Cypriot political parties on Wednesday welcomed the ruling of a Greek court that found leaders of Greece’s Golden Dawn guilty of running a criminal group with some of them calling on action against Elam, citing links with the far-right party . The Greek court’s decision was welcomed by many in...
Lefteris Avgenakis, Greece’s Deputy Minister for Culture and Sports, has stated that though both the Greek and Cypriot governments are preoccupied with a wide range of issues at the moment they should not neglect sports. Avgenakis’ statement was made during an event held by the Sports Committee of the Democratic...
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What defines soul music? Its rhythm? Its vocal embellishments? Its jazzy sax and intricate drumming? Three upcoming back-to-back live music evenings will offer audiences around the island answers. Soul, funk, jazz and blues will sound at the Technopolis 20 garden on October 15 as Triple Soul featuring George Kalopedis perform....
A 62-year-old man has died from Covid-19 while 21 more people have tested positive to the virus the health ministry said on Wednesday. The 62-year-old, who was treated at the Nicosia hospital’s intensive care unit, did not have an underlying health condition, the ministry said. His cause of death was...
The island’s travel agents are getting ready for next year in a bid to turn around the pandemic’s negative impact on tourism, with arrivals until the end of 2020 not expected to exceed one fourth of last year’s four million, it emerged on Wednesday. Head of the travel agents’ association...
Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris were set to face off on Wednesday in their only debate, as President Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis and the pandemic continue to roil the U.S. presidential contest. The televised encounter in Salt Lake City, Utah, comes after the Republican...
Czech seventh seed Petra Kvitova put in a powerful display to breeze past unseeded German Laura Siegemund 6-3 6-3 on Wednesday to reach her second semi-final at the French Open after a gap of eight years. The 30-year-old, a two-times champion at Wimbledon, reached the last four stage on the...
Ruling Disy on Wednesday said it had launched an awareness campaign on Turkey’s illegal actions in Famagusta and the Cyprus problem. As part of this campaign, #GiveFamagustaBack, the party has also prepared a video on Famagusta and Turkey’s threats of opening the fenced area of Varosha and bringing in settlers....
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday called the current situation of Covid-19 ‘satisfactory but fragile’. In a press conference after speaking with the government’s team of experts on the developments of the virus, the minister warned that daily coronavirus cases might increase over winter. He noted that the public is...
President Tayyip Erdogan’s strong backing for Azerbaijan in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh has set Turkey apart from other big nations and alarmed NATO allies that are demanding a ceasefire. But for Erdogan, the resolute stance is a strategic priority and a costly necessity that reinforces his strategy of flexing military...
The multi-award-winning Cypriot group Monsieur Doumani returns to Paphos on Thursday after two years away, presenting songs from their three studio albums at Technopolis 20 garden as well as unreleased songs from their upcoming album, scheduled for release in early 2021. Coming from different musical backgrounds but influenced by Cypriot...
Two helicopters, four aircrafts and more than ten fire engines helped to extinguish the fire that broke out in the area of Tremithousa–Tala in Paphos district on Wednesday. The blaze was difficult to control due to strong winds in the area. It destroyed 10 hectares of dry grass and wild vegetation...
Two women scientists won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for creating genetic ‘scissors’ that can rewrite the code of life, contributing to new cancer therapies and holding out the prospect of curing hereditary diseases. Emmanuelle Charpentier, who is French, and American Jennifer Doudna share the 10 million...
Two people arrested in connection with the vandalism of the Tsirio stadium by AEL fans on Sunday were remanded for four days on Wednesday. The 31-year-old and the 21-year-old were arrested by Limassol police on Tuesday. For the same case, the Limassol district court remanded a 21-year-old man for five...
THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou King David (Richard Gere) was not a good movie. All I can recall is his embarrassingly bizarre dance and the pudding bowl type helmet he wore into battle. Head gear has been used over time to signal unchallenged authority or strength –...
Last month was the world’s hottest September on record, with unusually high temperatures recorded off Siberia, in the Middle East, and in parts of South America and Australia, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Wednesday. Extending a long-term warming trend caused by emissions of heat-trapping gases, high...
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday called the current situation of Covid-19 ‘satisfactory but fragile’. In a press conference after speaking with the government’s team of experts on the developments of the virus, the minister warned that daily cases might increase over winter. “Following the increased daily cases, the fear...
England’s Football Association and leagues have urged the government to allow fans to return to stadiums, assuring supporters in an open letter that they can hold matches safely. The government was hoping to allow the return of 25-33% capacity crowds from Oct. 1 but last month Prime Minister Boris Johnson...
Turkish Cypriot workmen have set up an entry point to Varosha seafront, in the closed part of the ghost town, Turkish media reported on Wednesday, posting a video of the work being done. Kibris Postasi posted a video on social media, showing a crane placing a portable cabin by a...
Having finished his quarter-final match at 1:26am local time in cold, windy conditions, Rafa Nadal questioned French Open organisers’ decision to schedule no fewer than five matches on the same court over the day. The 12-time Roland Garros champion was scheduled last on the main court and when he started...
Leaders of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn, the country’s third most popular party in parliament during the debt crisis, were guilty of running a criminal group, a Greek appeals court ruled on Wednesday. Golden Dawn entered parliament for the first time in 2012 on the back of an anti-austerity and anti-immigrant...
The British Bases in Cyprus launched their official Facebook page on Wednesday, with the aim of sharing updates about life on the Bases. The page, which is open to everyone “will quickly become the one-stop-shop for all of the latest news and information relevant to the British Bases and the...
