Thirteen new coronavirus cases were announced on Saturday including two more footballers and several people who arrived from abroad. According to the health ministry the 13 new cases were among 3,220 lab tests. Three of the new cases are from the Ethnikos Achnas football club cluster. Two are players and...
The legal service on Saturday announced it had given police instructions to launch investigations into possible criminal offences in connection with the discovery that seven individuals had secured Cypriot citizenship under false pretences or by withholding important information. The instructions to the police were given after the legal service assessed...
Manchester United beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 away in the Premier League on Saturday after an incredible finale in which Bruno Fernandes struck the winning goal from the penalty spot in the ninth minute of stoppage time. Neal Maupay had given away the penalty with a handball, which led...
A 24-year-old man was remanded for eight days on Saturday in Larnaca in connection with illegal money collection, pretending to be a member of a charity organisation. The man was arrested on Friday after being reported to the police. The suspect, who in the past, had authorisation to collect money...
Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton roared back from qualifying drama at the Russian Grand Prix on Saturday to put his Mercedes on pole position for what could be a record-equalling 91st victory. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen seized second place on the starting grid for the race in Sochi, with...
The UK government has said it has no plans to authorise direct flights between the UK and the north of Cyprus after a petition was launched on the parliament website calling for such a move and arguing the EU’s embargo should be lifted given Brexit. The petition filed on the...
Seabed cleaning activities took place this week to mark Coast Day on September 25, an annual celebration aimed at raising awareness of the importance and vulnerability of the coastal zones in the Mediterranean. In Paphos, the seabed was cleaned on Saturday between the municipal baths area up to the port...
Where do you live? I live alone in Nicosia. What did you have for breakfast? Eggs, avocado, tomatos, toast, fresh orange juice and Greek coffee Describe your perfect day Arriving in a country I have not been to, explore the city, talk to people, take photos, taste local food, attend...
The Nicosia district court on Saturday remanded a 54-year-old man for eight days after he was caught picking up a package with cannabis weighing almost three kilos from a courier service outlet. The cannabis, weighing 2.9kg, arrived from abroad, police said. The drug squad had placed the parcel under surveillance...
Britain could be moving too slowly to tackle the sharp rise in COVID-19 cases because of a lag between case numbers and deaths which means fatalities have remained relatively low, a government adviser said on Saturday. Graham Medley, a professor of infectious disease modelling, said he worried the country could...
The finance ministry is seeking the release of €2.69m to pay for the thousands of coronavirus tests that have and will continue to be given as part of measures against the spread of the virus and to also cover the cost of equipment and future testing. According to Politis, of...
A fire that was raging for several hours near Kouris dam outside Limassol on Friday evening has been brought under control after burning around four hectares of dry vegetation and carob trees, fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Saturday morning. Firefighters will remain on site throughout the day however...
By Simon Johnson The winners of this year’s Nobel Prizes will miss out on a swanky gala in Stockholm surrounded by royalty and Sweden’s glitterati, but 2020 will at least not be added to the war years when no awards were given. Yet as the coronavirus pandemic rapidly enveloped much...
Fifteen people have been charged for being at a party in Larnaca on Friday night, violating the measures in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19. According to the Cyprus News Agency, the owner of the house will also be charged. Following multiple clusters of Covid-19 infections in Larnaca, authorities...
Katie Wright Describing the pandemic as “one hell of a hurdle”, Sabrina Ghayour says this year has been a real challenge – but the only time she’s come close to tears in lockdown? That would be when she suffered a three-tiered baking mishap. The British-Iranian cook and author of bestselling...
The Cyprus Cat Park will have a cat café, an animal hospital, and acres of space for feline frolics. It will be a meeting place for cat lovers, a welcoming space for those in need of a little company, an attraction for tourists and – most importantly – a safe...
Who doesn’t know the song Hotel California? Even today’s teens can sing along to its lyrics. Not everybody knows though that it is a song by the Eagles and it is one of many of the American rock band’s hits. A tribute to the band’s timeless music, a UK duo...
– Manchester United are already off the pace in the Premier League so Saturday’s trip to Brighton & Hove Albion offers a chance for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side to get their challenge up to speed. United began their season a week late after being given extra time to recover from...
In award-winning journalist Bob Woodward’s recent book, Rage, the veteran Watergate reporter quotes a January 2020 conversation with US President Donald Trump on the subject of foreign leaders. “It’s funny,” Woodward reports the US leader as saying, “the tougher and meaner they are, the better I get along with them.”...
Lewis Hamilton is one win away from matching Michael Schumacher’s all-time record 91 and the Mercedes Formula One driver will be favourite to get the job done in Russia on Sunday. Some felt Schumacher’s tally might never be equalled when the seven-times world champion celebrated his last win in China...
Coronavirus on the one hand, and playoffs in both the Champions and Europa Leagues on the other, have decimated round five of the Cyprus football championship, with just three of the scheduled seven games going ahead. Apollon v Omonia and Apoel against Doxa Katokopias have been postponed for a later...
EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager on Friday appealed a court ruling dismissing her order to iPhone maker Apple AAPL.O to pay 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in Irish back taxes, a landmark case in the European Commission’s crackdown against sweetheart tax deals. The Luxembourg-based General Court in July scrapped the Commission’s 2016...
The Trump administration announced on Friday that the United States and the United Kingdom had signed a new agreement to cooperate on research and development of artificial intelligence. “This historic agreement demonstrates the shared commitment of our two nations to drive technological breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence that will strengthen our...
