Новости за 29.08.2015

By Marton Dunai Three young children were found in critical condition due to dehydration on Friday after police in Austria stopped a truck with 26 refugees, Austrian news agency APA reported on Saturday. The lorry with refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Bangladesh crammed in the back was stopped in the small town of St. Peter […]

Usain Bolt secured a sweep of the sprint golds at a world championships for the third time when he helped Jamaica’s relay team to a fourth successive 4×100 metres title on Saturday. The 29-year-old, who had already won the 100 and 200 metres events, ran the anchor leg as the Jamaicans took gold in 37.36 […]

Mo Farah wrote his name into the record books on Saturday by completing a hat-trick of long-distance doubles at global championships by retaining his world 5,000 metres title in Beijing. The 32-year-old followed up his 10,000 metres triumph by storming to gold over the shorter distance to rack up his seventh straight global crown – […]

By George Psyllides A 30-year-old Moldovan man, wanted in the Unites States in connection with the theft of over $3.5mln (€3.2mln), was on Saturday remanded in custody until mid October when extradition proceedings were due to commence. The man, arrested in Paphos on Friday on an international arrest warrant, is wanted in the US in […]

FORMER Greek premier Alexis Tsipras’s leftist Syriza party’s lead in the polls is narrowing, a survey showed on Saturday, suggesting momentum may be shifting towards the opposition as the country counts down to a snap election next month. The gap between Syriza and the conservative New Democracy party dipped to just 1.8 percentage points, with […]

By George Psyllides The government on Saturday denied a report that it had decided to raise the remuneration of board members of semi-government organisations at an additional cost of €360,000 per year. In its main front page story, daily Phileleftheros said the cabinet had approved a finance ministry proposal to raise SGO board members’ salaries […]

By George Psyllides OPPOSITION parties on Saturday criticised the government over a Turkish Cypriot document filed at the United Nations that spoke of a “long-defunct” Republic of Cyprus. The criticism was quickly dismissed by the foreign ministry, which described it as a routine document, filed each time the Republic complained about Turkish violations of the […]

By David Adams Tropical Storm Erika was soaking Haiti with heavy rain and strong winds on Saturday as it swirled across the Caribbean but showed signs of losing steam as it headed toward south Florida, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said. Twenty people were confirmed dead on the island of Dominica, Prime Minister Roosevelt […]

Police in Limassol arrested an 18-year-old foreign national caught driving a stolen car on Friday evening. The vehicle, reported stolen on August 24, was spotted on Navarinou Street at around 11.45pm by an officer who was off duty. Patrol cars scrambled to the area but the driver of the car refused to stop when requested, […]

An Egyptian court sentenced three Al Jazeera TV journalists to three years in prison on Saturday for operating without a press license and broadcasting material harmful to Egypt, a case that has triggered an international outcry. The verdict in a retrial was issued against Mohamed Fahmy, a naturalised Canadian who has given up his Egyptian […]

By Thomas Escritt The Dutch public employees’ pension fund, the world’s third largest, has sold all its shares in pharmaceuticals maker Mylan after it emerged that one of the company’s products is in stock at a US prison where death sentences are carried out. The move comes amid increasing pressure from European countries over continuing […]

By Steve Tongue Last season’s top two, Chelsea and Manchester City, are keen to reverse the most striking statistic of the new Premier League season this weekend – and they are not the only ones. Of the 30 matches played in the opening three rounds, only six have resulted in home wins, with more than […]

By Iacovos Constantinou The opening weekend in the Cyprus football championship saw the main contenders record their first wins, and given the strength of their opponents this weekend, should be able to continue their winning ways. APOEL, still smarting from their mid-week Champions League exit, will be looking to impress new head coach Temuri Ketsbaia […]

By Angelos Anastasiou THE government bill allowing the issue of title deeds to those who bought property from insolvent land-developers on previously mortgaged land is a step in the right direction, although more needs to be done to iron out more particular problems, property expert Nigel Howarth told the Cyprus Mail on Friday. Such ‘trapped’ […]

WE HAD thought that the political fuss surrounding the Governor of the Central Bank, Chrystalla Georghadji, was over and she would be left to carry on with her job. It appears, however, that the police are continuing their investigation into the complaint filed by deputy Zacharias Koulias, with regard to the leaking of the list […]

By Stelios Oprhanides CAPITAL Intelligence, the Limassol-based rating agency, said it affirmed Cyprus’ long-term foreign currency sovereign rating and short-term foreign currency sovereign rating at B and placed the outlook at ‘positive’ from ‘stable’, which could lead to a rating upgrade in the next 24 months. Send to Kindle

THERE are serious constitutional and legal issues surrounding the Cabinet approved bill reforming local governance, according to the Union of Cyprus Municipalities. Following an extraordinary meeting on Friday, it said the bill could not be used as a base to enact the troika requested change as part of the bailout plan as it is not […]

By Andria Kades THE English School board has decided to demote deputy head Antonis Antoniou following a tumultuous period after a staff member said he had bullied her, something he countered with a complaint to the ombudswoman outlining he was targeted for his political views. His lawyer confirmed to the Cyprus Mail he had been […]

A DRAFT bill suggests that drivers over the age of 75 will have to undergo annual medical tests in order to have their driving license renewed. “Drivers over the age of 75, for their own safety and that of others, mainly for health and safety issues will have to be examined every year by specialist […]

The late 1960s and early 1970s are the focus of this week’s Cyprus Mail 70th anniversary uploads of archive material. After the threat of a Turkish invasion receded at the end of 1967, relations between the Turkish and Greek Cypriots improved. Many restrictions on the Turkish Cypriot enclaves were lifted in March 1968 and talks […]

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