Новости за 22.02.2017

Astronomers have found a nearby solar system with seven Earth-sized planets, three of which circle their parent star at the right distance for liquid surface water, raising the prospect of life, research published on Wednesday showed. The star, known as TRAPPIST-1, is a small, dim celestial body in the constellation Aquarius. It is located about […]

Real Madrid suffered a surprise 2-1 defeat at struggling Valencia on Wednesday as they missed the opportunity to extend their lead at the top of La Liga after losing for only the second time in the league this season. Simone Zaza, who endured a unhappy loan spell at West Ham United earlier this season, gave […]

Manchester United strolled into the Europa League last 16 despite having Eric Bailly sent off after Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s first-half goal secured a resounding 4-0 aggregate victory over St Etienne on Wednesday. The only negatives in a comfortable win for United were injuries to Mkhitaryan and midfielder Michael Carrick, who could both miss Sunday’s English League […]

A wrought iron gate with the chilling inscription ‘Arbeit macht frei’ (‘Work sets you free’) was returned to Germany’s Dachau concentration camp on Wednesday, more than two years after it was stolen. The theft in 2014 of the symbol of suffering inflicted by Hitler’s Nazis on Jews and others caused outrage around the world. Police […]

  The climate between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders deteriorated dramatically on Wednesday when a meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday, was cancelled after Akinci refused to attend. “Unfortunately, we have just been informed by the #UN that, due to the Turkish Cypriot leader’s refusal to attend, tomorrow’s scheduled meeting will not take place,” […]

The Cyprus Cup quarter-final second leg in Limassol between home side Apollon and Nicosia’s Omonia was abandoned on Wednesday following crowd trouble. The score was 3-1 to Apollon (5-3 on aggregate) when referee Leontios Trattos blew his whistle to call it a day after two earlier interruptions. In the first half, Omonia fans unhappy with […]

Republican President Donald Trump‘s administration was expected to revoke landmark guidelines issued to public schools in defence of transgender student rights, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. The draft reverses former Democratic President Barack Obama’s signature initiative on transgender rights, which instructed public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms matching […]

UEFA said any potential Champions League ban for RasenBallsport Leipzig or Red Bull Salzburg for having the same owner is “hypothetical” until the qualifying places have been decided at the end of the season. Austrian daily Salzburg Nachrichten reported on Wednesday that European football’s governing body UEFA had offered a “early signals” that one of […]

Four law firms included in the so-called Panama Papers have been referred to the bar association’s disciplinary council for failing to comply with instructions, chairman Doros Ioannides told MPs on Wednesday. Speaking before the House ethics committee, Ioannides said out of the 72 firms acting as intermediaries which were named in the documents, four had […]

Britain appointed experienced counter-terrorism officer Cressida Dick as London’s new police chief on Wednesday, the first woman to hold the job but who is best known for heading an operation which led to the killing of an innocent Brazilian. Dick, 56, who left the Metropolitan Police in 2015 to work for Britain’s Foreign Office, becomes […]

Cyprus continues to experience “excessive economic imbalances” after it made limited progress in implementing structural reforms which could have helped address them, the European Commission said. While the island has made some progress in reducing non-performing loans,which comprise roughly half the loan portfolio of Cypriot banks, and promoting investment, progress was limited in increasing the […]

Turkey will allow female soldiers to wear a headscarf with their uniforms, defence ministry officials said on Wednesday, marking a symbolic shift for a military that has traditionally seen itself as a guardian of state secularism. The change also reflects the influence of President Tayyip Erdogan and the AK Party he founded. Since coming to […]

The authorities on Wednesday found the body of a diver missing since Saturday in the sea off Polis. Andreas Yiangou, 31, was found around eight nautical miles from the spot search parties had found his speargun and 10 nautical miles from the Pomos harbour. Police had been notified by a fisherman. A patrol boat collected […]

It is the season for dressing up and taking on a different persona, but there is one place where dressing up as someone else is always called for: the theatre. The latest performance by the Quinta theatre group at Theatro Dentro in Nicosia until March 12, is one where the make-up is heavy, the hairdos […]

The consumer protection service has fined a company that manufactures water and other filters €80,000 for misleading advertising, it was announced on Wednesday. The service said it fined Camelot International Health Organisation over unfair trade practices relating to the promotion of its water filters. The service said Camelot advertised its products on a television infomercial […]

Chairman of Cyprus’ technical university (Tepak) Stathis Papadakis has resigned his post, citing the board’s composition and external board members, it emerged on Wednesday. Papadakis said that the board’s 20 members comprise 10 academics and 10 externals, three of whom are appointed by the university’s Senate and seven by the cabinet. He told the Cyprus […]

A global agreement to boost trade by cutting red tape and streamlining border checks came into force on Wednesday, promising a 0.5 per cent lift to the world economy by 2030 even as it faces renewed protectionism from the United States. World Trade Organisation Director General Roberto Azevedo hailed the start of the pact, which […]

Two Greek former Pasok deputies, the dominant party in Greek politics from the 1980s until very recently, have furnished House president Demetris Syllouris with new evidence concerning now-defunct Laiki Bank’s Greek operations, it was announced on Wednesday. During a closed session of the House ethics committee, which has been investigating the reasons for the 2013 […]

Nicosia municipality said on Wednesday that crews were trying to find the best way to fix the hole in a street in the city centre which appeared after the sewage channel underneath it collapsed. Crews have closed off the Archbishop Makarios B’ bridge, off Stasinos Avenue, where the hole is located. The bridge connects Nicosia […]

  THE mayor of Paphos signed on Wednesday the official documents to release the EU structural funds, which are being used for the major upgrading works currently underway in Paphos. Some money had already been allocated to Paphos and this enabled significant portions of the works to start. “Time was pressing and Paphos was given […]

French police detained far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s bodyguard and chief of staff in custody on Wednesday for questioning over alleged misuse of European Union funds to pay parliamentary assistants, Le Pen’s lawyer said. Le Pen denounced the latest move in a financial sleaze case that has landed her in the spotlight alongside another […]

Superbug bacteria found in people, animals and food across the European Union pose an “alarming” threat to public and animal health having evolved to resist widely used antibiotics, disease and safety experts warned on Wednesday. A report on antimicrobial resistance in bacteria by the European Food Safety Authority (Efsa) and the European Centre for Disease […]

Yeroskipou municipality announced on Wednesday that a study for the restoration, maintenance and landscaping of the medieval bridge on Kotsiatis river will be ready within the year. The medieval bridge, located between Koloni and Acheleia, was declared as an ancient monument in 2015, following a request submitted by the municipality. The restoration project, it said, […]

The annual inflation rate in the euro area rose to 1.8 per cent in January, slightly below the European Central Bank’s medium-term target, from 1.1 per cent the month before, the European Union’s statistical office said. The increase was mainly on more expensive transport fuel, heating oil and vegetables which rose an annual 14 per […]

All the really good, magical stories start with once upon a time, and this one is no different. Our story, which starts tomorrow, starts with a look at everything to do with fairy tales and ends with everyone who is part of it, leaving with a feeling of happily ever after. The story, or rather […]