Новости за 09.07.2016

AKEL’s negative results in the parliamentary elections was not due to the absence of leading figures from the party ticket or the situation of Omonia football club, general secretary Andros Kyprianou said on Saturday. Kyprianou, who addressed the AKEL central committee, assumed responsibility as leader for the disappointing percentages the party received at the elections. […]

Briton Chris Froome took advantage of passive rivals to take the overall leader’s yellow jersey in the Tour de France as he won the eighth stage after attacking on the final descent on Saturday. The Team Sky rider sped away from a group of overall favourites at the top of the last of four gruelling […]

Transport Minister Marios Demetriades has requested a report into safety issues arising from Thursday’s fatal accident involving an OSEL Nicosia city bus, in which the driver died and ten more people were injured, an announcement said on Saturday. On Thursday a 61-year-old bus driver, Sofronis Mylonas, died after he was ejected from the bus, while […]

Serena Williams beat Germany’s Angelique Kerber 7-5 6-3 to claim a seventh Wimbledon singles title and equal Steffi Graf’s professional era record of 22 grand slam singles crowns on Saturday. The 34-year-old American edged a high-quality final on a blustery Centre Court as she avenged a surprise loss to Kerber in the final of this […]

The British government has rejected an online petition signed by 4.1 million people calling for a new referendum on whether to leave the European Union. Britons voted by 52 to 48 percent, or 17.4 million votes to 16.1 million, to leave the EU in a June 23 referendum, a result which most politicians have said […]

Opposition parties on Saturday were angered by the latest report by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Cyprus, particularly the segment where he said the failure to cooperate of the two sides to cooperate on the Solea fires last month was a missed opportunity for collaboration. The parties accused Ban of trying to interfere in […]

Lewis Hamilton put in a sensational late lap under intense pressure to seize pole position for his home British Formula One Grand Prix from Mercedes team mate and title rival Nico Rosberg on Saturday. The triple world champion had just one chance to secure the top slot after an initial effort in the final top […]

Customs on Saturday confiscated in total two kilos of rolling tobacco after it was found on a Turkish Cypriot man who had crossed to the government-controlled areas through the Ledra Palace check point. According to an announcement, the man, who was on a bicycle, was stopped by a customs officer and following a search, two […]

Defence Minister Christoforos Fokaides on Saturday visited the 19-year-old conscript who is in serious condition at the Nicosia general hospital’s ICU after suffering heatstroke at Larnaca’s training facility on Thursday. The ministry had said the new recruit, Loizos Panayiotou from Lythrodontas, fell ill late on Thursday evening and fainted. He was administered first aid by […]

The Cyprus Rialto World Music Festival continues with a performance dedicated to traditional songs from all over Greece, Cyprus, Asia Minor and Istanbul with a performance by the band Santouto on Wednesday. Together, Veronica Aloneftou on the santoor, Chralambos Panteli on the lute and Constantina Xenofonots on vocals and the percussions, will present their own […]

Larnaca district court on Saturday renewed for eight more days the remands of four suspects believed to be involved in the June 23 Ayia Napa shooting, in which four people were killed. The four suspects, Marios Christodoulou, aka ‘Bennis’ 38, Ayia Napa cabaret owner Panayiotis Pentafkas, 39, Sophia Gregoriou, 29, and one of the dead […]

Andrea Leadsom, one of two candidates to be the next British prime minister, has caused an uproar by suggesting that being a mother means she has a greater stake in the country’s future than her childless rival Theresa May. A little-known junior energy minister until she emerged as one of the most ardent voices in […]

Portugal will face hosts France in the final of Euro 2016 on Sunday. Here is a guide to the form of the two teams, looking at their strengths and weaknesses. PORTUGAL A combination of tactical discipline, determination and moments of inspiration from Cristiano Ronaldo have taken Portugal to the final. Portugal’s approach has been cautious […]

A Limassol business establishment was damaged extensively early Saturday from an explosion caused by a makeshift device. According to the police, the explosion occurred at around 3.40am outside the offices of a company owned by a 55-year-old man. The blast, placed at the entrance of the establishment, extensively damaged the front of the building.

A 49-year-old man from Larnaca, Savvas Christoforou, died Friday night after his car went off course near Achna and overturned. According to police reports, the accident occurred at around 8.50pm on the Larnaca-Famagusta road, near Achna, when Christoforou’s car, under unknown circumstances, went off course on a curve, and overturned. State broadcaster CyBC reported that […]

By Curtis Skinner Thousands took to the streets of U.S. cities on Friday to denounce the fatal shooting by police of two black men this week, marching the day after a gunman killed five police officers watching over a similar demonstration in Dallas. Protesters clogged roadways in New York City, Atlanta and Philadelphia, and events […]

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over the lack of progress in implementing confidence building measures (CBM) in Cyprus, his latest report shows, and he calls on the leaders to move ahead without delay. He also hints at a “missed opportunity for collaboration” during the Solea fires on the weekend of June 19-20 […]

United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan is set to visit Cyprus on Monday where he will discuss with his Cypriot counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides regional developments and security challenges, EU – Gulf relations and how to deepen bilateral relations. Cyprus is Sheikh Abdullah`s first stop of a series of visits in European […]

President Nicos Anastasiades urged the business community on Friday evening to make the most of investment and entrepreneurship opportunities and to take advantage of the government`s determination to create a more productive and competitive economy. He was addressing the opening of “Regus” business centre in Limassol. “The business environment changes on a daily basis, at […]

It is no secret that the Guaba beach bar in Limassol is a magnet for some of the world’s best DJs. This Sunday the beach bar will host the DJ duo Aly & Fila. Aly & Fila are the single most successful group to have emerged from Egypt, ranking number 20 out of 100 as […]

When Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber walk onto Wimbledon’s Centre Court for the women’s final on Saturday, the legacy of Steffi Graf will loom large. The showdown will see world number one Williams try to equal Graf’s professional era record of 22 grand slam singles titles, while Kerber will seek to become the first German […]

PARLIAMENT will resume discussion of a last-ditch government proposal to amend the immovable property tax (IPT) regime on Monday, as each party tabled its own proposal in Friday’s session. In an urgent letter to parliament on Friday morning, the finance ministry withdrew its bills scrapping local-government taxes on immovable property, and lowered the state’s proposed […]

A NEW round of bickering about the National Council was sparked by President Anastasiades’ letter to party leaders setting out his ideas and conditions for its operation. The Council had not met for a while, because of the leak of documents given to its members by the president. Before the parliamentary elections, EDEK chief Marinos […]

THE mother and relatives of Ramy El Kady, 41, the Egyptian man shot dead by police in May during a hostage situation have expressed concern over the lack of information surrounding the circumstances of his death. “We fully understand the concerns of the family,” said Doros Polycarpou of the immigrant support group KISA who are […]