President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said Cyprus was ready to provide any assistance needed in relation with the earthquake in the Greek island of Samos and Izmir in Turkey earlier in the day that led to the deaths of 19 people. “The images I see from Samos and Izmir have...
Britain said on Friday it will restrict the export of flu vaccines being used in the country this winter, adding that there are sufficient supplies as it undertakes a programme to administer the vaccine. “This action will protect our supply of flu vaccinations, as part of our plans to give...
The health ministry on Friday announced 166 new cases of Covid-19 detected among 3,672 lab tests. According to the ministry’s data, 20 of the new cases were found through contact tracing, while 123 were detected through people testing privately. Seven of the new cases concern people who arrived from abroad...
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Conrado Gimenez’s Madrid-based food bank helped around 400 people a month. Now it distributes 10 tonnes of supplies between 3,500 people every day. Hit by one of Europe’s worst coronavirus outbreaks, the Spanish economy has been pulverized. September data showed Spain was down 450,000 jobs compared to...
A 33-year-old man from Larnaca was remanded on Friday for three days in connection with a case concerning the theft of four hunting dogs worth €20,000 from a Xylofagou resident. The owner reported on Thursday that his four dogs, greyhounds and pointers, worth in total €20,000 were stolen. Police said...
Close contacts are those who spent more than 15 minutes less than two metres distance from people with coronavirus, or who had come in direct contact with infected respiratory secretions without the use of personal protective equipment, the health ministry explained on Friday. After changes to the tracing procedure by...
The climate of the Sahara was completely different thousands of years ago. And we’re not talking about just a few years of extra rain. We’re talking about a climate that was so wet for so long that animals and humans alike made themselves at home in the middle of the...
Rare chamber music works with guitar by Austrian composers will sound on November 9 at Pallas Theatre as ten remarkable musicians present three rarely performed works by Austrian composers. Within the framework of the Weeks of the German Language 2020 and presented by the Austrian Embassy, the concert is titled...
Turkish Cypriot shopkeepers are protesting against the obligation imposed by the ‘health ministry’ on those wishing to cross to the north to present a document from the police or the court proving that they have not travelled abroad in the last fourteen days. Yeni Duzen cites president of the Turkish...
Police on Friday announced it sent 105 third-country nationals found to be living illegally in Cyprus back to their country of origin on a chartered flight. This was made possible after a coordinated operation by the police aliens and immigration unit and Frontex. “A total of 105 third-country nationals residing...
The maximum number of people in house gatherings, birthday parties and other private events, is 10, including children, the health ministry said on Friday. The ministry issued clarifications about the maximum number of people allowed in gatherings in house and other areas, as per the measures against the spread of...
France stepped up security nationwide on Friday to guard against new Islamist attacks following the fatal stabbings at a church in Nice, while Muslims in other countries protested in the streets over perceived French slights to the Prophet Mohammad. President Emmanuel Macron deployed thousands of soldiers to protect sites such...
Revenue from tourism amounted just to €235.6 million for the period of January – August 2020, a precipitous fall of 87.3 per cent year on year, due to the pandemic. According to data released by the statistical service (Cystat) revenue from tourism for the period January – August 2020, is...
Parliament on Friday passed a bill raising the maximum penalty for rape to life imprisonment, changing provisions to the penal code in place since the island’s colonial years. The proposal had been submitted by Akel MP Aristos Damianou who said an issue concerning a large silent section of society, the...
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Earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 shakes Greek island of Samos and Turkey’s Aegean coast, US Geological Survey says. More later.
Fans of one of TV’s best-known serial killers will be delighted that he is set to make a comeback after a lengthy hiatus. Dexter is a forensic blood spatter analyst, who splits his time working with the police to help solve murders and his parallel life as a vigilante serial...
By Paul Lambis Food and travel have long been interlinked. After all, food, culture, people and landscape are inseparable. Cypriots love their food, but more importantly, they love the social aspect that comes with sharing and being together. Admittedly, when it comes to food I am less willing to share...
Britain’s “tiered” approach to reining in the coronavirus appears to be working, the foreign minister said on Friday, as EU neighbours France and Germany prepared new controls on gatherings almost as strict as their original spring lockdowns. Europe and the United States have emerged as the current danger zones for...
A strong earthquake rattled Greece and was felt in Athens. Τhere were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Estimates put the magnitute of the tremor which struck north of Samos around 1150 GMT at 6.6. The quake had a depth of 5km (about 3 miles), EMSC said. EMSC initially registered the...
The people’s outrage over corruption is justified, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday, pledging that authorities will not spare anyone during their investigation into the possibility of criminal offences committed in relation to the citizenship by investment programme. “I would be living in a different world if I said the...
As coronavirus cases increase across Europe, researchers at the Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre (CARE-C) of The Cyprus Institute are developing new sampling and analytical techniques aimed at detecting the presence of the virus responsible for Covid-19 in the air that is breathed in within indoor atmospheric environments. The initiative...
Police on Friday defended the fact that it took them around two weeks to search the homes of former state officials and others who appeared in a damning undercover video offering assistance to a fictitious Chinese businessman with a criminal record to secure Cypriot citizenship. Police executed search warrants on...
A drunk driver who was five times over the legal alcohol limit crashed into a pole in Larnaca early on Friday, badly damaging her car. “Today at around 5.30 in the morning, a 36-year-old foreign woman was driving her car on Makarios avenue in Larnaca towards Dhekelia,” head of the...
