Новости за 11.09.2016

SWANSEA CITY 2 CHELSEA 2 Diego Costa was centre stage and scored twice but could not prevent Chelsea losing their 100 per cent Premier League record in a controversial 2-2 draw at Swansea on Sunday. The result left Manchester City two points clear of them at the top of the table. The fiery Spain striker […]

By William James Britain’s interior minister Amber Rudd said on Sunday she was looking at a work permits system to control migration from the European Union, responding to Brexit voters’ demand for tighter border controls. Although formal negotiations on leaving the EU have yet to begin, Britain is searching for a way to satisfy voters […]

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Sunday became “overheated” at a Sept. 11 memorial ceremony in New York City and departed the event early, according to a campaign spokesman. Spokesman Nick Merrill said Clinton went to daughter Chelsea Clinton’s apartment in New York and is “feeling much better,”according to Reuters. Clinton left her daughter’s house […]

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck close to Macedonia’s capital Skopje on Sunday but there were no reports of injuries or major property damage. The quake took place at a depth of 10km (7 miles) at 1310 GMT, 2km northeast of Skopje, according to the U.S. Geological Service. Witnesses said windows shattered and some cracks had […]

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Sunday he and President Nicos Anastasiades were working earnestly to create a unified federal state by means of reaching a mutually acceptable and fair solution to the Cyprus problem. In a message to Turkish Cypriots to mark the Muslim religious holiday of Bayram, Akinci said the last meeting […]

Syrian rebel factions will issue a statement welcoming the U.S.-Russian deal for a ceasefire and aid deliveries in Syria but with reservations about the handling of violations by the government side, a rebel official said on Sunday. Fierce fighting and air strikes continued in several parts of Syria a day before the humanitarian truce comes […]

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday there would be new attacks in France but proposals by former president Nicolas Sarkozy to boost security was not the right way to deal with threats. The French capital was put on high alert last week when French officials said they dismantled a “terrorist cell” that planned […]

Police are seeking Deonaca Remus Radu, 41, from Romania, to facilitate investigations into a series of burglaries and thefts committed during September in Limassol. Anyone who has seen this man should contact Limassol HQ, their nearest police station, call the citizens hotline 1460 or use the online form ‘crime report’ on the police website: www.police.gov.cy

Larnaca district court on Sunday remanded two men aged 20 for five days each on suspicion of entering two separate houses when the owners were home and stealing various items on September 9 and early on September 10. According to police, two complaints were filed with Larnaca CID. on Friday night a 61-year-old man said […]

A rift between the International Monetary Fund and the European Union on how to address Greece’s debt crisis is damaging for the country, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday. The IMF has yet to decide whether to participate in a third international bailout Greece signed up to in July last year, saying it is […]

Burglars stole 35,000 euros and gold jewellery worth around 100,000 euros from the home of a restaurant owner in Argaka in Paphos, it was reported on Sunday. They appear to have gained access from an unsecured window in the home of the 54-year-old. The money and valuables were in a safe in the laundry room […]

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni will be in Cyprus on Monday for an official visit. Gentiloni will meet in the afternoon with President Nicos Anastasiades at the presidential palace and then will go to the foreign ministry to meet his counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides. The two ministers men will have a private meeting, which will be […]

Americans commemorated the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on Sunday with the recital of the names of the dead, tolling church bells and a tribute in lights at the site where New York City’s massive twin towers collapsed. As classical music drifted across the 9/11 Memorial plaza in lower Manhattan, family members […]

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he hopes a Cyprus deal will be reached before the end of his term in office this year. According to the Cyprus News Agency, citing the Associated Press in New York, Ban said he was spending a lot of time and energy on the Cyprus issue, “the only other divided […]

A total of 13 short films from Cypriot directors are included in this year`s National Competition programme of the 6th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, with screens taking place at Rialto Theatre, between October 15-21. According to the organisers, the festival programme includes fiction, documentary, experimental and animation and is complemented with parallel thematic […]

Forces loyal to eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar launched attacks at ports in Libya’s oil crescent on Sunday and clashed with guards who control the terminals, a guards spokesman and a resident said. Petrol Facilities Guard (PFG) spokesman Ali al-Hassi said Haftar’s forces had attacked at Zueitina, Ras Lanuf, and Es Sider ports, as well […]

Police said on Sunday they had booked over 500 drivers islandwide for speeding and over 400 for other traffic violations between Friday night and Saturday night. Out of 561 breathalyser tests, they booked 67 motorists for being over the limit. Over 360 checks at nightclubs they booked 121 establishments for various offences plus 12 for […]

By Minami Funakoshi and Ju-min Park North Korea said on Sunday a push for further sanctions following its fifth and biggest nuclear test was “laughable”, and vowed to continue to strengthen its nuclear power. The isolated state on Friday set off its most powerful nuclear explosion to date, saying it had mastered the ability to […]

There has been an increase in divorces in the north, Politis reported on Sunday, citing Turkish Cypriot media. According to the report 1,045 applications for divorce were filed in 2015 with 798 being granted. Of those filed, 184 reportedly related to domestic violence. A lawyer specialising in divorce said the big number showed that society […]

At least 21 civilians were killed in two separate air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in northern Yemen on Saturday, residents said on Sunday, as fighting intensified in the country before the Muslim Eid al-Adha feast. They said at least 15 civilians were killed when war planes targeted workers drilling for water in the Beit […]

Turkey has removed local mayors deemed to support Kurdish militants and appointed new administrators in two dozen municipalities mostly in the largely Kurdish southeast, a provincial governor’s office said on Sunday. The 24 municipalities were run by local associates of the pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the third largest party in the national parliament, […]

President Nicos Anastasiades was heading for Berlin on Sunday and is expected to take part in a working dinner with other European leaders at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. During the dinner, the Anastasiades expected to inform Merkel about the latest developments in the Cyprus problem, the CyBC reported.

A 50-year-old man has been arrested in Larnaca on suspicion of possession of cannabis with intent to sell. According to police the man was arrested during a traffic stop, and after they found 3 grammes of dry green plant matter in his car, believed to be cannabis. He also had 370 euros on him, which […]

China and Russia will hold eight days of naval drills in the South China Sea off southern China’s Guangdong province starting from Monday, China’s navy said. The exercises come at a time of heightened tension in the contested waters after an arbitration court in The Hague ruled in July that China did not have historic […]

Twenty-one new cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus have been confirmed in central Bangkok, including a pregnant woman who later gave birth with no complications, Thailand’s public health ministry said on Sunday. Residents in the Thai capital were urged not to be alarmed after the cases were confirmed in the Sathorn area of the city, an […]