Cyprus’ track and trace unit is swamped after a dramatic spike in the number of coronavirus cases and cannot therefore communicate with all the contacts of positive Covid-19 cases in the optimal time frame, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Friday. He said the situation was at a “tipping point”...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the Turkish move in reopening part of the fenced-off area of Varosha is provocative and inconsistent with UN Security Council resolutions. According to the US State Department`s Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus “Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo spoke with Republic of Cyprus...
A missile was fired into the sky on Friday on Turkey’s Black Sea coast where the military was expected to test its Russian-made S-400 defence systems, according to local video obtained by Reuters, drawing a strong warning from the United States. The video, taken in the coastal city of Sinop,...
All Belgian bars and restaurants will be forced to close for four weeks, the federal government said on Friday, in order to tackle a surging second wave of the coronavirus, with hospitals close to running out of beds. The Belgian government also decided to impose a curfew from midnight to...
Antiquities department staff said on Friday they disagreed with a proposal to transfer their department to a planned deputy ministry of culture as it risks placing the status of antiquities in doubt, particularly pending the continued division of Cyprus. The department is currently under the transport ministry. The government wants...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for a one-year unconditional extension of the expiring New START nuclear arms control treaty is a “non-starter,” U.S. National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said on Friday. “Putin’s response today to extend New START without freezing nuclear warheads is a non-starter,” O’Brien said in a statement...
Lexy Lebsack explores the unethically sourced ingredient that’s in almost all makeup products. She travels to the mica mines in India to uncover the truth about child labor rings behind this mineral. Watch Shady to see what really goes into making your makeup!
Cypriot industry is a stable pillar of the economy, said the energy and commerce minister Natasa Pilides on Friday after a meeting with prominent industrialists in Limassol. “The government is currently strengthening its cooperation with industrialists, in order to boost our economic growth,” she said. “We are also focusing on...
French police on Friday shot dead a man who minutes earlier had killed a middle school teacher by slitting his throat in the street in a suburb of Paris, police said on Friday. France’s anti-terror prosecutor said it was investigating the attack, which took place in Conflans Sainte-Honorine, a suburb...
The health ministry on Friday announced 94 new cases of coronavirus detected from 3,084 tests. The spike in daily cases – there were 104 on Thursday – has alarmed authorities who have called an emergency meeting for Saturday. The situation is such that the contact tracing unit has become overwhelmed...
Drugmakers and research centers around the world are working on COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway. As some companies close in on unveiling their initial findings – with Canadian and European regulators already reviewing early data on...
Tottenham could hand a second debut to Gareth Bale against West Ham. The Real Madrid loanee is now fit again after a knee injury and could feature, with Jose Mourinho confirming Harry Kane will start and new signing Carlos Vinicius will be on the bench. Eric Dier (hamstring) is a...
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday that the government is currently strengthening Greek language teaching in primary and secondary schools for foreign children here. Prodromou said the increased number of pupils for whom Greek is not their first language has led the education ministry to expand the programme. “There...
Shropshire is a truly lovely British county, a place where beauty and history meet: wooded river valleys, rolling farmland, and gentle hills dotted with timeworn castles, peaceful abbeys, and ancient halls. Notable for its unique geology and rich past, it’s often called the birthplace of industry thanks to its development...
A Greek university student with disabilities has achieved her lifelong ambition of reaching the summit of Mount Olympus, Greece’s highest peak strapped to the back of a friend. Eleftheria Tosiou, who has been wheelchair-bound all her life, was carried to the summit on Oct. 5 mainly by Marios Giannakou, a...
President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday welcomed a European Council decision calling on Turkey to respect UN Security Council resolutions on the status of the fenced area of Varosha and to reverse its actions. Government spokesman Kyriacos Kousios said after the completion of the European Council summit in Brussels that Anastasiades...
The education ministry is stepping up measures to keep a lid on coronavirus infections among pupils, with special emphasis on extra-curricular activities, social distancing during break time and school busing. Minister Prodromos Prodromou said he was appealing to parents to urge their children to restrict or avoid out of school...
Archbishop Chrysostomos inspected the construction works of a new cathedral, a week after spinal surgery, it was announced on Friday. The archbishop returned to his duties on Wednesday, two days after he was released from the White Cross clinic in Athens, where he had undergone the surgery last Saturday under...
Armenian and Azeri forces fought new clashes on Friday, defying hopes of ending nearly three weeks of fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Turkey for inflaming the situation by arming the Azeris. The worst outbreak of violence in the South Caucasus since Armenia...
The interior ministry warned Friday that advertising Cyprus’ citizenship scheme was prohibited and could mean a €350,000 fine for offenders or withdrawal of their licence to provide the service. The warning came after several companies started advertising the sale of passports after the government decided to scrap the programme at...
The British pound fell sharply against other major currencies as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that “it is time to get ready” for a no-deal Brexit. The pound fell to 1.10 against the euro, and to 1.29 against the dollar. The pound had dropped to 1.285 versus the greenback,...
One show always on my favourites list, despite having come out almost ten years ago, is the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which as a teen resonated with me, and as an adult continues to fill me with wonder and joy. The show has a sequel, The Legend of...
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