Новости за 30.01.2017

HARDLINE parties in Cyprus on Monday joined in the chorus of condemnation against Turkey after a Turkish gunboat entered Greek waters on Sunday sailing around the disputed island of Imia, an uninhabited islet the Nato allies almost went to war over in 1996. Diko said the illegal act by Turkey confirmed that it was an […]

AROUND 30 new cases of cervical cancer and 11 deaths are recorded each year in Cyprus, but these numbers could be further decreased through prevention, Health Minister Giorgos Pamporidis said on Monday. During a press conference to mark the European Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, Pamporidis said that the majority of these cases concern women aged […]

The draw for the fifth round of the FA Cup was made on Monday night and is as follows: Burnley v Lincoln City Fulham v Tottenham Blackburn v Manchester United Sutton United v Arsenal Middlesbrough v Oxford Wolves v Chelsea Huddersfield v Manchester City Millwall v Derby/Leicester The ties are due to be played between […]

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Applications made to the immovable property commission by the Greek Cypriots fell 73 per cent in 2016 compared to the figures of 2015, Kibris reported on Monday. According to the article, between 2006 and 2016, only 15 per cent of the 6,314 applications had been resolved and the Turkish Cypriot authorities paid compensation totalling 228,993,734 […]

Police were investigating a single suspect in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque that killed six people, with a second person who was arrested now considered a witness, authorities said on Monday. The sole suspect in the attack on Sunday evening prayers was Alexandre Bissonnette, a French-Canadian university student, according to a source familiar […]

After touring over 50 cities in Greece and abroad – including a performance at the O2 academy in London – the band Imam Baildi is back to wow us once more with another stunning live performance. During the band’s tour last year, they performed a selection of songs that will be included on their new […]

President Donald Trump on Monday brushed off outcry at home and abroad over an immigration ban on refugees and people from seven predominantly Muslim countries, a move that caused chaos at US airports over the weekend. The leader of the Democrats in the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, said he would bring legislation to the chamber […]

Former ruling party deputy Antonis Karas’ death on Sunday was due to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, a state pathologist said Monday. “His death was due to abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture,” Sophocles Sophocles said after carrying out a post mortem on the 69-year-old at Larnaca general hospital. The former DISY deputy lost consciousness at around […]

French presidential candidate Francois Fillon and his wife are being questioned by investigators as part of a probe into allegations that Penelope Fillon was paid for fake jobs, a source close to the case said on Monday. Francois Fillon, who has denied any wrongdoing, had said after the probe was opened last week that he […]

Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos on Monday defended statements that in the event there was no Cyprus solution, non-refugees would be called to pay a tax to support refugees for the property they lost. Answering to criticism he drew from some opposition parties, Diko and the Greens, that his statements constituted blackmail against Greek Cypriots to […]

The Larnaca district court sentenced a 23-year-old man to 15 days in prison on Monday after he was found guilty of using an assault weapon at a football match earlier in the month. The court also banned the 23-year-old for six months from sports stadiums during the dates and times the football club he supports, […]

A woman suing a bishop for allegedly brainwashing her son into becoming a monk, told a court on Monday that she would drop the action if a committee of experts certified that he consciously did what he was doing. Maria Theodoulou and her husband are suing Limassol Bishop Athanasios, Macheras Abbot Epifanios, the Church of […]

President Donald Trump signed an order on Monday that will seek to dramatically pare back federal regulations by requiring agencies to cut two existing regulations for every new rule introduced. “This will be the biggest such act that our country has ever seen. There will be regulation, there will be control, but it will be […]

The government sold a total of €100m in 13-week treasury bills at an average yield of 0.01 per cent below zero, which is a new all-time low, the Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) said. Subscriptions to the issue reached €324m, with competitive subscriptions reaching €209m, the PDMO said in a statement on its website on […]

In his darkest moments last year when he doubted if he would ever get back to full fitness following his knee injury, Roger Federer clung on to one thought – he still had the game to maybe sneak another grand slam title. He was right. Federer, who missed the Rio Olympics and US Open last […]

Hauliers experienced big delays at Limassol port on Monday, the first day of its operation in private hands, as they complained of slow service and complex procedures. Transport Minister Marios Demetriades put it all down to teething problems. Hauliers started arriving at the port early in the morning but by lunchtime, many had not been […]

Austria plans to ban the Muslim face veil in public places, the centrist coalition government said on Monday as it announced a package of policies aimed at countering the growing appeal of the far-right Freedom Party (FPO). The FPO has topped opinion polls for months, boosted by Europe’s migrant crisis and the influx of large […]

Cyprus’s government guarantees stood in 2015 at 15.4 per cent of economic output and were together with those of Germany, the European Union’s fifth highest, the EU’s statistical office said. All guarantees extended by the Cypriot government were described as one-off, linked to debt instruments such as bonds or loans, Eurostat said in a statement […]

A migrant was found dead on Monday in his tent on Greece’s Lesbos island, the third death there in a week, raising alarm about conditions in Greek camps. The man is believed to be about 20 and from Pakistan, a police official on the island said. His death at the island’s Moria camp follows those […]

The ‘Manchester by the Sea’ star can’t understand why his older sibling said he was “taken aback” at not being mentioned when Casey picked up the Best Actor prize earlier this month. While the 41-year-old actor admits he has “a lot” to thank his 44-year-old brother for, he doesn’t think on stage accepting a prize […]

The Supreme Court on Monday granted a prosecution request to transfer the trial of a woman accused of causing the death of a 17-year-old male from Limassol to Nicosia. State attorney Antigoni Michael said the application had been submitted for security reasons. The authorities fear there could be reactions when police bring Efi Herodotou, 29, […]

Cyprus sailor Pavlos Kontides has secured the silver medal at the Sailing World Cup in Miami, in the category of Laser. The Cyprus Sailing Federation congratulated Kontides on his new success in Miami and wished 2017 to bring even greater success to Kontides and Cyprus. Jean Baptiste Bernaz from France won the gold medal and […]

New Division in Nicosia is a pub were anyone looking for a very relaxed atmosphere goes. It is the place where people who see things a little differently can find a home and also some alternative music. This Thursday, the pub will call all lovers of a laid-back music scene home, with a performance by […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger brushed off suggestions that his four-match touchline ban for pushing a fourth official was too lenient, saying his critics would still not be satisfied if he was put behind bars. Wenger was slapped with a fine of 25,000 pounds for verbally abusing and pushing fourth official Anthony Taylor during Arsenal’s Premier […]