Новости за 10.09.2015

By Elias Hazou THE way reunification talks will have shaped up by the end of the year, it should be possible by then to tell whether a solution to the Cyprus problem is feasible, the chief Greek Cypriot negotiator Andreas Mavroyiannis said on Thursday. He was speaking at an event organised by Frederick University. Mavroyiannis […]

Northern Ireland’s first minister resigned on Thursday and asked the British government to suspend the province’s parliament, in a protest over a murder that police said was linked to the disbanded Irish Republican Army. First Minister Peter Robinson’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) had said on Wednesday its ministers would resign if its call for an […]

By Elias Hazou THREE bank officers formerly employed with the now-defunct Ayia Fyla cooperative savings and the owner of a construction company were arrested on Thursday in connection with granting dodgy loans to clients. The three are facing 13 charges of fraud, obtaining property by false pretences and circulating fraudulent documents. They are suspected of […]

By Annette Chrysostomou THE Green Party has asked the authorities to look into pollution in the Aradippou area, where factory wastewater was dumped into a rainwater drainage and eventually ended up in the Larnaca salt lake. Following findings published on a local website, members of the Larnaca ecologists’ district committee visited the area and found […]

By Annette Chrysostomou THE government has banned the importation of certain species of animals in a bid to protect the island’s biodiversity, it was announced on Thursday. “Studies carried out by the game and fauna service showed that some kinds of partridges and black francolin imported from abroad were different subspecies, which poses a serious […]

IT took three fire trucks to completely obliterate a fire near Kato Lakkos forest at Koshi area in the sweltering heat on Thursday at about 2pm. According to the forestry department, the fire started while garbage was being burnt for the collection of metals. There were 11 fire fighters at the scene putting the fire […]

Twenty-four years after it was buried, the head of a giant statue of Soviet revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin was dug up from woodland on the outskirts of Berlin on Thursday to be displayed at an exhibition in the German capital. The monument was unceremoniously torn down two years after the 1989 fall of the Berlin […]

SIX individuals from Russia and the Ukraine were remanded in custody for eight days on Thursday in connection with card fraud. They were arrested after card processing company JCC reported to police that unknown individuals were making online orders from companies in Cyprus using false IDs and stolen card data. The products were dispatched to […]

Scientists should be allowed to genetically modify human embryos because such experiments are essential to deepen understanding of basic biology, an international group of science and ethics experts said on Thursday. A report by the Hinxton Group, a global network of stem cell researchers, bioethicists and science policy and publishing experts, said being able to […]

This year’s Kypria International Festival is getting ready to host a dance theatre show which is said to be a awe-inspiring, not-to-be missed affair. The show is called Broken and it is brought to our shores by the Motionhouse, a leading British dance theatre company known for creating spectacles where music, visuals, dance and physical […]

Humanity’s claim to uniqueness just suffered another setback: scientists reported on Thursday that a newly discovered ancient species related to humans also appeared to bury its dead. Fossils of the creature were unearthed in a deep cave near the famed sites of Sterkfontein and Swartkrans, treasure troves 50 km (30 miles) northwest of Johannesburg that […]

The deadline for applying to the Cyprus bi-communal awards by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation is on Tuesday, September 15, it was announced on Thursday. With the grand total of grants to be given this year at €300,000, the awards are now bigger than ever and bring the cumulative total to €1.5 million over the past […]

By Brian Homewood Twenty-eight days is not enough time to play the 2022 World Cup, the world players’ union FIFPro said this week. FIFPro general secretary Theo van Seggelen said he was also worried about the possibility that domestic competitions could continue while the tournament in Qatar was underway. “It’s a continuing story,” Van Seggelen […]

British bases (SBA) police have arrested a member of the military personnel suspected of hitting and injuring two striking workers with his car at the entrance to the Episkopi Garrison. Quoting SBA police director Giorgos Kiteos, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), said the driver slightly injured two men while exiting the checkpoint where the strikers […]

Premium lubricant Eni i-Base 15W-40 only €3.50 per litre Cypriot petroleum company Petrolina, in cooperation with the Italian company Eni, offers premium Eni lubricants that guarantee top performance, strength and longevity for your car engine. To mark 40 years of successful cooperation between the two companies, Petrolina offers the lubricant Eni i-Base 15W-40 at the […]

By Angelos Anastasiou Cyprus’ political and religious leaders met under one roof on Thursday at the Ledra Palace hotel in the buffer zone under the auspices of the Swedish embassy to Cyprus. It was attended by President Nicos Anastasiades, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, Archbishop Chrysostomos, Mufti Talip Atalay, Maronite Archbishop Soueif, Armenian Archbishop Nareg, Catholic […]

Syrians and Libyans fleeing to Europe are committing sin by exposing their children to atheism, drugs, alcohol and sexual permissiveness, according to a magazine published by Islamic State insurgents. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled wars in the Middle East this year, often from areas seized or threatened by Islamic State militants. They have […]

By Maria Gregoriou As the Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis is celebrating turning 90 this year, there are many events on the island and in Greek dedicated to the composer. One such event is a concert that will take place tomorrow at Geroskipou Public Square in Paphos under the name Beautiful City – 90 Years of […]

Its commitment to continue exploration in Cyprus was strong, Italian energy giant ENI said on Thursday, and good synergies could be created as natural gas found in Cyprus could find it way to Europe through the company’s facility in Egypt. Speaking after a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades, ENI CEO Claudio Descalzi said they discussed […]

Poland cannot afford to accept economic migrants, but it is the biggest central European economy’s duty to accept refugees fleeing wars, Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said on Thursday. “Accepting migrants escaping to save their lives is our duty,” Kopacz, speaking ahead of an election in October, told a news briefing at a forum in […]

Pro-Kurdish politicians, including cabinet ministers, attempted to march to a town in south-east Turkey on Thursday to protest a week-old curfew there, as their party came under fire from President Tayyip Erdogan and from a court investigation of their leader. Conflict between militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Turkish security forces has surged […]

By Stelios Orphanides Building permits rose in January to June 17 per cent in terms of total construction area and 19 per cent in terms of value to 458,050 square metres and €512.5m respectively compared to the respective period of 2014, mainly on increased demand for new housing, the statistical service said. Send to Kindle

Parents of private school students have expressed support for the University of Cyprus (UCy) decision to enrol students with GCE and International Baccalaureate (IB) qualifications who have been accepted by other universities but have not taken the entrance exams. Thanking the UCy for a move they described as “brave” they took a shot at those […]

Accept-LGBT Cyprus has secured, after bidding, the organisation of the ILGA-Europe’s Annual Conference on the island in October 2016, an announcement said on Wednesday. “The Conference is increasingly becoming the most important event in Europe, as far as LGBTI rights are concerned,” the Accept announcement said. Around 500 delegates from around the world, among them […]

The government on Thursday denied reports it was at loggerheads with the auditor-general following a public spat between him and the interior minister. In a written statement, the Presidency said the government is providing the auditor with all the support and urged him “to be uncompromising towards any state official should an investigation showed that […]