Новости за 05.01.2022

Four people have died from Covid and 5,202 new infections were detected after 130,076 tests, a positivity rate of 4 per cent, the ministry said on Wednesday. In a written statement, the ministry said 205 people were being treated in hospital, 70 in serious condition. The deaths concerned three women...

Novak Djokovic landed in Melbourne on Wednesday in the middle of a political maelstrom over his medical exemption from COVID-19 vaccination requirements, with a visa blunder adding to the world number one’s problems ahead of the Australian Open. Djokovic touched down at Tullamarine airport at about 11:30 p.m. local time, but...

Cyprus is one of the areas in Europe with the largest percentage of young people aged between 15 to 29, namely 21 per cent compared with an EU average of 16 per cent, according to data presented by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical service, on the occasion of 2022 having been...

Down the Netflix rabbit hole, Christina Applegate’s big blue eyes were staring right at me. Dead To Me. I wasn’t sure whether this was a comedy or a thriller. One episode in and I quickly realised this was a twisted, dark comedy. Jen (Applegate) is a snappy, often misunderstood queen...

Two more first division fixtures were postponed on Wednesday after more footballers tested positive with Covid. According to the football association (CFA), Apoel asked for postponement of its game with Paeek on Wednesday and Anorthosis requested postponement of its game with Apoel on Sunday, after at least four first squad...

Turkey’s lira firmed slightly on Wednesday, trimming losses a day earlier as investors weighed up the impact of a surge in inflation to a 19-year peak after last year’s plunge in the currency’s value. The lira firmed as much as 1.3 per cent to 13.275 in early trade but gave...

The pound held just shy of a two-month high on Wednesday as investors ramped up expectations that the Bank of England will raise interest rates as early as next month after a surprise hike in December. And growing expectations that Britain will not introduce COVID-19 measures clamping down on economic...

New Year’s resolutions are popular but are they practical? Is setting goals in the middle of the winter for a whole 12 months into the future realistic? Perhaps for some yes, and for many others not. How many times have we made New Year promises that this year will be...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has recommended that the Security Council extend the mandate of Unficyp, the peace keeping force in Cyprus, for another six months until July 31, 2022. In his report Guterres noted that the last six months had seen a deepening of mistrust among the two communities....

A total of 59 free rapid test sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Thursday, the health ministry announced. Free rapid testing for the general population has been scrapped, while unvaccinated individuals must present a negative coronavirus test every 72 hours, carried out privately.   Eligible for...

Banks are gearing up to get in on the crypto craze in 2022. That sets them up to wrestle with a host of issues that differ from their core business, from murky regulation to a market that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Fights over profit and...

Kazakhstan declared emergencies in the capital, main city and provinces on Wednesday after demonstrators stormed and torched public buildings, the worst unrest for more than a decade in a tightly controlled country that promotes an image of stability. The Cabinet resigned but that failed to quell the anger of the demonstrators,...

In the financial market boom years leading up to the 2008-09 crisis, nearly every mover and shaker used a BlackBerry (BB.TO). On Tuesday, the now $5 billion company pulled life support from the phones, saying the operating system would no longer be reliable for data or emergency calls. BlackBerry’s selling...

Personal doctors on Wednesday denied they were neglecting their patients after Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas accused them of being “absent”. Speaking to local radio the previous day, the minister said he had been informed of several complaints by patients who were referred to the A&E by their personal doctors. He...

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, just hours before South Korean President Moon Jae-in attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a rail line he hopes will eventually connect the divided Korean peninsula. North Korea‘s first launch since October underscored leader Kim Jong Un’s New Year vow to bolster the...

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake rattled the island on Wednesday morning, the geological survey department said. The quake was recorded around 5.21am and was felt in various areas around the country. The epicentre was located in the sea 160km northwest Polis Chrysochous at a depth of 80km. The geological survey department...

In today’s episode, final decisions over tightening measures against coronavirus will be taken by the Council of Ministers this morning after President Nicos Anastasiades yesterday met the advisory team. In more Covid news, the health ministry yesterday appealed for patience as huge queues again formed at both rapid test and...

We probably don’t laugh in such a carefree manner as we used to. A good night out on the town with friends can feel like the perfect remedy but even that isn’t as easy as it used to be. A good laugh can really do wonders. After all, they say...

A 24-year-old man was arrested during Paphos police investigations into a brawl that involved 150 people throwing rocks and pieces of wood late on Tuesday. Police said they received information around 6.50pm about a fight among tenants of an apartment complex in Chlorakas who were allegedly throwing rocks at parked...

Police on Wednesday said they arrested two more suspects in relation to a massive brawl in Paphos on Monday night that saw two people hospitalised and damage to property around the town centre. The new arrests concern two men aged 44 and 46, who were arrested on Tuesday, police said....

Five businesses were booked in Nicosia after employees were found working without a face mask or SafePass during 1,190 checks in the capital, police said on Wednesday. Seven people were also fined for violating coronavirus measures. The checks were part of 2,597 nationwide police checks carried out between 6am on...

Finance minister Constantinos Petrides on Tuesday gave advice on how people could minimise the charges they paid for bank services, at the House commerce committee which invited him to give the government’s position on higher bank charges. He was joined by the Central Bank governor Constantinos Herodotou, as well as...

French President Emmanuel Macron said he wanted to “piss off” the non-vaccinated, in a slangy, cutting remark that prompted howls of condemnation from opposition rivals less than 4 months before the next presidential election. “The unvaccinated, I really want to piss them off. And so, we’re going to continue doing...

Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) outsold General Motors Co (GM.N) in the United States in 2021, marking the first time the Detroit automaker has not led US auto sales for a full year since 1931. Toyota sold 2.332 million vehicles in the United States in 2021, compared to 2.218...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou announced on Tuesday that he will be rewarding bicommunal entrepreneur teams in Cyprus in order to promote peace on the island. Haji-Ioannou, through his Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, has pledged €200,000 in total, with the total amount to be divided among ten teams of Greek Cypriot...