Archive for 2021

UK health minister doesn’t rule out new COVID restrictions before Christmas

Britain’s health minister Sajid Javid declined on Sunday to rule out the chance of further COVID-19 restrictions before Christmas, saying the spread of the Omicron variant was a very fast moving situation.

Britain reported a surge in cases of Omicron …

British man kills his wife in Cyprus

His involvement in the death of his wife admitted from hospital a 75-year-old British, permanent resident of Cyprus. His wife was found dead in her home in Tremithousa village. Her husband was found unconscious and was transferred to the Paphos …

Cyprus budget

Speech by the General Secretary of AKEL K.E. Stefanos Stefanou during the parliamentary debate on the 2022 State Budget

15 December 2021, AKEL C.C. Press Office, Nicosia

AKEL’s decision to vote against the budget this year too has already been …

Arsenal beat Leeds in the only game in the Premier league on Saturday

Brazilian forward Gabriel Martinelli’s double helped Arsenal ease to a dominant 4-1 win at Leeds United in the Premier League on Saturday.

In the only Premier League game to go ahead on Saturday due to a huge rise in COVID-19 …

General Secretary of AKEL Stefanos Stefanou in Larnaca, Cyprus

Statements by the General Secretary of the C.C. of AKEL Stefanos Stefanou during his visit to the Cyprus Maritime and Marine Institute – CMMI in Larnaca

I must say that it is one of our visits that revive optimism for …

London Mayor on walkabout with one of the Met’s new Town Centre Teams in Wood Green

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has joined one of the Met’s new Town Centre Teams on patrol to see first-hand how they are keeping Londoners safe.

Wood Green Town Centre Team is one of the 12 Town Centre Teams …

Four people killed and a man critically injured in five London collisions

A series of investigations have been launched after four people died and a fifth person was critically injured on London’s roads within a 24 hour period on 17 and 18 December.

Fatal collisions in Cricklewood, Northolt, Southall and Chadwell Heath …

Walthamstow murder: Two teenagers convicted of manslaughter

Two teenagers have been convicted of the manslaughter and robbery of 18-year-old Hussain Chaudhry who was fatally stabbed outside his home address in Walthamstow while selling a designer jacket to his killers.

[B] Marvin Ward, 18 (21.12.02) of Westwood Road, …

Cyprus sees full tourism sector rebound by 2024

Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios said the Mediterranean island nation recorded around 1.7 million traveler arrivals between January and October, 54% fewer than in a record-setting 2019.

But unlike other years, arrivals noticeably increased this fall instead of dropping …

Chelsea owner Abramovich gets Portuguese citizenship

Billionaire Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich has become a Portuguese citizen, adding the European Union member country’s passport to his Russian and Israeli ones.

A spokesperson for Abramovich confirmed a report by Portuguese newspaper Publico on Saturday which cited …