Новости за 17.03.2016

By Toby Davis Aritz Aduriz scored late in the second half to send Athletic Bilbao into the quarter-finals of the Europa League on away goals, despite a 2-1 defeat to Spanish rivals Valencia on Thursday. Sparta Prague, who secured a superb 3-0 away win at Lazio, and Villarreal, who went through 2-0 on aggregate after […]

By Alastair Macdonald Prime Minister David Cameron won backing at a European Union summit on Thursday to end the so-called ‘tampon tax’ that has become a political football for Britons campaigning to leave the EU in a June referendum. “We’re a step closer to ending the tampon tax,” a British government spokeswoman told reporters after […]

Researchers have successfully used stem cells to treat cats with a debilitating mouth disease. The findings could translate into potential therapies for humans suffering from similar ailments. Ben Gruber reports.

By a unanimous vote, the House on Thursday adopted a resolution calling on the European Union to de-link the refugee crisis from the issue of Turkey’s EU accession. The resolution calls also on the Cypriot government to resist any pressure brought to bear on it so that it would consent to the opening of new […]

By Marcus E. Howard New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ended his two-year boycott of the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on Thursday, joining in the world’s largest celebration of Irish heritage after organizers opened the event up to all openly LGTB marchers. De Blasio took part in the parade up Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue […]

A seizure of land by Israel in the West Bank raises questions about its commitment to a two-state solution to end the conflict with the Palestinians, the European Union said in a statement on Thursday. Echoing remarks this week by Germany and France, the EU’s foreign policy service issued a rare statement directly criticising Israel […]

By Philip Blenkinsop and Robert-Jan Bartunek European Union leaders met on Thursday seeking agreement with Turkey to stop migrants reaching Greece and voiced a mix of hope for a fix to the crisis and caution that a deal could fall through or prove unworkable. European Council President Donald Tusk said he was “more cautious than optimistic” before […]

By Alastair Macdonald Following are key elements and negotiating difficulties in a draft EU plan to have Turkey stem the flow of migrants to Greek islands in return for financial and political concessions: RETURNS Turkey to take back anyone who crosses to Greek islands from its coast without regular travel papers. Problems: – Greece needs […]

We are giving you a big heads up for this event next Sunday because you might just need the time to book your tickets before they are sold out – as the music scene on the night will bring a bit of New York to Nicosia. The event is a performance by the four member […]

On a given day around the world, people consume approximately 7.5 million pints of Guinness. St. Patrick’s Day is an exception, however, when consumption goes through the roof, reaching about 13 million pints. That’s enough to fill 60 percent of the Empire State Building. Americans really tend to embrace Ireland’s national holiday and this year, […]

Turkey’s minster for Europe Volkan Bozkir said on Thursday some countries were trying to blackmail Ankara and said that it was unacceptable that on the whim of one country – Cyprus – the whole process of reaching a deal on migrants was being blocked. After a meeting in Ankara, Bozkir said Turkey would not succumb […]

By Bejay Browne A BLOOD donation event will be held in Paphos on Sunday in memory of a local resident who passed away last month. Soti Demetriou told the Cyprus Mail that the blood donation would be held at Killi village community board, to mark her father’s forty day memorial. “We wanted to do something for […]

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgement to a later date having heard the appeals against the convictions for the 2010 murder of Sigma boss Andis Hadjicostis. Appealing the June 2013 decision of the Nicosia Criminal Court are all four persons then found guilty of conspiring to murder Hadjicostis – former Sigma presenter Elena Skordelli, […]

By Anthony Boadle Leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as President  chief of staff on Thursday amid a deepening political crisis as protests against his appointment continued for a second day and a judge sought to block the move. Soon after the swearing-in ceremony, the federal judge in Brasilia issued an […]

By Denis Dyomkin and Dmitry Solovyov Vladimir Putin said Russia’s military success in Syria had allowed him to order a partial draw down of forces, but stressed the Kremlin could scale up its presence again within hours and would continue to carry out air strikes there. Speaking in the Kremlin three days after he ordered […]

By Ramkumar Iyer Bowing to years of pressure from animal rights activists, US theme park operator SeaWorld said on Thursday it would stop breeding killer whales and that those currently at its parks would be the last. Orlando-based SeaWorld has faced sagging attendance along with criticism about its treatment of the captive marine mammals, and […]

EU leaders meet on Thursday to discuss a possible deal with Turkey to limit migration to Europe in return for concessions for Ankara. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is expected to join EU leaders on Friday. The following are comments by EU heads of state and government and senior EU officials before the meeting. GERMAN […]

The solution to the Cyprus problem lies in Nicosia and not in Brussels, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Thursday in a written statement. He said if it was the Greek Cypriot side’s intention to sideline the Turkish Cypriots and make Turkey its interlocutor instead, it would not work. “There cannot be a solution […]

All those nurses refusing to cooperate when asked to work as part of a skeleton staff will be referred to the police, Health minister George Pamporidis warned on Thursday. “It is not possible for anyone who is designated as skeleton staff and is present in their workplace to refuse to work. If this happens, and […]

The Central Bank of Cyprus said that it has started to pay depositors at the Cyprus branch of the Latvian lender Trasta Komercbanka their guaranteed compensation, after Latvian regulators stripped the bank of its licence. “The guaranteed compensation to one depositor should be paid in one transfer” and “should be transferred to an account in […]

By Arshad Mohammed The Islamic State militant group has committed genocide against minority Christians and Yazidis as well as Shi’ite Muslims, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday, a finding that is unlikely to greatly change US policy toward the group. “The fact is that Daesh kills Christians because they are Christians. Yazidis […]

A DELEGATION from Jordan will arrive in Paphos on Thursday ahead of the second part of the town’s twinning with Greater Amman, on Friday. A spokesman for Paphos municipality said that the second phase of the twinning ceremony will take place on Friday, at 6 pm at Paphos Town Hall. “The Jordanian delegation will visit […]

Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater earned a first England call-up on Thursday as manager Roy Hodgson announced a 24-man squad for pre-Euro 2016 friendlies against world champions Germany and Netherlands. The 26-year-old has been a central figure in Leicester’s astonishing Premier League title challenge, helping the leaders forge five points clear of Tottenham Hotspur with […]

A legislative proposal making patient involvement in policy-making mandatory was approved by the House health committee and will be voted on by the plenum, it was announced on Thursday. Speaking after the committee session, Health Minister Giorgos Pamporidis welcomed a “historic day for the patient movement in Cyprus”, because what is considered a given in […]

Syria‘s three Kurdish-controlled autonomous regions voted on Thursday to approve the establishment of a federal system in the north of the country, defying warnings from Damascus and neighbouring Turkey against any such unilateral move. The vote was held at a conference in the town of Rmeilan in north-east Syria. The Syrian government immediately said it […]