Новости за 31.01.2017

The attorney-general was correct to suspend prosecution of a criminal case earlier this week, but a broader question hangs over the retention of electronic data and authorities’ use of it to investigate and prosecute crime, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Tuesday. He was referring to the attorney-general’s decision to suspend prosecution of former Paphos […]

MPs are putting the final touches to a bill so the 13th instalment of a pension is no longer deducted from Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI) beneficiaries. The House labour committee, which discussed the legislative proposal on Tuesday, said the government is on board with the proposal. Lawmakers said the labour ministry has identified the distortion, […]

An incident from 10 days ago, when a 35-year-old man entered a public primary school in Anthoupoli, Nicosia, wielding a knife and threatening to hurt teachers and pupils, was confirmed by police on Tuesday. According to police, the man, a known drug-addict who lives near the school, was arrested after the incident was reported, and […]

Britain has granted posthumous pardons to thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted of sexual offences under laws which have since been abolished, the government said on Tuesday. The mass pardon, which had been announced several months ago, became a reality when a new law received royal assent. The policy is known as […]

As of Saturday, the NeMe Arts Centre in Limassol will present a series of events under the name Urban Emptiness, consisting of an exhibition at the arts centre and a seminar at the Pefkios Georgiades Auditorium of the Cyprus University of Technology. The exhibition, which will open on Saturday at 8.30pm, along with the seminar, […]

US Senate Democrats on Tuesday boycotted a planned committee vote on two of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, Steve Mnuchin to be Treasury secretary and Tom Price to head the Health and Human Services department, delaying the vote. At least one Democrat must be present for the committee votes to take place. Democrats said they […]

Laws covering domestic violence, sexual abuse, and the exploitation of children are set to be modernised, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Tuesday announcing the modernisation of family law. He said the improvements seek to bring it up to speed with societal views and values, aiming to address issues testing social cohesion and the institution […]

In a break with his party’s traditional stance on gay rights, Republican U.S. President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to uphold protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people working for federal contractors. The White House said in a statement that Trump, who took office this month, would continue to enforce an executive order signed […]

Three thousand two hundred new cases of cancer are diagnosed each year in Cyprus each year, Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis said on Tuesday although he added that the disease kills 8.2 million people around the world each year. Speaking at a press conference ahead of World Cancer Day on Saturday, he said “The disease has […]

A United Nations court called on Turkey to free a UN judge caught up in the country’s post-coup crackdown, saying Aydin Sefa Akay’s imprisonment violates his diplomatic immunity and the principle of judicial independence. Akay, both a judge and diplomat, is one of 40,000 Turkish officials who have been remanded in custody for alleged connections […]

Donald Trump’s top trade adviser accused Germany on Tuesday of using a “grossly undervalued” euro to gain a competitive advantage, drawing a rebuff from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and sending the euro to an eight-week high against the dollar. Peter Navarro, the head of the US president’s new National Trade Council, told the Financial Times […]

The French-Canadian student accused of killing six people during evening prayers in a Quebec City mosque had rented an apartment nearby, suggesting he may have been targeting the house of worship, local media reported on Tuesday. Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, who said he was a fan of US President Donald Trump and far-right French politician Marine […]

State telecoms company Cyta said it has become the first organisation in Cyprus with close to zero waste going to the landfills. The organisation has been verified by TUV Cyprus, which confirmed that it recycled more than 95 per cent of its waste. The company said it recycles 95.5 per cent of waste produced by […]

The head of world athletics Sebastian Coe has denied that he misled a British Parliamentary committee investigating doping in sport when he appeared before it last December. Central to Coe’s evidence was his insistence that he did not know the specific detail of an email sent to him by former London Marathon race director David […]

The unemployment rate rose for a second consecutive month in December to 14.3 per cent from 14.2 per cent in November and 13.1 compared to December 2015, the European Union’s statistical office said. The number of unemployed in December rose thus to 62,000 last month from 54,000 in December 2015 and remained unchanged compared to […]

ChefCuisine is a new generation of healthy ready-made food, elaborated by Anne-Sophie Pic. The brand introduces a specially designed cooker and a large selection of high-quality ready-made meals. Anne-Sophie Pic, The World’s Best Female Chef 2011 and the only 3 Michelin star-rated woman chef in France, creates with Chef Cuisine a range of 30 meals […]

From helping to rescue a child from a burning building to handing over a lost wallet, 50 people who contributed to saving lives or helped police to maintain law and order in 2016 were awarded with certificates on Tuesday during a ceremony at Journalists’ House in Nicosia. Among those honoured were Yiannos Triantafyllidis who helped […]

Morocco rejoined the club of African states on Tuesday, 33 years after quitting over recognition of Western Sahara, bringing one of Africa’s largest economies into the fold and raising hopes of a softening of one of its thorniest territorial disputes. Capping a year-long charm offensive that mirrored a broader investment push into Africa, Morocco’s King […]

Blood and urine samples from athletes who set European records will be stored for a minimum of 10 years in the sport’s latest attempt to stamp out drug cheats, the head of European athletics said. “We don’t want cheats to ever feel that they got away with something and that they are safe because they […]

Parents urged the education ministry on Tuesday to postpone a vote on controversial regulations providing for school exams at the end of each semester to give time for more talks on the issue. According to an announcement by the confederation of parent associations, the vote should be postponed for three months to “give time to […]

Ukraine and Russia blamed each other on Tuesday for a surge in fighting in eastern Ukraine over recent days that has led to the highest casualty toll in weeks and cut off power and water to thousands of civilians on the front line. The Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatists accuse each other of launching offensives […]

Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to leave the European Union is expected to survive weeks of intense parliamentary scrutiny, which started on Tuesday, despite pro-EU lawmakers’ attempts to force the government to rethink its strategy. May’s government is seeking approval for a new law giving her the right to trigger Article 50 – the legal […]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sidestepped on Tuesday a demand by Mexico for an Israeli apology over a tweet in which he appeared to praise US President Donald Trump’s plans to build a wall on the Mexican border. Instead, Netanyahu echoed previous Israeli explanations – rejected as insufficient by Mexico’s foreign minister on Monday – of […]

Plans for the prevention and tackling of forest fires for the 2017 summer season were discussed on Tuesday by a committee of minsters comprising interior, defence, justice and agriculture. The meeting at the joint rescue coordination centre in Larnaca was chaired by Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos and attended among others by the Chief of the […]

Video referees are expected to be used in Spanish football by the 2018-19 season when they are fully approved by FIFA, La Liga president Javier Tebas has said. Tebas was speaking after Sunday’s 1-1 draw between Barcelona and Real Betis, a game in which champions Barca appeared to have been denied a clear goal. Video […]