With the vaccine rollout due to begin in Cyprus on Sunday, the health ministry on Friday issued an advisory to the public as to what they can expect during and after the jab. According to the ministry, the vaccine reduces the risk of being infected but some people may still...
Two more people have died and 50 new cases of Covid were announced on Friday. A 71-year-old man with underlying conditions and a 73-year-old man, also with underlying issues died at Limassol hospital, the health ministry said. Their deaths were attributed to coronavirus. This brings the total number of deaths...
Rapid coronavirus tests will be carried out at several locations on Boxing Day, the health ministry has announced. The mobile units will be at the following locations from 10 am to 4 pm: Limassol: Gregoris Afxentiou Square Larnaca: Europe Square Nicosia: Papaphilippou Louna Park Strovolos and Eleftheria Square Paphos: Municipal...
– All many people want for Christmas this year is a simple hug, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth said in her annual festive message, saying it would be hard for those who lost loved ones to COVID-19 pandemic or were separated by curbs on social mixing. In her traditional pre-recorded Christmas Day...
Kalikantzaroi, the Cyprus goblins, no longer have the impact they once did Trolls, goblins, elves and fairies, all remnants of pagan beliefs around the world, often make their appearance during the days of Christmas. Santa’s elves – associated with making the toys in Santa’s workshop and taking care of his...
Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou THE WAY THINGS ARE Christmas is a Christian feast celebrating the birth of Christ which, over time, has become a worldwide celebration for anyone to join in. You don’t have to be Christian to put up a pagan tree or decorations, or to give gifts to...
By Paul Lambis Mark Twain said, “Humour is the great thing, the saving thing after all. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations and resentments flit away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.” He is certainly not wrong. Humour may very well be the...
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey would like to have better ties with Israel, adding that talks at intelligence level continued between the two sides. The two countries have had a bitter falling out in recent years, despite strong commercial ties, expelling ambassadors in 2018. Ankara has repeatedly...
President Donald Trump will spend Christmas Day at his Palm Beach resort as millions of Americans face the risk of losing jobless benefits on Saturday and a partial government shutdown looms next week, following his threat to not sign a $2.3 trillion coronavirus aid and spending package. Democratic President-elect Joe...
By Alexia Saleem Today is Christmas. I love Christmas. I always have. Even before I had children. People say it becomes more magical when you have little people in your life. I’m not so sure. I’ve always been a child at heart and seen the magic in everything. This year...
Russian law enforcement agencies opened a criminal case against Lyubov Sobol, an ally of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and took her in for questioning early on Friday after raiding her home, Navalny and his supporters said. There was no immediate comment from the police. Supporters of Navalny said the police...
Josette Boyeldieu and Guylene Lehmann are pensioners, one of the groups most at risk from COVID-19, but that did not discourage them from spending part of the Christmas holiday with their children and grand-children near Paris. After weighing the risks, they put on their matching face masks, decorated with reindeer...
Newcastle manager Steve Bruce says he cannot put a timeframe on the returns of star man Allan Saint-Maximin and captain Jamaal Lascelles as both continue to suffer the after-effects of Covid-19. There were rumours circulating that the pair had been absent from the team lately due to a bust-up, but...
THEO PANAYIDES sits down with the wisest men in recorded history to hear their incredible story It happened quite by chance, actually. I was trawling through social media on a Sunday morning, looking for posts on wombat maintenance (which is one of my hobbies), when I came across a Facebook...
The pound hovered below a 2-1/2-year high on Friday after Britain and the European Union struck a narrow Brexit trade deal, while overall sentiment in currency markets was tempered by a stalled U.S. coronavirus economic relief package. While the deal was a relief to every market player, the bare-bones nature...
Britain’s trade agreement with the European Union removes a 4-1/2-year old fear of crashing out of the bloc without trading arrangements in place, but it will take UK financial markets years to lose their Brexit-inflicted scars. The “no-deal Brexit” risk has weighed on Britain’s growth and investment prospects since June...
The U.S. government will require all airline passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours of departure starting Monday amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant that may be more transmissible. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a statement that...
It means reconfiguring economy and business models, says PwC CEO “In Cyprus as we repair the damage caused by this crisis we also need to rethink and transform our economy and business models so as to be fit for the future. This is not the time for quick and easy...
