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1081. COVID vaccine in a patch

1082. Cypriot banks to reduce costs

The President of the European Banking Authority speaks to "K"...

1083. Low dose Pfizer for kids 5-11

The US moved a step closer to expanding Covid-19 vaccinations for millions more children as government advisers on Tuesday endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s shots for 5- to 11-year-olds....

1084. Less red tape for asylum seekers but no new options

Labor minister Zeta Emilianidou says her office has simplified paperwork for the hiring of asylum seekers, but the country's chamber of commerce says cutting red tape and shuffling less paper does not solve staff shortages in fields that are still inaccessible to those applicants...

1085. US will require foreign travellers to get WHO-authorised vaccines

The Biden administration will allow all international travellers to enter the US as long as they have received any vaccine authorised by the World Health Organization...

1086. Calls to end uncontrolled garbage disposal

Cypriot citizens will once again be burdened with financial sanctions imposed by the EU if regulations against uncontrolled garbage disposal are not implemented....

1087. New measures to attract new businesses and property purchases

The day before yesterday, YPOIK announced a new support package aimed at attracting foreign companies to operate in Cyprus....

1088. Consumer Association calls on Consumer Protection Service to assume responsibilities

The Cyprus Consumer's Association calls on the Consumer Protection Service of the Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry "to assume its responsibilities...

1089. No side effects from vaccine 'mix and match'

No side effects have been recorded in Cyprus from the mixing of different vaccines, according to Dr. Elena Panagiotopoulou,...

1090. New types of COVID vaccines and alternative therapies

It's only a matter of time before Cyprus finalizes orders of new COVID vaccines and therapies. ...

1091. YouTuber mafia boss shakes politics in the north

The Turkish Cypriot political landscape has been shaken to the core after an ex-con mafia boss turned YouTube sensation threatened to release videos starring prominent politicians in private sex encounters...

1092. EU issues yet another damning report on Turkey

An EU enlargement report calls on Turkey to tone down actions and threats against member states including the Republic of Cyprus, while Ankara accuses the European Commission of adopting Greek and Greek Cypriot biases...

1093. Swedish research: High efficacy with a combination of vaccines

Another study, this time Swedish, shows that combining different vaccines against coronavirus is highly effective in terms of immune protection....

1094. No restrictions for fully vaccinated travelers to the US

Travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals traveling to the US via air or land will be lifted effective November 8, a White House official is expected to announce today....

1095. COVID vaccines 'should remain voluntary, never forced'

Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, issued an executive order Monday banning any mandate for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination from any entity, including private companies....

1096. COVID pill may be approved in as little as a few weeks

Merck has applied for an emergency use authorization for a COVID pill that treats mild-to moderate patients of COVID-19, according to a report from Reuters....

1097. A ‘Pacemaker for the Brain’: No Treatment Helped Her Depression — Until This

Driving home from work in Northern California five years ago, a young woman was so overwhelmed with depression that all she could think about was ending her life....

1098. WHO approves first malaria vaccine

The World Health Organization today approved the first malaria vaccine created by African scientists in Africa....

1099. The ego cult of the 19%

There is no reason to believe that those who have until now refused to get a Covid-19 shot will at some point come around to the idea of getting a vaccine....

1100. Cheating never gets one far: The English School Industrial dispute

Employment relations in the 21st Century are governed by multiple layers of institutional regulation that have evolved historically during the previous centuries....

1101. Cyprus won’t sign pact if EU doesn’t budge

A letter to the Home Affairs commissioner sent by the MED5 ministers warns Brussels that front line states won’t sign the new pact on migration and asylum unless their demand for a 'balanced' agreement is met...

1102. Chemotherapy is no longer the only solution

The feeling of a small lump on her breast, which turned out to be malignant, terrified Dr. Sima Dosi who thought she would have to undergo chemotherapy...

1103. Digging deep to unlock the past and future in Santorini

Scientists seeking to shed light on the geological history of the southern Aegean are spearheading an international oceanographic mission...

1104. President Anastasiades addresses the 76th UN General Assembly

The President of the Republic, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, today addressed members of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York....

1105. Prevention of violence against women a priority, says Minister

Minister of Labor Zeta Emilianidou, today, congratulated the Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family, saying that their work contributed significantly to the prevention and fight against domestic violence....

1106. Prostate cancer trial could see men cured within a week

Men could be cured of prostate cancer in a week using larger doses of precision radiotherapy, scientists believe....

1107. J&J says second shot boosts protection for moderate-severe COVID-19 to 94%

Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday a second shot of its COVID-19 vaccine given about two months after the first increased its effectiveness to 94% in the United States against moderate to severe forms of the disease....

1108. Athens and Istanbul can do their part

During one of the deepest troughs in bilateral relations in the fall of 1999 following the arrest of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, Greece and Turkey went from being on the brink of war to a rapprochement, spearheaded by their foreign ministers, George Papandreou and the late Ismail Cem....

1109. UFI code required for all chemical based products

According to GIS, as of January 2021, companies introducing new products into EU countries that contain harmful chemicals must have a UFI code....

1110. Resurrecting the hairy mammoth

The return of hairy mammoths, a species that became extinct 4,000 years ago, in the icy Arctic soils, is envisioned by a new American company, Colossal....