Новости за 09.03.2017

Several states said on Thursday they would move forward with legal challenges to a revised executive order signed by President Donald Trump this week that temporarily bars the admission of refugees and some travellers from a group of Muslim-majority countries. The new travel order, which is set to take effect on March 16, changed and […]

Manchester United overcame a divot-strewn, threadbare pitch to eke out a 1-1 draw at Russian side Rostov in their Europa League last 16, first leg on Thursday. Henrikh Mkhitaryan gave the Premier League team a 35th minute lead, turning the ball in from close range after some nifty footwork by Zlatan Ibrahimovic. But Rostov, who […]

The partnership between French oil and gas major Total and Italy’s ENI in offshore Block 11 is an extremely significant development as it greatly increases the chances for a natural gas discovery in the licensed acreage, an energy analyst has told the Cyprus Mail. “We have here a combination of Total’s technical know-how with ENI’s […]

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said on Thursday he is not convinced that carbon dioxide from human activity is the main driver of climate change and said he wants Congress to weigh in on whether CO2 is a harmful pollutant that should be regulated. In an interview with CNBC, Pruitt also said the Trump administration will […]

The Turkish Cypriot side is committed to a comprehensive settlement on the island, but should a solution prove elusive, the north will carry on its own path, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Thursday. “If a solution can be found, the ‘TRNC’ [Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus] will become a constituent state under a […]

The Russian Cultural Days events continue at the Pattihio theatre in Limassol on Saturday with an act that, well, really has to be seen to be believed. Yes, this is a nightlife piece so some action and music and jumping around on stage is only to be expected, but the quartet that’s about to show […]

A lease between his company and the civil aviation department was signed before a law was passed on conflict of interests and has not been updated since, Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos said in a statement on Thursday. He was responding to recent press reports of an investigation by auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides into possible breach after […]

The International Court of Justice has rejected a request from Bosnian Muslims for it to revise a decade-old ruling that cleared Serbia of direct blame for genocide during Bosnia’s 1990s war, officials said on Thursday. The ICJ registrar revealed the court’s decision in a letter sent to Bosnia’s tripartite Serb, Croat and Bosniak presidency members […]

WikiLeaks will provide technology companies with exclusive access to CIA hacking tools that it possesses, to allow them to patch software flaws, founder Julian Assange said on Thursday. The anti-secrecy group published documents on Tuesday describing secret Central Intelligence Agency hacking tools and snippets of computer code. It did not publish the full programs that […]

As of Friday, Cyprus will officially have no means of disposing of animal carcasses as the contract with the current private operator expires and the two other companies that expressed interest in the job do not qualify, Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis said on Thursday. Speaking to the House watchdog committee which discussed the auditor-general’s annual […]

A temporary bridge collapsed onto a motorway near the Italian city of Ancona on Thursday, killing a husband and wife who were driving underneath it at the time, Italian officials said. La Repubblica newspaper’s Web site said the couple were a 60-year-old man and his 54-year-old wife who lived in the Marche region. In addition, […]

Poland was the only country which opposed the reappointment of former Polish prime minister Donald Tusk as President of the European Council on Thursday, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said on Twitter. Ahead of an EU leaders’ summit, current Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said Warsaw did not want Tusk because he had criticised Polish […]

The current crisis in the UN-sponsored talks for a settlement of the Cyprus problem will be overcome and the two leaders, President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, will return to the negotiating table, the Secretary-General’s special advisor Espen Barth Eide said on Wednesday night In an open discussion in Washington, titled “Strategic […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel told Turkey to stop invoking Berlin’s Nazi past in criticising cancellations of Turkish ministers’ rallies in Germany, and said she would do everything possible to prevent Turkish domestic conflicts spilling onto German soil. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who survived an army attempt to topple him in July, is working to enlist the […]

Iraqi forces aim to dislodge Islamic State militants from west Mosul within a month, despite gruelling urban combat in densely populated terrain, the head of the elite Counter Terrorism Service told Reuters on Thursday. As Iraqi forces advance deeper into west Mosul, they are facing increasingly stiff resistance from Islamic State militants using suicide car […]

Police on Thursday denied that they had violated the rights of a minor child whose parents had reported a neighbour for allegedly sexually abusing her. The claims that police had not acted to protect the child were made by Commissioner for Children’s Rights Leda Koursoumba on Wednesday. Koursoumba said her office’s investigation revealed a host […]

More than 1,400 cases of forced marriage were reported in Britain last year, a small increase on 2015, according to data released on Thursday, but campaigners said the number was the “tip of the iceberg” as the practice remains largely hidden. Britain’s Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) recorded 1,428 cases in 2016 through its public helpline […]

Coach Luis Enrique hailed Barcelona’s record breaking 6-1 win over Paris St Germain as a triumph of collective will but they were indebted to Neymar in a performance the Brazilian called the best of his career. Neymar, who joined Barca from Santos in 2013, was widely reported to have been in negotiations with PSG last […]

Scotland could hold an independence referendum in the autumn of 2018, just months before Britain is due to leave the European Union, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC, and a second poll in a month suggested rising support for secession. The prospect of an independence vote in Scotland that could rip apart the […]

Former deputy attorney-general Rikkos Erotokritou and lawyers Panayiotis Neocleous and Andreas Kyprizoglou, all found guilty and handed jail terms by the Nicosia criminal court last month, have appealed the ruling with the Supreme Court, it emerged on Thursday. According to the Cyprus News Agency, Erotokritou’s appeal was filed on Tuesday, Neocleous’ was filed on Thursday, […]

The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker expressed his conviction on Thursday that Turkey’s demand that the four freedoms bestowed by the acquis be applied to Turkish nationals after a solution could not be accepted under any circumstances. According to the Cyprus News Agency which quoted a representative of the European Commission, Juncker, who received President […]

After the success of the drawing and photography exhibition 153 Birds in Nicosia last December, BirdLife Cyprus will give the exhibition wings and let it migrate to Paphos. The exhibition, which will open today at the archaeological site of Kato Paphos – one of the 34 Important Bird Areas of Cyprus – will give every […]

Greece and its international lenders are close to a deal on its bailout review but differences remain on labour issues, the government’s spokesman said on Thursday. Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said a comprehensive deal would include a change in Greece’s fiscal mix from 2019 and clarity on medium debt-relief measures. “Our aim is to have the discussions […]

A US Marines artillery unit was deployed to Syria in recent days to help local forces speed up efforts to defeat Islamic State at Raqqa and the campaign to isolate the city is going “very, very well”, the US-led coalition said on Thursday. Coalition spokesman US Air Force Colonel John Dorrian said the additional US […]

Bayern Munich midfielder Xabi Alonso announced on Thursday he would retire at the end of the season, putting an end to a long and trophy-laden career that includes every major title for club and country. “It was no easy decision,” the 35-year-old, who also played at Liverpool and Real Madrid, told Bayern Munich television. “But […]