By Gavin Jones A rescue boat funded by British street artist Banksy has issued urgent calls for help, saying it is stranded in the Mediterranean and overloaded with migrants who it has been unable to bring ashore. The Louise Michel, named after a French feminist anarchist, started operating last week....
Chinese multinational technology company Huawei seems to be moving from one alleged impropriety to another, putting the future of the company at significant risk. Earlier this month, France stopped just shy off an outright ban of Huawei networking and mobile equipment, but did officially discourage the use of the Chinese...
Police said on Saturday they have detained a 39-year-old woman in Limassol on suspicion of possession of child pornography. The woman was arrested on Friday after the cybercrime unit received information from Europol. The woman is suspected of uploading two files containing child sexual abuse through social media. During a...
The health ministry on Saturday announced two new coronavirus cases from 2,843 tests. One of the cases concerns a person who showed symptoms four days ago and got tested on Friday. The second person had come into contact with a previously confirmed case. The total number of cases has now...
Lewis Hamilton continued his dominance of the Formula One season by putting his Mercedes on pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton, who holds a 37-point championship lead over Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, beat team-mate Valtteri Bottas to top spot with a new track record at Spa-Francorchamps. The world...
Police said on Saturday they were investigating a second case of a teen footballer who broke covid quarantine in Larnaca without informing anyone. Together, the two teens have forced 67 people to quarantine, mainly footballers, coaches, and trainers belonging to two Larnaca clubs, and their families. The case was reported...
Leeds United have completed the signing of Spain forward Rodrigo Moreno from Valencia for a club record fee, the newly promoted Premier League side said on Saturday. The 29-year-old has signed a four-year deal at Elland Road after Leeds reached an initial agreement with the Spanish club on Tuesday. No...
Where do you live? I live in Larnaca with my husband, our three cats that we adopted 10 years ago and the new member of our family, our little daughter. What did you have for breakfast? A coffee of course. And a quick and easy cheese & turkey toast Describe...
Thirty samples taken from travellers tested for the coronavirus were likely tainted during the process in the laboratory, resulting in all of them coming out positive, the health ministry said on Saturday. The findings of an investigation into the matter led the commissioner of clinical labs to extend a ban...
A female paramedic was injured on Saturday morning during an incident involving an injured man in the old town of Nicosia. The head of the ambulance service Riana Constantinou told the Sunday Mail that the staff member was treated in hospital and then discharged, currently on sick leave. She had...
By Jonathan Gorvett, CM Regional Correspondent AFTER more than a year of fighting, thousands of deaths and the large‑scale collapse of many basic services, last weekend saw most of Libya’s warring parties finally agree a ceasefire. The head of the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, announced on...
The European Tour on Friday announced three more tournaments as part of their revamped 2020 schedule, including its first trip to Cyprus for two consecutive events. Tour officials also confirmed the cancellation of this year’s Turkish Airlines Open and the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa. The Aphrodite Hills Resort in Paphos will host...
Facebook’s Messenger has come a long way since its birth in 2011. From its initial launch as Facebook’s integrated instant messaging feature, Messenger evolved to a dedicated application and website in 2014, growing in functionality along the way. Messenger allows for the sending of documents, audio files, images, videos, and...
Turkey said it will hold a military exercise off northwest Cyprus for the next two weeks, amid growing tension with Greece over disputed claims to exploration rights in the east Mediterranean. The long-running dispute between Turkey and Greece, both Nato members, flared up after the two countries agreed rival accords on...
South Korea reported more than 300 infections of the new coronavirus on Saturday, the 16th day of three-digit rises, fanning concerns about a worsening shortage of sickbeds amid a resurgence of COVID-19. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) posted 308 new cases as of midnight Friday, bringing...
Two years after a conservative commentator told LeBron James to “shut up and dribble,” the NBA star has become an increasingly influential political force as issues of racial justice and voter suppression move to the forefront in the November presidential election. James, an outspoken activist and frequent critic of President Donald Trump, helped...
Even in today’s society, where the focus has really shifted to mental health, bringing it up in conversation is still something of a taboo topic. Many are warming up to the idea that taking care of mental health is as vital as taking care of physical health and therapists, psychologists...
In the past 24 hours police reported four establishments and 12 individuals for failing to observe protective measures against the coronavirus. The force said it had carried out 1,055 inspections across the island. Officers also reported five people for failure to fill in a Cyprus Flight Pass. Most of the...
Marine police early on Saturday rescued two Syrian men who were in a boat off Cape Greco in the Famagusta area. The authorities received a message at 6.48am that a small vessel carrying two individuals was in distress some three nautical miles north east of Cape Greco. Police dispatched a...
Police said Saturday they arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with a shooting in Limassol on Friday afternoon, which saw another man injured. The suspect, who was remanded in custody for eight days, is the brother of a man, 26, suspected of firing the shots and who remains at large. ...
By Lauren Taylor “It bugs me in a way that after all these years, people are still only familiar with feta and halloumi!” comments Irini Tzortzoglou on the Greek diet. Manouri, for example, has a “wonderful texture, very creamy and not as salty. The moment you take it anywhere near...
A Dutch couple who have owned a house in Pissouri since 2017 and spend part of each year in the island have seen their holiday plans for this year hampered by the government’s decision of placing Netherlands in category C earlier this week. Entry to Cyprus from category C countries...