Новости за 17.04.2016

Arsenal had to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to Crystal Palace after Yannick Bolasie struck a late goal in their Premier League clash on Sunday to leave Arsene Wenger’s side looking over their shoulders in the race for a top four place. Alexis Sanchez put the hosts ahead when he nodded home Danny […]

By Diane Bartz The United States is likely to see outbreaks of the Zika virus, with perhaps dozens or scores of people affected, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Sunday. The United States has seen more than 350 cases of people who were infected abroad […]

A PAPHOS based non-profit organisation has been banned by the transport ministry from using a donated mini bus to carry wounded service personnel during their holidays to Cyprus because taxi drivers have objected, the founder of the charity has said. The charity is appealing to the ministry to reverse the ban and allow them to […]

Leicester City stumbled on their march towards the Premier League title when they drew 2-2 with West Ham United and had goalscorer Jamie Vardy sent off at the King Power Stadium on Sunday. Vardy put Leicester ahead after a lightning counter-attack in the 18th minute with a left-foot shot into the corner of the net […]

Protests by an Indian caste demanding the release of one of its leaders turned violent on Sunday, as police fought running street battles with stone-throwing demonstrators and detained hundreds. Statewide marches in Gujarat calling for the freeing of Hardik Patel, a young leader of the Patel community who has been in jail since last October […]

Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Photis Photiou said on Sunday that due to Turkey`s stance on missing persons, there may be no remains for identification by the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) by 2017. Speaking during the funeral for Greek Cypriot, Themis Demetriades, who went missing during the 1974 Turkish invasion at the age of […]

By Naomi Tajitsu and Makiko Yamazaki Toyota Motor Corp, the world’s biggest-selling automaker, said on Sunday it would suspend much of its production at plants across Japan this week after earthquakes in the country’s south led to a shortage of parts, while some other manufacturers extended stoppages due to damage to factories. The earthquakes on […]

The 25,000 euros allegedly given by Greek businessman to convicted AKEL member Venizelos Zanettos through a middle man as part of a suspected bribery network in the waste management scandal, ended up in AKEL coffers as a donation, party leader Andros Kyprianou said on Sunday. In a statement at the end of an extraordinary assembly […]

At least 11 people were killed and 59 more injured when a bus transporting African National Congress (ANC) supporters from an election rally in Port Elizabeth overturned on Sunday, South African emergency services said. The bus rolled off the N1 highway between Ventersburg and Winsburg in the Free State, trapping passengers underneath the vehicle, ER24 […]

Scotland should have the right to hold a new referendum on independence if the country is taken out of the European Union “against our will”, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) said on Sunday. Facing a British referendum on whether to stay in the European Union on June 23, Nicola Sturgeon used her […]

Three international entities have expressed interest in setting up shops, a small hotel and an exhibition space at the old Larnaca airport terminal building, Transport Minister Marios Demetriades said on Sunday. Speaking on the sidelines of a charity basketball match members of the cabinet took part in, Demetriades said the bidding process for the unused […]

There is no currently no issue of seeking a new Greek Cypriot chief negotiator, Government Spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Sunday, in response to press reports on the issue earlier in the day. The spokesman was commenting on the sidelines of a charity basketball match between members of the presidential palace staff, including a handful […]

Two thirds of Germans oppose Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to allow prosecutors to pursue a case against a German comedian who mocked Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan, a poll published on Sunday showed. Merkel announced her decision on Friday after Erdogan demanded that Germany press charges against Jan Boehmermann after he recited a sexually crude satirical […]

Members of the cabinet and presidential guard on Sunday played a basketball match in Nicosia against journalists from Sigma as part of the anti-cancer fundraising efforts this week. According to a tweet by President Nicos Anastasiades, the government team won comfortably “with my guidance” though he was challenged on the fact that victory was assured […]

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met members of the new Turkish Cypriot ‘cabinet’ during a private visit to the north on Sunday. A new coalition was sealed on Saturday comprising the National Unity Party UBP and Serdar Denktash’s DP party after the former ‘government’ of the UBP and Republican Turkish Party (CTP) collapsed two weeks […]

Britain will face consequences if it votes to leave the European Union, French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, the latest warning from a foreign leader about the possible impact of Brexit. Britain will vote in a referendum on June 23 on whether to stay in the 28-member bloc, with those supporting a British […]

Following recent scenes of chaos at Paphos airport which left hundreds of passengers waiting for hours to clear passport control, new measures were tried this week to reduce processing times. This includes software upgrades at passport control and drafting in extra staff. Pictures of hundreds of tourists packed into the arrivals hall for as long […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday inaugurated the annual anti-cancer Christodoula March in aid of the Arodafnousa palliative care centre in Nicosia. In his address, Anastasiades said fighting cancer was not just a government obligation, but “a human duty”. “We have proved that if we join forces – the state, scientists and wider society, cancer does […]

Nico Rosberg claimed a dominant win in an action-packed Formula One Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday to extend his championship lead over Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton, who battled up to seventh with some feisty driving after starting last. Rosberg crossed the line a mammoth 37.7 seconds ahead of German compatriot Sebastian Vettel, who recovered […]

Police in Kiti in the Larnaca district nabbed a drunk driver sitting behind the wheel of his car after crashing into a lamp post in the early hours of Sunday, they said. Officers received a call around 2.30am that a car had crashed into the pole and that the driver had fled the scene. However […]

By Crispian Balmer Italy went to the polls on Sunday for a referendum on off-shore oil and gas drilling rights, a complex issue that the government hopes voters will shun. For the ballot to be valid, more than 50 percent of the Italian electorate must vote and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has urged people to […]

The department of public administration and personnel on Sunday hit back at an article in Phileleftheros a day earlier about a civil servant on €5,000 a month who complained by open letter to the president that he was playing Sudoku all day to kill time. A written statement from the department said it was regrettable […]

Yemeni police said they foiled two bomb attacks near the airport in the southern port city of Aden early on Sunday, a day before peace talks were due to start. Police at a checkpoint opened fire at a car traveling at high speed which then exploded, wounding at least five officers, the force said. Officers […]

By Kaori Kaneko and Thomas Wilson The desperate search for survivors intensified on Sunday in the splintered remains of buildings destroyed by Japan’s deadly earthquake and authorities ordered nearly a quarter of a million people from their homes amid fears of further quakes. A 7.3 magnitude tremor struck early on Saturday morning, killing at least […]

PARENTS who buy a child car seat without going into a store to get the right advice and safety demonstration could be putting their children at risk, according to new consumer research. A study by Whatcar.com revealed that 80 per cent of major retail chains selling child car seats have trained experts in-store who can […]