President Donald Trump will try to put his bout with COVID-19 behind him with a return to the campaign trail in Florida on Monday, while his rival Joe Biden is back in Ohio, a must-win state for the Republican incumbent where polls are showing a tight race on Nov. 3....
Several meter high ‘tsunami-like waves’ caused by heavy storms in the Tyrrhenian Sea overrun a small Italian village’s safety walls and devastate parts of its harbor. The destructive waves damaged several buildings, flooded streets and swapped away containers. Only due to the harbor’s meter high safety walls the powerful waves...
Forty-one new cases of coronavirus were announced on Monday out of a total of 2,610 tests. The continued rise in cases has prompted the health ministry to announce new restrictions in social gatherings in Nicosia and Limassol. The new cases include six trainee nurses at Limassol general hospital. Four more...
Cyprus-based Russian artist and writer Ludmila Budanov will host an exhibition later this week called Other Voice. This isn’t her first artistic showcase as she has presented her art on the island numerous times in the past, as well as in Germany, Spain, China and even Taiwan. Her new series...
Emergency measures for Nicosia and Limassol districts to protect against the further spread of the coronavirus were announced by the health ministry on Monday. As of Tuesday and in force for ten days gatherings at homes and public spaces will be limited to ten individuals, including children. Cocktail parties and...
Two arrests were made on Monday after protesters armed with bats and sticks breached the Dherynia checkpoint the night before, police sources said. President Nicos Anastasiades condemned the violent nature of the protest, and urged calm and restraint, while acknowledging the anger caused by the partial opening of Varosha last...
By Katie Wright At this time of year, we’d usually be perusing the accessories on the autumn/winter catwalks and looking ahead to the glitzy bags we’ll be toting around during the festive season. This year however, with many of us still working from home and doing a lot less socialising...
The first phase of a million-euro project to protect homes from landslides in the Skali area of Aglandjia in Nicosia is due to start in the near future, mayor Andreas Constantinou said on Monday following a meeting of the House interior committee. The municipality has been trying to solve the...
Turkey’s latest illegal actions towards Cyprus should make the island’s European partners reassess their belief that appeasing Turkey will make it end its provocations, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday. “There is no doubt that they [Turkey’s actions] should prompt a radical rethink on the part of Europeans who still...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday imposed a tiered system of further restrictions on parts of England including shutting pubs as the COVID-19 outbreak accelerates, though anger is rising at the cost of the curtailment of freedoms. Johnson announced the new three-tier system in an attempt to standardise a...
Although Cyprus remains steadfast in retaining its grip on bright, dry and generally uplifting weather, we are technically bang in the middle of Autumn, with the increasingly international Halloween holiday just around the corner. Coupled with the shortening daytime and imminent rise in housebound behaviour, it’s time to cosy up...
This is a book for the adventurers – for the intrepid explorers who thrill to the words ‘off the beaten track’! It’s correctly, and unpretentiously, entitled Topographical Maps of Cyprus – but don’t let that fool you! Yes, the book is packed with detailed maps of the Troodos range (right...
Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces accused each other on Monday of launching new attacks in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, increasing strains on a two-day-old humanitarian ceasefire intended to end heavy fighting over the mountain enclave. Russia, which broke red the ceasefire, appealed for both sides to respect it and Luxembourg reiterated...
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will visit Nicosia on Tuesday and meet Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides in the morning and President Nicos Anastasiades in the afternoon, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Monday. The first meeting between Maas and Christodoulides will focus on the ongoing situation in the Eastern Mediterranean...
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday opened its four-day confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett in what the panel’s chairman predicted would be a “long contentious week,” as Democrats denounced a Republican drive to approve her before the Nov. 3 U.S. election. Democrats are...
House president Demetris Syllouris categorically denied any wrongdoing after he and Akel MP Christakis Giovanis appeared ready to help a Chinese businessman with a criminal record secure a Cypriot passport in a video captured by undercover Al Jazeera reporters made public on Monday. The broadcaster had announced publication of its...
Cyprus needs to take additional measures to contain the coronavirus from spreading further, according to Petros Karayiannis, professor of microbiology/molecular virology at the University of Nicosia medical school. Karayiannis, who is also a member of the government’s epidemiological team, said the current situation was assessed on Monday during a meeting...
Tensions spiked between Greece and Turkey on Monday over offshore rights in the eastern Mediterranean, with Athens vowing to push its EU peers to activate sanctions against Ankara. The deterioration in relations followed the departure earlier on Monday of a Turkish ship, the Oruc Reis, to conduct work south of...
European Union foreign ministers backed a Franco-German plan on Monday to impose sanctions on Russians suspected of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent, diplomats said. Berlin and Paris made their proposal at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg. They say they have not had a...
By Richard Boxall The 2020 CCA #BAOFinancial T20 Cup reached its climax on Sunday, when Punjab Lions recorded a 36-run win over fierce rivals Riyaan CC to win their first Cyprus Cricket T20 trophy. There was drama right from the start as a crucial moment in the game occurred in...
The Cyprus Showdown will break new ground with a first-of-its-kind format on the European Tour as the 16 leading players and ties after two cuts go head-to-head in a final round shootout. The European Tour and tournament promoter International Sports Management (ISM) announced details of the unique format for the...
Nicosia Municipality on Monday invited bids for the establishment of coffee shops and snack bars at Eleftheria Square. The shops will be located under the bridge. A playground is also to be constructed in front of the shops, the municipality said in a written announcement. The monthly concession, including tax,...
The number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals is rising rapidly in northern England and could outstrip the rate seen during the first wave of the virus, a senior health official said on Monday. “We now have more patients in hospital with COVID-19 than we did when the government announced restrictions...
