Новости за 10.01.2017

Hundreds of people marched for peace on Tuesday, urging the two community leaders, President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, to return to Cyprus from the ongoing Geneva talks with a positive outcome that would allow for the island’s reunification. At the bicommunal gathering at the Cetin Kaya football pitch by the Ledra […]

The Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (Cera) has unveiled its latest stopgap proposal ahead of the full opening up of the energy market. Cera head Andreas Poulikas told MPs on Tuesday the authority has drafted a regulation introducing a “market-light,” as he put it, ahead of the transition to full market liberalisation. Lawmakers also heard that […]

Nicosia Municipality expressed their satisfaction on Tuesday that the island’s capital is, along with Paphos, was on the New York Times list of places to visit in 2017. Cyprus is number 21 on the list of 52 Places to Go in 2017, released annually by the New York Times. The daily talks of “a cultural […]

Officials from the British Audit Office are in Cyprus following an invitation by Cypriot counterpart to assess its procedures and propose improvements, Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides said. Addressing an event organised by the Association on Social Reform (Opek) in Limassol on corruption in public life, Michaelides said that the audit office had many flaws as per […]

The solution of the Cyprus problem is not only significant for the region but for Europe as well, the spokesman of the German Foreign Office Martin Schaefer has said. Replying to questions about the Cyprus talks currently underway in Geneva, and the level of representation of the three guarantor powers (Greece, Turkey, UK) during the […]

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held telephone conversations with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande on developments in the negotiations on Cyprus. According to Tsipras’ office, during these conversations the Greek PM and his interlocutors stressed the importance for Europe and EU-Turkish relations of finding a just and viable solution to the […]

Tw0 plays will make their premiere on the Nicosia stage as of Friday. The first, Three Tall Women by Edward Albee, will be performed at Theatro Dentro at 8.30pm. The play, starring Annita Santorinaiou, Stella Fyrogeni, Niovi Charalambous and Giannis Karaoulis, revolves around an old woman who is lying on her deathbed. She is tended […]

A PAPHOS singer is appealing to the public to get behind her bid to become the newest ‘Rising Star’ on a successful TV singing show in Greece aired live on Sunday. Celia Stavri, 36, has already beaten thousands of hopefuls for her chance to compete in a new interactive singing competition – Rising Stars – […]

Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement has backtracked from plans to quit the Ukip grouping in the European Parliament, Ukip founder Nigel Farage said on Tuesday. The U-turn comes after 5-Star was rejected from an alliance with the pro-EU Liberals, a move that had been supported by 5-Star activists in an online vote. Farage said that all […]

Road safety NGO Reaction Youth for the Prevention on Tuesday called for strict punishment for those who ignore police statements and drive on icy and snowy roads which are closed to vehicles, those who don’t follow instructions on where and when to use snow chains and ignore information on which roads are only accessible with […]

At least eight people have died as subzero cold and heavy snow enveloped the Balkans, with tens of thousands stranded in remote regions or left without heating in temperatures that dipped as low as -20 degrees Celsius. Central and east-southeastern Europe have been gripped by a mid-winter deep freeze and snowstorms for days. With temperatures […]

THE mayor of Paphos is extending an open invitation to the public to attend the official investiture ceremony due to be held at the town hall on Wednesday. Phedonas Phedonos was re-elected in December with 55.63 per cent of the vote. The mayor has gained a reputation for his no nonsense approach, commitment to eradicate […]

By Anna Irrera Blockchain, cognitive computing and cloud are some of the technologies that will shape the finance industry the most in the digital age, banking and technology chief executives told a financial conference on Monday. IBM Corp’s president and chief executive Ginni Rometty said that cognitive computing, or computer systems that can mimic the […]

Republican Senator Jeff Sessions said on Tuesday he would recuse himself from investigating Hillary Clinton’s email practices and charitable foundation if confirmed as attorney-general and he would favour the appointment of a special prosecutor for any such investigation. “I have said a few things,” Sessions said about his comments during the presidential race accusing former […]

Clare Hollingworth, who was a rookie reporter for a British newspaper when she broke the news in 1939 that World War Two had begun, has died in Hong Kong aged 105, a close friend told Reuters on Tuesday. In August 1939, at the age of 27, Hollingworth travelled alone to the German border and witnessed […]

Manager Pep Guardiola is pleased with the recent improvement in Manchester City defence but believes there is plenty of work to be done in the second half of the season. According to Guardiola, the best way for City to defend was by controlling the possession during the game and the Spaniard also stressed that his […]

Greek and Turkish Cypriots were within reach of an agreement but also far apart, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Tuesday, suggesting that the Geneva talks could go either way. This was further reinforced by the fact that so far no plans had been made for the leaders of the three guarantor powers to attend […]

Police announced on Tuesday that its special investigation team against child sex abuse cases has been up and running since the beginning of the month and is ready to receive direct phone calls from members of the public who wish to report such incidents. The team, which is under the office handling domestic affairs, violence and child abuse […]

Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik gave a Nazi salute on Tuesday to a high-security court where Norway is appealing a ruling that it has violated his human rights by keeping him in strict isolation. Breivik, in a black suit and tie and sporting a beard he has grown in the past year, made the defiant […]

Cyprus’s unemployment rate rose to 14.2 per cent in November, from 13.2 per cent in the respective month of 2015, and 13.8 per cent in October, Eurostat said. The number of people out of job in November was 61,000, compared to 55,000 a year before, and 59,000 in October, Eurostat said in a statement on […]

A Taliban suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday killed more than 20 people and wounded at least 20 others, as twin blasts near parliament offices hit a crowded area during the afternoon rush hour. Saleem Rasouli, a senior public health official, said 23 people had been killed and more than 20 wounded […]

By Julia Fioretti Online messaging and email services such as WhatsApp, iMessage and Gmail will face tough new rules on how they can track users under a proposal presented by the European Union executive on Tuesday. The web players will have to guarantee the confidentiality of their customers’ conversations and ask for their consent before […]

Turkish police killed a would-be suicide bomber who tried to enter the main police station in the south-eastern city of Gaziantep on Tuesday, a security official told Reuters. Television channels reported that a gunfight broke out in front of the complex and that ambulances had been sent to the area. Eyewitnesses said one police officer […]

Following the leak of a document, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday he will cease to share with party leaders at Geneva any documents pertaining to the negotiations. The president’s decision, conveyed by government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides, came on the heels of the leaking of a confidential document regarding the talks, either late on Monday […]

A Muslim couple who refused on religious grounds to allow their two young daughters take part in boys-and-girls school swimming lessons in Switzerland did not have the right to do so, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday. The ruling by the court was a first on the specific issue of religious beliefs […]