Новости за 26.07.2016

A report ordered by the agriculture ministry has found that tracks observed in skies over Cyprus are due to normal vapour trails from aircraft, and not to chemtrails – but critics aren’t convinced. The report, ordered by Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis back in February, determined that contrails (short for condensation trails) are responsible for the […]

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday voted unanimously to renew the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for six more months until January 2017. UN Secretary General`s Special Adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, the UNSG`s Special Representative in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, briefed thoroughly on Monday the members of Council on […]

A recycling vending machine for separate collection of waste plastic, glass and metal packaging was installed recently along Mackenzie beach in Larnaca. According to a press release, the machine is part of a programme to reduce solid municipal waste. The machine offers an economic incentive to citizens and visitors to actively participate in recycling. People […]

President Nicos Anastasiades gave instructions to the government committee monitoring humanitarian issues to immediately process the request of a man who lost both his parents and his two sisters in the 2005 Helios crash, for financial assistance, it was announced on Tuesday. The head of the committee, and cabinet secretary Theodosis Tsiolas said that following […]

Cyprus based airline Cobalt strives to provide the best possible service to its customers, but not at the expense of safety, a company representative said on Tuesday one day after the carrier announced a temporary rescheduling of its flights due to a technical problem on one of its aircraft. The airline said a technical problem […]

The United Nations Secretary-General on Tuesday announced the appointment of Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir of Bangladesh as the Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp). Major General Kabir will succeed Major General Kristin Lund of Norway, who will complete her assignment on Friday. The Secretary-General paid tribute to Major General […]

The big night for music this week is Thursday when Limassol and Nicosia will have you fighting with yourself over which concert to go to. After a number of performances by international and local bands, the eleventh Cyrus Rialto World Music Festival will come to an end with the Bulgarian band Bulgara at Heroes Square […]

Juventus have signed Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain from Napoli, a spokesman for Napoli said on Tuesday. “I can confirm that the contract has been deposited with the League and the deal has been done,” Napoli spokesman Nicola Lombardi told Reuters. Juventus will pay 90 million in two tranches for Higuain, who still had two years […]

The heirs of Dolly the sheep are enjoying a healthy old age, proving cloned animals can live normal lives and offering reassurance to scientists hoping to use cloned cells in medicine. Dolly, cloning’s poster child, was born in Scotland in 1996. She died prematurely in 2003, aged six, after developing osteoarthritis and a lung infection, […]

A 35-year-old man was remanded on Tuesday for eight days in connection with stabbing three people in a Larnaca club and setting fire to a pub in Oroklini. Larnaca District Court issued the detention order against the Oroklini resident to facilitate police investigating cases of causing actual bodily harm, carrying a knife, malicious damage and […]

Nicosia Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said on Tuesday he would run for re-election in the upcoming municipal polls, as he outlined ongoing and future projects aimed at improving the island’s capital. Yiorkadjis was elected in 2011 with the backing of DISY and DIKO, beating incumbent Eleni Mavrou of AKEL. Under his tenure there has been a […]

Ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has anointed Stefano Parisi, a former Internet executive and government economic adviser, as his political heir, giving him a mandate to relaunch Italy’s splintered centre-right. Parisi, 59, narrowly lost a mayoral election in Milan last month, impressing friends and foes alike with an upbeat campaign that came close to knocking the […]

The health ministry on Tuesday announced the decision to hire of a number of doctors of various specialties to help alleviate the serious understaffing problems at the Paphos and Polis hospitals. The announcement came a day after Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis visited the two state hospitals, where he discussed with management and medical staff the operational […]

The outcome of the court case filed against Greek financier Andreas Vgenopoulos, former finance minister and central bank boss Christodoulos Christodoulou, five other individuals and three companies over the payment of €1 million, allegedly as a bribe, in 2007, will likely impact other cases currently under investigation, attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Tuesday. Christodoulou admitted […]

Strong will exists in both Britain and Ireland to preserve free movement between the countries following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday after meeting her Irish counterpart. May, who visited the province of Northern Ireland on Monday, has said she does not want to see a return […]

A team of scientists at a Belgian university say they have created a machine that turns urine into drinkable water and fertiliser using solar energy, a technique which could be applied in rural areas and developing countries. While there are other options for treating waste water, the system applied at the University of Ghent uses […]

The EU will likely put pressure on Cyprus soon to resume its reforms process, virtually suspended after the island’s exit from the bailout adjustment programme, the head of the fiscal watchdog said in an interview. “All those who believe that the exit from the program will give the green light to return to practices of […]

Eight earthquakes were recorded within the space of seven hours on Tuesday off the coast of Lefka, a Turkish-occupied village in the Nicosia district overlooking Morfou bay. As reported by media in the north of Cyprus, the largest of the tremors was recorded at 2:35am and was assigned a magnitude of 4 on the Richter […]

A winter break in the Premier League season is not feasible until the current three-year television rights deal is completed in 2019, the Football Association’s (FA) chief executive Martin Glenn has said. Newly appointed England manager Sam Allardyce, in his first press conference, backed the need for a winter break similar to the top divisions […]

Ongoing talks for a settlement to the Cyprus problem will touch on the more contentious issues in Friday’s meeting between the two leaders, the final one in July’s “intensive” schedule, it was revealed after a meeting on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters after Tuesday’s session, President Nicos Anastasiades said the meeting, between himself and Turkish Cypriot […]

By Raheel Raza There is a battle underway for the soul of Islam, and that reform must defeat the ideology of violent Islamism. The past few months have seen a slew of terror attacks worldwide. From the shootings at a gay nightclub in Orlando to an attack on Istanbul airport, to hostage taking in Bangladesh, […]

A 30-year-old Cypriot woman was killed while mountain-climbing in the French Alps on Monday. French media reports suggest that the woman, who had travelled to France on holiday, was killed instantly when she fell off a 400-metre cliff after her safety rope broke. French authorities are investigating the incident. In a statement, the Foreign ministry […]

Four inmates at Nicosia central prisons were convicted on Tuesday for the rape of a fifth, receiving sentences ranging from 10 to 12 years to run concurrently with the ones already being served. Larnaca/Famagusta criminal court meeting in Nicosia, imposed sentences of 12 years on two individuals and 10 years on two others for sexual […]

THE Cyprus Dragon Boat Association (CYDBA) is very pleased to announce the departure of the national team to the European Championships held in Rome. This is the first time a team of amateur athletes has represented Cyprus in the sport of Dragon Boating. There are now 250 members of the Cyprus Dragon Boat association and […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan next month for the first time in almost a year, a sign that a rapprochement between the two nations is gathering pace. Russian trade sanctions imposed on Ankara over the Turkish shooting down of a Russian jet near the Syrian border last November remain […]