The government agency tasked with providing assistance to refugees could be doing a lot more, opposition MPs said on Tuesday. Lawmakers were reviewing the 2021 budget for the Central Agency for the Equal Distribution of Burdens. Akel MP Skevi Koukouma said the entity’s support schemes need a rethinking and perhaps...
The United Kingdom reported 397 new deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest daily figure since May 27, as the government prepares to introduce a national lockdown in England to stop a wave of infections threatening the health service. The UK, which has the biggest official death toll in Europe...
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris on Tuesday gave a sworn testimony to the investigative committee on citizenships by investment after being summoned to clarify some points in the documents he had earlier submitted. He is expected to testify again since more information was needed by the committee members for which the...
A 39-year-old woman from Paphos was arrested on Tuesday morning after she was found to be more than seven times over the alcohol limit. Police said that the woman was stopped for a traffic check in the Peyia area. During the preliminary alcohol test, the woman was found with 170μg...
By David Morgan Democrats are favored to emerge from 14 hotly contested U.S. Senate races with full control of Congress in Tuesday’s election, but final results from at least five of those contests may not be available for days, and in some cases, months. With public disapproval of President Donald...
Swiss police on Tuesday arrested two men in an investigation of possible links to the main suspect in a shooting attack in Vienna that killed at least four people, authorities said. The 18-year-old and 24-year-old men, arrested in the city of Winterthur about 10 kilometres (6 miles) from Zurich, are...
Masdar City is the eco-city of the future, but is it really as successful as its master plan says it will be? With a $22 billion budget, the Mubadala Development Company really hopes so. With a goal of reducing carbon emissions, using renewable energy sources, and creating brand new clean-tech...
The health ministry on Tuesday announced that 174 new coronavirus cases were detected among 4,033 lab tests. Among the new cases are two more people from the Sokration care home in Limassol. They were initially taken to the Limassol hospital and then to the Famagusta hospital for treatment. According to...
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said he was willing to participate in an informal five-party summit but that other solutions ought to be put on the table, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday after their first, informal meeting. The meeting between the two leaders ended around two hours after getting...
Stricter measures and earlier closure times for bars and restaurants will be contested, president of the recreation centres association (Osika) Neophytos Thrasyvoulos said on Tuesday. He was commenting on expected new measures to be announced following a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, while the advice from health experts appeared to lean...
Eleven police officers were found positive for coronavirus in Limassol, it was reported on Tuesday. According to the Cyprus News Agency, so far 11 police officers have been found positive for Covid-19. The officers work in various units of the force. As a result, around 30 officers are now in...
The hit on tourism as a result of the coronavirus situation is greater than even that initially anticipated, the government said on Tuesday, citing the latest data. According to deputy minister of tourism Savvas Perdios, this year revenues declined by about 84 per cent – worse than the ministry’s earlier...
Authorities in the north announced on Tuesday they had started using electronic wristbands to monitor people self-isolating, while a man was reportedly injured when one of them exploded. According to Yeni Duzen, a 36-year-old man from Famagusta was seriously injured on Tuesday morning when the electronic wristband he had on...
Halloumi represents 75 per cent of dairy product exports from the north, reports said on Tuesday. Head of the industrial chamber Candan Avunduk was quoted by Yeni Duzen daily as saying that dairy products accounted for almost 48 per cent of the north’s total exports, with halloumi representing 75 per...
The latest results of the annual Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject 2021 rank the University of Nicosia (UNic) among the top 301-400 universities in the world in the subject area of Business and Economics. This ranking places UNic as the #1 ranked university in Cyprus and...
The health ministry on Tuesday asked police to probe whether any criminal offence took place in connection with actions at a care home where 37 cases of Covid were detected. The results at the home were among 106 test samples collected on Sunday by the state health services organisation (Okypy)...
Turkey is evacuating a second isolated military post in northwest Syria, pulling back from territory controlled by Syrian government forces to an area still held by insurgents and Turkey-backed rebels, Turkish and rebel sources said on Tuesday. A source in one of the rebel factions backed by Ankara said trucks...
By Katie Wright From New York to Milan, gothic glamour was all the rage on the autumn/winter runways. Lips were painted in deep plum tones at Rodarte, Anna Sui and Roksanda, while eyes were thickly rimmed with kohl at Valentino, and creepy black tears dripped down models’ cheeks at Gucci....
A drive to recruit the services of 40 professionals to assist the probe into the citizenship by investment programme has been cancelled some 13 days after it was announced, over legal issues. The recruitment was announced by the independent panel tasked with investigating potential wrongdoings in the programme on October...
The severely depleted tennis calendar in 2020 reduced the physical burden on players but the mental fatigue has been unusual amid the health concerns and protocols due to the novel coronavirus, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas has said. Fatigue usually starts to show on players as the circuit hits the final lap...
In preparing for election night, some top U.S. television news executives see a cautionary tale in a notorious November evening two decades ago. After major networks projected Vice President Al Gore the winner in the crucial state of Florida, they pivoted in the wee hours to calling his Republican rival...
People in nursing homes in Paphos and Limassol will only be allowed to receive one visit from a relative per week starting from Wednesday in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus among the elderly, the labour ministry announced on Tuesday. In the rest of the country, people will...
It is a great relief to hear people who speak not only with love for animals but also with an understanding of how we should live with our pets, respect and honour them. Mrs. Michailidou Kadi, an official of the Ministry of Agriculture, talks to us about what the Ministry...
France could reimpose a night curfew on Paris, and possibly the Ile-de-France region around the capital, amid government frustration that too many people are ignoring a new lockdown as COVID-19 infections spiral higher. France dramatically slowed the spread of the coronavirus in the spring with one of Europe’s most draconian...
