Новости за 21.09.2016

The Foreign Ministers of Cyprus, Greece, and Palestine, Ioannis Kasoulides, Nikos Kotzias and Riad Malki, held a trilateral meeting on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. After the meeting, the three parties issued a Joint Communique, with references to regional issues of mutual interest and to areas of potential […]

Although he left some revenues out of his tax returns, he was never bribed, former Paphos municipal councillor Giorgos Michaelides told the court on Wednesday. Michaelides, one of five defendants, is accused of taking bribes, and money-laundering, in connection with construction contracts awarded by the Paphos Sewerage Board (Sapa) during his time on the municipal […]

The Municipal Gardens Theatre in Limassol will be filled with the sound of accordions being played by the Pavel Smirnov Accordion Orchestra from Saint Petersburg on Saturday. The first-class international orchestra will present a thrilling musical programme of classic, rock and folk-music. The orchestra, that has received numerous international prizes and honours, was founded in […]

New UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin believes London is the perfect choice to stage the climax to Euro 2020 after 12 other cities across the continent host earlier matches, he said on Wednesday. Under the controversial format being used for the tournament’s 60th anniversary, those cities will stage four games each with the semi-finals and final […]

Leaks relating to police investigations are being treated as a matter of corruption that affects the outcome of the case and possibly a trial, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou told MPs on Wednesday. “It is not a matter of revealing omissions but one of the issues we are treating as corruption that certainly affects the investigation […]

Midfielder Cesc Fabregas insists he can play a key role for Chelsea after scoring an extra-time brace to help the Blues knock Premier League champions Leicester City out of the League Cup on Tuesday. Fabregas has been on the fringes of new manager Antonio Conte’s Chelsea side since the start of the season, having made […]

The 44-year-old director of the company which imported electrical generators crammed full of 142 kilos of cocaine, and commissioned the warehouse in which they were stored, pleaded not guilty in Limassol court on Wednesday, to six charges connected with last August’s find. The next hearings were set for December 6 and 8 and the defendant, […]

By Jim Day All schools in the small Canadian province of Prince Edward Island were evacuated because of a “potential threat” on Wednesday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. The police said the students were being taken to safe locations in their communities around the island, which is off Canada’s Atlantic coast and is the […]

The public spat between the education ministry and state primary school teachers which led to a one-hour work stoppage on Wednesday is ongoing with union Poed insisting there are staff shortages and minister Costas Kadis asking them to submit evidence to back their claims. Primary education and pre-school children left school an hour earlier on […]

After years of campaigning, the island will soon have a specialised breast cancer centre it was announced on Wednesday by Europa Donna Cyprus. In a press conference to announce the annual Pink Silhouette walk for breast cancer awareness, which is to take place on October 9, Europa Donna also said that next month the breast […]

  By Michelle Nichols An agreement to fight global warming came one step closer to taking effect on Wednesday when dozens of countries deposited their ratification of the deal at the United Nations, taking the total to 60, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. The deal, agreed by nearly 200 countries in Paris last December, needs […]

  A boat carrying around 600 people capsized off Egypt’s coast, killing at least 29, officials said on Wednesday, in the latest disaster to befall migrants attempting to make the crossing to Europe. The boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Burg Rashid, a village in the northern Beheira province. Of the 29 bodies found […]

South African police fired stun grenades and teargas on Wednesday to disperse students marching near a Johannesburg university to protest against higher tuition fees, in the second straight day of clashes at the campus. The protests at the University of the Witwatersrand, known as “Wits”, were triggered by a government recommendation on Monday that 2017 […]

By Michael Holden Mazher Mahmood, one of Britain’s best known undercover reporters renowned for his “fake sheikh” sting operations that have even caught out royalty, tampered with evidence in a criminal trial to protect his reputation, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Mahmood, who has worked for several of Rupert Murdoch’s papers, is on trial accused of […]

A 39-year-old father of five was jailed for 10 years by the Paphos Criminal Court after he was found guilty of possession cocaine with intent to supply, as well as possession of substances used to cut the drug. The case dates back to early December last year, when drug squad officers searched a building in […]

  By Julia Fioretti and Marilyn Haigh The European Commission proposed on Wednesday scrapping time limits to next year’s abolition of mobile phone roaming charges following criticism of its initial plan. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker abruptly ordered the previous proposal to be redrafted two weeks ago to make good on a pledge to end roaming […]

An Egyptian man fighting extradition for hijacking an EgyptAir flight that was diverted to Larnaca who claimed Wednesday he had his teeth knocked out in front of wardens and was pressured to get involved with drugs, came to court with a paper wrap of cannabis in his possession. Following a delay by police to produce […]

By Laila Kearney A lawyer for an Afghan-born US citizen charged with bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend asked a federal judge to schedule his first court appearance for Wednesday, possibly in his hospital bed. Ahmad Khan Rahami was arrested on Monday after a gunfight with police in Linden, New Jersey. […]

Amid objections by members eyeing the party’s blessing as candidate mayor in the Limassol municipality, ruling Disy’s political bureau has decided to support former Edek deputy Nicos Nicolaides, who announced his independent candidacy earlier this month. In a statement on Wednesday, Disy announced the mayoral candidates it would back in December’s municipal elections. The party’s […]

The 1st Open Data Cyprus Crowdhackathon was held on the 10th and 11th of September 2016 with great success in Nicosia at the premises of IDEA. The competition attracted a total of 62 contestants who participated in the hackathon in teams, with the task to design and develop applications using open data made available through […]

The 2016 BEST LEGAL conference will take place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Limassol from 25 to 27 September. Now in its third year, the event, which is organized by the Cyprus business magazine SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, has become the leading legal conference in Cyprus directed at attendees from overseas, with last year’s event attracting […]

Greece has rejected asylum requests from three of a group of eight Turkish soldiers who fled there after the failed coup attempt in Turkey in July, police sources said on Wednesday. Turkey has formally sought the men’s extradition, calling them “traitors” and “terrorist elements”. The soldiers deny involvement in the coup. The three can appeal […]

If you are in downtown Nicosia on Saturday from 10am until 5pm, then why not get yourself down to the Weaving Mill where you can buy new or slightly used books, have a coffee, have a chat and also help save animals in need. The event, the third of its kind, is being organised by […]

The number of saloon car registrations rose in August 44 per cent to 2,484, the highest figure for a single month since 2011, compared with the respective month of 2015, the statistical service said. The increase in saloon registrations in August was mainly on an annual 53 per cent rise in the number of second […]

A Syrian warplane crashed north of Damascus on Wednesday, but it was unclear if it had been shot down or crashed because of a technical fault, monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The jet crashed in the Eastern Qalamoun area near the Syrian capital. The fate of the pilot was unknown, the […]