Новости за 06.07.2016

Cristiano Ronaldo scored one goal and inadvertently set up the other as Portugal ground out a 2-0 win over Wales on Wednesday to march into the Euro 2016 final. The Portuguese superstar, who has had to soak up a lot of criticism for a lacklustre tournament by his high standards, majestically powered in a 50th-minute […]

Second seed Andy Murray survived a ferocious Jo-Wilfried Tsonga comeback to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the seventh time on Wednesday, winning the day’s second Centre Court blockbuster 7-6(10) 6-1 3-6 4-6 6-1. After Roger Federer’s miraculous earlier escape act against Marin Cilic, when he recovered to win from two sets down, 12th seeded Frenchman […]

Ten companies are recalling about 501,000 hoverboards after numerous reports of the self-balancing scooters’ batteries catching fire, the US Consumer Products Safety Commission said on Wednesday. There have been at least 99 incidents of the two-wheeled devices’ lithium-ion battery packs overheating, sparking, smoking, catching fire or exploding, the commission said in a statement. The incidents […]

The US Justice Department will lead an investigation into the fatal police shooting of a black man in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after family and protesters demanded an independent probe, the state’s governor said on Wednesday. About 200 protesters gathered overnight chanting “Hands up, don’t shoot” and “Black lives matter” after Alton Sterling, 37, was shot […]

Eight Yemeni troops and six militants were killed on Wednesday in an assault claimed by Al Qaeda on a military base near the international airport of Yemen’s southern city of Aden, the military said. Two suicide bombers blew up their cars, then militants stormed the Solaban base and fought with troops backed by Apache helicopters […]

President Nicos Anastasiades received on Wednesday a delegation of Total, the French energy giant which holds a hydrocarbons concession in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). After the meeting, Stéphane Michel, Total Senior Vice President for the Middle East & North Africa, told reporters that “as you know Total has been awarded Block 11. We wanted to express […]

Cypriot households and non-financial corporations continued to be highly indebted, collectively owing some 358 per cent of the island’s gross domestic product in September 2015, a Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) report said, though there were signs of stabilisation. According to the CBC’s Household and Non-Financial Indebtedness Report that was published on Wednesday, total debt […]

US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland will visit Cyprus on July 12 to discuss bilateral issues and the island’s division. Nuland travels to Nicosia, “to meet with Republic of Cyprus officials to discuss bilateral and regional issues”, a State Department media note issued from the office of the Spokesperson […]

Czech 10th seed Tomas Berdych ended Frenchman’s Lucas Pouille’s unexpected love-affair with Wimbledon on Wednesday, grinding out a 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2 win to reach his sixth grand slam semi-final. Carrying more court time than any other quarter-finalist, Berdych started slowly against the 22-year-old Pouille, the 32nd and lowest seed in the draw and a man […]

A 22-year-old British woman was killed in Ayia Napa on Wednesday after crashing her moped. The woman, who worked in Cyprus, suffered head injuries when she apparently lost control of the moped and fell while driving near Ayia Thekla at 2.20pm. Passersby notified the police and an ambulance rushed the 22-year-old to Paralimni general hospital […]

The United States sanctioned top North Korean officials, including leader Kim Jong Un, on Wednesday for what it said were “notorious abuses of human rights.” It was the first time the United States had identified the North Korean leader as a direct target for sanctions, and diplomats say the decision will incense the nuclear-armed country, […]

Roger Federer put his global army of “Fed-Head” fans through the wringer for four nerve-shredding sets before he kept alive his pursuit of a record eighth Wimbledon title with a 6-7(4) 4-6 6-3 7-6(9) 6-3 win over Marin Cilic the quarter-finals on Wednesday. Novak Djokovic’s shock third round exit had raised hopes that this could […]

  The revised bill on dog welfare which provides for increased penalties and fines for abuse and removal of animals from their owners, was presented to the House environment committee on Wednesday. Discussion in parliament of the bill, which has been in the making for years, is expected to begin as soon as MPs return […]

Main opposition AKEL on Wednesday kept up the pressure on Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou, criticising him anew for doing nothing to crack down on corruption in the police force. The censure came in the wake of the June 23 contract killing in Ayia Napa, where the target, 51-year-old businessman Fanos Theofanous Kalopsidiotis, was shot dead […]

This week, music played on traditional instruments by enthusiastic young people from European and Arab countries will be heard in Limassol and Paphos. On Friday in Limassol – as part of the eleventh Cyprus Rialto World Music Festival – and on Saturday in Paphos, 35 young virtuoso instrumentalists will play traditional instruments The musicians, who […]

Canada’s Milos Raonic produced an irresistible display of classic grasscourt tennis to overcome giant-killer Sam Querrey 6-4 7-5 5-7 6-4 on Wednesday and power into the Wimbledon semi-finals. The influence of John McEnroe, a new addition to his coaching team, was apparent as sixth-seeded Raonic charged into the net behind his booming first serves and […]

President Barack Obama, saying the security situation in Afghanistan remained precarious, said on Wednesday he will keep US troop levels there at 8,400 through the end of his administration rather than reducing them to 5,500 by year’s end as previously planned. Obama, in a statement at the White House, said the role of US forces […]

Three state doctors on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to 308 charges relating to corruption during three separate hearings before the Nicosia Criminal Court. The three – the head of the ENT department and executive director of Nicosia general hospital Yiannakis Kyamides, Vasken Shahbenderian, who also served at the state hospital’s ENT department, and Dafnis Aristodemou, […]

Midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has joined Manchester United from German club Borussia Dortmund on a four-year contract, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday. The 27-year-old scored 41 goals in 140 appearances during his three-year spell at Dortmund. “I am very proud to join Manchester United, this move is a dream come true for me. I […]

If you’re on a business trip to the city of Lausanne in Switzerland, you might have to think twice about drinking an evening beer on your company’s tab in one of the city’s bars. Eyebrows would certainly be raised in accounting at a 33cl beer that costs a whopping $17.60. Situated on the shores of […]

The Ministry of Finance’s Privatisation Unit said that it appointed a team of consultants tasked with assisting and preparing the privatisation process of the state lottery, which provides for the participation of strategic investors and operators. The advisor team, which consists of the consultant services department of Cyprus’s KPMG Ltd, Sweden’s QLot Consulting AB, Ireland’s […]

The health ministry on Wednesday said they had solved the problem of transporting bodies from the Paphos morgue to Limassol for post-mortems while the Paphos facility is being renovated. It was reported on Wednesday that due to renovations at the Paphos hospital’s morgue, a problem had occurred with the transportation of bodies to the Limassol […]

The public will be able to use e-signatures by the end of 2017 in various transactions in both the public and private sectors, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Wednesday. Traditional transactions required the physical presence of a person and their handwritten signature, but this will be unnecessary with electronic signatures which will also significantly […]

The Cyprus Telecommunication Authority (CyTA) has launched a personal device for keeping track of a vulnerable person particularly in an emergency. Vidatrack, as the service is called, “has been specially designed to address the needs of vulnerable social groups, the elderly, those with chronic ailments, special needs, impaired mobility, mental health problems, reduced higher mental functions […]

The pound tumbled to a new 31-year low on Wednesday, dipping below $1.28 at one point before recovering a little, as investors shunned the currency after Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The pound, one of the main vehicles through which financial markets can express concern over the Brexit vote, fell as low as […]