Archive for 2020
Cyprus Development by Elena Baturina’s Investment Group in the Grand Finale of the European Property Awards 2020
LIMASSOL, Cyprus, Dec. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Symbol Residence, an elite residential complex on the Limassol coast being built by Golden Wisdom, a member of Elena Baturina’s investment group, has entered the Grand Finale of the European Property Awards 2020.…
UK Cypriot Professor Kypros Nicolaides in new Netflix documentary
Cypriot doctor subject of episode on one of Netflix’s most watched
London-based Cypriot doctor Kypros Nicolaides features in the first episode of one of Netflix’s currently most watched programmes, The Surgeon’s Cut.
The docuseries, produced by BBC Studios, tells the …
More than 600,000 people in UK get first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine dose
(Reuters) – More than 600,000 people in the United Kingdom have received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine since inoculations began in the country earlier this month, the British government said on Thursday.
“The government has today published …
English COVID-19 infections rise again, 1-in-85 people infected – survey
LONDON (Reuters) -The prevalence of COVID-19 cases in England jumped again in the week to Dec. 18, with around 645,800 people, or 1-in-85, estimated to be infected, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Thursday.
“The percentage of people …
U.S. will require negative COVID-19 tests for all UK passengers – CDC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government will require all airline passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours of departure starting Monday amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant that may be more transmissible.…
A tribute to the UK Cypriot mega star singer/songwriter George Michael on the 4th anniversary of his death
Photo:George Michael with his sister Melanie
Hello Everybody, Lovelies and Friends everywhere,
At this time last year Melanie was writing to you, as she had done so beautifully since George passed away on Christmas Day 2016, to thank you all …
My Top 10 Christmas Films
A truly great Christmas movie should channel the mood of the holiday season. Since we all have different traditions, that means Christmas films can take many chestnut-roasting, Jack Frost-nipping forms: unrelentingly cheery musicals, vaguely religious dramas, defiantly grim horror films, …
Film Reviews
FILM OF THE WEEK
THE RACER
There have been many documentaries as well as feature films focusing on cycling and Le Tour de France, but most memorably this subject is explored in Alex Gibley’s THE ARMSTRONG LIE and Stephen Frears’ …
Archbishop Nikita’s of Thyateira and Great Britain Christmas encyclical
“Save the world, O Saviour. For this you have come. Set your whole universe aright”.
With the above words, Saint Romanos the Melodist introduces the last stanza of the famous Christmas kontakion. The lines are a supplication and an acknowledgement …
Home Alone
It is Christmas, the season to be jolly, but is it so jolly? For many people this year it will most definitely not be. Many people will have lost their loved ones this year, be it family or friends. There …
