Новости за 15.01.2016

By Angelos Anastasiou PEACE in Cyprus is possible and much progress has been made, but there is also a long way to go, the United Nations chief’s special advisor Espen Barth Eide said on Friday, following his two-hour briefing to the members of the Security Council on the state of negotiations for a settlement of […]

By Angelos Anastasiou Timoleon Themistocleous, a 67-year-old man suspected of shooting and killing his 19-year-old son Odysseas last October and subsequently suffering a heart attack, was arrested on Friday, a police spokesman said. According to Limassol CID chief Ioannis Soteriades, the condition of the 67-year-old, who is being treated at the EOKA Veterans’ Rehabilitation Centre, […]

By Andria Kades IN an about turn, several retailers have decided to remain closed on Sundays despite the defiant tone they set since the beginning of the year. According to retailers association head Marios Antoniou, Zara Group which encompasses Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarious, Oysho, Uterque, Zara and Zara Home will keep their […]

This Monday, the Zmart gallery of the Loukia and Michael Zampelas Art Museum will host a bicommunal ceramic art exhibition entitled Together Again. Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot ceramicists will come together in this exhibition to showcase diverse features of contemporary ceramic art in Cyprus. Twenty artists present their new body of work centred upon […]

THE commercialisation of Limassol port is on-track and expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of this year, the Transport ministry said on Friday. After a successful launch of the tender and an intensive round of due diligence and consultations with the port operator candidates, this milestone 2015 project remains on […]

By Laila Kearney Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn on Friday rejected Mexico’s claim that his secret meeting with Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was crucial to the drug kingpin’s recapture, saying officials were trying to put him in the crosshairs of the feared cartel. Penn also told talk show host Charlie Rose that he regrets the fallout […]

By Angelos Anastasiou THOUGH most acknowledged that not much can be discussed until a fleshed-out proposal has been officially submitted, political parties and other groups on Friday lambasted Health minister Yiorgos Pamborides’ announcement of a mini-NHS to be rolled out in mid-2017, six months after public hospitals have become autonomous. Most criticism focused on the […]

IT would be wrong to cultivate excessive optimism of an imminent solution to the Cyprus problem, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday. In an interview to the Associated Press, Anastasiades said a deal could be reached this year, but difficulties remain and bridging differences requires more time. He cited United Nations envoy Espen Barth Eide […]

North Korea on Saturday called for the conclusion of a peace treaty with the United States and a halt to US military exercises with South Korea to end the North’s nuclear tests. The isolated state has long sought a peace treaty with the United States, as well as an end to the exercises by South […]

EGYPTIAN businessmen view Cyprus as a gateway to Europe, according to Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos, who met a delegation from Sohag, west of the Nile. In an announcement on Thursday, the mayor said the two countries traditionally have close ties and in light of the gas reserves found in the region, this relationship has only […]

By George Psyllides A CYPRUS settlement was still very far, AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou said on Friday, as he prepares for a meeting with Turkish Foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu later this month. “We are close, but we are also very far,” Kyprianou said after a meeting with President Nicos Aanstasiades in the morning. “There are unresolved […]

By George Psyllides MEP Eleni Theocharous presented the founding declaration of her Solidarity movement on Friday, which aims at ‘saving the Republic of Cyprus’ and ‘restoring the rights of the Cypriot people.’ Speaking at a news conference in Nicosia, Theocharous said the Republic was facing a new impasse and the way was blocked by the […]

By Annette Chrysotomou EDUCATION minister Costas Kadis toured schools in Paphos on Friday as part of an effort to encourage an open dialogue between students, parents and the ministry. The minister said the open dialogue is one of the innovations of this year with the aim to intensify and refine the institution of public consultation, […]

By Matthias Blamont One person has been left brain dead and five others are in serious condition after taking part in a clinical trial in France of an experimental painkiller made by Portuguese drug company Bial, the French Health Ministry said on Friday. The medicine involved works by targeting the body’s pain-controlling endocannabinoid system, which […]

A Tennessee couple came forward on Friday with what they said was one of the three winning tickets for this week’s record $1.6 billion US Powerball lottery jackpot, appearing with their lawyer on NBC’s ‘Today’ program. Lisa and John Robinson of Munford, Tennessee, now must present the ticket to Tennessee lottery officials for verification in […]

By Stelios Orphanides Increased geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and Eastern Europe are further exacerbating the pressure on rates for bulk and container cargo caused by the slowdown of economic activity in China, a shipowner said. The sanctions imposed by the European Union, the United States, and other western countries following the annexation of […]

By Irene Klotz Tim Peake became the first astronaut representing Britain to walk in space when he left the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday to fix a power station problem, generating huge interest back in his homeland. Peake and a NASA crewmate were scheduled to spend more than six hours outside the station, a […]

A 52-year-old woman was found to be ill with swine flu in the occupied areas it emerged on Friday. According to Turkish Cypriot news agency TAK, the woman was diagnosed on January 12, but the health authorities were notified three days later. The woman is being treated in the intensive care unit. Health authorities urged […]