, a limit of nine people in...
Cyprus Foreign Affairs Minister Nicos Christodoulides and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov have reiterated their commitment in further enhancing the bilateral relations between the two countries, through letters they exchanged on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of 60 years from the establishment of diplomatic relations on August 18, 1960. In...
By Constantinos Iacovides What could be more fascinating than a show about a high school chemistry teacher turning into a multimillionaire notorious drug lord? Breaking Bad is widely considered as one of the greatest show ever. Walter White, the chemistry teacher, is in his late 40s, living in Albuquerque, New...
Authorities on Wednesday assured the public that water quality at Mackenzie beach was excellent after a wastewater leak last week. Last Thursday, lifeguards asked people to leave the beach after a sewer pipe broke at Larnaca airport, causing wastewater leakage on the beach and a strong smell. In an...
