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751. Clarifications Min. Health for the new measures - The exceptions for telework

In a written announcement, the Ministry of Health clarified the new measures that were decided upon during yesterday's meeting of the Council of Ministers....

752. Man who died in taxi was a surgical emergency

An elderly man who showed up at the emergency room with severe abdominal pain and died in a taxi ride between hospitals had suffered internal bleeding according to results from a post mortem...

753. A look into how some European states are treating the unvaccinated

Europe has been thrown into a battle of the fourth wave of the pandemic....

754. Minister of Health announces new measures

Minister of Health Michalis Hadjipantelas held a news conference today at noon to announce stricter measures in order to reduce the growing number of coronavirus cases recorded on a daily basis in Cyprus....

755. Coronavirus repudiator arrested for suing son’s school

A father refused to comply with the ongoing pandemic measures, demanding his son be able to attend school without wearing a mask and without displaying a negative self-test as mandated and was detained by police ...

756. Man dies during taxi ride between hospitals

Health officials have ordered a probe into an incident in Paphos where an elderly man died in a taxi while on a ride between hospitals after being refused treatment and ambulance...

757. Melco Cyprus to triple staff ahead of flagship casino

The operator of City of Dreams Mediterranean hopes to triple its staff before launching next year in Cyprus, while a recent video shows progress on the construction of the unique casino resort sitting in the middle of three continents...

758. Nightclub video tells story before Manigault attack

Bouncers inside a Nicosia nightclub got physical with Corey Manigault moments before a vicious attack took place outside, with video footage suggesting the incident was fueled after the basketball player was asked to leave following a quarrel he had with his girlfriend who appeared to be tipsy...

759. Cyprus scrambles to legislate whistleblower law

Members of parliament in the Republic of Cyprus are urgently making their way to the justice ministry to compare notes on whistleblowing protections legislation, as the country scrambles to meet an EU deadline next month...

760. Government subsidies for electric vehicles

The car market is going through a difficult period, as evidenced by the statistics of new motor vehicle registrations....

761. TUS: Connecting Paphos with Athens from December 10

TUS Airways has included new routes in its program, including direct flights from Larnaca and Paphos airports to Eleftherios Venizelos airport....

762. Covid vaccines targeting new variants have arrived in Cyprus

Preparations are underway for the administration of the fourth dose with updated vaccines against COVID-19, Acting Director of the Nursing Services Department, Evagoras Tambouris,...

763. Cyprus produces first ever PDO halloumi

The first badge of halloumi bearing the PDO certificate has been produced by a Greek Cypriot dairy business in Frenaros, but comments in Turkish Cypriot media gave way to a war of words over which side actually authorizes inspections on the ethnically divided island...

764. Tomb raiding points to ‘at risk’ trial witness

Police are investigating an apparent grave robbery in rural Nicosia, with reports suggesting a raided tomb at a Catholic cemetery could be linked to possible intimidation against a person in the witness protection program...

765. '99 bottles of beer on the wall'

MedFest - Limassol Beer Festival continues until Sunday in the area of the Germasogeia River in Limassol with various artists and a wide array of beers to "wet your whistle" from today until the 14th. ...

766. Erdogan files lawsuit against Greek newspaper

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has filed a lawsuit against Greek daily newspaper Dimokratia at a prosecutor’s office in Ankara,...

767. Mandatory vaccination of NHS workers in England from spring

The British government is expected to announce later in the day that front-line staff of the NHS National Health Service in England will be required to have been vaccinated against coronavirus by April....

768. The University of Nicosia (UNIC) announces the UNIC Open Metaverse Initiative

The Department of Digital Innovation and the Institute For the Future (IFF) of the University of Nicosia (UNIC) are happy to announce the UNIC Open Metaverse Initiative, a new comprehensive initiative focused on the academic, research and policy issues relating to the metaverse, with a particular emphasis on open public systems and standards....

769. COVID vaccine in a patch

770. Greece popular with expats

Greece is rapidly evolving into a preferred destination for people wishing to live and work away from home, as the country is rising on the global list drafted by international bank HSBC....

771. 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...

772. Government issues decree to allow employment of asylum seekers

The Cyprus government has issued a decree making it easier for companies to hire political asylum seekers in Cyprus....

773. Former bishop acquitted of rape charges

Former Kition bishop Chrysostomos has been acquitted of rape charges after a criminal court found his female accuser made contradictory statements and outlandish allegations during the closed trial...

774. Colin Powell dead after complications from Covid-19

Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84....

775. Cargo imports into Dubai airport to be restricted from Tuesday

Dubai will restrict imports of cargo into its international airport for six days from Tuesday to clear a backlog caused by “extraordinarily high” volumes of inbound shipments....

776. Conservative MP Sir David Amess dead

Conservative MP Sir David Amess, who was stabbed multiple times by a man outside a Methodist church in the Leigh on Sea area of ​​Essex, is dead. ...

777. Cypriot AG says some civil servants unfit for the job

Cyprus’ Auditor General Odysseas Michaelides ruffled some feathers this week when he told a House committee hearing that some leadership positions in the civil service were filled by people who were incompetent...

778. ‘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....

779. 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....

780. New developments in the English School strike

Teachers, staff and students protested outside the English School after Myrto Hassapopoulou, president of ESSA (English School staff union), was dismissed by the school's management....