Новости за 27.10.2015

Every year around 1,000 people have strokes in Cyprus, of which 200 are fatal, according to the Neurological Society of Cyprus. “Every six seconds, a lethal stroke happens somewhere in the world, leading to the death of nearly six million people,” Volunteer Commissioner Yiannis Yiannakis said in a statement on the occasion of World Stroke […]

By Joe Brock Thousands of South Africa’s  (EFF) protested outside the Johannesburg stock exchange on Tuesday in pursuit of working class votes for the radical leftist party ahead of municipal elections next year. The EFF, led by firebrand Julius Malema, is looking to use the momentum built from student demonstrations last week to increase the […]

By Elias Hazou The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that telecommunications data may be used as evidence in the trial of former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas and three others accused of threatening witnesses and obstruction of justice. In its judgment, the top court rejected a challenge to the law allowing police to retrieve personal telecommunications […]

Europe’s governments are sapping efforts to tackle the migration crisis by not honouring commitments on money and resources, EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker said on Tuesday in a biting attack on national leaders. “The gap between pledges and what is on the table must be reduced otherwise we are losing all kinds of credibility,” the […]

US troops are intensifying pressure on Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq by supporting local forces with an expanded air campaign and occasional direct ground support, US Defence Secretary Ash Carter told lawmakers on Tuesday. Testifying alongside Carter before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Marine Corp Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs […]

By Andrei Khalip Portugal’s president accepted on Tuesday the line-up of a new minority government that will be sworn in on Friday, starting the countdown on persuading the opposition-dominated parliament to accept its programme or face the collapse of the cabinet. Pedro Passos Coelho was named prime minister on Thursday after his coalition won the […]

By Isla Binnie The home of Parma ham, trumpeting the benefits of a traditional Mediterranean diet, is urging consumers not to get into a prosciutto panic after a warning that processed meat can cause cancer. Italian food and farming groups responded indignantly to the World Health Organization (WHO) report that put cured meats, such as […]

By Maria Gregoriou If you are interested in religion in art then you will be thrilled to know that the Cornaro Institute is currently running a seminar series on the subject. You don’t have to be an art student nor do you have to be very religious, an enthusiastic interest in history and art is […]

Around 67 per cent of people who were unemployed in Cyprus in the first quarter (Q1) of the year remained jobless in Q2, according to the European statistical service Eurostat, while 20.5 per cent found work. Eurostat said 67.3 per cent of those out of work in Q1 remained without a job in Q2 while […]

The company registrar has struck off 94,000 companies from around 250,000 because they failed to file their annual reports and accounts, it emerged on Tuesday. Speaking after discussion of the matter by the House Trade Committee, DISY MP Maria Kyriacou, a former company registrar herself, said companies were required by law to submit the information. […]

By Elias Hazou The 114 migrants who landed at Akrotiri last week were on Tuesday moved to Dhekelia within Britain’s Sovereign Base Area (SBA). Buses carrying the migrants left Akrotiri at around 2pm. A spokesperson for the British Bases in Cyprus said in a statement: “We can confirm that the migrants have been moved to […]

Police on Tuesday issued instructions for traffic arrangements for the October 28 school parades that will take place in all towns on Wednesday morning. In Nicosia, due to the parade, and the liturgy at Saint John’s Cathedral at the Archbishopric, as of Tuesday midnight parking will be prohibited in the following areas: The Archbishopric Square, […]

By Patrick Johnston Maria Sharapova continued her mastery of Romania’s Simona Halep with a high quality 6-4 6-4 victory filled with bruising baseline rallies to edge closer to a last four berth at the WTA Finals on Tuesday. The Russian world number four topped the Red Group at the eight women end-of-season finals with her […]

A 73-year-old man accused of sexually harassing his 11-year-old granddaughter will face trial at the Paphos Assize Court on November 25, the Paphos district court ruled on Tuesday. State prosecutor Simos Simeou asked the court that the defendant remain in custody until the trial starts, for fear of attempting to influence the child or fleeing […]

The Healthy Food products Wish were born to fulfill our Wish for Health & Pleasure! The Greek Healthy Food products Wish are designed by a scientific team of nutritionists for this specific aim; to offer us healthy snacks made with natural raw materials of high nutritional value, no added sugar. From the purest raw materials […]

The Paphos district court on Tuesday granted a request for legal aid filed by a Moldovan man wanted by the United States in connection with the theft of some $3.5mln (€3.2mln). The case was adjourned until November 5. The man, held in Nicosia’s Central Prison, asked to be allowed to consult with four lawyers he […]

By Stelios Orphanides Finance minister Harris Georgiades said that the government issued a €1bn 10-year bond at an average yield of 4.25 per cent today, a move that signals the final restoration of market access following the €10bn March 2013 bailout. “We had a successful issue of a 10-year bond and we borrowed €1bn at […]

Greek Foreign Minsiter Nicos Kotzias reiterated on Tuesday that guarantor powers were no longer required as part of any agreement to reunify the island. Speaking after a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek diplomat said people looked at him strangely when he raised the matter a few months ago after so many decades. “Today, […]

By Patrick Johnston presidential candidate Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has dismissed accusations of human rights abuses during his time as Bahrain Football Association head as nasty lies, in comments to the BBC on Tuesday. Salman, head of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), submitted his papers on Monday to stand in FIFA’s February 26 […]

The trial of six suspects in connection with suspicious loans given by the now defunct Ayia Fyla co-op bank in Limassol was adjourned until November 30, to give the defence time to examine additional material pertaining to the case. Limassol’s Criminal Court accepted the request of the defence for more time to examine the amended […]

By Nicos Kakouros The chairwoman of the Commission for the Protection of Competition Loukia Christodoulou said that a sectoral probe into possible unfair competition practices in the fuel market, launched in late 2014, is expected to be completed in 2016. “It is a large-scale probe, which includes all fuel companies,” Christodoulou told lawmakers of the […]

Greece needs to have its biggest lenders recapitalised by the end of the year, EU Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Tuesday. “We all agree to finalise bank recapitalisation by end of this year,” Dombrovskis said after meeting Greece’s central bank governor Yannis Stournaras. Dombrovskis is in Athens for talks on reforms Greece needs to […]

By Mirwais Harooni and Ashraf Hamid The Taliban urged aid agencies on Tuesday to push ahead in delivering emergency supplies to victims of the massive earthquake that hit remote mountainous regions of northern Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing at least 300 people. With harsh winter weather setting in across the rugged Hindu Kush mountains where the […]

Chancellor George Osborne’s flagship welfare reforms were blocked by parliament’s unelected upper chamber on Monday, dealing a blow to the Conservative government and setting the stage for a bitter constitutional conflict. The House of Lords overturned long-standing political convention by voting to reject a financial matter, opposing planned changes to tax credits which supplement the […]

By Humeyra Pamuk Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey had struck Kurdish militia fighters in Syria twice after they defied Ankara’s warning not to cross west of the Euphrates river. Ankara fears that advances by the Kurdish YPG militia, backed by its PYD political wing, on the Syrian side of its 900 km border […]