By Cassandra Garrison Climate change and human activity are harming Antarctica and threatening wildlife from humpback whales to microscopic algae, more than 280 scientists and conservation experts say in urging protections for the icy region. The coalition – all women – called for creating a new marine protection area around...
The health ministry on Monday issued clarifications about which shops must only serve people over 60 and those with disabilities until 9am as part of measures against the spread of coronavirus. According to the ministry, supermarkets, fruit and vegetable markets, mini markets, butcher shops, fish markets and pharmacies in all...
Nationalist Ersin Tatar’s election as the new Turkish Cypriot leader was met with concern by main opposition Akel but most parties said it was Turkey calling the shots anyway. Ruling Disy, citing the stated intention of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of taking an initiative right after elections in the north...
By Stephanie Nebehay and Michael Shields Europe and North America should follow the example of Asian states by persevering with anti-COVID measures and quarantining anyone who comes into contact with infected people, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Monday. The WHO’s Europe region, which includes Russia, has recorded...
The European Commission is expected to adopt the launch of infringement procedures against Cyprus and Malta as regards their investor citizenship schemes, Vice-President Maros Sefcovic said on Monday. The commissioner, before announcing the 2021 Commission work programme, referred to other points discussed during Monday’s College Of Commissioners’ meeting. He said...
Police on Monday evening cordoned off an area in central Nicosia after being alerted about the presence of an abandoned suitcase which it turned out had nothing suspicious in it. The bomb squad was called in to examine the suitcase that has been left there earlier by a person. Police...
Ireland’s cabinet will be asked to approve a move to the highest level of COVID-19 constraints for six weeks on Monday, and not a combination of the top two levels as initially considered, a source familiar with the plan said. The Irish Times was first to report that senior ministers...
French First Lady Brigitte Macron will self-isolate for seven days after coming into contact with someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19, Macron’s office said on Monday. “Brigitte Macron was in contact on Thursday Oct. 15 with a person who has been tested positive for COVID-19 this Monday, Oct. 19,...
The health ministry on Monday announced 43 new coronavirus cases, detected among 2,558 lab tests. According to the ministry, 1,577 lab tests concerned passengers who arrived at the airports. Four of Monday’s new cases were detected among these tests. The rest of the new cases were among 981 lab tests...
This new district of Helsinki is being made almost entirely from timber, quite literally taking wooden construction in Finland’s capital to new heights.
Police are undergoing training on how to handle cases of rape and sexual assault, the force announced on Monday. The training by foreign experts, which will take place on two different weeks this month, aims to develop skills in investigators on how to handle crimes of sexual abuse and rape,...
The EU expects from the new Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, to engage in a dialogue constructively and with a sense of urgency, for a Cyprus settlement and the reunification of the island, according to European Commission spokesperson Vivian Loonela. More specifically, according to the written statement issued by the...
The government is mulling rolling out a new programme from scratch to attract foreign investment, albeit a different one to the controversial passport scheme that crashed and burned following the recent reveals by Al Jazeera. A government source confirmed to the Cyprus Mail that, though no formal decision exists, they...
Eight people who became infected during eye surgery at the Apollonio private hospital will lose up to 80 per cent of their eyesight, the ophthalmologist under whose care they are, told the Cyprus Mail on Monday. “Even though we cleared out the infection the damage done on the patients’ eyes...
Hope For Children CRC Policy Centre (HFC) launched Monday a week-long awareness campaign aimed at counteracting racism and xenophobia. The event is part of the European programme ‘HIT: Hate Interrupter Teams: Youth counteracting hate speech towards migrants and minorities through participatory and creative campaign’. “HIT addresses the development of new...
Sacha Baron Cohen feared he would be killed at a far-right political rally while filming a scene for his forthcoming Borat sequel. It was announced last month that the British actor and comedian had filmed Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, the follow-up to his 2006 hit comedy, in secret during the Covid-19...
Despite coronavirus measures a cycle challenge has raised more than €40,000, the British bases announced on Monday. “The second annual SBA Police Cycle Challenge took place on October 17 and organisers have confirmed it has incredibly raised more than €40,000 for two Cypriot charities,” the announcement said. Cyclists started in...
Newcastle supporters raised £16,000 by choosing to give to charity rather than watching their team on pay-per-view at the weekend, a fans’ group has said. Premier League matches in October which have not been earmarked for regular televised coverage can only be watched live via Sky Sports or BT Sport...
The results of a post-mortem on a newborn’s body found at a Limassol waste management unit on Friday came back inconclusive, according to a police statement released on Monday. “No conclusions could be drawn by the examination, which was carried out by doctors Angeliki Papetta and Orthodoxos Orthodoxou,” said the...
Cyprus can rightfully be called not just the island of Aphrodite, but also the island of cats. And not only because there are more of them here than people! • There is a legend that Cleopatra brought cats to Cyprus to exterminate snakes. However, the Christian version states that it...
French police on Monday raided Islamic associations and foreigners suspected of extremist religious beliefs, police sources said, three days after a suspected Islamist beheaded a school teacher. History teacher Samuel Paty, 47, was murdered on Friday in broad daylight outside his school in a middle-class Paris suburb by an 18-year-old...
Boldizsar Nagy hoped that the tales in the children’s book “Wonderland Is For Everyone” would help youngsters to learn to accept minorities and fight social ostracism. Instead, it has caused a stir in Hungarian politics, with the far-right and the ruling nationalist government labelling it “homosexual propaganda” that should be...
Interamerican’s Anytime has recently introduced a new innovative insurance scheme to the Cypriot market called Smart Drive, created as part of the company’s vision of a safer future with fewer road accidents. Smart Drive has been designed to reward careful drivers. This happens from the innovative app Smart Drive Cyprus,...
Banks have warned that suspending foreclosures would do more harm than good as opposition parties were poised to do just that, tabling five bills citing the fallout from the pandemic. Lenders said the auctions scheduled for this year concern debts, which were non-performing long before the pandemic and before the...
