Новости за 09.05.2016

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Monday dismissed as factually incorrect reports in the Greek Cypriot media to the effect that he and President Nicos Anastasiades would be making a joint statement on convergences on May 27, the date of their next meeting. A statement signed by Akinci’s spokesman, Baris Burcu, said the leaders have […]

The rains over the past weekend had a negligible effect on the water level in the island’s dams, officials said on Monday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, acting head of the Water Development Department Andreas Manoli said total inflow into the dams from rainwater over the past three days amounted to just 86,000 cubic […]

The eurozone turned its attention tentatively on Monday to helping Greece tackle its huge debt repayments, with a view to a deal on May 24, after Greek lawmakers passed unpopular pension and tax reforms one critic called “a tombstone for growth”. The preliminary talks, which are likely to focus on ideas to cap Greek debt […]

Syrian government forces and their allies fought insurgents near Aleppo on Monday and jets carried out raids around a nearby town seized by Islamist rebels, a monitoring group said, despite international efforts to reduce the violence. The United States and Russia, who support rival sides in Syria‘s civil war, said on Monday they would work […]

The Larnaca district court has sentenced a 17-year-old boy to 100 hours of community service after finding him guilty of causing trouble during a football game. The teenager was found guilty of casing damage to the facilities, invading the pitch, and using dangerous objects during a top division game in Larnaca between Anorthosis and APOEL […]

Public sector union PASYNO on Monday urged the justice and health ministries to take action over convicts being taken to the Athalassa psychiatric facility without proper security, saying it was the most important problem facing the hospital. In a letter to both ministries, PASYNO said lack of security was endangering the health of the convicts, […]

Membership of the European Union remains Turkey’s strategic goal and a deal to liberalise visas for Turks visiting the bloc should accelerate the accession process, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. His written statement appeared to be an attempt to clarify Ankara’s position days after Erdogan said Turkey would not make changes to its terrorism laws […]

Experts have started excavations in northern Nicosia for the remains of 23 missing Turkish Cypriots killed during intercommunal strife in the 1960s. It is believed that the remains were buried there – a cemetery near the Kyrenia Gate – after being transferred from other areas. Nine of the bodies were taken there from Ayios Vasilios, […]

The electricity company (EAC) announced on Monday that it was cutting the Public Service Obligation (PSO) surcharge following the approval of the energy regulator. PSO is a charge included in bills that is used to subsidise vulnerable groups who are on a different tariff. The EAC said PSO would be reduced from 0.136 cents/kWh to […]

Two buses carrying high school students from the Pallouriotissa lyceum were involved in an accident on Monday lunchtime According to traffic police chief, Yiannakis Charalambous the collision occurred at a at 12.45pm at a traffic light on the Koutrafa – Astromeritis road. A dual cabin pick up truck in front of the two buses reduced […]

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission expects that at the end of May it will have a first opinion based on the evaluation of information submitted by 500 supervised companies related to the Panama Papers, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Monday citing CySEC chairwoman Demetra Kalogerou. Kalogerou, who was commenting to reporters on the […]

Andy Murray and his coach Amelie Mauresmo have agreed to end their two-year working relationship, the British world number three said on Monday. Twice grand slam winner Murray lost the Madrid Open final to Novak Djokovic on Sunday. “I’ve learned a lot from Amelie over the past two years,” Murray said in a statement. “She’s […]

London’s Royal Court theatre went through a sold out season of performances of The Hangmen by Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh, and is now everyone will get the chance to see what the fuss is about during broadcasts of the show in cinemas by National Theatre Live. The story about Harry, the second-best hangman in […]

By Karen Lema and Manolo Serapio Jr Firebrand Philippine city mayor Rodrigo Duterte took a strong lead as early unofficial presidential election results rolled in on Monday, suggesting that the political outsider’s pledges to crush crime and corruption had carried the day. The rolling vote count by an election commission-accredited watchdog showed, about two hours […]

By Stelios Orphanides Bank workers’ union ETYK said that it asked Bank of Cyprus workers to decide the fate of an updated voluntary retirement scheme tabled by Cyprus’s largest lender in an attempt to avoid redundancies. The bank which informed the labour ministry of its intention to declare redundant up to 193 workers, angering the […]

The United States and its allies conducted 25 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, according to the coalition leading the daily operations against the militant group. In a statement released on Monday, the Combined Joint Task Force said 16 strikes near nine Iraqi cities were concentrated near Falluja and Mosul, where […]

BirdLife Cyprus is organising its first open day on Saturday May 14, and is inviting young and old to learn about bird migration but also about the threats faced by migratory birds. The open day will run from 11am until 2pm at BirdLife Cyprus’ offices in Strakka, Kato Deftera, Nicosia. May 10 is World Migratory […]

Last year, the fire services dealt with 6,811 fires of which 4,332 were in rural areas, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Monday. This was an increase in fires of 20 per cent over 2014 but due to faster response times, the extent of the damage was halved, the minister said. Speaking at the launch […]

THE two police officers seen on video beating up a man in Polys Chrysochous holding cells in February 2014 were found guilty at Paphos Criminal Court on Monday. They were found guilty of causing grievous body harm and harsh, inhumane treatment. The court found them innocent of premeditated acts of causing grievous body harm which […]

Note to readers: 45 Years isn’t in commercial release. It screens next Sunday at the Friends of the Cinema Society in Nicosia (then gets one more screening, on Tuesday May 24), so it’s taken a special dispensation – albeit from myself to myself – even to review it today. Still, there is only Captain America […]

This is the key to life. Without it, every cell in your body would die, the signals to, from and within your brain would cease, and you’d be dead within a week. It’s an essential component of our blood, sweat and tears, and has been one of the most prized commodities throughout history – lending […]

A 23-year-old man, who had been drinking, drove right into the front yard of a Paralimni home early on Monday morning. At around 3:40am his vehicle smashed through the front gate of the house and then reversed crashing into the gate. After driving over seven metres of the garden he then crashed into the garden […]

Paphos police are investigating the alleged abduction of a 10-year-old boy by his father. According to police, the 28-year-old mother of the boy, a resident of Paphos, reported that her former husband had snatched the son from a relative on Monday. The mother got divorced from the 56-year-old in 2013 and a court granted her […]

By Julia Harte North Carolina officials say they will respond by Monday to the US government’s challenge to a controversial law on public restroom access for transgender people, but it was unclear if the state would defy Washington and risk a legal battle. In the newest chapter of transgender Americans’ fast-evolving fight for equal rights, […]

A 21-year-old Cypriot student studying Greece was arrested on Sunday during anti-austerity protests in Athens. She is among 14 individuals who have been detained by the Greek police. A representative of the Cypriot embassy in Athens told the Cyprus News Agency, the student had been arrested on Sunday for disturbing the peace, attempted grievous bodily […]