A Lefkara lacemaking workshop for beginners brings together history, artistry and a satisfying sense of community and achievement, Annette Chrysostomou discovered Traditional lace making in Lekfara will never be what it once was, but that does not mean it’s dying. An event I attended last week convinced me there is...
The Animal Party on Sunday called on state authorities to launch a probe into the death of a horse, whose carcass was found by a passer by in Vretsia village in Paphos. The animal’s carcass was in advanced decomposition, the party said, adding that the horse could have been used...
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Susan Heavey and Andrea Shalal A day after clinching the U.S. presidency, Democrat Joe Biden and his advisers were working on Sunday on how to address the nation’s coronavirus crisis while reinforcing his intention to bridge America’s gaping political divisions. Republican Donald Trump, the first incumbent U.S....
In total 116 coronavirus cases were recorded on Sunday, with the health ministry also announcing the highest number of patients with Covid-19 being treated in hospitals. According to the health ministry, 116 new cases were detected among 2,803 lab tests. The ministry said that the lower number of cases recorded...
The health ministry on Sunday called on members of the public who are close contacts of the 92 people working at Cypra slaughterhouse who were found positive to coronavirus on Saturday, to self-isolate. Close contacts are considered: A person who lives with a confirmed coronavirus case. A person who has...
UN Secretary-general envoy Jane Holl Lute is expected to return to the island within the next couple of weeks for exploratory contacts on the Cyprus problem, it was reported on Sunday. According to state broadcaster CyBC, UN Secretary-general Antonio Guterres has asked Lute to launch contacts with all stakeholders to...
Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre clinched his maiden European Tour title at the Cyprus Showdown on Sunday, finishing one shot clear of Japan’s Masahiro Kawamura. MacIntyre, who came tied third at the Cyprus Open last week, made four birdies in his last six holes to finish with a seven-under-par 64 in wet...
Austria on Friday admitted “intolerable mistakes” in the handling of intelligence on the jihadist who killed four people in Vienna on Monday, saying it could have considered him a greater threat and monitored him more closely. The head of the main domestic intelligence agency for the city of Vienna, the...
Small hand-crocheted items are being left around Paphos, along with notes or poems, and are intended to bring smiles to the faces of those that find them. The discoverer is then encouraged to share photos and comments on social media. The Dean family are responsible for creating the items and...
Police on Sunday said they were looking for information on the theft of a copper plaque from the tombstone of former President Tassos Papadopoulos. The plaque, depicting Papadopoulos, was reported stolen on Sunday morning, along with two copper crosses from other graves from the old cemetery of Deftera village, in...
By Sudarshan Varadhan Indians burst firecrackers on Sunday and offered prayers of gratitude over the election of Kamala Harris as the next U.S. vice president, declaring it a proud moment for Indian-Americans. Harris, born to an Indian mother and a Jamaican father, both of whom immigrated to the United States...
By George Koumoullis The biggest problem plaguing the Turkish economy today is the downward spiral of its currency. During this year, the Turkish lira (TL) has lost about 33 per cent of its value against the euro. At the start of 2020, the TL was trading for 15 cents whereas...
Heavy rain last winter, lack of tourists and desalination plants the main reasons By Jonathan Shkurko Despite this year’s long and hot summer, the island’s water reservoirs are still 77 per cent full, a figure that might raise reasonable doubts on whether greater reliance has been placed on desalination plants....
No surprise that many cycles of negotiations have not led to a breakthrough By Andreas Theophanous Following the elections in the occupied northern part of Cyprus, the new Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has adopted Ankara’s new policy for a two-state solution and confederation. Furthermore, Tatar who proudly stated that...
Harry Kane‘s late header earned Tottenham Hotspur a 1-0 victory at struggling West Bromwich Albion on Sunday and took the London club to the top of the Premier League table. It looked as though Tottenham had been frustrated by a resolute West Brom side, but in the 88th minute Matt Doherty...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday a trade deal with the European Union was “there to be done”, suggesting his view that the agreement’s broad outline was already “pretty clear” was shared in Brussels. After months of talks on a deal to protect trade between the two neighbours...
President Nicos Anastasiades will on Monday preside over a meeting with the advisory team on coronavirus to assess the latest epidemiological outlook and decide on what to do following the latest surge in Covid-19 cases. The meeting is to take place on Monday at 7pm at the Presidential Palace in...
by Dimis Michaelides It has been said that technology moves at 1,000 kph, private companies at 100 kph and public administrations at 10 kph. The myth that innovation is only for the private sector persists in many people’s minds. They forget who put man on the moon, invented the internet,...
The Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO), a non-governmental, nonprofit organisation involved in the field of space exploration, astronautics and astronomy, is once again bringing the ActInSpace contest to Cyprus, allowing interested Cypriots to get a taste of working in the aerospace industry. ActInSpace is an international innovation contest and is...
Serving up endless sterile ‘Nos’ has got us nowhere By Christos P Panayiotides Following the first, informal two-hour meeting between the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and the Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades last Tuesday, it was said that the two leaders were “determined” to respond positively to the UN...
Police on Sunday said they continue to search for the whereabouts of Nakita Yasmeen, 30, from the UK who has been missing since last March. Yasmeen’s disappearance was reported to the Cyprus police last October by a lawyer hired by her family who live abroad. The 30-year-old has not contacted...
The pandemic has forced everyone to live increasingly online, but not all older people have been able to adapt By Bejay Browne The coronavirus pandemic has left the elderly all too often totally bewildered by the ever-expanding reliance on technology, and increasingly dependent on younger relatives. Many elderly Cypriots do...
By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Notwithstanding the fact that the majority of analysts were expecting the Covid-19 pandemic to have along duration to begin with, recent developments have led global organisations and governments to further reflections and a reappraisal of their economic policy approach. EU countries, including the economic...
Azeris celebrated on the streets of Baku after President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday his country’s forces had taken Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, but Armenian officials denied the city had been captured. Shusha, which Armenians call Shushi, is of cultural and strategic importance to both sides...
By Alper Ali Riza On election night last Tuesday US President Donald Trump claimed he had won the election and on Thursday night he gave a monologue press conference during which he read out a lot of gibberish basically saying that the postal votes being counted were fraudulent, illegal votes...
