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Lyrid Meteor Shower reaches its peak

The Lyrid Meteor Shower, active between April 16-25 every year, is expected to peak on Wednesday with stay at home Cypriots able to catch the meteor shower late in the evening. Named

22nd April 2020

Life & Society

COVID19: Cyprus fighting the virus through contact tracing

Cyprus is taking the COVID-19 fight to the virus by undertaking the arduous task of contact tracing those infected to contain the outbreak, a practice some other countries have abandoned. Contact tracing

22nd April 2020

Life & Society

COVID19: Record requests for essential trips during Easter

More Cypriots requested SMS text approval to venture outside their homes for buying basic goods and physical exercise over the Easter weekend, while requests on Sunday fell below the+ normal. According to

21st April 2020

Life & Society

COVID19; British Bases help families in need

British Bases police at Akrotiri have re-instigated a Food Aid programme first introduced during Cyprus’ 2013 financial crisis to help struggling families during the current COVID-19 outbreak. Representatives from the police’s Community

21st April 2020

Life & Society

COVID19: Social distancing is here to stay

In an ideal world, a place where boring predictability lives without fear, I would like nothing better than avoiding talking about coronavirus but it’s not going to disappear in a puff of

20th April 2020

Comment/Life & Society

COVID19: Crisis takes its toll on Cyprus farmers

Cyprus’ agriculture sector could not be left out of harm’s way, as the coronavirus crisis’ takes its toll on the country’s farmers, who are asking the state to step in to rescue

19th April 2020

Cyprus/Life & Society

Embarking on a Yoga journey of self-discovery

By Gaurav Vohra Yoga aims to find joy and love in this living, which resonates with each one of us, truly a wonderful thing one aspires for. Yoga is a powerful tool

18th April 2020

Comment/Life & Society

COVID19: Cyprus getting to grips, boasts low death rate

As Cyprus begins to get a grip on the spread of the coronavirus, the health services can boast that they have stabilised cases to less than two dozen a day, while keeping

17th April 2020

Cyprus/Life & Society

COVID19: Cyprus keeping the lid on new cases

Cyprus on Thursday saw confirmed coronavirus infections steadying as the Health Ministry reported 20 new cases, the same as the previous day, while authorities carried out almost 3,000 tests. The 20 new

16th April 2020

Cyprus/Life & Society

COVID19: Cyprus economic lockdown to be eased from May

Cyprus’ cabinet has approved a strategic plan for slowly lifting restrictive measures to combat the COVID-19 outbreak for some businesses to open in May, but the economy will not be in full

16th April 2020

Business/Life & Society