Новости за 01.06.2016

Cyprus on Wednesday put forward a proposal to put an end to the illegal sale of Greek Cypriot properties in the north by forcing a cessation of all activities advertising the sale of those properties, and to halt construction. Nicosia submitted the series of measures to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe […]

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Wednesday he expected President Nicos Anastasiades to soon propose a return to UN-brokered negotiations after he skipped talks last week. Anastasiades visited Istanbul last week to attend the UN World Humanitarian Summit. However, the visit was marred when he cancelled later meetings with Akinci and the UN’s special […]

  Party leaders will convene anew on Thursday to discuss the procedure ahead of the vote for House President. In an informal meeting on Wednesday, the parties discussed the voting procedure, which could play a role in who wins the seat at the end. Solidarity Movement MP Demetris Syllouris said they decided not to substantively […]

A woman from the Dominican Republic who appeared as witnesses in an unsuccessful sexual trafficking case brought against a cabaret owner and three others some six years ago has returned to Cyprus after registering a private prosecution against the men. Immediately following the acquittal of the group due to the court finding the witnesses, which […]

By Wiktor Szary and Wojciech Zurawski Poland intends to extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States over a 1977 child sex conviction if the supreme court approves the move, the justice minister said on Wednesday, in a new twist to a decades-long legal battle. Zbigniew Ziobro, who also serves as Poland’s prosecutor general, said […]

Number two seed Andy Murray overcame a bout of French Open ‘dropshotitis’ to beat Richard Gasquet 5-7 7-6(3) 6-0 6-2 and reach the semi-finals on Wednesday. Briton Murray played with power and control early on, breaking when the ninth-seeded Frenchman double-faulted to lose the second game and consolidating to lead 5-2. But overuse of the […]

Defending champion Stan Wawrinka held off Albert Ramos Vinolas’ late charge to storm into the French Open semi-finals with a 6-2 6-1 7-6(7) victory on Wednesday. The third-seeded Swiss, who got off to a slow start in opening rounds of the claycourt grand slam, steamrolled through the first two sets and resisted in the third […]

This Sunday why stay in-doors when there will be so much happening outside. You won’t have to use your imagination to see how a normal city road can be transformed into an outside exhibition area when Kyrenias avenue in Aglantzia throws the Imagine the Road Festival 2016. The festival, which will run from 10am all […]

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema said he was denied the chance to play for France in the Euro 2016 this month because of his Algerian origins. The French Football Federation denied the accusation, but Benzema‘s comments, published just nine days before France hosts the tournament, have deepened a row about alleged racism in a national […]

Police have already searched the home of a man from a village in the Nicosia district who was brought in for questioning in connection with the slaughter of a family of foxes by hunters who bragged about on social media at the weekend, the Animal Party said on Wednesday. More people are expected to be […]

An 82-year-old British woman died on Wednesday afternoon after the car she was driving on the Limassol-Paphos road near Paramali, collided with the back of a lorry. The accident occurred at around 1pm. British bases police officer Iraklis Georgiou said investigations where ongoing. The British woman lived in Tsada, in the Paphos district and was […]

Novak Djokovic had 100 million reasons to celebrate reaching the French Open quarter-finals on Wednesday — albeit two days later than expected — as players made a mad dash to clear the fourth-round backlog created by the fickle Parisian weather. The Serbian world number one became the first tennis player to bank $100 million in […]

The government on Wednesday proposed introducing a flat immovable property tax rate to 0.05 per cent and scrapping the IPT paid to local authorities altogether. The announcement was made by Finance Minister Harris Georgiades after a cabinet meeting. The minister said the cabinet decided to cut the rate to 0.05 per cent across the board […]

A new voluntary retirement scheme introduced by the Bank of Cyprus, has exceeded expectations with more than 200 employees opting in two days before the deadline expires. Reliable sources told CNA that so far more than 200 had expressed an interest, exceeding the initial target of 193 for the third and more generous scheme presented […]

By Lin Noueihed and Chine Labbé A French search vessel has picked up signals from one of the black boxes of EgyptAir flight MS804, Egyptian and French investigators said, a potential breakthrough in efforts to uncover why it plummeted into the Mediterranean last month. Search teams are working against the clock to recover the two […]

Non-performing loans in the Cypriot banking system fell in March by almost €1.1bn to €25.7bn or 48.4 per cent of the overall loan portfolio of banks, compared with the month before, the Central Bank of Cyprus said. The amount of non-performing loans, considered as the Cypriot economy’s main challenge, fell mainly on a drop in bad […]

By Maher Nazeh Iraq has delayed its assault on the city of Falluja because of fears for the safety of civilians, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Wednesday, as his forces halted at the city’s edge in the face of ferocious resistance from Islamic State fighters. Abadi’s decision to halt, two days after elite Iraqi […]

  The Paraskevaides family-owned iconic five-star Athens Ledra Hotel in downtown Athens suspended operations on Wednesday, after referring all its guests to other hotels a day earlier, under the burden of unviable debt amassed over the previous decade, reports from Greek media said. Built in the 1980s by the late Cypriot construction mogul Giorgos Paraskevaides […]

By Steve Scherer A dead baby plucked out of the sea whose picture sparked international outrage this week was probably a six-month-old Somali boy whose mother also most likely died in the shipwreck, Italian police said on Wednesday. Like the photograph of the three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan lying lifeless on a Turkish beach last year, […]

By Michael Holden Inquests into the deaths of 21 people killed in 1974 when bombs exploded in two Birmingham pubs, the deadliest attack on the British mainland in 30 years of Northern Irish violence, will be reopened to examine new evidence, a coroner ruled on Wednesday. The new inquiries will consider whether the authorities ignored […]

Novak Djokovic recovered from a mediocre start to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open on Wednesday with a 3-6 6-4 6-1 7-5 rain-delayed victory against plucky Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut. The world number one, chasing the only grand slam title to elude him, will take on either former runner-up David Ferrer of Spain or […]

A special forces non-commissioned officer had a finger severed on Wednesday during an exercise with motorised parachutes in the area of Mari on the south coast. Police said the incident involving the 36-year-old staff sergeant happened at around 8.20am. Reports said the soldier landed hard causing the propeller to hit his right hand and cut […]

Results from the French Open Men’s Singles matches on Wednesday Quarterfinal 3-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat Albert Ramos (Spain) 6-2 6-1 7-6(7) Round 4 12-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-3 7-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat 11-David Ferrer (Spain) 6-3 7-5 6-3 13-Dominic Thiem (Austria) beat Marcel Granollers (Spain) 6-2 6-7(2) 6-1 […]

Champion Serena Williams swatted aside the limp challenge of Elina Svitolina 6-1 6-1 on Wednesday, to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open. The world number one rarely sparkled on a damp, dank centre court at Roland Garros, but always wielded enough firepower to see off the Ukrainian 18th seed in a match that was […]

Revenue from tourism rose 25 per cent in March, to €80.9m, compared to the respective month of 2015, the statistical service said. In the first quarter of the year, overall revenue from tourism rose an annual 19 per cent, to €147.6m, Cystat said in statement on its website on Wednesday. In March, overall tourist arrivals […]