Turkish Cypriots go to the polls on Sunday to elect their new leader with the latest development at Varosha weighing on people’s minds, possibly forcing other issues into the backseat. It is widely admitted that the opening, just days before the elections, of part of Varosha, fenced-off since August 1974...
Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez appealed for unity on Saturday after the far-right Vox party said it would take legal action against a partial lockdown imposed on Madrid to contain one of Europe’s worst coronavirus outbreaks. Vox, which is echoing the conservative-led Madrid regional authority’s opposition to the new...
Health authorities on Saturday announced 35 new coronavirus cases after 3,414 tests. The total number of cases recorded since March has now reached 1,984. The ministry once again urged people to adhere to health and safety measures as recent results showed that protocols had been ignored in many cases. Out...
Cyprus lost 2-0 to minnows Luxembourg in the Nations League’s third tier at the Stade Josy Barthel. Johan Walem’s men have not yet managed to win a single game in their group, having already lost to Azerbaijan 1-0 and to Montenegro 2-0 before the defeat against Luxembourg. Both goals for...
Sony has finally revealed the PlayStation 5’s internal architecture and components, with the next generation console shaping up for release on November 12. The PlayStation 5 teardown video, as Sony calls it, starts off with a warning that such actions at home would invalidate the warranty for the machine, meaning...
Teenager Iga Swiatek became the first Polish player to win a Grand Slam singles title when she beat American fourth seed Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-1 in the French Open final on Saturday. The 19-year-old, who did not drop a set throughout the claycourt tournament, is the youngest winner since Monica...
Valtteri Bottas seized pole position for the Eifel Grand Prix on Saturday with Mercedes team mate and Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton alongside on the front row of the grid at the Nuerburgring. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who had been on provisional pole after the first flying laps of the final session...
Britain will explore every avenue for a trade deal with the European Union but progress to bridge significant gaps needs to be made in the coming days, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday. Johnson has set a deadline of the Oct. 15 EU summit...
Archbishop Chrysostomos has undergone spine surgery in Athens, it was announced on Saturday. A statement from the archbishopric said his doctor at White Cross clinic was satisfied with the results. The operation was carried out on Saturday by the director of the clinic Theologos Theologou along with a specialist neurosurgeon...
What comes to mind when you think of Halloween? Carved spooky pumpkins, skeletons hung from the windows, ghosts and spiderwebs taking over. It’s a big Western tradition, one Cyprus residents are increasingly adopting with themed parties and events popping up late every October. This year, there is another way to...
Voters may see the Varosha move as a grave intervention into the north’s affairs by Erdogan There is no doubt that several overlapping reasons lie behind this week’s joint decision by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the north’s ‘prime minister’ Ersin Tatar on the opening of the Varosha beachfront...
Lionel Messi could be convinced to stay at Barcelona beyond this season, despite interest from Manchester City, according to his former team mate Luis Suarez. The Barca captain tried to force his way out of the club in the close season but agreed to stay until his contract ends in...
Where do you live? I live in Nicosia, Cyprus and I recently moved in with my best friend What did you have for breakfast? Oat pancakes with honey and berries Describe your perfect day Ideally an early start with some good music to set my mood for the day, as...
Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other of swiftly violating the terms of a ceasefire in Nagorno–Karabakh on Saturday, raising questions about how meaningful the truce, brokered by Russia, would turn out to be. The ceasefire, clinched after marathon talks in Moscow advocated by President Vladimir Putin, was meant to halt fighting to...
The Turkish foreign ministry said a decision to open part of the fenced town of Varosha did not violate UN resolutions after the UN Security Council (UNSC) early on Saturday called for its reversal. A UNSC presidential statement was issued after the closed-door meeting in New York, expressing concern over...
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is expected to visit Nicosia and Athens on Tuesday, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Saturday, though there has been no official announcement yet. Reports in Berlin said the German diplomat would be visiting Nicosia on Tuesday morning for talks with President Nicos Anastasiades and...
An investigation will determine whether the state-controlled Cyprus News Agency had fallen victim to a cyberattack, its director said on Saturday. Though the agency had said earlier that its portal had been brought down by a cyberattack, Giorgos Penintaex said it was not yet certain. He said the site crashed...
Did you know that 73 per cent of Ivy League graduates were regularly spanked as children? Okay. Stop. That fact is completely false. And it’s exactly why parents should question what they’re told. Hopefully, you (as a sensible parent with above average intelligence) knew enough to immediately question what you...
A 28-year-old Nicosia resident has been remanded in custody for four days in connection with people smuggling, police said on Saturday. The man was arrested on Friday morning after police managed to gather information suggesting he was involved in smuggling undocumented migrants from Lebanon and Syria to Cyprus for a...
An upcoming exhibition at Goethe-Institut Cyprus looks through conflict narratives. “Coming together to speak about it, to present a new outlook through injury, to delve in search of, in the dark, through a photo-flash and a handful of dust thrown on glue or even through two arms unfolding: a new...
Briton Simon Yates has been withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia after testing positive for the new coronavirus, his Mitchelton-Scott team said on Saturday. “Yates developed very mild symptoms in the hours following yesterday’s seventh stage, the team said in a statement. “The Mitchelton-Scott medical team immediately requested a rapid test...
By Prudence Wade When talking about food, the word ‘fusion’ can strike fear into a diner’s heart. More often than not, it suggests mismatched dishes chucked together with relatively little thought or consideration. However, Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage are here to change your mind – and respect is at...
By Stephanie Kelly Hurricane Delta weakened steadily on Friday after churning into a corner of southwestern Louisiana repeatedly battered by storms this year, sending residents scurrying out of harm’s way and disrupting Gulf Coast energy production. Delta made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, packing maximum...
By Nailia Bagirova and Nvard Hovhannisyan Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh were due to halt hostilities later on Saturday after a deal was struck in Moscow between Baku and Armenia to allow prisoners and the bodies of the dead to be exchanged. It was not immediately clear how...
