Portland police made multiple arrests overnight on Friday as the Oregon city nears 100 days of demonstrations against U.S. racism and police brutality, which have at times turned violent. Police arrested 27 people, mostly on charges of interfering with law enforcement or disorderly conduct after not complying with orders to...
Five new coronavirus cases were detected on Saturday, out of 3,033 lab tests, the health ministry announced. Two people arrived from abroad. One case concerns a woman from Ukraine who recently returned from her country. She was found positive the second time she got tested, two days before her 14-day...
Here is a chance to combine pleasure with doing some good – in other words to listen to Peter Ives singing non-stop for an hour while donating money for the mission of the Saint Paul’s Anglican Cathedral in Nicosia to help feed and clothes refugees. Last year, recovering from major...
Although this year’s promising nesting attempt has been abandoned, BirdLife Cyprus is optimistic that given the right conditions Akrotiri Salt Lake has the potential to host the first Greater Flamingo breeding colony in Cyprus. Several attempts have made during wetter years raising hopes that just like Agios Mamas in Greece’s...
Two clinics that joined Gesy on Saturday accused the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) of unfair treatment as regards the fees it pays small and large private hospitals that offer inpatient care under the general health scheme. The Limassol Clinic and Imperial Clinic, citing a recent report by the Audit Office,...
Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos this week met American ambassador Judith Garber to discuss attracting high tech and other innovative companies to the town, with the mayor providing information on pertinent projects that the city is in the process of implementing. These projects aim to transform Paphos into a smart and...
A boat with 51 migrants arrived on Saturday morning in the Kapparis area in Famagusta. The boat landed at around 11am in the buffer zone and the group crossed to the government-controlled areas. The group consists of 35 men, five women and 11 children. They were taken by the police...
Paris St Germain have signed Spanish goalkeeper Sergio Rico on a permanent four-year deal from Sevilla, the French champions said on Saturday. Rico, 27, joined PSG on a season-long loan last September and played 10 games in all competitions, helping the side win the Ligue 1 title, the Coupe de...
Where do you live and with whom? I live in a village in Paphos with my husband, my kids, a cat and a tortoise. What did you have for breakfast? Two figs and a piece of halloumi. Describe your perfect day Wake up at 6am, have a cup of PG...
Protesters against a COVID-19 lockdown defied police in Australia‘s hotspot on Saturday, prompting 15 arrests, even as the state of Victoria continued its gradual improvement in stemming new cases due to the nearly five weeks of restrictions. Around 200 protesters in the state capital Melbourne rallied with chants of “freedom” and...
Each naturalisation ought to be judged based on the legal framework in place when it was granted, Government spokesman Kyriacos Kousios said on Saturday. He was responding to harsh criticism by Akel leader Andros Kyprianou on the way the government has managed the citizenship by investment scheme. In response to...
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides on Saturday morning was briefed by his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias on the latter’s talks with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The Greek minister’s discussion focussed on the prospect of resumption of Cyprus talks from the point they stopped in Crans – Montana, the issue of...
By Johan Adler Me and my partner totally reevaluated how we wished to spend this impending and potentially lengthy new life stage WHEN I saw Gail Sheehy’s obituary in the International New York Times this past week, I again realised that I owed her a great debt. Have you ever...
A 50-year-old man from a Nicosia village was arrested on Friday afternoon after attacking police officers at Larnaca airport for asking him to put on a mask. The man according to police, was in the departures area of the airport without a mask on. After officers asked him to put...
Tottenham defender Danny Rose summoned Jose Mourinho for showdown talks to discuss his lack of playing time in the side before his January exit. The heated meeting, which makes gripping viewing, is shown in the latest batch of episodes of Amazon Prime Video’s All or Nothing documentary series which is...
Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Saturday said that Standard & Poor’s credit rating is a confirmation of the rational management of the economy and public finances by the government, despite the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings on Friday affirmed BBB-/A-3 long- and short-term foreign...
Silky gloves, flamboyant feather boas and fishnet tights. Three things that remind of burlesque shows, but of course that’s not all there is to it. The world of burlesque is sparkly, seductive, dramatic but above all an art form. It’s one that Cyprus doesn’t know very much of as the...
A new exhibition coming to Limassol’s Eins gallery will present Alexandros Vasmoulakis’ solo exhibition Afterparty, opening on September 12 and lasting until October 12. Erecting canvases or sculptures anew from existing materials, found objects, Vasmoulakis layers these through processes of preservation and turning them into what becomes a new form,...
Police on Saturday said they were looking for the whereabouts of a 57-year-old man in connection with money extortion. An arrest warrant was issued for the 57-year-old, who is from Limassol, after a man, 51, from Emba reported that he gave the suspect a total of €1,200 on three occasions....
The met office on Saturday issued an orange warning for extreme high temperatures. According to the announcement, the temperature is expected to reach 42 degrees Celsius inland and around 35C in the higher mountainous areas. The warning concerns the period between 12 noon and 5pm. Temperature is expected to gradually...
The amount of aid collected in Cyprus for the people of Lebanon is more than has been sent by much bigger countries, volunteer commissioner Yiannis Yiannaki said on Saturday, marked around the world as the International Day of Charity. In total, 240 tonnes of aid have been sent to Beirut...
By Prudence Wade Salt, sweet, sour, spice, umami and crunch – Burmese food has it all, and yet it’s still relatively unknown in the West. However, it’s hardly going to stay this way for long, particularly with the help of Emily and Amy Chung and their new cookbook, The Rangoon...