Новости за 10.02.2017

BRITISH deputies, members of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for Cyprus in the House of Commons, who are on the island for contacts with Cypriot officials, had a number of meetings with House committees on Friday. House Speaker Demetris Syllouris welcomed the APPG delegation, which was also received earlier in the day by President Nicos […]

FORMER convict Andreas Aristodimou, aka Yiouroukkis, the longest-serving convict in Nicosia’s Central Prison, died early Friday at the age of 55. Aristodimou, who was sentenced to life imprisonment at the age of 24 for killing Maria Teloni in 1987 and Artin Bahadourian in 1986, became the first lifer to be released on parole in 2012, […]

A 37-year-old man from Latvia who was found injured in a Limassol park last July and in critical condition, died on Friday. Two Polish men, aged 37 and 40, who were arrested for allegedly attempting to murder the Latvian, will now be investigated for manslaughter. Following investigations, it emerged that the Latvian was driven by […]

FOLLOWING extended debate, parliament on Friday approved a government proposal splitting the universal Pancyprian exams into separate school-leaving and university-entry exams, as well as regulations introducing mid-term exams in upper-secondary education. The changes, which will take effect in September 2018, were opposed only by Akel deputies and the Greens’ leader Yiorgos Perdikis. The government’s proposed […]

AGRICULTURE Minister Nicos Kouyialis believes that the government measures to boost the production of sheep and goats’ milk will pay off and called on the dairy industry and producers to take action as they cannot rely on state support for ever. Addressing the annual conference of the island’s dairy and cheese industries, Kouyialis said that […]

US President Donald Trump called on “Israel to be reasonable with respect to peace”, spelling out in his own words his administration’s stance that new settlements on Palestinian land may not be helpful in an interview with an Israeli newspaper. Trump‘s comments to Israel Today come as he tones down his pro-Israel bravado ahead of […]

PARLIAMENT on Friday voted to introduce an annual commemoration in public schools of the January 1950 ‘Enosis’ (Union) referendum, in which 96 per cent of Greek Cypriots voted their preference for the island to be annexed to Greece. In a plenary vote, just 19 votes from the smaller parties – excluding ruling Disy, which abstained, […]

At least five people were killed and 19 wounded on Friday, in two suicide bombings that hit an Iraqi army position and a restaurant in eastern Mosul, a medical source said. A man believed to belong to Islamic State blew himself up inside the Sayidati al-Jamila (‘My Fair Lady’) restaurant at lunchtime, killing at least […]

Manager Claudio Ranieri has given midfielder Riyad Mahrez and striker Jamie Vardy a pep talk to try to rekindle the partnership that shot his struggling Leicester City team to the Premier League title last season. An abysmal defence of their title so far has raised the spectre of Leicester becoming the first English team to […]

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ visit to Turkey is important since it is part of his effort to play a more active role in the process for a Cyprus settlement and in other issues which concern the UN, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Friday. Speaking to reporters, Christodoulides said the Cyprus problem would certainly […]

By Nikoletta Ven Charles Czeisler, a neuroscientist and sleep expert from Harvard Medical School explains: “When the nature of work changed from a schedule built around the sun to an indoor job timed by a clock, humans had to adapt. The widespread use of caffeinated food and drink—in combination with the invention of electric light—allowed people […]

Limassol police on Thursday arrested a Tunisian man, 47, wanted since 2009 in connection with attempted murder, after he stabbed another man in the throat. The man, who was remanded in custody for seven days on Friday, was arrested after police officers stopped him on Grivas Dhigenis Street for an identity check. It transpired that […]

The Limassol port, which was handed to private companies a couple of weeks ago, has yet to reach satisfactory levels of operation, the transport minister said on Friday, as he rejected suggestions that denationalization had failed. Marios Demetriades told MPs that operational problems had emerged because of the transition, as was the case in other […]

Paul Clement, who took charge of struggling Swansea City at the start of the year, was named Premier League manager of the month for January on Friday, after guiding the club out of the relegation zone with three wins in four league games. Swansea were bottom of the table when Clement replaced American Bob Bradley […]

Turkish police detained at least 12 people and fired tear gas to disperse hundreds more protesting outside Ankara University against the dismissal of dozens of professors, police sources and Reuters witnesses said. Up to 1,000 people including academics had tried to gather at the campus on Friday, some inside and others on surrounding streets, but […]

The government generated in 2016 a fiscal surplus of €9.1m on a cash basis, compared to a €196.4m deficit in 2015, mainly on increased revenue, the statistical service said. Total revenue rose by €105m in 2016 to almost €6.7bn, Cystat said in a statement on its website on Friday. Total expenditure dropped by €33m to well […]

Four people have been arrested in and around Montpellier, southern France, on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack, police and justice sources said on Friday. Those in custody included a 22 year-old man and his 16 year-old girlfriend, both known to authorites for connections with radical Islam, after authorities found TATP explosives and other bomb-making […]

Russia still needs to demonstrate a “cultural shift” in its commitment to clean sport if its track and field athletes hope to compete under the nation’s flag again, IAAF President Sebastian Coe said on Friday. Russia’s athletics federation (RUSAF) has been banned since Nov. 2015 after an independent World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) probe exposed state-sponsored […]

The global refugee crisis represents both a humanitarian emergency and economic opportunity. The resilience and tenacity refugees must demonstrate in their journey to safety often means they will also make exceptional entrepreneurs. We live in a world where 65 million people are forcibly displaced by conflict, violence, famine, environmental disasters and development projects. Nearly 34,000 […]

In the first-ever official visit to Cyprus by a British Defence minister, aiming to strengthen the two countries’ bilateral relationship, tightening ties, and confronting global threats, Sir Michael Fallon on Friday had separate meetings with his Cypriot counterpart Christoforos Fokaides and President Nicos Anastasiades. Speaking after meeting with Fokaides, Fallon said that, following last year’s […]

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied on Friday to swear allegiance to the clerical establishment following US President Donald Trump’s warning that he had put the Islamic Republic “on notice”, state TV reported. On the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, which toppled the US-backed shah, marchers including hundreds of military personnel and policemen headed […]

Major energy users in Australia shut down on Friday, and the public were asked not to go home and cook or watch television, averting big blackouts amid strained supplies as an extreme heat wave moved from the desert interior to the east coast. The temperature climbed to 47 Celsius (117 Fahrenheit) in parts of New […]

Eurozone lenders and the International Monetary Fund have reached agreed between themselves to present a common stance to Greece later on Friday in talks on reforms and the fiscal path Athens must take, eurozone officials said. Such a united stance would be a breakthrough because the two groups have differed for months on the size […]

Arsenal Soccer School Cyprus, being the exclusive partner of the Deftera-based private school, offers one full scholarship Tryout time for a spot in the Nicosia Grammar School’s sports programme for the 2017-2018 school year is fast approaching. Interested pupils (born in 2005) will participate in the Grammar School’s annual tryouts, scheduled for Saturday, March 4, […]

Centre for Entrepreneurial Development, Alliance, Research (CEDAR) and UCLan Cyprus, the enterprising British University on the island is fostering entrepreneurship through a series of training workshops in the context of the Business Idea Competition 2016-17. The Business Idea Competition 2016-17 is co-organised with a number of stakeholder organisations active in the promotion of new ventures […]