Новости за 05.02.2017

The Pentagon has failed to disclose up to thousands of air strikes the U.S. military carried out over several years in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan against militants in those countries, the Military Times reported on Sunday. Last year, the United States carried out at least 456 air strikes in Afghanistan that were not documented in […]

LEICESTER CITY 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 3 Manchester United continued their push for a top-four finish with a comfortable 3-0 victory at champions Leicester City on Sunday, extending their unbeaten Premier League run to 15 games. Henrikh Mkhitaryan open the scoring with a cool finish after he galloped onto Chris Smalling’s header in the 42nd minute […]

Police are searching for two women who pretended to be health workers and robbed an elderly couple of over 1,000 euros after talking their way into their home. According to police the incident happened on Sunday afternoon in the Famagusta district when the women told the 92-year-old homeowner they worked at a hospital and offered […]

Transport Minister Marios Demetriades met on Sunday with the new container operator at Limassol port, a week after the latter took over and following several days of teething problems. He said he would be returning to the port first thing Monday morning to check on the situation and apologised to those who suffered extensive delays […]

MANCHESTER CITY 2 SWANSEA CITY 1 Gabriel Jesus scored twice, including a 92nd-minute winner, as Manchester City climbed to third in the Premier League with a 2-1 victory against a dogged Swansea City on Sunday. Jesus, preferred again to top scorer Sergio Aguero, poked home to break Swansea hearts in the dying seconds in what […]

The editor-in-chief of Der Spiegel on Sunday said a front cover illustration of U.S. President Donald Trump beheading the Statue of Liberty, which split opinion at home and abroad, was a response by the German magazine to threats against democracy. Published on Saturday, the cover depicts a cartoon figure of Trump with a bloodied knife […]

Russia said on Sunday that it supports the continuation of Syria peace talks under United Nations auspices, long-running negotiations which had been thrown into doubt by separate, Moscow-backed peace talks launched last month. The latest round of U.N. talks had been planned to begin in Geneva on Feb. 8 but Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov […]

Despite the financial crisis, Cyprus has five bankers who received over €11 million in remuneration between them in 2015, according to a European Banking Authority (EBA) report released this weekend. This was one more banker with such a high salary than in 2013 and 2014 when four people fell into that category of earners. From […]

An Israeli government committee gave an initial nod on Sunday for the export of medical marijuana in what could be a windfall for companies in Israel, widely regarded as a leader in research in the field. A government statement announcing the vote said it could take months for the legislation to make its way through […]

Ruling Disy chief Averof Neophytou said on Sunday Cyprus could not be used as a vehicle by Ankara to get Turkey into the EU through the back door. “The solution of the Cyprus problem is not an easy task, but we have a national obligation to try through dialogue to break the deadlock,” he said. […]

A U.S. appeal court late on Saturday denied a request from the Department of Justice to immediately restore an immigration order from President Donald Trump barring citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries and temporarily banning refugees. The court ruling dealt a further setback to Trump, who has denounced the judge in the state of Washington […]

Turkish police on Sunday detained some 400 suspected members of Islamic State in anti-terror raids in six provinces, state media said, the biggest roundup to target the organisation in Turkey. Those held were mainly foreign nationals, Anadolu news agency said. At least 60 suspects were detained in the capital Ankara, while 150 were arrested in […]

Police on Sunday urged homeowners and small businesses to start taking preventative measures against burglary and robbery after around 100,000 was taken overnight from a Limassol house, and a bakery was robbed at knifepoint. Police spokesman Andreas Angelides said the home of the businessman in question had been a target of burglars in the past. […]

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday he had received complete understanding from Cyprus’ EU partners and the bloc’s institutions on Turkey’s  demand that the four freedoms bestowed by the acquis be applied to Turkish nationals after a solution. The four freedoms are freedom of movement of goods, persons, services and capital, and the notion was […]

Driving under the influence remains a “serious problem” and is one of the main reasons for road accidents, police spokesman Andreas Angelides said on Sunday while commenting on two serious incident that happened overnight on Saturday in Nicosia and Paphos. In Nicosia a driver who caused a minor accident was found with a 200mg measurement, […]

The lead in voter support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative alliance over the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) shrank to a multi-year low of 4 percentage points, an opinion poll showed on Sunday. The SPD, which a week ago appointed Martin Schulz as leader, scored 29 percent in the survey published in newspaper Bild am […]

The 5th trilateral ministerial meeting between Greece, Cyprus and Malta on maritime issues took place in Piraeus, Athens on Friday, have decided to meet again on March 29 to sign a declaration of intent. An official statement said the on Friday meeting was held with Cypriot Transport Minister Marios Demetriades, Greece`s Minister of Shipping, Panagiotis […]

Parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan struggled to dig out from heavy snow on Sunday, with dozens of people reported killed and some major highways closed. Heavy snow also blanketed the Afghan capital of Kabul, where the government closed its offices. In northern Afghanistan‘s Badakhshan province, over the past two days as many as 19 people […]

A U.S. appeal court late on Saturday denied a request from the U.S. Department of Justice to immediately restore a immigration order from President Donald Trump barring citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries and temporarily banning refugees. The court ruling dealt a further setback to Trump, who has denounced the judge in the state of […]

‘Deafening’ explosions in the Dherynia area on Saturday and Sunday were a result of Turkish troops firing anti-tank weapons, the municipality said. In a written statement on Sunday, the municipality said that “deafening explosions were heard on Saturday and on Sunday from the Monastiraki area, near the beach in occupied Dherynia, due to the firing […]

Favorable prospects in the tourism sector worldwide, growing competition, and an increasing uncertainty in the region will be discussed at the Cyprus Hotel Association annual conference in Nicosia on February 14. The conference titled ‘Cyprus tourism in a new era and the path to steady and sustainable growth’, will cover prospects for 2017, and the […]

Poland is threatening to challenge a draft European Union climate law in court, EU documents seen by Reuters show, in its latest move to slow an EU campaign against global warming that Warsaw sees as a menace to its coal-powered energy industry. In what Polish diplomats describe as leverage for talks now under way on […]

By Larry Fine The New England Patriots are at it again, appearing in their record ninth Super Bowl, and the AFC champions are as excited as ever for another run at National Football League glory. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity that I’ve had seven chances at. That’s pretty crazy,” quarterback Tom Brady, […]

Eight months after completing one of sport’s most remarkable triumphs of the underdog, Premier League champions Leicester City stand potentially one more bad result away from a place in the relegation zone. Such has been their rapid demise that defeat against Manchester United on Sunday, coupled with good weekends for relegation rivals Crystal Palace and […]

A bomb exploded on a main thoroughfare on the outskirts of the Bahraini capital Manama on Sunday damaged several cars but caused no injuries, in what the interior ministry described as a “terrorist” act. There have been increased protests in the Sunni Muslim-ruled kingdom after the execution last month of three Shi’ite Muslim men convicted […]