Новости за 24.05.2016

Famagusta court remanded a 27-year-old man for seven days on Tuesday after police caught him carrying €1,250 in counterfeit notes. Early in the morning, police received a complaint and found the suspect at a bar at 1:30am. A bar employee said the suspect had paid for his order with a €50 note that seemed fake. […]

Limassol police are investigating a former secret service (KYP) officer and a Lebanese national who have been remanded after two Egyptian men claimed they had paid them €171,500 to obtain Cypriot nationality, Limassol CID chief Ioannis Soteriades said on Tuesday. Instead, all the Egyptians have are some documents which appear to be false, from the […]

THE education ministry is investigating an incident which ended with the transfer last week of a 13-year-old boy from Limassol to hospital with concussion after he was hit by another student, minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday. The story of 13-year-old high school student Constantinos emerged last week after he wrote an open letter, while […]

EDEK leader Marinos Sizopoulos was left with another blow to his party on Tuesday as yet another party member resigned, bringing the tally up to three since Sunday’s parliamentary elections. Paphos candidate Andreas Petrides, who failed to get a seat expressed his thanks to his supporters both from within the party and the public but […]

This Saturday is set to be a great day for Festivals. While Tala – near Paphos – is ready to once again welcome all to the Kamares Festival, Nicosia and the Romanian Society in Cyprus invite everyone to experience Romanian culture. The Kamares Festival has become something of a tradition at the Kamares Club in […]

A total of 26 constituencies gave ELAM a double digit percentage of votes in the parliamentary elections, although the party lost ground in Paphos compared to the 2014 European Parliament elections, but gained more support in Nicosia and Limassol. Specifically, two years ago ELAM had 27 constituencies whose votes garnered double digit percentages. There were […]

The only woman whose accusations of sexual assault resulted in criminal charges against Bill Cosby told police she was attacked as she lay on a sofa “paralysed” by drugs the entertainer gave her, a former detective said at a court hearing on Tuesday. Reading from a transcript of Andrea Costand’s interview with police in January […]

Eurozone finance ministers are likely on Tuesday to approve in principle a reform package from Greece that will unblock new loans, but they appear far from committing to the debt relief that the IMF has called for. Eurozone officials said Greece has implemented all the economic reforms required for new disbursements, though final approval would […]

After president Anastasiades cancelled peace talks scheduled for Friday and cut short a visit to Turkey in anger over a perceived protocol breach at a UN summit where Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci was treated as a head of state all Greek Cypriot parties on Tuesday voiced opinions on the move. Acting President of the […]

Apparently buoyed by his party’s success in the legislative elections, Greens MP Giorgos Perdikis engaged in some light-hearted trolling on social media on Tuesday at the expense of DISY and AKEL. In the early morning hours, Perdikis tweeted: “Hello, I’m back #averofcy #akel#cyprus.” The “Hello, I’m back” part was in Greek. The post, evidently alluding […]

By Andreas Vou Marcos Baghdatis is through to the second round of the French Open following a 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 win over Gilles Muller on Tuesday afternoon. The Cypriot star struggled for any sort of rhythm early on and made a handful of unforced errors in the opening exchanges which saw him on the brink […]

User names and media attachments such as photos and videos will no longer count towards the length of a tweet, Twitter Inc said on Tuesday, but the 140-character limit will stay. Twitter said the change, part of its efforts to simplify its microblogging service, will come into effect in the next few months. “A few […]

In countries around the world, increasing numbers of parents are having children without getting married. OECD research has shown that in the United States, 2.9 per cent of children lived with unmarried parents in 2005, a rate that increased slightly to 4.2 per  cent in 2014. Out of all countries included in the research, Estonia […]

Novak Djokovic began his pursuit of the only grand slam title missing from his collection with a no-nonsense 6-4 6-1 6-1 win over Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun in the French Open first round on Tuesday. The Serbian top seed now stands only six matches away from becoming the first man in almost 50 years to hold […]

Gastric surgery should be offered as a standard treatment option for people with diabetes and could help them control their condition for years without medication, the world’s leading diabetes organisations said on Tuesday. In a joint statement which they said constituted one of the biggest shifts in diabetes treatment guidelines since the advent of insulin, […]

AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou, thought to be a contender for the vacant position of House Speaker, said on Tuesday his party would refrain from horse trading over the nomination procedure, which takes place on June 2 along with the swearing-in of the new parliament. Speaking on CyBC radio, Kyprianou declined to be drawn further, saying […]

The head of Egypt’s forensics authority dismissed a suggestion on Tuesday that the small size of the body parts retrieved since an EgyptAir plane crashed last week indicated there was an explosion on board. Investigators struggling to work out why the Airbus 320 jet vanished from radar screens last Thursday, with 66 passengers and crew […]

Cypriot pharmaceutical manufacturer Remedica announced its takeover by South-African Ascendis Health, which acquired 100 per cent of its share. Following the acquisition, “Remedica will integrate the Ascendis Pharma-Med division and will become an integral part of a stronger, international pharma player,” Remedica said. “With its diversified portfolio of products, markets and customers, strong pipeline of […]

The European Union executive on Tuesday said it would not escalate as planned its investigation into whether rule of law was under threat in Poland, but attend last-minute talks with Warsaw in a bid to resolve the dispute. The European Commission launched its unprecedented probe after Poland’s eurosceptic government introduced changes that critics say paralyse […]

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Andy Murray survived a nervy fifth-set decider against Czech veteran Radek Stepanek to complete a 3-6 3-6 6-0 6-3 7-5 comeback win and scrape into the French Open second round on Tuesday. The second seed had been tormented by the 37-year-old Stepanek the previous evening, being outplayed in the opening two sets, but had repaired […]

Results from the French Open Men’s Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday: Borna Coric (Croatia) beat Taylor Fritz (U.S.) 6-3 6-1 6-3 20-Bernard Tomic (Australia) beat Brian Baker (U.S.) 6-3 6-4 6-4 7-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Vasek Pospisil (Canada) 6-3 6-2 6-1 Results from the French Open Women’s Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday: […]

Over the past five years, the AfroBanana Republic has built a reputation as one of Cyprus’ foremost festivals. Probably the most highly-anticipated event of summer, this Glastonbury of the Mediterranean brings together people from all walks of life in an innovative, alternative celebration of summer fun. But wait – it’s not summer, so why are […]

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney defended the central bank’s decision to flag the risks of leaving the European Union on Tuesday, hitting back at one of his toughest critics who has called for him to resign. Carney said the outcome of the June 23 referendum could require the Bank to make a big reassessment […]

Hellenic Bank, Cyprus’s third largest lender, said that it generated an after-tax profit of €0.3m in January to March, against €6m profit the previous quarter and €12m profit in the first quarter last year. The drop in net earnings in the first three months of the year was mainly on reduced interest income which fell […]