Новости за 29.11.2015

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Sunday night that if the Cyprus issue was resolved in the coming months, Turkey’s membership of the EU would become a reality in the coming years. Davutoglu was speaking at a joint news conference in Brussels with EU Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker […]

Arsenal miss out on joining leaders with Norwich draw By Ian Chadband Arsenal missed the chance to heighten the congestion at the top of the Premier League when a 1-1 draw at Norwich City saw them fail to join leaders Manchester City and Leicester City on Sunday. Arsene Wenger’s side had looked on course to […]

Israel said on Sunday it was suspending contacts with European Union bodies involved in peace efforts with the Palestinians after the bloc started requiring the labelling of exports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is also the foreign minister, ordered the ministry to carry out “a reassessment of the […]

By Megan Cassella U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump insisted on Sunday he was “100 percent right” when he said he saw Muslims in Jersey City, New Jersey, cheering the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center even though fact-checkers have debunked his claim. In a phone interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, Trump said […]

By Martyn Herman Andy Murray sealed Britain’s first Davis Cup title for 79 years with a brilliant 6-3 7-5 6-3 defeat of Belgium’s David Goffin in a fever-pitch atmosphere at Ghent’s Flanders Expo on Sunday. With hundreds of British fans decked out in union flags and saltires roaring on the Scot and thousands of baying […]

By Alan Baldwin Nico Rosberg wrapped up the Formula One season on a winning high in Abu Dhabi on Sunday with team-mate and triple world champion Lewis Hamilton second in a record 12th one-two finish of the year for dominant Mercedes. The German’s third win in a row, from a sixth successive pole position, dashed […]

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Sunday the Cyprus talks had come a considerable way without needing the involvement of any foreign mediators. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Commonwealth summit in Malta, the foreign minister was asked to comment on the increased international interest in the Cyprus problem considering the upcoming visits […]

French riot police fired tear gas at climate change protesters at the Place de la Republique in central Paris on Sunday, near where climate change activists had earlier formed a human chain. About two hundred protesters, some wearing masks, fought with police on a street leading to the square, which has become a gathering place […]

Syrian President Bashar al Assad told a senior Iranian official on Sunday that his adversaries have increased weapon supplies and financial support to insurgents since the start of a major offensive aided by his allies to regain lost territory. Assad was quoted by state media as telling Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran’s […]

Cyprus` Environment Commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou has called for a culture shift towards green development in Cyprus if the country is to achieve its 2020 EU targets on the environment. Speaking during an event in which climbers scaled the building housing the Ecologists Movement offices in Limassol on Sunday, ahead of the 21st UN Conference on […]

By John O’Donnell Germany could send 1,200 soldiers to the Middle East by the end of the year to support a coalition battling Islamic State, Germany’s top defence official told a newspaper on Sunday as his minister backed an international alliance against the group. Chancellor Angela Merkel promised to support the offensive against Islamic State […]

Draconian security measures are being taken by the police for separate visits in the coming week by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his US counterpart John Kerry, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Sunday. Citing police sources, CNA said all security services were being mobilised for the visits of both foreign officials and a […]

By Ian Simpson Trial begins on Monday for a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of a black man from an injury he suffered while in police custody that triggered rioting and protests and fueled a U.S. debate on police brutality. Officer William Porter, 26, is the first of six officers scheduled for separate […]

Underdog Tyson Fury caused a huge boxing upset on Saturday night, stunning Wladimir Klitschko with a points victory to snatch the champion’s four titles and become the first Briton to hold a world heavyweight crown since 2011. Undefeated Fury, who improved his record to 25-0 and now has the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts, […]

The body of the pilot killed when Turkey shot down a Russian jet last week was taken to Turkey late on Saturday to be handed over to Russia on Moscow’s request, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Sunday. The body is being treated in accordance with the Orthodox tradition, Davutoglu said in a news conference […]

A British resident was found dead on the side of the road in Paphos in the early hours of Sunday, believed to be the result of a motorcycle accident, the Cyprus News Agency reported. The 24-year-old was found by a passing motorist lying next to his motorbike on Constantine Palaeologos Street at around 2am. He […]

Pope Francis was due on Sunday to the begin the final leg of his first African trip in Central African Republic where he will deliver a message of reconciliation and peace to a nation racked by years of violence between Muslims and Christians. The visit to the former French colony will be the pontiff’s first […]

If British Prime Minister David Cameron is successful in securing parliamentary support for airstrikes against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria within the coming weeks, it will indirectly involve Cyprus in the conflict, the BBC has reported. It said that while most Cypriots regard Britain’s two sovereign military bases as an anachronism, Cyprus views IS […]

By Alastair Macdonald Leaders of the European Union aim to sign an agreement with Turkey in Brussels on Sunday that offers Ankara cash and closer ties with the EU in return for Turkish help in stemming the flow of migrants to Europe. Aware of a sense of desperation in Europe for a solution to a […]

A Nicosia man has been charged with trying to bribe two police officers with 100 euros each after he was brought in for a drink driving blood test, police said on Sunday. The man, 42, was detained on Saturday during a routine check on Limassol Avenue in Latsia, when his breathalyser test came back at […]

Israeli border police shot dead a Palestinian who stabbed an officer in Jerusalem on Sunday, a police spokesman said, the latest attack in a two-month wave of violence. Near a main gate of Jerusalem’s walled Old City, the Palestinian pulled out a knife and stabbed a border policeman in the neck, moderately wounding him, before […]

By Alister Doyle Activists plan to join arms and form a “human chain” in Paris on Sunday to urge action on global warming, in a muted rally after attacks on the city by Islamic State, at the heart of worldwide protests on the eve of a U.N. climate summit in France. More than 2,000 climate […]

Police were on Sunday still searching for a 92-year-old man Pavlos Charalambous from Praitori in Paphos who went to church on Saturday afternoon but never returned home. According to police, Charalambous told his carer at around 3pm that he was going to church but no one has seen him since. A search, including police, civil […]

By Rosie Ogden THE BMW Group has chosen Auto Guangzhou 2015, one of the largest international motor shows in China, to present “a very special new development” to the global public: the company’s vision of a four-door sedan for the compact segment. Adrian van Hooydonk, Senior Vice President BMW Group Design, says the BMW Concept […]

By Rosie Ogden VOLVO Cars is teaming up with Microsoft to jointly develop the next-generation of automotive technologies. The two companies recently revealed how Microsoft HoloLens, the world’s first fully untethered holographic computer, might be used in future to redefine how customers first encounter and explore a car – as well as how cars might […]