Новости за 19.01.2017

The Pentagon sent four more detainees from the Guantanamo military prison to other countries on Thursday, a US official said, in President Barack Obama’s final prisoner transfers before he leaves office. With Donald Trump due to be sworn in as president on Friday and vowing to keep the prison open, the Obama administration further whittled […]

An international betting company is suing the government for damages in excess of €12.5m over the adoption of legislation it says was in violation of the EU acquis. Stanleybet Malta, which operates a Class A licence issued by the National Betting Authority of Cyprus in December 2012, is seeking compensation for loss of profits, loss […]

Donald Trump is ready to begin taking executive actions on his first day in the White House on Friday to move quickly on his pledge to crack down on immigration, build a wall on the US-Mexican border and roll back policies of outgoing President Barack Obama. Trump, a Republican elected on Nov 8, arrived in […]

Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou requested the appointment of a criminal investigator to look into the escape of 42-year-old Artur Garibyan Kuznetsov who managed to flee on Monday from the Nicosia court where he was about to appear for an extradition hearing to Russia, it was announced on Thursday. The decision to request from the attorney-general […]

A number of events took place on Thursday to honour the memory of the Republic’s first president, Archbishop Makarios, on his name day, celebrated on January 19. This year marks also the 40th anniversary of Makarios’ death. In the morning, a liturgy was carried out in Panayia, in Paphos, Makarios’ birthplace, in the presence of […]

Most of us have to deal with customers, but how this notion has changed from a face-to-face experience into an online one is something that we still have to wrap our heads around. To help us do so, the Navigator Consulting Group together with the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry will hold a two-day […]

Senegal’s military entered Gambia on Thursday, an army spokesman said, as part of regional efforts to support its new President Adama Barrow and remove longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh, who has refused to step down after last month’s election. Barrow took the oath of office as Gambia’s president on Thursday at its embassy in neighbouring Senegal, […]

Hundreds of inmates from rival drug gangs clashed on Thursday in a Brazilian prison where 26 inmates were killed in the latest of a string of bloody uprisings, television images showed. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters into the yard of the Alcacuz prison in north-eastern Brazil as helicopters buzzed overhead. Prisoners erected […]

The Russian government said on Thursday it was “surprised” by anti-Russia comments in the Cypriot media regarding the ongoing settlement talks. In back-to-back tweets, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova appeared to be conveying her government’s dissatisfaction at being left out of the process. “Anti-Russia insinuations are a smokescreen for the real problems that need […]

MPs will on Friday, for the first time, use parliament’s new electronic voting system. According to the instruction manual MPs received, during Friday’s plenum, they will first make their presence known through the electronic system, and will later be called on to vote for each bill presented. MPs will be able to upvote, downvote or […]

US B-2 bombers carried out air strikes against Islamic State camps outside the group’s former North African stronghold of Sirte in Libya, killing dozens of militants, U.S. defence officials said on Thursday. Two US defence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the strikes were carried out late on Wednesday 45km south-west of Sirte against […]

The working group who began meeting in Mont Pelerin in Switzerland on Wednesday to discuss security and guarantees has finished a day early, reports said on Thursday. A UN statement said: “The Conference on Cyprus held its second session in Mont Pèlerin, Switzerland on 18-19 January at the level of deputies and experts. The working […]

France‘s divided Left will this weekend narrow its search for a presidential candidate, though opinion polls show whoever emerges victor will struggle to head off humiliation in the April-May election. The candidate must deal with the legacy of President Francois Hollande, whose ratings plummeted with his failure to turn the economy around. It appears a […]

Order of play on the main showcourts on day five of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Friday (play begins at 0000 GMT; prefix denotes seeding): ROD LAVER ARENA Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) v Coco Vandeweghe (U.S.) 1-Angelique Kerber (Germany) v Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Republic) 4-Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) vs. 29-Viktor Troicki (Serbia) Not before 0800 […]

An error by the attorney-general’s office has set back a private criminal prosecution against former supermarket baron Christos Orphanides. Orphanides is accused of bouncing 12 cheques worth a total of €45,240, issued to a supplier of his now-defunct supermarket chain. The supplier, Technoplastics Ltd, had initiated eight private criminal cases against Orphanides. Private criminal prosecutions […]

Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled her vision for Britain after Brexit on Thursday, describing its future role as a defender of free trade and globalisation in a speech intended to ease concerns among the global business elite. In her first appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the world’s business elite congregates in […]

Two British passport holders, travelling to London from Larnaca airport were caught on Wednesday night trying to leave the country with illegal tobacco products. A total of 77 cartons of 200 cigarettes along with 20 pouches each containing 50 grammes of rolling tobacco were found in their possession following a check carried out on their […]

We are delighted to announce our success in the latest Citywealth IFC awards, in the Mediterranean Law Firm of the Year category.  The awards are organised by Citywealth, a leading publisher in the private client sector, to recognise the top performers in the sector in the fields of banking, legal and other services, and are […]

Secondary-school student body Psem announced on Thursday it would stage a protest on Friday outside the parliament to express their discontent over the new regulations being put to a vote by the House plenum the same day. In an announcement, Psem said that the new regulations will take public schools years back by overturning previous […]

Washington will turn into a virtual fortress ahead of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Friday as the US capital braces for more than a quarter-million protesters expected during the Republican’s swearing-in. Police have forecast that some 900,000 people, both supporters and opponents, will flood Washington for the inauguration ceremony, which includes the swearing-in on the […]

Turkey moved closer overnight to adopting a new constitutional bill extending President Tayyip Erdogan’s powers that supporters welcome as a guarantor of stability at a time of turmoil and opponents see as a step towards an authoritarian state. Parliament ratified the first seven of 18 articles in a second round of voting, putting the assembly […]

Islamic State is using “headhunters” on social media and instant messaging sites to recruit disaffected young people in Germany, some as young as 13 or 14, the head of the country’s domestic intelligence agency said on Thursday. Hans-Georg Maassen also drew parallels between the militant Islamist group and past radical movements such as communism and […]

Hours after reigning champion Novak Djokovic crashed out of the Australian Open on Thursday, Rafael Nadal raised hopes of filling the power vacuum after demolishing Marcos Baghdatis 6-3 6-1 6-3 to reach the third round. Djokovic loomed as a potential semi-final opponent for Nadal but the Serb’s five-set upset by wildcard Denis Istomin shook up […]

The European Central Bank kept its super-easy monetary policy unchanged as expected on Thursday and its president, Mario Draghi, told critics of his stimulus path to be patient and wait for the eurozone’s recovery to take firm hold. With growth slowly picking up pace, the ECB kept its various rates at next to nothing or […]

Unity between Greece and Cyprus is as solid as never before, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Thursday during a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart in Nicosia. “Never before Greece and Cyprus, Cyprus and Greece, were so united,” Pavlopoulos said. “There is an excellent climate.” Pavlopoulos, on the island to attend an event marking the […]