Новости за 23.02.2017

Apoel are through to the last 16 of the Europa League after a heroic 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in Nicosia, overturning the 3-2 deficit from the first leg. A late goal at San Mames seven days prior gave the Cypriots genuine hope of reaching the next round, and two quickfire second-half strikes from Pieros […]

Premier League champions Leicester City sacked Italian manager Claudio Ranieri on Thursday with the Midlands team still in the Champions League but hovering near the relegation zone. Ranieri, whose side are a point and a place above the bottom three, leaves Leicester less then a year after clinching a remarkable English title triumph that stunned […]

Mexico on Thursday expressed “worry and irritation” about US policies to two of President Donald Trump’s top envoys, giving a chilly reply to the new administration’s hard line on immigration, trade and security. The US government this week angered Mexico by saying it was seeking to deport many illegal immigrants to Mexico if they entered […]

BETTING giant OPAP – who under an interstate agreement between Cyprus and Greece has a monopoly on lottery number games here – should be paying the state some €25 million more than it actually is, the auditor-general said on Thursday. Odysseas Michaelides was giving MPs updated information he has gathered on the agreement with Opap, […]

General merchandise stores may operate on Green Monday, the ministry of labour clarified on Thursday. Citing the relevant law, the ministry also said that shop employees working on Green Monday are entitled to double pay per hour of work.

A ministerial decree providing for movement of liquid fuels and LPG by private companies from the seafront of Larnaca has been extended by two years, Larnaca Mayor Andreas Vyras announced on Thursday. “Yesterday we were informed by the interior ministry that the last date for the use of the facilities is March 1, 2018 for […]

TRANSPORT Minister Marios Demetriades said on Thursday he refuses to abandon ship in a storm as a response to calls for his resignation over the problems at Limassol port the handover of the container terminal operations to a private company. Demetriades has been in the doghouse with opposition parties and workers’ unions over the not-so-smooth […]

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney intends to stay at the club, ending speculation that he could move to China. “Despite the interest which has been shown from other clubs, for which I’m grateful, I want to end recent speculation and say that I am staying at Manchester United,” Rooney said in a statement on Thursday. British […]

  Three men from the Larnaca district were remanded on Thursday for six days in connection with burglaries in a number of shops over the past four months. The three men, two aged 20 and one aged 25, were arrested on Wednesday after police secured evidence linking them with the burglaries during which thousands of […]

Greek authorities have arrested two Turkish soldiers suspected of involvement in a failed coup attempt against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan last year, government officials in Athens said on Thursday. One of the officials told Reuters that the two men had requested political asylum. A second government official said they were wanted by Turkey on suspicion […]

The Scottish government is increasingly convinced it can win a new independence referendum and is thinking seriously about calling one next year as Britain exits the European Union, sources close to the Scottish government said. Scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay inside the EU in last June’s referendum, but Britain as a whole voted to leave […]

Transport Minister Marios Demetriades said on Thursday he had a very constructive meeting with taxi drivers’ associations where they discussed issues that concern them. At the meeting, the two sides discussed long-standing problems faced by urban taxi drivers; taxi licences, piracy, and not enough taxi ranks. Taxi drivers have been striking or threatening to strike over […]

Ireland has made it a crime to buy sex after passing a law which it says is aimed at tackling sex trafficking and protecting hundreds of vulnerable women in prostitution. The country follows Canada, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Northern Ireland in introducing legislation designed to punish men who use prostitutes without criminalising those driven into […]

The Turkish Cypriot side has become unrecognisable in recent days, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Thursday, “not wanting to talk, and wasting time”. “They don’t even talk,” Kasoulides told the state broadcaster. “They have become unrecognisable in recent days.” The foreign minister suggested Turkey employed this tactic in a bid to avoid discussion of […]

Tomorrow night get your costumes on and head to Club 11 where the Guaba carnival party will be jumping from 9pm all the way to four the next morning. Guaba beach bar is normally where night life events last all day during the summer and now it is time for the bar to put on […]

The economic sentiment indicator fell in February by 1.9 points to 114.2 mainly on deteriorating business confidence in services and retail trade and on reduced consumer confidence, the University of Cyprus said. The drop in business confidence in the service sector was mainly on more pessimistic expectations about turnover over the next three months, the […]

Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Thursday the European Commission got it wrong when it warned the Cypriot economy would overheat unless the government slashes spending and raises taxes, “something we shall not do’, he said. He was commenting on the Commission’s country report on Cyprus issued earlier this week, which reviewed progress in implementing […]

Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said the Cypriot economy needs no additional taxation to prevent it from overheating and needs instead further tax reductions, state broadcaster CyBC reported on Thursday. The minister said the government was clamping down on tax evasion instead to increase revenues and singled out souvlaki shops, which in a single night may […]

The attorney-general said he will appeal the 18-month jail sentence handed down to a 36-year-old in Paphos connection with sexually abusing a girl, 6. The man had been charged with sexual abuse and indecent assault. The offence took place at his house when the child and her minder visited his mother. The man was arrested […]

Azerbaijan has issued international arrest warrants for three MEPs, including Cypriot Eleni Theocharous, over their visit to breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh during a referendum on February 20. According to reports, the Azerbaijani general prosecutor’s office included Theocharous, Frank Engel (Luxemburg), and Jaromír Štětina (Czech Republic), on the most wanted list. Theocharous’ party, the Solidarity Movement, said she […]

By Stephanie Nebehay More than 4 percent of the world’s population lives with depression, and women, youth and the elderly are the most prone to its disabling effects, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. An estimated 322 million people suffered depressive disorders in 2015, a rise of 18.4 percent in a decade, as […]

A woman was killed by flying debris on Thursday as storm Doris battered Britain and Ireland, disrupting travel and leaving thousands without power as it swept in from the Atlantic. The woman died from serious head injuries when she was hit by debris falling into the street in the Midlands city of Wolverhampton, emergency services […]

A Spanish court decided on Thursday not to hold the King of Spain’s brother-in-law in custody while he awaits an appeal against a six-year jail sentence for charges including tax fraud and money laundering. Inaki Urdangarin was found guilty on Friday of using royal connections to overcharge regional governments through public contracts to stage sports […]

Lewis Hamilton declared his new Mercedes “pretty awesome” on Thursday after lapping a blustery Silverstone circuit in the car he hopes will secure him a fourth Formula One world championship. “It felt incredible,” added the Briton, who finished runner-up last season behind now-retired team mate Nico Rosberg despite winning more of the 21 races. “Yesterday […]

US-backed Iraqi security forces captured Mosul airport on Thursday, state television said, in a major gain in operations to drive Islamic State from the western half of the city. Elite Counter Terrorism forces advanced from the south-western side and entered the Ghozlani army base along with the south-western districts of Tal al-Rumman and al-Mamoun. Losing Mosul […]