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Summaries from the World Cup Qualifying European matches on Monday Monday, September 5   Serbia           2 Filip Kostic 62, Dusan Tadic 69pen Ireland          2 Jeff Hendrick 3, Daryl Murphy 80 – – – Wales            4 Sam Vokes 38, Joe Allen 44, Gareth Bale 50,90+5pen Moldova          0 – – – Israel           1 Tal Ben-Haim 35 Italy            […]

Berlin has long been jewel in the crown of Europe’s startup scene. Startup investment has flowed into the German capital for years but according to research from Ernst & Young, other European cities are providing it with stiff competition. Berlin saw a huge year on year decrease in startup investment volume from H1 2015 to […]

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton opened the final, two-month stretch of the US presidential campaign on Monday in the battleground state of Ohio as the Republican nominee saw a strengthening in opinion poll numbers that put pressure on his heavily favoured Democratic rival. The Labor Day holiday is the traditional kickoff to the frenzied, last […]

Juan Martin del Potro’s summer renaissance continued on Monday as the unseeded Argentine advanced into the U.S. Open quarter-finals when Austrian eighth seed Dominic Thiem quit their match with an injury. Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open winner, whose career has been interrupted by a string of wrist surgeries and needed a wild card to […]

The leader of Spain‘s Socialists said on Monday he would seek coalition talks with smaller parties, as the country lurches towards its third election in a year following several failed attempts to form a government. Pedro Sanchez, whose party finished second in an inconclusive national election in June, said he wanted to discuss options with […]

By Angelos Anastasiou Although a decline has been recorded in controversial Swiss franc loans in the first half of the year, deputies on the House finance committee on Monday warned they might pass punitive legislation if banks failed to produce more drastic results. Borrowers in Swiss francs from Cypriot lenders Alpha Bank, Bank of Cyprus, […]

US President Barack Obama said on Monday he was considering whether or not to meet his Filipino counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, as planned, amid alarm over the latter’s campaign against illegal drugs in which thousands of people have died. Earlier in the day, the plain-talking Duterte had told reporters he would swear at Obama if he […]

Despite recent grand announcements and numerous meetings, the state of the public healthcare sector continues to deteriorate, teetering on the brink of collapse, government doctors’ union Pasyki said in an open letter on Monday, prompting a stern response by Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis. In the letter, Pasyki said it felt obliged to publicise the “ever-worsening” […]

High-resolution cameras on the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft have found space probe Philae, which landed on a comet nearly two years ago only to lose power because its solar-driven batteries were in the shade. Images taken from Rosetta at a distance of 2.7km  showed Philae wedged into a dark crack on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged on Monday that her pro-refugee policies led to her party’s state election rout on Sunday but said they would not be jettisoned even though her Bavarian ally is clamouring for change. In a rare, self-critical reflection over a state election defeat, Merkel insisted three times in the space of a […]

A Nicosia man was arrested in Ayia Napa for possession of cannabis after his car was pulled over and searched on Sunday afternoon. Famagusta drug squad officers stopped and searched the 36-year-old in his vehicle at around 5pm, finding 29.5 grams of the drug in his possession. Following his arrest, a further search of a […]

Transport minister Marios Demetriades said on Monday that speed cameras should be installed as soon as possible. Speaking after a meeting with the Road Safety Council (RSC) he said that after he has consulted with the finance ministry, a meeting will take place to find a practical way to install the system, which will significantly […]

Some 1.7 children out of every 1,500 are born intersexual, deputies heard on Monday during a meeting of the House human rights committee. Intersex is defined as a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male. The committee began […]

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei renewed criticism of Saudi Arabia over how it runs the haj after a crush last year killed hundreds of pilgrims, and suggested Muslim countries think about ending Riyadh’s control of the annual pilgrimage. “Because of these (Saudi) rulers’ oppressive behaviour towards God’s guests (pilgrims), the world of Islam must […]

The government is looking into setting up a commercial court, which would be good for Cyprus, a country that provides services, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Monday. The minister discussed the matter with the president and members of the supreme court. The meeting concluded that a commercial court was necessary to ensure fast dispensation […]

Greece’s Super League will finally kick off this weekend after the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) and the Super League ended their feud over referees on Monday. Greece risked being suspended from international football by global soccer body FIFA and its European counterpart UEFA after the government intervened in a long-running dispute over the selection of […]

TWO plans which will fundamentally change the future of two of Cyprus’ most beautiful areas – the Akamas and Troodos – are important priorities for the government, Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis announced on Monday. “About Troodos three different issues were examined,” Kouyialis said, speaking after a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades and members of the […]

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he had urged world powers at a G20 meeting to set up a “safe zone” in Syria where there would be no fighting and which could help stem migrant flows from the Arab nation. Speaking in China, Erdogan said he had repeated a proposal for a “no-fly zone” […]

A Taliban suicide attack in a busy area near the defence ministry in Kabul on Monday killed at least 24 people and wounded 91, the deadliest toll in the Afghan capital in weeks. There were two blasts in quick succession in a crowded area of the city near government buildings as well as a market […]

By Jean Christou Plenary sessions of the parliament will be moved from Thursday afternoons to Friday mornings, House president Demetris Syllouris announced on Monday after a meeting with party leaders. Syllouris said Monday’s meeting was the first with party heads to mark the new parliamentary term. Elections were held in May. “We discussed many issues, […]

No one has the right to interfere with the way the government exercises policy, President Nicos Anastasiades has said. The president was commenting on recent actions by the auditor-general, during an interview with daily Politis that was published on Monday. Anastasiades was asked about the spats Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides has had with two ministers – […]

Fifty eight migrants were arrested by the Turkish coastguard on Sunday reportedly on their way to Cyprus, Turkish Cypriot press said. Kibris Postasi on Monday said that 58 refugees, three from Syria and 55 from Pakistan, were arrested by the Turkish coastguard in a small fishing vessel. They had been on their way to Cyprus, […]

A parking garage under construction collapsed in Tel Aviv on Monday, killing at least two people and trapping several others under the debris, rescue services said. Some 20 people were treated for injuries. The cause of the collapse was not immediately known, and several hours after the structure came down in a plume of dust, […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May rejected a “points-based” system to screen immigrants, setting up a potential conflict with Brexit campaigners in her government who promised to bring in Australian-style controls over EU migrants. May, who favoured staying in the European Union but has pledged to deliver on the June 23 referendum vote by steering Britain […]

German football great Franz Beckenbauer underwent open heart bypass surgery on Saturday in an operation scheduled long before Swiss authorities opened criminal proceedings against him last week, Germany’s Bild newspaper reported Monday. The newspaper said Beckenbauer, 70, was still at his home in Salzburg, Austria when authorities carried out a two-hour search, but travelled to […]