Новости за 26.08.2016

An army bomb disposal team was deployed to an area in Birmingham, central England, on Friday after police arrested five men on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism. The West Midlands police force said as a result of one of the arrests, an army bomb disposal team had been called in as a precautionary measure […]

Balding men who seek to look better or younger by undergoing hair transplants are on the right course, a small new study suggests. People shown before-and-after pictures of hair transplant recipients rated men with more locks as looking more attractive and younger, researchers found. People also thought the men looked more successful and approachable after the […]

BANK deposits recorded a net rise in July for the fourth consecutive month, increasing by €1.13bn since March 2015, the lowest point in the past nine years, the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) said on Friday. Deleveraging also continued in July, with loans reaching their lowest point in the past seven-and-a-half years. According to the […]

THE cabinet gave the go-ahead on Friday for the construction of a new football stadium in Limassol that will be used by the coastal town’s three biggest clubs. Deputy spokesman Victor Papadopoulos said President Nicos Anastasiades commissioned the sports organisation (KOA), along with the clubs, to jointly launch the procedures for the creation of the […]

A bill regulating the cooperation between public hospitals and the University of Cyprus’ medical school is expected to be completed within the next three months, Health minister Giorgos Pamboridis said on Friday The minister, who was visiting the Makarios hospital in Nicosia, said that his main point of discussion with the heads of departments was […]

DISGRACED former Paphos mayor, Savvas Vergas faces disciplinary measures for misconduct at Nicosia central prisons after reportedly bursting into a rant and threatening a warden on Friday. Vergas’ request to leave the prison in order to visit his mother, who he claimed suffers from medical problems, was looked upon by various news reports as essentially […]

The case for a US interest rate hike has strengthened in recent months because of improvements in the labour market and expectations for solid economic growth, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Friday. Yellen did not indicate when the US central bank might raise rates, but her comments reinforced the view that such a […]

LARNACA criminal court found Andreas Charalambous, aka ‘Arapis’, guilty on Friday of conspiring to commit a felony and arson, charges stemming from the burning down of a betting shop in May last year. Reading out the court’s decision, Judge Stalo Hadjiyianni, referring to the facts of the case, said that on May 12, 2015, a […]

It could have been a scene straight out of a horror movie. A woman trying to sell crickets and worms on a crowded New York City subway car became frazzled by some teenagers and let the critters loose on riders, then urinated on herself, according to social media posts and news reports. Riders on the […]

Witness history’s most famous defence. The performance of Socrates Now narrates Socrates’ famous trial in Athens where he was sentenced to death, accused of religious nonconformity and the corruption of youth. This theatrical production by the Greek Theatre of New York (Elliniko Theatro), which has been presented in more than 20 countries and seen by […]

Thierry Henry will be an assistant to new Belgium coach Roberto Martinez as they start their bid to qualify for the next World Cup finals in Russia. The former France striker joins Martinez’s former Everton assistant Graeme Jones on the team’s coaching staff after the Spaniard replaced Marc Wilmots as manager of the Euro 2016 […]

Besieged residents and rebels began leaving the Damascus suburb of Daraya on Friday, Reuters witnesses said, as an evacuation to end one of the longest stand-offs in Syria’s five-year war began. Insurgents and government forces agreed a deal on Thursday to evacuate the town, which the Syrian army has surrounded since 2012. The UN said […]

A top French court on Friday suspended a ban on full-body burkini swimsuits that has angered Muslims, feminists and civil liberties campaigners. The ruling by the Council of State relates to the Mediterranean resort of Villeneuve-Loubet, one of more than a dozen French towns that have imposed such bans. The burkini ban has shone a […]

The University of Cyprus announced on Friday that it had signed a €30,000 agreement for the implementation of a project aiming to study and charting of the Avakas gorge in the Akamas. The project is privately funded, following the agreement signed between the university and Yiannakis Christodoulou, CEO of Vita Constructions Ltd, an announcement said. […]

Israeli soldiers on Friday shot and killed an apparently unarmed Palestinian who ran towards their position in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, and the incident was under review, a military spokeswoman said. A Palestinian official said the 38-year-old man suffered from mental illness, and several unsourced Israeli news websites reported that no […]

DIKO chief Nicolas Papadopoulos suggested on Friday that constitutional matters relating to the possible reunification of the island must go through parliament because he did not trust the president. “There is no longer confidence in the president as regards the information given to parties and the people,” Papadopoulos told the state broadcaster. He repeated accusations […]

A “nightmare” drunk has been jailed for six months after his abusive behaviour to flight crew and passengers led to a plane being diverted, the UK Press Association reported. Joshua Strickland, 21, of York, threatened to assault a number of people during a Jet2.com flight from Leeds Bradford Airport to Cyprus on July 13. When the plane […]

Cyprus champions APOEL have been drawn against Olympiacos of Greece, Swiss side Young Boys and Kazakhstan’s Astana in Group B of this season’s Europa League, following the draw in Monaco on Friday afternoon. The Nicosia giants were eliminated from the Champions League in the playoff round on Wednesday night by Danish side FC Copenhagen. APOEL […]

A South African judge said on Friday she would not grant permission to state prosecutors to appeal Oscar Pistorius‘ six-year murder sentence, saying their petition had no reasonable prospects of success. Judge Thokozile Masipa Masipa had sentenced the Paralympic gold medallist in July for murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013, but the prosecution had […]

Hopes of finding more survivors faded on Friday three days after a powerful earthquake hit central Italy, with the death toll rising to 267 and the rescue operation in some of the stricken areas called off. Sniffer dogs and emergency crews continued to scour piles of rubble in Amatrice, a picturesque town popular with tourists […]

Some 14.3 per cent of people unemployed in Cyprus found a job between the last quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016, according to Eurostat. Meanwhile 77.2 per cent of the unemployed remain jobless and 8.4 per cent passed into ‘economic inactivity’ (retirement). Compared to a year ago, the percentage of those who […]

The cabinet on Friday reappointed on Friday Demetra Kalogirou to the post of Chairwoman of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission for a period of five years, from September 15, 2016 to September 14, 2021. The cabinet also reappointed Anastasia Anastasiadou and Andreas Kleanthous as members of the Council of CySEC also for a five-year term.

This event is being hailed as the biggest musical events of the year, with live performances by Antonis Remos, Despina Vandi, Helena Paparizou and Melisses all in one night in Nicosia’s GSP stadium. Antonis Remos has been a star ever since he released his first album in 1996, which became platinum in a few months, […]

It might be still too hot to go out for a night run at the moment, but come September that will all change (hopefully) and we can all head to Athalassa park in Nicosia to run by the light of the silvery moon for charity. For the second time, the event Running Under the Moon […]

UEFA announced significant changes to their flagship Champions League on Friday, saying they had managed to “keep it in the family” after staving off the threat of a breakaway league by Europe’s top clubs. From 2018/19 season, the top four European leagues – currently Spain, Germany, England and Italy – will each be guaranteed four […]