Новости за 18.01.2017

Manchester United have agreed a deal to sell Dutch winger Memphis Depay to French club Olympique Lyonnais, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The fee for the 22-year-old Netherlands international is 16 million pounds rising to 21.7 million, the BBC said. Depay scored seven goals in 53 appearances for United after moving from PSV Eindhoven for […]

The majority of MPs in the House Ethics Committee consider provisions regulating the declassification of secret service (KYP) documents to be in conflict with the spirit and letter of the law passed by parliament last year. The committee was discussing regulations submitted by the government, necessary for the implementation of the law concerning the operation […]

These six stars will need to clean up their acts

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OPPOSITION Akel mouthpiece, Haravgi said on Wednesday that Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou bears political responsibility for the escape on Monday of 42-year-old Artur Garibyan Kuznetsov who managed to flee from the Nicosia court where he was about to appear for an extradition hearing to Russia. Under the title ‘Mr Minister, you bear political responsibilities’, the […]

Matt Derbyshire’s 91st-minute equaliser sent Omonia through to the quarter-finals of the Cyprus Cup, leaving opponents Ethnikos Achnas crushed. Following a goalless first leg last week, Emilio Zelaya’s 58th-minute strike looked to be enough to win the tie for Ethnikos, before the Englishman’s dramatic late intervention. Elsewhere, Ivan Trickovski hit a first-half hat-trick as visiting […]

The working group established by the Conference on Cyprus which convened in Geneva last week, wrapped up its first day on Wednesday night in Mont Pelerin where security and guarantees were on the table. But as they met to pave the way towards a new high-level political meeting, ostensibly by the end of the month, Greece […]

  By Patricia Zengerle and Arshad Mohammed Donald Trump’s pick for UN ambassador echoed his condemnation of the world body and pledged to push for reforms at her Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, but broke from the president-elect on some foreign policy issues, including Russia. Nikki Haley, a rising star in the Republican Party, faced […]

Taxi drivers said on Wednesday said they would strike islandwide on February 3 over disagreements with authorities on licence usage and illegal taxis. In an announcement, urban taxi drivers said they decided to strike after no consensus had been reached at the meeting they had earlier in the day with the board of the road […]

There is no story that compares in tragedy and love than that of Romeo and Juliet. To remind us of the passion between the two star-crossed lovers the Rialto theatre in Limassol and K Cineplex in Nicosia, Larnaca and Paphos will screen a performance of an opera version of the tale. As performed at the […]

  First Lady Andri Anastasiades who is the head of the Radiomarathon administrative committee on Wednesday morning received a cheque of € 510,168, the proceeds of the latest Radiomarathon, the most successful charity event in Cyprus. In a modest ceremony held at the Radiomarathon foundation offices the head of the strategy and communication services of […]

  By Douglas Busvine Just as British ministers were hoping to win EU leaders’ support for their newly revealed Brexit plan, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson raised hackles by comparing any attempt to punish Britain to a World War Two escape movie. He was visiting New Delhi a day after Prime Minister Theresa May laid out […]

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday he is determined to reform the world body and to see a diplomatic “surge” to overcome obstacles in peace talks. Guterres said the United Nations was irreplaceable and its actions had reduced suffering. “But I’m also aware of the shortcomings and the failures of the UN,” he told reporters. […]

  EU leaders on Wednesday welcomed clarity from Britain over what it wants from Brexit talks, with Germany’s Angela Merkel promising a united front in what will be “very intensive” negotiations. Responding to Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech on Tuesday that made clear that Britain would quit the European Union’s single market, Merkel welcomed the […]

A 39-year-old secondary education teacher was jailed for 12 months in Nicosia on Wednesday for sexually exploiting an underage female pupil. According to an announcement by the three-member Nicosia Criminal Court, the ruling was by majority vote. The man had admitted to sexually exploiting a 15-and-a-half-year-old pupil around two years ago. The defendant met the […]

  By Gernot Heller Germany expects the International Monetary Fund to participate in Greece’s bailout programme, a finance ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday, rejecting a newspaper report that Berlin was preparing for a deal without the global lender. Divisions over labour reforms, fiscal targets and debt relief have prevented Greece and its foreign lenders from […]

Hotel and cruise ship operator Louis Plc said that it generated almost €1.9m in after tax profit in the first six months of 2016 compared to a net profit of €4.7m in the respective period of 2015. The drop in the first half of 2016 is exclusively on a €4.7m profit from discontinued operations booked […]

The Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday Russian war planes had joined forces with Turkish jets to target Islamic State militants holding the town of al-Bab around 40 km northeast of Aleppo. Lieutenant-General Sergei Rudskoi, a senior Russian Defence Ministry official, said in televised comments it was the first time the air forces of Russia […]

The first train on an inaugural China-Britain freight service arrived in London on Wednesday after a 7,500-mile journey, marking a fresh milestone in China’s push to build commercial links across Europe and Asia. The train pulled in to Barking in East London after an 18-day journey from Yiwu, a wholesale market town in the eastern […]

Order of play on the main showcourts on day four of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday (play begins at 0000 GMT; prefix denotes seeding): ROD LAVER ARENA Naomi Osaka (Japan) v 9-Johanna Konta (Britain) 17-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) v Donna Vekic (Croatia) Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) v 2-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Not before 0800 GMT: […]

The Lanitis seafront development, a new addition to Limassol’s skyline along the city’s coastal strip, has been given the go-ahead by the Limassol environment department and work on the three luxury tower blocks is expected to start soon. The project which costs €150 million is being built on the site of the old Lanitis mansion. […]

Bank of Cyprus said 446,199,933 shares of its Irish holding company will be floated on LSE on Thursday at a nominal value of €0.10 each The ordinary shares are expected to be admitted to the standard list segment of the official list of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, to trade on the main market for […]

  By Pamela Barbaglia HSBC became the first major bank to detail plans to move jobs out of London after Brexit, saying it will relocate staff responsible for generating around a fifth of its UK-based trading revenue to Paris after Britain leaves the EU. Major financial firms warned for months before Britain’s referendum on European […]

The addition of global positioning system (GPS) trackers on some 2.500 government-owned vehicles, which is already underway, is expected to be completed by mid-2017, according to Electromechanical Services Department chief Loucas Timotheou. Speaking to daily Politis, Timotheou said savings of 10 to 15 per cent on maintenance and fuel are expected with the new system, […]

  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday progress had been made in ending a decades-old stalemate over the division of Cyprus, but urged Turkey to drop ‘aggressive rhetoric’ to reach a deal. “We are optimistic but with prudence and responsibility, as this situation merits, we will continue to work hard…and hope that we […]

Hardline parties blamed the government on Wednesday over Russia’s non-participation in last week’s Cyprus conference that was held in Geneva to discuss security and guarantees as part of reunification negotiations. The chorus of disapproval was prompted by a statement made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday, suggesting that certain countries did not want […]