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421. Vaccine Safe Pass in doubt over waning immunity

The health ministry in the Republic of Cyprus is scrambling to contain a possible spike in COVID cases this winter, with officials reportedly favoring a required third dose for individuals who want to use their vaccination status as a Safe Pass...

422. Cypriot experts dissent from government decisions

A frustrated local epidemiologist in Cyprus is calling on the government to reevaluate its latest response to the pandemic, saying politicians are ignoring local data on how vaccinated persons continue to spread the coronavirus...

423. Regeneron: Antibody cocktail protects for up to eight months

Regeneron reported that a dose of the antibody cocktail it makes reduced the risk of COVID-19 infection by 81.6% for two to eight months after administration of the drug in a final trial....

424. COVID death toll surpasses 5 million worldwide

The coronavirus is responsible for more than five million confirmed deaths around the world as of Monday,...

425. COVID vaccine in a patch

426. 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....

427. A billionaire two times over

Sarah Blakely is a billionaire again. The woman who built a business empire giving a rather simple solution to a daily problem of women, went through several ups and downs...

428. 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....

429. The mysterious world of the 'metaverse'

Last Sunday, Facebook announced plans to create 10,000 new jobs in the European Union over the next five years to build products that will serve the metaverse...

430. Trick or treat!

Ghouls and gobblins, spooks galore, scary witches at your door. Jack-O-Lanterns smiling bright, wishing you a haunting night!...

431. Mistrust results in a rise in COVID cases in Eastern Europe

Latvia imposed a new lockdown on Thursday, with hospitals in Bulgaria and Romania struggling to cope with an increase in patients with covid-19, while Poland is selling extra doses of vaccine....

432. ‘A Dark Room’: excerpts from Alexis Papachelas’ forthcoming book

“The nut, he went and did what we didn’t,” said Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos the morning of July 15, 1974 after he found out that Dimitris Ioannidis, the junta’s military police chief, had orchestrated a coup to overthrow Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios....

433. Outlet mall west of Nicosia ready to open

A new price-slashing outlet mall on the western fringe of Nicosia is getting ready to open its doors to the public, hoping to bring a fun shopping experience based on a concept that tries to reconcile modernity with tradition...

434. KPMG in Cyprus announces partnership with RICS

KPMG in Cyprus and RICS have signed a collaboration agreement for the provision of services for the issue of the quarterly ''RICS Cyprus Property Price Index, with KPMG in Cyprus''....

435. Venus Minerals strikes gold in Cyprus

Cyprus-based Venus Minerals has confirmed earlier assessments of high accumulation of gold in Troodos, following an exploratory drill in Kokkinoyia...

436. Outage highlights how vital Facebook has become worldwide

In Lima, Peru, the breakdown complicated dental technician Mary Mejia’s job. Like most Peruvian medical workers, she uses WhatsApp for a multitude of tasks, including scheduling appointments and ordering crowns....

437. Take to the skies again and travel like you've never done before

Once again we're taking to the skies. Although traveling is definitely not the same as it used to be, what with all the restrictions, COVID test requirements and social distancing, we've found a way to keep calm and soldier on. ...

438. A secret cave was found, sealed for 40,000 years

A cave that was sealed with sand for about 40,000 years was discovered at Vanguard Cave in Gibraltar...

439. Three-quarters of earthquake-stiken homes on Crete temporarily uninhabitable

Engineer inspections of homes damaged in Monday’s 5.8-magnitude quake earthquake on Crete have established that three-quarters of them are temporarily uninhabitable....

440. Left for dead in an abhorrent shelter

The coordinator for the Animal Rights Action Group, Anthi Mouzouri, is calling on the public to report shelters and facilities that are unsuitable for the housing of stray or abandoned animals....

441. Rowdy celebrations erupt in Norway as COVID restrictions end

Police in Norway on Sunday reported dozens of disturbances and violent clashes including mass brawls in the Nordic country’s big cities...

442. Supermarkets want a Safe Pass redo

Supermarket representatives in the Republic of Cyprus are crying foul over Safe Pass measures, accusing police officers of being vindictive with fines and pointing out that some door greeters are even scared to confront aggressive customers...

443. Britain: End of an Era - Which University ousted Cambridge and Oxford

For the first time in history, neither Cambridge nor Oxford are at the top of British universities: At the top of the rankings is now the University of St Andrews in Scotland....

444. Greece facing shortage of doctors and healthcare workers

The suspension of unvaccinated doctors and other health workers in effect since September 1 have resulted in personnel shortages across the public health system....

445. Coronavirus: How it can affect the immune system of children

The strange behavior of the virus seems to be the indirect consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic...

446. University of Nicosia Advances to Top 601-800 Universities in the World

The latest edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, released on 2 September 2021, reaffirms the University of Nicosia’s (UNIC) global standing, ranking it among the Top 601-800 universities in the world. Correspondingly, UNIC ranks among the Top 250 universities in the European Union....

447. Exness awarded as Cyprus’ Best Workplace 2021

On June 30th, Exness won the award for Best Workplace in the presence of the country’s most senior political and business leaders. ...

448. Cops up their game in safe pass checks

Police officers in the Republic of Cyprus have been instructed to examine Safe Pass documents more closely if they suspect a document might be fake, while violators could face up to three years in prison...

449. Cypriot teams waste no time in Attica

A Cypriot fire fighting team dispatched to Greece this week wasted no time upon arrival in Attica on Wednesday, as wildfires in the broader area continued to threaten the wider region in the hottest part of the summer...

450. Tougher Safe Pass logic brought into question

The head of the government’s pandemic advisory committee says it is not up to health experts to justify political decisions such as tougher Safe Pass rules, but one of his colleagues defended tougher restrictions saying they had worked in the past during lockdown...