Новости за 06.03.2017

One of Cyprus’ most controversial yet colourful figures, Larnaca businessman Antonis Fanieros died on Monday from cancer. He was 73. A fixture in the island’s public life, Mr Antonis as he was widely known, was revered by many for being a generous individual, but he was also rumoured to be a gambling kingpin. In 2016, […]

Arctic sea ice may vanish in summers this century even if governments achieve a core target for limiting global warming set by almost 200 nations in 2015, scientists said on Monday. Arctic sea ice has been shrinking steadily in recent decades, damaging the livelihoods of indigenous peoples and wildlife such as polar bears while opening […]

Attorney-general Costas Clerides has ordered a police investigation into betting giant Opap after it refused to hand over its accounts to the state treasurer without her signing a confidentiality agreement first, the House finance committee heard on Monday. MPs heard that the treasurer was told by Opap that she had to sign a confidentiality agreement […]

You can normally guess what kind of music a band plays by its name and the band that will play at Savino Live in Larnaca on Saturday is no exception. Firewind’s music, stage presence and look matches what their name suggests – they play with the fuel of fire and spread their music and energy […]

Ireland’s government should widen an inquiry into former Church-run homes for unmarried mothers and excavate more sites after the discovery of significant quantities of baby remains at one home, opposition lawmakers and advocacy groups said on Monday. The remains of babies, ranging from new-born to three-years-old, were found in the sewers of one of Ireland’s […]

  Lawmakers on Monday continued discussion of a bill designed to transpose into domestic law EU-wide rules on mortgages which introduces credit intermediaries, in a move said to lead to greater competition in the lending market and drive down prices for borrowers. In November 2016, the European Commission sent Cyprus and eight other EU member […]

MPs on Monday began an article-by-article discussion of a government bill governing the establishment and operation of a National Investment Fund to manage future hydrocarbons proceeds. The representatives of the parties each had their own ideas as to how the funds should be invested. Akel called for the addition of a reference where part of […]

US-backed Syrian militias cut the last main road out of Islamic State-held Raqqa on Monday, severing the highway between the group’s de facto capital and its stronghold of Deir al-Zor province, a militia spokesman said. The development, confirmed by a British-based organisation that monitors Syria’s war, marks a major blow against the Islamic State group […]

Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Bournemouth defender Tyrone Mings were charged with violent conduct by the Football Association on Monday. Mings landed on the United forward’s head with his studs and Ibrahimovic caught Mings in the face with his elbow soon afterwards during the teams’ 1-1 Premier League draw at Old Trafford on Saturday. “The […]

President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order for a US travel ban on Monday, leaving Iraq off the list of targeted countries, after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the courts, senior administration officials said. The new order, which the White House said Trump had signed, will keep a 90-day ban on travel […]

The performance of La Traviata – or the Fallen Woman – as performed on the MET stage in 2015 will be screened at K Cineplex in Paphos and at the Rialto theatre in Limassol on Saturday for everyone who loves to watch a life of glamour on screen. The main tragic role of courtesan Violetta […]

Interior minister Socratis Hasikos will hold another round of consultations with parliament and the public over the government’s policy on issuing building permits outside residential areas, he said on Monday. After attending a House interior committee session, Hasikos defended his decree from last November, regulating the process of obtaining a derogation in order to build […]

  The government said on Monday it hoped UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide’s optimism that the talks would resume soon was correct, but in any event the Greek Cypriot side was continuing to work on matters related to moving forward with negotiations. Spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said he had seen Eide’s interview with Politis where […]

Three neuroscientists won the world’s most valuable prize for brain research on Monday for pioneering work on the brain’s reward pathways – a system that is central to human and animal survival as well as disorders such as addiction and obesity. Peter Dayan, Ray Dolan and Wolfram Schultz, who all work in Britain, said they […]

Neigbourhood watch schemes across the island have contributed to a reduction in crime and raised the feeling of safety in communities across the Republic, the police said on Monday. According to a survey conducted on behalf of the force’s crime prevention department, Cyprus now boasts close to 79,000 neighbourhood observers in 166 municipalities and communities […]

Mustafa Akinci said on Sunday the Turkish Cypriot side had not given up on a solution but he would not take part in talks for the sake of talks and that his return to the table was now up to the Greek Cypriots. “We did not abandon the idea to live in equality, but we […]

  PLANS for a gold refining factory in Paphos have been quashed, according to the Paphos Green Party. District secretary, Andreas Evlavis, who has long campaigned against the refinery said that the decision was a good result for the environment, as well as the health of residents. “The environmental department refused Ayia Varvara as a […]

Two men from Bangladesh and India and a Bulgarian woman have been detained in Larnaca on suspicion of conducting sham marriages Police initially conducted a search on Saturday at the Lythrodontas home of a Bangladeshi man, 34, where they found various documents and identity cards of female Bulgarian nationals. The man told police that the […]

Cyprus’ energy plans are on track and news of developments is expected soon, the government spokesman said on Monday. “All is proceeding as planned and there is absolutely no change in the plans of the Republic…announcements regarding to the implementation of our energy plans should be expected within the next week,” Nicos Christodoulides told the […]

Turkey is compromising the judicial independence of a United Nations war crimes tribunal by holding one of its judges in detention despite an order to release him, the court ruled, referring the matter to the UN Security Council. The UN court had earlier ordered Ankara to release Judge Aydin Sefa Akay, a Turkish national who […]

Women account for less than a quarter of managers in Germany, Italy and Cyprus, all standing at 22 per cent, and significantly behind the EU average of 35 per cent, Eurostat said on Monday. The largest share of women among managerial positions was recorded in Latvia, the only member state where women were a majority […]

Customs said on Monday that in the space of a few days they had seized 12kg of dairy products and two live roosters at crossing points. At the weekend during a vehicle check at Ayios Dhometios they found the 12kg of cheese and curd products, which are prohibited. The Greek Cypriot driver was fined €150. […]

Reports of a training ground bust-up between Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez and his Arsenal team mates are “completely false”, manager Arsene Wenger said on Monday. “I’m not aware. Nothing happened. Nothing at all,” the Frenchman told reporters ahead of Arsenal’s Champions League last 16 second-leg match against Bayern Munich at the Emirates on Tuesday. “The […]

The deal between the government and the state hospitals’ nursing unions has sparked unrest among various other healthcare professional groups, who now demand to be treated equally, it emerged on Monday. The deal which includes a key provision for the alignment of nurses’ salaries with their academic credentials was reached tentatively last Friday at a […]

The breakaway state in the north of Cyprus will hold early elections but the date remains to be decided, it emerged on Monday. Following a vote in ‘parliament’, after motions of no confidence and early elections were filed last Thursday, a majority decided to hold early elections to replace the incumbent administration. The decision has been […]