Новости за 20.02.2017

By Jan Strupczewski and Francesco Guarascio Greece and its international lenders agreed on Monday to let teams of experts work out new reforms to Greek pensions, income tax and labour market that would allow Athens to eventually qualify for more cheap loans, euro zone officials said. Greece needs a new tranche of financial aid under […]

League leaders Apoel were victorious in the top-of-the-table clash against AEL on Monday, winning 3-0 and moving six points clear at the top. Apoel’s coach Thomas Christiansen made five changes to the team that had lost narrowly to Athletico Bilbao last Thursday and in the first half hour it seemed that Christiansen’s gamble was not […]

Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton has clarified comments about not wanting to share data with Formula One team mates and says he has “zero problems” with new Mercedes arrival Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton told a Facebook Live session with F1 sponsor UBS last Friday that drivers should do their own “homework” rather than be able to […]

The processing of containers at Limassol harbour appeared to have markedly improved on Monday compared to the previous week, although the situation took a new twist amid allegations that port machinery may have been sabotaged. A total of 1,300 containers were moved, compared to 1,100 on Sunday, although hauliers complained of small delays due to […]

Turkey‘s main pro-Kurdish opposition party said on Monday it had appealed to the European Court of Human Rights over what it said was the unlawful imprisonment of its two leaders on terrorism-related charges. The arrest last November of the leaders of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) drew international condemnation over what rights groups say is […]

  Questions still hang over the precise manner in which investments will be made using future oil and gas revenues, MPs said on Monday. Lawmakers were continuing discussion of a finance ministry bill on the establishment and operation of the National Investment Fund, which will manage hydrocarbons proceeds. They asked the ministry to come back […]

A 36-year-old man from Paphos was sentenced on Monday to 18 months in prison for sexually harassing a six-year-old girl. The man had pleaded guilty last November on charges of sexually harassing the six-year-old. He was arrested last October, following a complaint filed by the girl’s parents after she told them that she had been […]

Police have urged internet users to be vigilant after a new online fraud has emerged in which victims are tricked into paying money to be given work visas in a number of countries. This new fraud, police said, concerns a ring operating via the internet and whose members present themselves as working in a company […]

Dutch MEP and rapporteur on Turkey’s accession progress, Kati Piri, announced on Monday she is visiting Cyrus within the week. Piri is to also visit Turkey as part of her report research. “Interesting week ahead. On my way to visit Turkey and Cyprus to speak with various people & collect input for my report,” Piri tweeted on […]

A convoy carrying the prime minister of Libya’s UN-backed government and the two leaders of an allied parliament and presidential guard came under fire in Tripoli on Monday, but none of the three men were harmed, officials said. A spokesman for the UN-backed government, Ashraf Tulty, said the motorcade had been hit by gunfire as […]

Former Bank of Cyprus (BoC) CEO Andreas Eliades, on trial on market manipulation charges, told a court on Monday that the lender had excess liquidity in 2012 and led the market in deposits. Apart from the first three quarters of 2011, and despite the loss from the haircut on Greek bonds, never in its history […]

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has warned his side to beware of Monaco’s “killers in the box” when they host the principality club in the first leg of their Champions League, last 16 tie on Tuesday. Monaco have proved too strong for City‘s Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur this season and knocked Arsenal out two […]

Larnaca Mayor, Andreas Vyras, was elected on Monday as the new chairman of the Union of Municipalities (UoM) for the next five years. Vyras, beat his opponent and former incumbent, Famagusta mayor Alexis Galanos, by two votes. Also elected was the ten-member executive board, for the period 2017-2021. In total 92 mayors and councillors acted […]

A Swedish delegation led by the deputy speaker of the Swedish Parliament Tobias Billstrom was in Nicosia on Monday for a round of contacts with Cypriot officials. In the morning, House president Demetris Syllouris briefed the Swedish delegation on the ongoing settlement process and expressed his gratitude for Sweden`s contribution to the peacekeeping force in […]

The distributor of a talking doll which has been banned by German authorities due to security risks said on Monday the toy was not an “espionage device” and its lawyers would challenge the sale ban in court. The Federal Network Agency issued the ban of the doll named Cayla on Friday, recommending parents who bought […]

Cyprus has the highest dependency, and the biggest share of reliance on fossil fuels for energy within the EU, according to a Eurostat report released on Monday. The island also saw the biggest increase in energy demand among the EU 28, growing 41 per cent since 1990 from 1.6 Mtoe (million tonnes of oil equivalent) […]

A woman has lodged complaints with the attorney-general and the justice minister after receiving a notification from a police station in Nicosia asking her to report there but without specifying the reason, otherwise her name would be placed on the travel ban list. It was only when she called up the police station that she […]

Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists appeared to be respecting a new ceasefire attempt on Monday after international powers called for shelling to stop and for the withdrawal of banned heavy weapons. In recent weeks, the area around the government-held town of Avdiyivka has seen some of the heaviest artillery fire of the past two years, […]

The University of Cyprus (UCy) said on Monday that Katy Clerides, had donated a private collection of antiquities belonging to her father, the late former president Glafcos Clerides, to the university’s archaeological research department. According to a UCy announcement, the collection consists of 51 artefacts dating from the Early, Middle and Late Bronze Ages, and […]

US Vice President Mike Pence sought to reassure the European Union in Brussels on Monday that the Trump administration will maintain and develop decades of partnership in trade and security. Donald Tusk, who chairs the European Council of EU leaders, told reporters that Pence gave him affirmative answers when asked about his view on three […]

Tai chi tied to reduced fall risk in older adults Seniors who practice tai chi – a Chinese meditation practice that combines deep breathing and slow, fluid movements – may be less likely to fall than their peers who don’t do this type of exercise, a recent study suggests. Researchers examined data from 18 previously […]

Mercedes team bosses and shareholders Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda have agreed new contracts to the end of 2020, the Formula One world champions said on Monday. The date aligns the two Austrians’ contracts with the expiration of the current Commercial Agreement with Formula One Management. Mercedes motorsport head Wolff, who is effectively the team […]

Egypt‘s top court upheld death sentences for 10 men on Monday for their part in Egypt‘s worst violence at a football stadium, in which more than 70 fans were killed in February 2012. Many of the dead were crushed when panicked fans tried to escape from the Port Said stadium after a post-match pitch invasion […]

Turkish authorities detained more than 1,500 people for questioning over suspected links to militant groups in the latest operations over the last week and arrested 125 of them, the interior ministry said on Monday. Turkey faces multiple security threats, including the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the largely Kurdish south-east and Islamic State militants. […]

The Kremlin on Monday rejected “irresponsible” allegations by Montenegro that Russia was involved in a plot to assassinate its prime minister. Montenegrin Special Prosecutor Milivoje Katnic on Sunday accused Moscow of involvement in the alleged conspiracy last October, which he said was aimed at bringing an opposition figure to power and halting the integration of […]