Новости за 28.04.2016

Larnaca police are investigating an apparent case of assault and robbery against a 51-year-old man. The man, the owner of a money transfer shop, claims to have been attacked and robbed in a parking lot near Ayios Lazaros Square. The alleged incident took place shortly before 9pm. The man told police he was accosted by […]

Police on Thursday nabbed a US national wanted on an international arrest warrant for drug trafficking and who had been reportedly laying low here since last September. The suspect, 35, is wanted by US authorities on suspicion of trafficking 1000kg of marijuana and 5kg of cocaine. The man was reportedly apprehended in an apartment in […]

Authorities here were reportedly set to issue a new warrant for the arrest of Leonidas Bobolas, the CEO of Helector, the company embroiled in the waste management scandal. Cyprus has asked Greece to extradite Bobolas, a Greek national facing charges of conspiracy to commit a criminal offence, bribing a public official and money laundering. Citing […]

In another move aimed to foil his questioning in Cyprus, Greek banker Andreas Vgenopoulos has reportedly asked Greek judicial authorities instead to investigate allegations of financial shenanigans at ex Laiki Bank. According to reports from Greece, Vgenopoulos has filed a complaint asking Greek authorities to look into whether the shares of Marfin Investment Group (MIG) […]

Britain’s High Court found on Thursday that the Home Secretary’s decision, not to allow entry to the UK for six refugees, and their 19 children, currently stranded on a British base in Cyprus since 1998, is unlawful and must be quashed. In the ruling the judge ordered Home Secretary Theresa May to retake her decision […]

By Jan Strupczewski Greece and its international lenders are almost in full agreement on a package of reforms that has been negotiated for months, but a set of contingency steps requested by eurozone ministers last Friday still needs work, a top EU official said. Euro zone finance ministers pencilled in an extraordinary meeting on Thursday […]

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump waded into politically risky territory this week when he accused Democrat Hillary Clinton of exploiting her gender to win votes and said she would have little support if she were not a woman. As Trump and Clinton, fresh off big wins in North-eastern state primaries on Tuesday, circle each other […]

Italian police issued arrest warrants on Thursday for six people suspected of conspiring to join Islamic State, and court documents said three of them had been discussing possible attacks on the Vatican and the Israeli embassy in Rome. Four of the suspects – a couple living near Lake Como, a 23-year-old-man and a woman, all […]

North Korea test-fired what appeared to be two intermediate range ballistic missiles on Thursday but both failed, a South Korean official said, in a setback for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the run-up to next week’s ruling party congress. Isolated North Korea has conducted a series of missile launches, in violation of UN resolutions, […]

On Tuesday the Nicosia Municipality is organising an Easter event in Kaimakli for the whole family. The event will start at 1.30pm with a performance by the 71st Scout Troop of Kaimakli marching band. The band will start off at the St Varvaras church and then march around the narrow streets of Kaimakli. After the […]

Studies are underway to construct a pipeline to transfer recycled water from the Mia Milia water treatment plant, located in the north, to the south, the acting head of the Water Development Department (WDD) Andreas Manoli said on Thursday. According to media reports in the north, the Greek Cypriot side had requested use of the […]

APOEL sealed their fourth straight league title on Thursday with a 2-0 win over second-placed AEK Larnaca at a packed GSP Stadium. Despite the Nicosia giants being unbeaten in the league since January 10 and winning all but two of their last 16 games, recent weeks within the club had been anything but rosy. Just […]

The Bank of Cyprus Group on Thursday announced its new organisational structure, designed to support the Group’s drive for simplification and synergy across its business. The following executives make up the Executive Committee and will be reporting directly to the CEO, John Hourican: Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer, Christakis Patsalides; Chief Risk Officer, Michalis […]

Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho has been provisionally suspended for 30 days after failing an anti-doping test, European football’s governing body UEFA said on Thursday. The 26-year-old France international failed a dope test following his side’s Europa League round of 16, second leg tie against Manchester United last month, a statement said. “Sakho did not request […]

The Queen Mary 2, one of the biggest cruise ships in the world, docked in Limassol port on Thursday. Its 2,500 passengers were greeted with flaounes by girls dressed in traditional Cypriot costumes on arrival. The welcome ceremony was attended by Limassol officials who handed a commemorative plaque to the cruise liner’s captain. After the […]

NASA has released a new video that lets viewers share the view from the Mars Curiosity Rover of the bleak Naukluft Plateau. The 360-degree video captures the view taken on April 4. Credit: Euronews

With Easter approaching, the consumer protection service of the commerce ministry, issued a list with comparative prices in basic products traditionally consumed at Easter season. The list, compares prices on fresh meat, cheese, eggs, and baked flaounes, which is the traditional pastry prepared for Easter. Prices for flaounes range between €7.29 and €15 per kilo, […]

Britain’s opposition Labour Party suspended veteran member and former London Mayor Ken Livingstone on Thursday in a row over anti-Semitism, the latest scandal to expose deep splits in the party since it elected a hard-left leader. “Ken Livingstone has been suspended by the Labour Party, pending an investigation, for bringing the Party into disrepute,” Labour […]

Workers at FBME bank and a special administrator overseeing the shuttering of the embattled lender have come to an agreement regarding the payment of salaries and other benefits, the Central Bank said on Thursday. Special administrator Chris Iacovides, appointed by the Central Bank of Cyprus, which revoked the Tanzanian lender’s licence after US authorities describe […]

AFTER watching Pep Guardiola fail to inspire Bayern Munich to victory over Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid in their Champions League semi-final on Wednesday, Manchester City may wonder if they have hired the wrong man to lead them for the next three years. Saul Niguez’s splendid individual goal gave Atletico a 1-0 first-leg win and leaves […]

When Guaba bar in Limassol has its opening party you know that summer is just around the corner, and when it opens with top performers you know they’re starting off the way they plan to go on… strong. Monday is the day when things will kick off with a performance by Sander van Doorn and […]

British expats are set to vote overwhelmingly in favour of staying in the EU with nearly three quarters in support of the ‘Stay’ campaign, according to new research. Just 20 per cent of British expats are currently in favour of leaving the EU. Only 7 per cent were unsure how they would vote. The research, […]

Land owners in Amathounda, Limassol, temporarily blocked off a busy road in the tourist area on Thursday claiming they are being treated unfairly, compared with rich business people, as regards their properties. It is a decades-old problem with people who own plots of land in the area saying they are unable to build or use […]

Two Britons living abroad lost their bid to take part in June’s referendum on European Union membership in a High Court test case over the right of some two million UK expatriate citizens to vote. The case was brought by 94-year-old Harry Shindler, a World War Two veteran who lives in Italy, and lawyer and […]

Air strikes hit a hospital in a rebel-held area of Syria’s Aleppo and killed at least 27 people, including three children and the city’s last paediatrician, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday. A new wave of aerial bombing on Thursday on rebel-held districts of the city killed at least 30 more civilians, […]