AEL and Anortohosis recorded the first wins of the new season following the three draws the previous couple of days, as they overcame Olympiakos and Ermis Aradippou resepctively. AEL had to work hard for their win against gutsy Olympiakos who can consider themselves unlucky who did not al least earn...
“A summer without Eleftheria isn’t possible.” That’s what fans and organisers of her upcoming have said as Cyprus has hosted Greek singer Eleftheria Arvanitaki almost every summer. Sticking to this tradition, despite the pandemic and the travel limitations, she will perform in two concerts next week. “For years her music...
The perceived riches locked-in at the bottom of disputed, and fiercely-contested, seas may never materialise By Charles Ellinas Ostensibly the increasing conflicts in the East Med are all to do with control and exploitation of the hydrocarbons that, by all indications, the region is blessed with. But that appears to...
The ministry of health on Sunday announced four new cases of coronavirus, which were recorded from 3,281 tests. This brings the total number of cases to 1,421. Three of the cases were found in people coming from abroad. The first two were a couple who arrived from Romania on Friday....
WITH coronavirus permeating almost every facet of daily life that a year ago would have seemed unimaginable, a recent study across six countries has revealed that the public’s perception of Covid-19 is in fact far worse than the reality in terms of the death toll with many believing millions of...
Perhaps before the minister for innovation and digital policy thinks of widening the range of digital services in the government sphere, he should first examine the existing Ariadni system. It appears to have been designed to identify a person’s identity by one of two possibilities: a) Civil ID or b) Aliens...
Hercules was found roaming alone in the streets, probably abandon and most probably due to no fault of his own As we say we don’t deserve animals …Now at the shelter Hercules is looking for a home and a loving family to call his own… Hercules is a two years...
People who work in the cultural sector have long been overlooked and undervalued on the island. They are not lucrative fields and received no support. Even laws created in an attempt to support the arts are not followed, such as the one stipulating that 1 per cent of the budgets...
Say is against Treaty of Establishment as change of use requires signatures of all five parties By Elias Hazou Despite recent assurances that Turkish Cypriot lands in the Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) won’t be tampered with by third parties under a recent 2020 framework deal between the Cyprus government and...
By Andrew Rosenbaum Cyprus is a small country. But today, there are new opportunities that small countries can take advantage of that did not exist in the past, PWC CEO Evgenios Evgeniou said in an interview with the Cyprus Mail. “I think the prospects are there, but we are a...
This is an excerpt of the report on ‘Democracy and the changing role of parliament in the 21st century’, submitted to the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Demetris Syllouris Democracy is still by far the preferred form of government in...
Fire fighters were on Sunday afternoon battling a blaze in the Kato Arodes-Drousia-Kritou Terra area of Paphos. The fire broke out at some point in the morning among dry vegetation in a hard to reach place. Four fire engines from the Paphos station in addition to one from the Game...
Travellers from the United Kingdom to France are required to self-certify that they are not suffering coronavirus symptoms or have been in contact with a confirmed case within 14 days preceding travel, the British government said on Friday. The United Kingdom has said travelers returning from France on or after...
FOR decades teachers and their archaeology students have come from abroad in the summer to dig for artifacts and investigate places of historical interest in places all over the island, from Ayia Napa to Polis. Due to coronavirus, not so this year. “They have been coming from Manchester University for...
A man accused of rape was on Sunday remanded for five days by the Paphos district court. According to police, a woman had accused him of rape on Saturday. She said the incident occurred on Friday night after a party in her building, to which a friend of hers from...
By Christos P. Panayiotides “President Nicos Anastasiades is and always has been ready to continue discussions leading to a solution of the Cyprus problem,” Government Spokesman Kyriacos Koushios said on Monday. He clarified “we are ready to continue the negotiations from where we left them at Crans Montana but, unfortunately,...
Kuwait said it will rebuild Lebanon’s only large grain silo that was destroyed by the massive Beirut port explosion, raising fears of food shortages in a country already in financial meltdown. The destruction of the 120,000-tonne capacity structure at the port, the main entry point for food imports, meant buyers...
Of the Covid-19 cases reported in July and August, the vast majority were in the 18 to 59 age group, statistics released by the health ministry on Sunday showed. Among the 398 cases reported until August 20, 83 per cent were in the 18-59 age group. Of the remainder, eight...
A driver who refused to stop for a police check, instead trying to flee was later found positive when tested for drugs, police said on Sunday. Police were carrying out routine checks on Saturday night on the Nicosia-Limassol highway when they indicated for a driver to pull over. Instead, he...
The chief medical officers of the United Kingdom have said children should return to school after the summer holidays, warning that missing out on their education posed much bigger risks to them than catching COVID-19. The rare joint statement from the top health advisers to the governments of England, Scotland,...
Since 1974, 46 years have passed and there have been thousands of meetings and plans and yet the situation remains as it. Some might say the current status quo is a solution. At some stage the UN will need to put closure on these talks. Given that there is so...
A total of 777 checks were carried out from Saturday to Sunday morning by police on establishments and individuals. A total of 15 establishments and 13 people were charged for breaking coronavirus decrees, mostly for the non use of masks. In Nicosia there were 100 checks with charges made against...
