Новости за 14.02.2017

Atlanta Falcons fans no doubt were calling Tom Brady all sorts of names after this month’s Super Bowl, and now the city has a cockroach named after the New England quarterback. Brady and the Patriots proved hard to kill off in the Super Bowl and Zoo Atlanta commemorated New England’s historic 25-point comeback victory by […]

A legislative proposal introducing competition in the domestic energy market is to be put to a plenary vote this Friday. The bill will usher in a transitional period to full competition by allowing private energy producers – mainly from renewable energy sources – to sell their electricity through monthly, bilateral contracts. The move is a […]

Parliament on Tuesday continued discussion of a bill that would prevent cooperative banks from appointing their own arbitrators in loan restructuring dispute resolutions. The legislative proposal was tabled jointly by the Citizens Alliance and the Greens. However it was decided that bringing the bill to a plenary vote should be delayed by two more weeks […]

The greatest risk to the satisfactory and viable growth rate of the Cypriot economy is “our own bad selves”, finance minister Harris Georgiades said on Tuesday. He was commenting on the announcement by the Cyprus statistical service’s (Cystat) estimated 2.8 per cent economic growth rate, both for the fourth quarter of 2016 and the whole […]

Education Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday the 1950 Enosis referendum is already included in the curriculum as a historical event. Kadis said the subject was taught as part of the syllabus on Cyprus history. It was also covered by the April 1 anniversary – the beginning of the EOKA struggle against the British with […]

Education Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday that a protest on Tuesday by the tertiary students body POFEN over the slashing of annual student grants by €7m was not justified as beneficiaries will not receive a cent less than they are entitled to. Higher education students marched on Tuesday afternoon to the Presidential Palace where […]

After a record 2016, Tourism Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis expects even more positive results this year barring unforeseen obstacles, he said on Tuesday in an address to a hoteliers’ conference in Nicosia. Speaking at the annual general meeting of the Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe), Lakkotrypis said 2016 was a landmark year for tourism both in terms […]

The mother of a monk, 44, who is suing the Church of Cyprus for €2m claiming it brainwashed her son, told a court on Tuesday that his human rights were being violated. Maria Theodoulou and her husband are suing Limassol Bishop Athanasios, Machairas Abbot Epifanios, the Church of Cyprus, and the state attorney-general for €2m, […]

A photographic exhibition by one of the most famous Cypriots artists, filmmaker Michael Cacoyiannis is drawing to a close in Paphos where it has been staged as part of the Pafos2017 programme. The exhibition on his life and work offers an unpublished narrative of the artistic discourse of Cacoyiannis, emphasising his great works but also […]

Newly recruited contract soldiers have threatened mass resignations if their complaints about overwork and the terms of their employment are not sorted out by the defence ministry. In a letter to the minister, published by Sigmalive, soldiers complained that they are working longer hours than they were contracted to, making their hourly pay very low, […]

It’s a tough choice for football lovers 7 Reasons to Watch the Champions League Rather Than to Celebrate Valentine’s Day

Following is a summary of current health news briefs. California lawmaker makes push for health warning labels on soda A California state senator is taking another stab at introducing a law that would require sugary drink manufacturers to put a warning label on their products, the latest effort in the “War on Sugar.” Officials and […]

Turkish authorities have arrested a Frenchman suspected of helping plan a New Year’s Day shooting in an Istanbul nightclub which killed 39 people, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Tuesday. The man, a 22-year-old French citizen of Turkish descent, was caught in Istanbul, Anadolu said. A police official said he had been detained weeks […]

Congo police made a pre-dawn raid on a separatist group in Kinshasa on Tuesday, killing four people but failing to arrest their leader, a self-styled religious prophet, witnesses and group members said. Dozens of armed police stormed the home of Ne Muanda Nsemi, leader of Bundu dia Kongo (BDK), a religious cult that seeks to […]

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has sent a message to President Nicos Anastasiades stressing his country`s will for further enhancing mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. The message was conveyed by the President of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Lebedev, who is paying a visit to […]

By Kieran Guilbert Most people infected with Ebola in the world’s worst outbreak of the deadly virus contracted it from just a tiny fraction of patients known as “superspreaders”, researchers said on Tuesday. Six in 10 cases of the disease, which ravaged the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone between 2013 and […]

The annual Nicos Severis Youth Golf Open was held at the Elea Estate Golf Club at the weekend with the participation of 124 youngsters – the youngest was five years old – from 16 countries from Europe and the Mediterranean region. This was the fifth successive year the two-day event, which ended with Sunday’s awards […]

By Hans Herren Industrial agriculture is seriously damaging the environment, not to mention the health of citizens around the globe. With a limited window of time, reform is necessary if we want to continue to nourish, and not just feed, our people and our planet. Despite the fact that we presently produce double the amount […]

The estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been murdered in Malaysia, a South Korean government source said on Tuesday. Kim Jong Nam, the older half brother of the North Korean leader, was known to spend a significant amount of his time outside the country and had spoken out publicly against his […]

One person was killed and two others injured in a train crash in southern Luxembourg, police said on Tuesday. The accident occurred between the town of Bettembourg and the French border when a passenger train and a cargo train collided head-on. Rail traffic between Luxembourg City and Thionville in France would be suspended for 48 […]

Disy leader Averof Neophytou reiterated on Tuesday that parliament’s approval of an amendment to mark the 1950 pro-Enosis plebiscite in schools was “untimely”. Speaking at a news conference at the party’s headquarters in Nicosia, he said it was untimely because 67 years had elapsed since the plebiscite, the amendment concerned a brief reference to the […]

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron is a “fake news” target of Russian media and his campaign is facing thousands of cyber attacks, his party chief said on Monday. Richard Ferrand, secretary-general of Macron‘s En Marche! (Onwards!) party, said that Russian state-controlled media Russia Today and Sputnik had spread false reports with the aim of swinging […]

The third Graphic Stories Cyprus event will hit Nicosia in March, bringing with it a world of knowledge and networking opportunities for graphic designers, students, professionals or those who are interested in how graphics can be used to tell stories. The event, which aims to give everyone involved an insight into modern graphic art and […]

Nicosia municipality said on Tuesday it had informed Cans for Kids that it would reimburse them for stolen aluminium cans so its charity work for children would not be adversely affected by the theft. Over half a tonne of baled aluminium was stolen last weekend from the Cans For Kids Recycling Centre in the Nicosia municipality’s sanitary compound. In […]

The most consequential legal challenge to US President Donald Trump’s travel ban will proceed on two tracks in the next few days, including a US appeals court vote that could reveal some judges who disagree with their colleagues on the bench and support the arguments behind the new president’s most controversial executive order. In a […]