Новости за 07.09.2015

By Karolos Grohmann Thomas Muller scored twice and set up another goal as Germany beat Scotland 3-2 on Monday night to move to the brink of qualification for Euro 2016 after all but securing a top-two finish in Group D with two games left. The Germans have 19 points with Poland, who crushed Gibraltar 8-1, […]

TURKISH Foreign Minister Feridun Hadi Sinirlioglu said on Monday that the security of the Turkish Cypriot people was, for Ankara, paramount in any Cyprus settlement and that the guarantor countries would need to be involved in addressing the issue during the negotiations. Sinirlioglu was speaking at a joint news conference in the north of Nicosia […]

By Angelos Anastasiou Greek financier Andreas Vgenopoulos, former boss of failed Laiki Bank, and his right-hand man Efthimios Bouloutas have refused to answer investigators’ inquiries until a Greek court rules on their application to be exempt from questioning, police spokesman Andreas Angelides said on Monday. Vgenopoulos, Bouloutas, and three of their former associates at the […]

By Stelios Orphanides The client and revenue-sharing agreement signed less than two weeks ago by the shipyards in Limassol and Famagusta could show the way forward for the Cypriot business community, two associations said on Monday. “It is a brilliant example of what can be achieved with the cooperation of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot […]

A thick dust cloud from Syria has settled over parts of Cyprus and is expected to last another day or so. According to the department of labour inspection (DIL), the average hourly concentration of dust particles in the Nicosia district on Monday was almost ten times the normal (547 μg/m³ whereas the maximum acceptable concentration […]

By Jahmal Corner Swiss second seed Roger Federer faces a danger match against big-hitting American John Isner in fourth-round action at the US Open on Monday. Five-time champion Federer will start a warm favourite, but will take nothing for granted when he takes to the Arthur Ashe Stadium court against the 13th seed for the […]

By Shravanth Vijayakuma Disgruntled forward Saido Berahino will play for West Bromwich Albion again even if his integration into the squad will not be easy following his transfer saga, manager Tony Pulis said. The England under-21 striker has threatened he would never play for the club after failing to secure a last-minute transfer to Tottenham […]

By George Psyllides Three men, two Syrians aged 47 and 33, and a 28-year-old from Lebanon, were remanded in custody for eight days on Monday in connection with people smuggling, after authorities rescued 115 refugees – including the suspects – from a fishing vessel that sent a distress signal on Saturday evening while sailing some […]

Qatar has sent around 1,000 ground troops to Yemen, Doha-based Al Jazeera television said on Monday, their first reported involvement in a Saudi-backed offensive against the dominant Houthi group. Military sources said Qatari forces were on their way to Yemen and preparing to join a new push on Houthi positions in the capital Sanaa – […]

By Mike Collett Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan, beaten in May’s FIFA presidential election by Sepp Blatter, strongly hinted he will stand for the position again while speaking to delegates at the Soccerex business convention on Monday. Ali, 39, lost by 133-73 votes to incumbent Blatter who then announced he was standing down […]

The Famagusta district court in Larnaca on Monday issued a three-day remand order for a 27-year-old from Ormidhia on suspicion of causing injury, illegal possession, transport and use of a firearm and the reckless use of a firearm in a residential area. The man is a suspect in a ‘drive-by shooting’ at a wedding reception […]

Some 9,000 people in Cyprus are illiterate, according to the statistical service, and over 100,000 have only been through primary school. The majority of illiterate Cypriots were women, 6,776 out of a total of 9,152, while 5,575 have never been to school. Close to 25,000 people never finished primary school. The figures were published by […]

By Francesco Guarascio The EU executive has drawn up a new set of national quotas under which Germany will take in more than 40,000 and France 30,000 of a total of 160,000 asylum-seekers it says should be relocated from Italy, Greece and Hungary, an EU source said on Monday. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is […]

By Angelos Anastasiou Protesting employees at the British Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) in Cyprus say they will settle for no less than the full withdrawal of wage-cutting measures, but that is not on the table, a spokesman told the Cyprus Mail on Monday. Cypriot employees at the bases launched a five-day warning strike on Monday, […]

By Preston Wilder Can you sing that title? It’s not an idle question, nor a bit of DIY karaoke – because if you can sing it then you must be familiar with the eponymous techno anthem by Justice vs. Simian, which means you may have a rooting interest in this so-so drama with Zac Efron […]

France will begin reconnaissance missions over Syria on Tuesday and could launch air strikes against Islamic State militants in the country, President Francois Hollande said on Monday. France until now had only taken part in air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq because it feared strikes against the group in Syria could strengthen Syrian President […]

Greece received a request from the United States to deny Russia the use of Greek airspace for aid flights to Syria, a spokesman for the foreign ministry in Athens said on Monday. The spokesman said the request was being examined. Russian newswire RIA Novosti earlier said Greece had refused the US request, citing a diplomatic […]

Iran hopes to bring its gas to the European Union by shipping liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Spain, its oil minister was quoted as saying on Monday at a news conference with his Spanish counterpart in Tehran. Iran has no ability to freeze its gas into LNG for tanker exports beyond the reach of pipelines, […]

By Alix Norman Taking place at the Famagusta Nautical Club (which, for obvious reasons, is based in Limassol), the annual Ioannideia has been the high point of the local sailing calendar since 2013. Multi-million euro yachts from all over the world have each year headed our way to compete in the Offshore Regatta: sailors from […]

A 49-year-old Larnaca hospital worker was arrested on Monday in connection with the theft of some €4,000 from a cash box with takings from the accident and emergency department. He is facing charges of theft by a public official. At around 4.40am on Monday the man reported to police that ten minutes earlier a hooded […]

Cyprus said on Monday it would be willing to take in up to 300 migrants fleeing upheaval in the Middle East under new EU quotas, but would prefer them to be Christians. Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos said the island’s size meant that its reception capacity was limited. An EU source said on Monday that the […]

By Peter Stevenson Belgium may have beaten Cyprus 1-0 with a late Eden Hazard goal to move closer to a place at Euro 2016 on Sunday night but coach Marc Wilmots reckoned it was the worst performance he had seen from his flagging side. He reserved much of his criticism for Liverpool striker Christian Benteke, […]

By mark Gleeson The Netherlands were plunged into a veritable crisis after Sunday’s 3-0 loss in Turkey left their Euro 2016 qualification hopes in tatters with the local press declaring it as the end of an era. New coach Danny Blind said the team had “shot ourselves in the foot” with individual errors in the […]

By Krisztina Than and Gergely Szakacs The large numbers of people now seeking sanctuary in Europe should be seen as immigrants, not as refugees, because they are seeking a “German life” and refuse to stay in the first safe country they reach, Hungary’s prime minister said on Monday. Viktor Orban, a right-wing populist whose robust […]

Civil defence and other organisations were on Monday organising supplies to 87 refugees at the Kokkinotrimithia camp who were rescued some 40 nautical miles off Cyprus in the early hours of Sunday. Deputy Director of the Civil Defence Luke Hadjimichael told CNA that due to the current high temperatures fans had been installed in each […]