Новости за 02.12.2015

By Tim Reid A manhunt was underway for up to three suspects who shot as many as 20 people, some of them fatally, at a holiday party at a social services agency in the Southern California city of San Bernardino, authorities said. San Bernardino Police Lieutenant Richard Lawhead told a local NBC television network affiliate […]

A €14m project configuring the Garillis River in Limassol with a surrounding park spanning 5.5 km from the south to north of the city was inaugurated by Agriculture minister Nicos Kouyialis on Wednesday. Co-financed by the European fund for regional development as part of the sustainable development and competition programme for 2007 – 2013, it […]

By Annette Chrysostomou A NEW study by Eurostat on the use of the internet shows that Cyprus is slowly moving toward the information society, but is still below the EU average. Among European households that have internet access at home, Iceland scored highest with 96 per cent. In Cyprus, the percentage has improved from 65 […]

THE Pitsilia area has been named as the top tourist destination across the island for local gastronomy, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) announced on Wednesday. Awarded as part of the European Destinations of Excellence awards, Pitsilia will be on display from the Tourism Unit of the European Commission along with other winning destinations from other […]

By Andria Kades THOSE who hire touts could face a fine of up to €3,500, if a new bill discussed at the House legal affairs committee on Wednesday gets through. “This is a phenomenon where in a country like Cyprus, that depends on tourism, has taken on worrying proportions and needs a law not just […]

Church lauds Russia support for Mid-East Christians ARCHBISHOP Chrysostomos said the Church of Cyprus supported the position of Russia in its strikes against the Islamic State in Syria. In statements after meeting Sergei Lavrov, Chrysostomos said he had thanked the Russian Foreign Minister for his country’s support on the Cyprus problem but also for its […]

By Andria Kades SECURITY was visibly upped on Wednesday in light of the high ranking visits to Cyprus from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and is expected to remain so until US secretary of state John Kerry departs on Thursday evening. Helicopters were circling Nicosia all morning with streets in the capital and Larnaca closed […]

By Jean Christou Cyprus’ role as a force of stability in the region, its support in the fight against terrorism, and its efforts to help normalise relations between Moscow and Brussels were central to discussions between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Cypriot counterpart Ioanis Kasoulides on Wednesday. Kasoulides said the current status of […]

AGRICULTURE minister Nicos Kouyialis was subject to harsh criticism during the House environment committee for allegedly lying to deputies over future plans of the Akamas peninsula. Greens MP Giorgos Perdikis charged that Kouyialis said the ministerial committee set to meet in a few days would merely be an information point for ministers and no proposals […]

By Annette Chrysostomou A NEW Eurostat report shows that Cyprus has the least amount of young farmers in the EU, and there is a sharp decrease in the use of agricultural land. In 2013, almost one in three holding managers in the EU was aged 65 or over, and  Cyprus is one of the three […]

By Angelos Anastasiou JOURNALISTS in Cyprus have professional autonomy and the freedom to exercise their duties, as well as full liberty in selecting the angle from which they will approach a subject, according to a survey conducted by the University of Cyprus (UCy) and the Technological University of Cyprus (TEPAK), in collaboration with the Union […]

By Elias Hazou A SECOND criminal trial against the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) and six former senior bank officials, over the lender’s purchase of toxic Greek government bonds, got underway in Nicosia on Wednesday. The defendants are the bank itself, and six former executives: CEO Andreas Eliades, his deputy Yiannis Kypri, vice-chairman Andreas Artemis, and […]

By Angelos Anastasiou WHISTLEBLOWER referee Marios Panayi has asked parliament’s Watchdog committee to investigate the reason why his reports of corruption and match-fixing in Cypriot football have not yet triggered court cases, daily Politis reported on Wednesday. According to the paper, Panayi had sent a letter to Attorney-general Costas Clerides in July, asking why the […]

By Justin Palmer IAAF President Sebastian Coe said on Wednesday he was the right person to clean up athletics and make it responsible and accountable in the wake of a doping crisis that has embroiled track and field. The head of athletics’ world governing body was quizzed about doping by British Parliament’s Culture, Media and […]

By Elias Hazou THE Labour ministry has forwarded to parliament new regulations on shop hours, asking the House to vote on these as soon as possible. The latest decree issued by minister Zeta Emilianidou on shop opening hours expired on November 30, necessitating the enactment of new ordinances which aim to regulate the matter on […]

By George Psyllides THE defence in the Bank of Cyprus trial described as ‘paradoxical’, the surprise supposedly expressed by the Central Bank three years ago when the lender announced in June 27 that it planned to seek temporary state assistance worth €500m. The statement was made by BoC defence lawyer Polys Polyviou during the cross […]

By Maria Gregoriou The ARTos Foundation is very much into experimenting with sound and it is giving us the chance to make our very own tools of communication and sound. As of December 21 and for three days, all those over 16 who are interested in a workshop will have the chance to explore the […]

By Neville Dalton WLADIMIR Klitschko wants a rematch against Tyson Fury to try to regain his world heavyweight boxing titles, he said on Wednesday. The Ukrainian-born former IBF, WBA and WBO title holder has exercised his right to request a second meeting with the Englishman, who defeated him in a unanimous points victory in Dusseldorf […]

PETROLINA is celebrating Christmas with a brand new lucky draw which will give away a Nissan Juke and 200 more technology gadgets to some lucky customers! All Petrolina customers who spend €25 or more on Petrolina platinum+ automotive fuels in a single transaction (for usual car types), at selected participating Petrolina and Agip petrol stations, […]

By Stelios Orphanides The number of dishonoured cheques reported to the Central Bank of Cyprus’s central information register in November fell 17 per cent to 129 compared to the respective month of 2014, the supervisory authority said. Send to Kindle

By Maria Tsvetkova and Lidia Kelly Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday it had proof that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his family were benefiting from the illegal smuggling of oil from Islamic State-held territory in Syria and Iraq. Moscow and Ankara have been locked in a war of words since last week when a […]

The government is poised to grant French energy giant Total an extension on its exploration license in offshore Block 11, local media reported on Wednesday. In addition, the oil and gas major is said to have identified a target, and could be drilling by next summer or early autumn 2016. The reports said Total has […]

By Tim Hanlon Former England and Manchester United defender Gary Neville is the new boss of Valencia – his first managerial post. Neville, who is also part of Roy Hodgson’s England coaching team, was named first-team coach at the Mestalla – where his brother, Phil, is a coach – for the rest of the season […]

By Larry Fine FORMER world number one Tiger Woods does not know when he will play golf again. The 39-year-old was speaking at a press conference ahead of the Hero World Challenge, the 18-man tournament hosted by his foundation, but he will not be playing in the Bahamas this week and says he does not […]

China will reduce emissions of major pollutants in the power sector by 60 per cent by 2020, the cabinet announced on Wednesday, after world leaders met in Paris to address climate change. China will also reduce annual carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power generation by 180 million tonnes by 2020, the official People’s Daily website […]