Новости за 16.10.2015

By Ahmed Elumami Tripoli’s government on Friday named the two new Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie bombing investigation as Abdullah al-Senussi, the former spy chief of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, and a second man, Mohammed Abu Ejaila. Senussi is currently being held in a jail in Tripoli after he was sentenced for his role in […]

By Karolos Grohmann German football was thrown into turmoil on Friday when magazine Der Spiegel said the country’s football officials had used a slush fund to win votes and land the 2006 World Cup. The magazine said the late CEO of sports maker Adidas , Robert Louis-Dreyfus, had loaned the 2006 World Cup bid committee […]

By Nate Raymond and Joseph Ax A mentally ill British man who US authorities said helped try to set up a training camp in Oregon in 1999 at the behest of radical London imam Abu Hamza al-Masri was sentenced on Friday in New York to 20 years in prison. US District Judge Katherine Forrest ordered […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday defended a proposal to set up ‘transit zones’ at German borders to filter out migrants who clearly have no chance of gaining asylum, declaring she would not rest until she had persuaded her junior coalition partner. Germany is struggling to cope with a record influx of more than 800,000 migrants. […]

By Ari Rabinovitch Palestinians set fire to a Jewish shrine in the occupied West Bank and an attacker disguised as a journalist stabbed an Israeli soldier on Friday as tensions ran high after more than two weeks of violence. Israel‘s military said about 100 people converged on the tomb of the biblical patriarch Joseph in […]

By Gwladys Fouche and Terje Solsvik Convicted Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik will sue to end his isolation in prison, arguing that such strict conditions violate his human rights, his lawyer said on Friday. Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bomb attack and shooting spree, has been kept in solidary confinement since his […]

By Orhan Coskun Turkey shot down a drone on Friday in an incident highlighting the dangers of multiple air combat operations over Syria, where government troops and their allies backed by Russian jets have launched an offensive against rebels near Aleppo. The army offensive south of the city, backed by Hezbollah and Iranian fighters, further […]

By Matt Smith ALASTAIR Cook completed the third-longest innings in test history and the longest by an Englishman as his side ended on 569-8 on the fourth day of the first test on Friday, 46 runs ahead of Pakistan. Cook batted for 836 minutes — or just short of 14 hours — over three days […]

By Evie Andreou The head of the House Health committee, DISY MP Costas Constantinou has called for a probe into allegations against two doctors at the Paphos general hospital for refusing to perform their duties, and for indecent behaviour. The reports concern a gynaecologist who allegedly did not report for duty when one of his […]

FORMER world number one Rafa Nadal displayed more signs of a return to top form with a ruthless 6-2 6-1 hammering of Stan Wawrinka and was joined by Novak Djokovic in the Shanghai Masters semi-finals on Friday. World number one Djokovic, twice champion in Shanghai, was tested by Australian Bernard Tomic before winning 7-6(6) 6-1 […]

This year, the British High Commission has had to deal with far fewer cases of consular assistance, despite a 16 per cent increase in British tourists coming to Cyprus, it said on Friday. Consular Regional Director William Middleton said on Friday the collaboration between the High Commission and the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) on preventative […]

By Maria Gregoriou Alpha Square is known for putting on different and somewhat out of the box productions and this time around is no different. If you were around in the 80s and you watched Greek TV then you will be very familiar with the heroine Madame Sousou – a poor woman who came into […]

Areas across Cyprus were left with no electricity on Friday afternoon for a short period after a unit a Vasilikos power station was damaged for unknown reasons. Within 15 minutes power was restored, the EAC said. However residents in Sotira and Episkopi were still facing problems according to the EAC spokeswoman Christina Papadopoulou. Employees are […]

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will on Saturday attend the inauguration ceremony of a controversial water project in Myrtou in the occupied north of the island. Reports from the north said authorities have urged the public to attend the 1pm ceremony at the treatment facility that will be filtering the water arriving on the island through […]

Cyprus hosts the second largest number of British expats across Europe, a study by stag do and hen party organiser AMPILOT found, along with some of the friendliest people in the continent. “Second only to Ireland, Cyprus is brimming with Brits” the study said, ranking the attitude of host countries from ‘the more the merrier’ […]

By Stelios Orphanides Cypriot banks maintained their standards for both mortgages, consumer and corporate loans unchanged in the second quarter of 2015 and were expected to do so also in the third quarter, the Central Bank of Cyprus said. Send to Kindle

The European Union did not take appropriate measures on time to tackle the consequences of the refugee crisis and was very slow in realising the dimensions of the problem, EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides and MEPs Takis Hadjigeorgiou (AKEL-GUE) and Eliza Vozemberg (New Democracy-EPP) have said. Stylianides, Hadjigeorgiou and Vozemberg […]

By Nicholas Kakouras Indian authorities may have to reconsider a punitive 30 per cent on interest income payable by foreign portfolio investors from Cyprus as the levy threatens to eliminate yields from Indian debt funds, India’s Economic Times reported today without citing their source. Send to Kindle

By Ari Rabinovitch Palestinians set fire to a Jewish shrine in the West Bank on Friday as the Islamist group Hamas called for a day of rage against Israel, with tensions still running high after two weeks of violence. Israel’s military said about 100 people converged on the tomb of the biblical patriarch Joseph, which […]

By Ginger Gibson Hillary Clinton spent $26 million over the summer building up her 2016 campaign, more than any of her rivals either within her own Democratic party or the Republican side, as she sought to build a formidable organization to help her capture the White House. The former first lady and secretary of state […]

By Andria Kades Arrivals in September were the highest in the history of the island’s tourism industry the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) said on Friday with visitor numbers hitting 360,899, a 14 per cent hike on the same month last year. “This September was the best September in terms of tourism arrivals in the history […]

By Stelios Orphanides Tourist arrivals rose 14 per cent in September to 360,899 compared to a year before, mainly on a strong increase in the number of incoming British tourists, the statistical service said. The number of visitors from the UK, Cyprus’s largest source of incoming tourism, rose in September an annual 32 per cent […]

The German Football Association (DFB) has found no indication of wrongdoing in the process of winning the right to host 2006 World Cup, it said on Friday after an internal investigation was completed. However, the organisation said it was looking into how a payment of 6.7 million euros from the German organising committee to FIFA […]

By Maria Gregoriou As of Monday the Embassy of Italy, in collaboration with the Cyprus Committee of the Societa Dante Alighieri and the Foundation T Kanthos, will host an Italian Language week. The week offers a taste of Italy and a chance to experience the contemporary culture of Italy through its words. The events include […]

By Mariam Karouny Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah and Iranian fighters launched an offensive south of Aleppo on Friday, expanding their counter-attack against rebels across western Syria with support from Russian air strikes. The assault means the army is now pressing insurgents on several fronts near Syria’s main cities in the west, control of which […]