Новости за 12.04.2016

Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick inspired Real Madrid to a 3-0 comeback victory over VfL Wolfsburg on Tuesday that clinched a place in the Champions League semi-finals. The prolific Portuguese got the 10-times European champions off to the perfect start by tapping in Daniel Carvajal’s cross after 16 minutes and then headed a second goal less than […]

Manchester City reached the semi-finals of the Champions league for the first time after a superb curling shot from Kevin de Bruyne gave them a 1-0 second leg win over Paris St Germain that sealed a 3-2 aggregate victory on Tuesday. The Belgian picked his spot perfectly with 14 minutes remaining, firing past goalkeeper Kevin […]

German Foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier encouraged further progress in the ongoing negotiations for a solution to the Cyprus problem following a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci in Berlin on Tuesday. “FM #Steinmeier encourages further progress in #Cyprus talks during meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader #Akinci,” a tweet by the German Foreign ministry said. […]

Former deputy Attorney General Rikkos Erotocritou told the court on Tuesday that he did not tend to his personal affairs during his time as number two at the Legal Service, which may have led to his downfall. Erotocritou, along with lawyers Andreas Kyprizoglou and Panayiotis Neocleous, as well as the Andreas Neocleous law firm, are […]

FIFA has reached a deal with the Greek government and Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) to restart the national cup competition and avoid an international ban, world football’s governing body said on Tuesday. The country risked suspension from international football if the government’s decision to scrap the Greek Cup because of crowd violence was not reversed, […]

French whistleblower Herve Falciani, the man behind the infamous ‘Lagarde list’, has agreed to cooperate with Cypriot authorities and pledged to provide further information, Tax Department head Yiannis Tsangaris said on Tuesday. Speaking on state TV’s noon news show, Tsangaris said a meeting at the Tax Department on Tuesday morning finalised the next steps in […]

A bill banning companies from bidding for public contracts will be going to the plenum this week, the House watchdog committee decided on Tuesday. Despite having received the final draft from the government only days ago, MPs have agreed to fast-track it along with the accompanying ordinances, watchdog committee chair Giorgos Georgiou said. This Thursday’s […]

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is discussing the issue of carrying out a financial analysis regarding the occupied city of Famagusta and the fenced off area of Varosha, Turkish Cypriot press reported on Tuesday. In statements Kibris, Serdar Atai, chairman of the Within the Walls Famagusta Association (MASDER) and activist of the Famagusta Initiative, said […]

Mothercare Cyprus wants to collect €10,000 from the sale of teddy bears in all of its stores island wide in a bid to support the Miracle Babies association, which is aiming to create a new intensive care unit for premature babies at the Makarios Children’s Hospital in Nicosia, the company’s CEO Akis Symeonides said on […]

Film lovers get ready, the biggest local film festival of the year, Cyprus Film Days, will run from Friday until April 24 at Rialto theatre in Limassol and at Zena Palace Cinema in Nicosia. This is the 14th year the festival has taken place and every year something new is added. This year you can […]

By Kirsti Knolle Austria will introduce tougher border controls at the Brenner Pass crossing with Italy from June 1 at the latest as part of its tough response to the EU migration crisis, Defence Minister Hans Peter Doskozil said on Tuesday. With border restrictions along the Balkan route, Vienna expects migrant arrivals to Italy by […]

The fire service responded to 45 calls for help on Tuesday due to heavy rains with most of the problems reported in the Lakatamia and Archangelos areas in Nicosia. “The calls on Tuesday afternoon were mainly about flooded roads, immobilised vehicles, flooded buildings and flooded underpasses under roundabouts,” spokesman for the fire services Leonidas Leonidou […]

By Karolina Tagaris Greece said authorities would start ruling on asylum applications from hundreds of migrants in the next two weeks, in a major test of a new deal to try to control the flow of people desperate to reach Europe. By the latest count, more than 50,000 people, most from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, […]

By David Milliken Britain could deal a damaging blow to the fragile global economy if it votes to leave the European Union, the International Monetary Fund said in the sharpest warning yet from a global body about the risks associated with Brexit. The IMF listed Britain’s June 23 referendum on EU membership as a key […]

By Stelios Orphanides The International Monetary Fund expects Cyprus’s economy to grow 1.6 per cent in 2016, same pace as it did last year, before growth accelerates to 2 per cent in 2017. This year’s growth will bring the unemployment rate down to 14 per cent, from 15.3 per cent in 2015, the IMF said […]

Three police officers had to receive medical treatment after a 30-year-old woman in Larnaca attacked them when asked to take an alcohol test, police said on Tuesday. She was stopped at around 9:30pm on Monday night when officers saw a vehicle driving towards Makarios Avenue in Kiti without any headlights. Police asked her to undergo […]

A 57-year-old man died on Tuesday while driving a mini bus with 10 passengers in Paphos. Police have not ruled out the possibility that Marios Chrysostomou, from Limassol had a heart attack while driving, which led him to lose control of the vehicle hitting a guard rail. The accident took place while the bus was […]

Greece and its international lenders adjourned bailout review talks on Tuesday, potentially delaying a crucial cash handout to the debt-stricken nation, and will resume them immediately after this week’s IMF spring meetings. Greece’s review of progress, under a bailout deal reached last July, has dragged on for months, largely due to differences among the lenders over […]

Alecos Markides, the lawyer representing the Tanzanian bank FBME which had its licence revoked, on Tuesday accused the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) of maliciousness, incompetence and arbitrary use of “absolute power”. The supervisory authority responded by arguing that Markides, a former attorney general, was defending a doomed bank whose real owners were unknown, linked […]

The Union of Cyprus Municipalities said on Tuesday it was terminating collective negotiations with recycling non-profit organisation Green Dot Cyprus, leaving it up to individual municipalities to continue  – or not – talks to extend their contract with the company. In a statement, the union said its decision to withdraw from collective negotiations was due […]

The Egyptian hijacker Seif Eldin Mustafa, 59 has formally requested political asylum in Cyprus, the justice ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Mustafa hit international headlines last month when he hijacked a domestic Egyptair flight with a fake suicide belt he threatened to detonate in a bid to force the pilot to divert to Turkey, Greece […]

The Cyprus Sports Organisation (KOA) will hold a special meeting on Friday to discuss the controversy sparked by football association chairman Costakis Koutsokoumnis who took part in a friendly match in Istanbul wearing a shirt bearing the Turkish flag. He was also censured for agreeing to take part in meeting in a country that did […]

By William James Britain could offer a state loan on commercial terms to help tempt a potential purchaser for Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks, a government source said on Tuesday. Prime Minister David Cameron, who has called an referendum on EU membership for June 23, is under pressure to keep Tata‘s British steel plants open after […]

President Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba reflects a new way of formulating and implementing U.S. policy toward Cuba. This new policy is different not only from the sanctions that had been the long-standing U.S. policy toward Cuba but also from the policies suggested by the leading U.S. presidential candidates. Obama’s new policy toward Cuba starts […]

Ruling DISY withdrew its proposal to regulate strikes in essential services, which was expected to be put to the vote on Thursday, the last day before parliament dissolves ahead of May’s elections. DISY spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said the vote will be postponed to give time for talks with unions. It followed a meeting between the […]