Новости за 15.01.2022

A total of 60 children aged 5 to 11 received a jab at the Trimiklinis walk-in vaccination centre on Saturday, the health ministry announced. It said that 6.7 per cent of the child population have now been vaccinated. The vaccination centre operated from 8am until 2pm at the office of...

The transport ministry is collaborating with local church dioceses for the completion of the €390,000 preservation works of the Ayios Athanasios Pentashinitos church and other ecclesiastical monuments, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Saturday. In his address at the opening ceremony of the maintenance project of the church, Karousos said...

Arsenal’s request to have Sunday’s north London derby at Tottenham postponed has been granted. The Gunners, who played out a goalless draw with Liverpool on Thursday, made an application to the Premier League on Friday due to a host of players being unavailable. A mixture of coronavirus, injuries, suspension and...

Manchester City took a major step towards retaining their Premier League title with a 1-0 win over second-placed Chelsea on Saturday, opening up a 13-point lead at the top of the table for Pep Guardiola’s side. Kevin De Bruyne’s 70th-minute strike means that City have 56 points from 22 matches...

Where do you live? Good question. I live (most days) in Nicosia and I live alone. What did you have for breakfast? Today I had a tasty bagel with avocado, cream cheese and smoked turkey Describe your perfect day For me it is important that days start with positive thoughts,...

Paphos police were investigating on Saturday after €40,000 was stolen from a house in Filousa. According a Paphos police spokesman, a man reported to the police that unknown people broke into his holiday home in Filousa community while he was missing and stole the cash. Officers from Polis Chrysochous and...

Personal doctors received information about the prescription of the Merck anti-Covid pill ahead of its rollout on Monday, the health ministry said on Saturday, following criticism by GPs who claimed they had not been informed about the distribution of the drug. The health ministry issued the announcement after the head...

Former world number one Andy Murray’s quest for a first ATP title in over two years ended in defeat at the hands of top seed Aslan Karatsev at the Sydney Tennis Classic on Saturday, with the Russian easing his way to a 6-3 6-3 win. Murray, playing in his first...

Famagusta district court on Saturday sentenced a 30-year-old man to 18 months in jail and a 35-year-old to nine months after finding them guilty of carrying out a series of burglaries and thefts. The pair was arrested last July following information that emerged against them during investigations into a hotel...

A total of 55 free rapid testing sites for coronavirus for eligible groups will operate nationwide on Sunday, 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 a...

People should not cut, uproot or prune trees and other vegetation during visits to forests, the forestry department warned on Saturday. The department’s announcement also warned people against fly-tipping. It came as more and more people appear to be visiting the forests in recent days for mushroom picking, hiking, or...

Specialised studies will determine the viability of the EastMed pipeline, the government said on Saturday after main opposition Akel and a US expert rubbished the project estimating it will not be completed because it is very expensive, complex and without economic viability. No EastMed pipeline economic feasibility study has been...

Parliament on Friday amended a law so that people with irreversible disabilities will no longer be required to be reassessed. To avoid inconvenience, people with irreversible disabilities being called for a disability reassessment, the House of Representatives unanimously passed an amendment to the minimum guaranteed income act. Under the amendment,...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to lift Plan B COVID restrictions in England, the Telegraph reported https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/01/14/plan-b-restrictions-scrapped-boris-johnson-plots-fightback on Friday, as government scientists warn on dropping of Plan B prematurely. COVID passports and work from home guidance are widely expected inside Whitehall to be lifted from Jan. 26 for England,...

Novak Djokovic will spend Saturday night in immigration detention before the world’s tennis number one seeks a court ruling to stop his deportation and keep alive his bid for a record 21st major title at the Australian Open. Djokovic arrived at the Park Hotel https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-tennis-australia-djokovic-hotel-idUKKBN2JH0LO, the same immigration detention hotel...

Fifteen businesses and 14 individuals were booked for violating coronavirus protocols after 2,611 checks in the last 24 hours, police said on Saturday. Most checks, 715, were carried out in Nicosia where seven people and seven establishments were fined, followed by Larnaca where one business was booked after 616 checks....

By Ella Walker New cookbooks were one of the things that brought us joy in 2021. The best were packed full of delicious ideas and, if you missed out, grabbing hold of one now and riffling through its pages might be the most inspiring way to begin 2022. Cookbooks got...

Film lovers rejoice! A week of film screenings is coming to Nicosia this month, featuring the best films selected in Berlinale 2021. The Berlinale Selection 2021 is the third edition of the film series organised by the Goethe-Institut Cyprus since 2019. The series aims to bring current German cinema to...