Новости за 19.09.2016

  The state health services on Monday recalled a bottled water from Bulgaria after an increased number of bacteria was detected during sample checks. According to an announcement, the Party Iceberg bottled water was deemed unsuitable for consumption after a high density of the bacterium pseudomonas aeruginsa was detected in one of the eight samples […]

The world’s largest private residential ship aptly named The World, moored off Paphos on Monday and will stay until Tuesday evening. The World, a 644-foot vessel, has 165 individual residences for owners to live at sea but also travel around the globe in luxury. The Panama-registered vessel is operated by ResidenSea Ltd Cruises which is […]

If you grew up in the 90s you were quite possibly a Take That fan. The boy band got girls screaming all over the world, and now everyone can reminisce about the good old days when the tribute band Re-Take That show how it could all be magic in Limassol and Paphos this week. Hailing […]

Police on Monday called on anyone who might have information concerning the death of 36-year-old Aradippou resident who has now been named as Tsvetomir Tsonev to get in contact with them. The body of Bulgarian national Tsonev was found on a beach in the Kafkalias area in Ayios Theodoros in Larnaca last Thursday with one […]

China plans to provide an additional $100 million in assistance to help deal with the global refugee and migrant crisis and is also considering setting aside a $1 billion fund for the purpose, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday. Li told a refugee summit at the United Nations that large movements of refugees posed […]

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday that the meeting he had with the Egyptian president Abdel Fatah el Sisi at the UN Headquarters in New York was very constructive. The two men discussed bilateral relations, developments in the region and the Cyprus issue. After the meeting, the president said that he and his Egyptian counterpart […]

Former President Demetris Christofias paid Miltiades Neophytou’s construction firm €100,000 in cash in April 2013, days after banks re-opened in Cyprus in the wake of the Eurogroup decisions that imposed a ‘haircut’ on uninsured deposits in the island’s two largest lenders, the contractor told the court on Monday. At the time, the entire banking system […]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is unlikely to rest first-team players for the League Cup clash against second tier Derby County, he said on Monday. Premier League managers have often used the competition as a platform to give young players experience but Klopp, who led his side to the League Cup final last season, is determined […]

The head of Cyprus’s Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) Demetra Kalogerou said that the has been no investor interest to buy loans from Cypriot banks after the parliament passed the necessary law, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Monday. Kalogerou was addressing members of the finance committee which debated in Nicosia on Monday on a […]

Olympic champions Mo Farah, Rafael Nadal and Justin Rose were among athletes targeted on Monday in the latest leak of confidential medical documents that the world anti-doping agency (WADA) says were hacked by a Russian cyber espionage group. Britain’s Farah became only the second man to retain the 5,000 and 10,000 metres Olympic titles at […]

By Jean Christou There are now two options for the creation of a new parliament building, according to House President Demetris Syllouris on Monday during a news conference to review the work of the previous legislature, which ended in May. Syllouris said one, which was mooted previously, was to use the old municipal theatre behind […]

Israeli forces killed two Palestinian assailants in the West Bank on Monday, police said, and two Israeli police officers were stabbed in East Jerusalem in a resurgence of violence now into its fourth day. Palestinian street attacks that began nearly a year ago had largely waned in recent months, but a series of assaults since […]

A car belonging to the crime correspondent Dina Kleanthous of online news site ‘Reporter online’ was torched early Monday in Deftera, Nicosia district. The fire service put out the blaze which was set at around 2.30am. The car, which was parked outside her house, suffered extensive damage. Kleanthous ruled out the motives of the arson […]

Congolese police fired shots on Monday to disperse protesters marching against a perceived move by the president to delay an election, and some demonstrators lynched a police officer and burned his body during the clashes. A Reuters witness saw police fire into the crowd in the suburb of Limete, but was unable to immediately confirm […]

A tremor clocking 2.9 on the Richter scale was recorded in Limassol at 2.15 pm on Monday, CNA reported. According to the Geological Survey Department, the tremor occurred 9km north-west of Limassol at a depth of 21.45 km.

Vladimir Putin won even greater supremacy over Russia’s political system after the ruling United Russia party took three quarters of the seats in parliament in a weekend election, paving the way for him to run for a fourth term as president. With most votes counted, the party, founded by Putin almost 16 years ago after […]

A new study reveals that 35 to 40 percent of boys aged 15 to 18 years old smoke in Cyprus, and one in four girls in this age group also smokes. The results of the study by the Cyprus University of Technology were presented at a public health workshop. Other research results looked at life […]

By Philip Mark Five of the six suspects in the murder trial for the bloody June 23 Ayia Napa shooting of businessman Phanos Theophanos Kalopsidiotis and three others were charged in Larnaca court Monday. Two suspects who have turned state witnesses pleaded guilty. Marios Christodoulou, aka ‘Bennis’, 38, Panayiotis Pentafkas, 39, and Sofia Gregoriou, 29, […]

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday a Galaxy Note 7 phone a Chinese user claimed caught on fire was damaged by external heating, seeking to assure customers in the world’s top smartphone market the devices being sold there are safe. The incident comes amid a recall of the Note 7 phones across the globe […]

  The public have until October 3 to register to vote in December’s municipal elections, the electoral office of the interior ministry said on Monday. Those at least 18 years old by December 18, 2016, the day of the elections, who are Cypriot citizens or permanent residents from other EU member states living in Cyprus […]

Turkey-backed rebels may extend their zone of control in northern Syria by pushing south and are now targeting the Islamic State-held town of al-Bab, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. Turkey’s “safety zone” in the region could eventually span an area of 5,000 square km (1,930 square miles), Erdogan told a news conference before […]

Authorities investigating the New York explosion case were searching on Monday for a 28-year-old New Jersey man who may be armed and dangerous, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said. The New York Police Department released a photo of Ahmad Khan Rahami, a naturalized US citizen of Afghan descent who was wanted for questioning […]

Germany’s Vice Chancellor has won over an important critic in his Social Democrats (SPD) party ahead of a crucial vote on a trade deal between the European Union and Canada, raising the chances that Europe’s biggest economy will back the accord. The centre-left SPD is the junior partner in conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition […]

Demetris Constantinou, 65, a resident of Chlorakas on Monday announced he would go on an indefinite hunger strike because the government owes him hundreds of thousands of euros and hasn’t paid a cent in 16 years. The 65-year-old claimed he was still waiting to be compensated for pieces of land that belonged to him on […]

On September 27, World Tourism Day, disabled people can visit archaeological sites managed by the antiquities department and the ‘Thalassa’ museum in Ayia Napa for free. In addition, CTO officers will be making presentations in schools to promote awareness of disabled accessibility. On September 24, free guided tours at the Leventis art gallery for people […]