Новости за 24.10.2016

The decision on where discussions on the thorny issue of territory will take place will likely be made at the next meeting of the leaders of the communities on Wednesday, President Nicos Anastasiades said late Monday. Speaking on his arrival at the presidential palace following talks with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, Anastasiades said that […]

The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra will present a programme with works by Bruckner, Christodoulos Georgiades and Schubert during two performances this week. Under the baton of Alkis Baltas and with soloist Christodoulou Georgiades, who will perform the premier of his piano concert no.2, the orchestra will perform in Limassol on Wednesday and in Nicosia on Thursday. […]

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will resume their perennial battle to be crowned the world’s best footballer after they headed the shortlist of 30 players for the 2016 Ballon d’Or announced on Monday. Barcelona’s Argentine great Messi, who took the honour for a record fifth time last year, or Real Madrid’s Portuguese three-time winner Ronaldo […]

Spain is days away from forming its first real government in 10 months, but it can’t come soon enough for Susana Morales whose charity needs approval to expand an adoption service — part of a mountainous backlog of work awaiting the new administration. “Nothing is being processed. It’s causing a lot of damage,” a frustrated […]

Farmers in the Limassol region will receive around €2 million in compensation due to hailstorms, the construction of the motorway from Limassol to Saittas starting in January 2018, and measures to support those who choose to live in Limassol’s mountainous area are under discussion, was announced on Monday. After a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades, […]

Islamic State expanded its attacks on Monday against Iraqi army and Kurdish forces to relieve pressure on its militants confronting an offensive on Mosul, its last major urban stronghold in the country. About 80 Islamic State-held villages and towns have been retaken in the first week of the offensive, bringing the Iraqi and Kurdish forces […]

A new edition of William Shakespeare‘s complete works will name Christopher Marlowe as co-author of three plays, shedding new light on the links between the two great playwrights after centuries of speculation and conspiracy theories. Marlowe will be listed as co-author of the three Henry VI plays in the New OxfordShakespeare, due to be published […]

Eighty-two companies were declared bankrupt in the first nine months of the year but they were not expected to exceed the figure for the entire year in 2015. Voluntary liquidations were on the rise however, with 1,532 between January and September this year. Until 2011, voluntary liquidations maintained remained stable under 1,000. According to the […]

Last year saw the end of the Greek hip-hop band Active Member, after Michalis Mitakidis (a.k.a B.D. Foxmoor), Nikitas Klint and Dimitris Kritikos split ways. The band, who set the way for other Greek bands to boldly go where they went before, may be a part of musical history, but the ex-member B.D. Foxmoor will […]

The auditor-general on Wednesday will be starting an administrative audit of the Central Co-operative Bank. Odysseas Michaelides stressed that the audit-service would not go into the CCB’s financial affairs as that was being handled by a private audit firm. The administrative audit is expected to last between two to three weeks. It will look into […]

Syrian refugee children have been working in factories in Turkey making clothes for British high street retailer Marks & Spencer and online store ASOS, an investigation by BBC Panorama found. The investigation, to be broadcast Monday evening, found Syrian refugees as young as 15 working long hours for little pay, making and ironing clothes to be […]

The Cypriot Junior Culinary team won a silver medal in this year’s culinary Olympics on Sunday. “The national junior culinary team has now set the bar in our country very high by winning the silver in such an important global competition,” the Cyprus chefs association announced on Monday, praising the excellent professional skills, dedication and […]

The labour ministry is preparing new legislation laying down heftier fines on employers who exploit their workers, as well as cracking down on undeclared work, minister Zeta Emilianidou revealed on Monday. She was speaking to MPs during a discussion of the labour ministry’s budget for 2017. The minister said an “umbrella law” is being prepared […]

PAPHOS municipality has launched a programme which will enable residents to obtain free paint to decorate the outside of their homes. A municipality spokesman said: “We are offering free courtesy paint to those who submit an application, as part of our efforts to promote Paphos as a decent and clean city.” The innovative project is […]

ENERGY giant Total’s plans to explore for hydrocarbons offshore Cyprus are stuck in limbo, while ENI and Noble Energy are intimating they are considering moving their onshore logistics base to Egypt and Israel, respectively, unless they are able to continue operating out of the port of Larnaca. In early October, Total and EDT offshore, an […]

Police are looking for MD Amran Hasan Laiek, 22 from Bangladesh in connection with investigations into the offences of conspiring to commit a crime and misdemeanour, trafficking of adults for the purpose of exploitation for committing a criminal offence, incitement, collusion, commission of fake marriages, facilitation of unauthorised entry, transit and residence, illegal possession and […]

A scam designed to defraud victims through the use of prepaid Paysafe cards on the internet is on the rise in Cyprus, police warned on Monday. According to a statement, police warned the public to be particularly careful in carrying out transactions and report any incidents it becomes aware of. Paysafe is a widely used […]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said that he is losing respect for critics who continue to question his side’s defensive frailties. Liverpool overcame a nervy finish to beat West Brom 2-1 on Saturday, but Gareth McAuley’s late goal denied Klopp’s side top spot in the Premier League table. The Merseyside club are currently third in […]

The most successful charity event in Cyprus, the yearly Radiomarathon in aid of children with special needs, started its main collection at 6am on Monday. For two days, collection points are set up in all towns and charity-collection cars are travelling through communities, collecting money in schools and organisations. This year the event is organised […]

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho told his Chelsea counterpart Antonio Conte that his antics in whipping up the crowd during the London club’s 4-0 victory on Sunday were “humiliating”, according to Italian television. The Portuguese went straight to Conte at the final whistle and spent several seconds talking into his ear. Neither manager would reveal […]

A Northern Irish bakery that refused to bake a cake iced with a pro-gay slogan lost its bid to overturn its prosecution for discrimination on Monday as a local court rejected an appeal based on its owners’ Christian beliefs. Ashers Baking Co in Belfast had been found guilty of discrimination in May last year for […]

The European Commission on Monday approved a new €33-million financial assistance programme for the Turkish Cypriot community, aiming at the “economic integration of the island” and “improving contacts between the two communities and with the European Union”. Projects under the aid programne range from the construction of infrastructure, such as landfills, to grants for small […]

The leaders of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales met British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday to discuss what part the three nations will play in the Brexit process, a thorny issue that risks triggering a constitutional crisis. May proposes setting up a new committee to give the three devolved governments, which have varying degrees […]

The premier of Belgium’s Wallonia region insisted ahead of a crisis meeting of regional leaders with Prime Minister Charles Michel that he would not agree to an EU-Canada trade deal under pressure. “Every time you try to put an ultimatum it makes a calm debate and a democratic debate impossible,” Paul Magnette said on arrival […]

Things didn’t go according to plan for most of the Premier League’s big guns.