Paris St Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir players, as well as the three onfield match officials, took a knee before their rescheduled Champions League game that was eventually won 5-1 by the French side on Wednesday. The match had been suspended on Tuesday when the players walked off in protest after...
The health services on Wednesday announced two deaths from Covid and 363 new cases. The cases include 111 rapid tests, which were confirmed through PCR. According to a statement, 116 people are being treated in hospital, 23 in serious condition. The total number of cases since March has reached 13,649 while Cyprus is now counting 70...
Twenty new Covid-19 cases were reported in the north on Wednesday. In a written statement, ‘health minister’ Ali Pilli said that the new cases were detected from a total of 1,319 tests. Three were passengers who arrived in the north by plane, 13 through the port and three were contacts...
British museum curator Victoria Donnellan explores the compelling ‘B-side’ to a classic black-figure amphora, in which the main design depicts mythical Greek heroes Achilles and Ajax playing dice, while the secondary design shows yet another hero, Hercules, being conducted to Olympus for his apotheosis. View the original video here. Good...
It’s going to be a different kind of Christmas this year. How many times have you heard that sentence already? Probably too many. Alas, it’s the truth and the uncertainty around how Christmas will pan out doesn’t make it any easier. But there are some events taking place this month...
Vasilios, Bishop of Constantia, has lauded the generosity of a woman who chose to donate a car she won in a raffle to a family in need. Memnia Leotsakou from Famagusta bought the raffle ticket to support fundraising efforts to renovate the church of Panayia Panayiotissa in Protaras, the bishop...
The health ministry will operate mobile 18 rapid tests sites for coronavirus in all the districts on Thursday as follows: Limassol Gregori Afxentiou square, 8.30 am to 5.00 pm Parking area of Sklavenitis Columbia supermarket, 8.30 am to 5.00 pm Limassol Shopping Centre, Polemidhia (underground parking area, former Orphanides), 9.00...
Rejection of the state budget would severely impact the health sector, depriving it of funds for covid vaccines and directly affect peoples’ daily lives with no exception, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou warned Tuesday. The minister on Tuesday weighed in the debate over the state budget which Diko said it would...
Sharing the joy of carpentry and woodwork with kids can be a magical thing. In this video, a dad introduces his kids to the basics, demonstrating how to be safe while in a wood workshop, how to use basic tools for different woodwork projects and how to persevere in developing...
The newly formed coalition ‘government’ in the north said it would work towards a two-state solution and carry on with opening the closed-off area of Famagusta, while it intends on processing around 8,000 pending ‘citizenship’ applications. The leaders of ruling National Unity Party (UBP), the Democrat Party (DP) and the...
Baking wizard, Richard Bertinet demonstrates how to make this fabulously festive Stollen recipe. Stollen is a fruit bread of nuts, spices and dried or candied fruit, coated with powdered sugar or icing sugar. It is a traditional German bread eaten during the Christmas season, and called Weihnachtsstollen (after “Weihnachten”, the...
The following measures will be in force from 6.00 am on December 11 to December 31, 2020, the health ministry announced on Wednesday after an extraordinary meeting by cabinet approved the new coronavirus regime. Prohibition on movement between 9.00 pm and 5.00 am, excluding: Going to and from work and for...
This video covers 10 basic things that are important to know before getting yourself a hedgehog. These points are not exhaustive, with much more on hedgehog care lying outside the scope of the video. If you are planning on adding one of these spiky companions to your life, please do...
Award-winning Cypriot wellness brand Kypwell is proud to announce its new social responsibility programme: ‘The True You’, which seeks to teach young girls the importance of self-love, self-care and natural beauty. Kypwell drew inspiration for the initiative from International Girl’s Day, when, on October 11 each year, a campaign...
Ten positive Covid-19 cases have been detected at Nicosia football club Apoel following a new round of testing. Apoel confirmed the total number of Covid-19 cases at the club through a statement on Wednesday afternoon. The statement explained that the club subjected the entire football department to a round of...
Imagine you’d been happily married for 40 years when your husband declared, out of the blue, that he was homosexual. That, in fact, he had always been gay, and had been hiding it for the entirety of your marriage… This is exactly what happens to both Grace and Frankie, the...
Indian yogi Sadhguru gives us the unique yogic perspective on a five-minute practice for health. By paying attention to a few, simple directional movements, you can ensure good health for yourself. The ‘Upa Yoga’ practice is a straightforward way of activating the energy nodules in your joints and exercising your...
Britain will suspend retaliatory tariffs imposed on US goods as part of a dispute over aircraft subsidies from January 1, the trade department said, describing the move as an attempt to de-escalate a damaging international trade conflict. The decision marks the start of Britain’s divergence from European Union trade policy,...
Governments in Asia could require inbound travellers to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, AirAsia Group’s Chief Executive Officer said on Wednesday, with such conditions expected to become a trend in the region. “I foresee in Asia anyway, I think they won’t let anyone in without a vaccination,” AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes...
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits his team “would have been lost” without the academy players who stepped up to fill in after his squad was decimated with injuries. At one stage the Reds boss had 10 senior players out, including the likes of long-term absentees Virgil Van Dijk and Joe...
The new Nicolas Cage film Jiu Jitsu, the first Hollywood film to be shot entirely in Cyprus, will open in local cinemas on Thursday. Jiu Jitsu warriors vs alien invaders is the plot of the film. More specifically, the film follows Jake Barnes, a master Jiu Jitsu fighter, who refuses...
Paphos police on Tuesday arrested a man in connection with a burglary earlier this month. According to a police statement, the burglary was reported on December 5. Various items worth €1,000 were stolen from a house in Taxiarchon street in Paphos, including a laptop, a mobile phone and a Hellenic...
Submit your idea for a start-up and find out how you can make it happen The Europe Direct Information Centre (EDIC) Nicosia, the European Documentation Centre University of Nicosia (EDC-UNIC) and the European Documentation Centre University of Cyprus (EDC-UCY) are proud to announce the ‘Go Green, Go Digital, Go Start-up!’...
Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp put its revamped Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car, with 30 per cent greater range, on sale on Wednesday in a fresh push to promote zero-emission technology amid growing demand for electric vehicles, including its own. Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) are powered by electricity generated through a...
Israel received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday and a distributor predicted the country would have enough for about a quarter of the population by the end of the year. A cargo plane landed at Ben Gurion Airport carrying what officials said were tens of thousands of doses...
