Новости за 03.04.2017

  More than 3,000 trapped songbirds have been released and over 1,000 nets confiscated on British bases in Dhekelia over the past year in a crackdown on poaching, bases’ police said at a press conference on Monday. The announcement comes days after an RSPB and Birdlife Cyprus study criticised British authorities in Cyprus for failing […]

Techno and house fans may feel that two years is a long time to wait for a DJ to return to the scene of the party, but true fans of DJ Rhadoo from Romania will surely forgive his absence when they find out he will return with even bigger sounds on Friday. DJ Rhadoo is […]

Some 200,000 real estate properties were not registered with the Department of Lands and Surveys in the time period between 1980 and 2013, lawmakers heard on Monday. Around one-sixth of 1.2 million properties island-wide had not been accounted for until authorities began a revaluation of properties back in 2013. Speaking after the matter was discussed […]

  Cyprus, together with Israel, Greece and Italy lent their support on Monday to pressing on with the proposed East Med pipeline taking Israeli and Cypriot gas reserves to mainland Europe. In Tel Aviv, the respective energy ministers of the four countries signed a joint declaration, committing to support the application for obtaining EU funding […]

Manager Mauricio Pochettino has played down Tottenham Hotspur’s chances of beating Chelsea to the Premier League title this season, but admitted “nothing is impossible” after watching his team cut the gap on the leaders over the weekend. Chelsea saw their lead trimmed to seven points after falling to a shock 2-1 home defeat by Crystal […]

Before heading off to Athens in June to represent Cyprus in a theatrical contest, the play O Karagkiozis will be presented for two more performances on Friday and Saturday at the ARTos foundation in Nicosia. The play by Lena Kitsopoulou offers a penetrating look into childhood. The hero’s path (played by Herodotos Miltiadous) is outlined […]

Twenty-nine-year-old Sofia Gregoriou, a defendant in the trial of the gangland hit in Ayia Napa last June that killed four people, was sentenced on Monday to 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to helping one of the shooters to escape. Gregoriou, who was on trial with three other people in connection with the murder […]

  The leaders’ failure to agree on the resumption of talks during their dinner on Sunday was not a positive development, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Monday, reiterating the Greek Cypriot side’s readiness to restart negotiations immediately. “To be honest I don’t think the fact that we don’t have an immediate resumption of talks […]

Newer cancer drugs that enlist the body’s immune system are improving the odds of survival, but competition between them is not reining in prices that can now top €235,000 a year. The drugs’ success for patients is the result of big bets in cancer therapy made by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, Merck & Co Inc and […]

The Paphos district court on Monday remanded twin brothers in connection with an assault case outside a Paphos nightclub. The 22-year-old twins were arrested on Sunday after a 33-year-old man reported to police that he was beaten up by three men when leaving the club at 4am. The victim was taken to Paphos general hospital […]

A 21-year-old man who was arrested on Sunday after 800 grammes of cocaine were found inside his stomach was remanded for eight days on Monday. The cocaine was contained in 75 small packages inside his stomach and was discovered during a body scan carried out after he arrived at Larnaca airport on Sunday. He faces […]

President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called on Turkish voters in Europe to defy the “grandchildren of Nazism” and back a referendum this month on changing the constitution, comments likely to cause further ire in Europe. Erdogan has repeatedly lashed out at European countries, including Germany and the Netherlands, in campaigning for the referendum, accusing them […]

By Antonis Michael The health ministry is preparing a protocol ensuring the right of children to undergo tests and other medical procedures in the presence of their parents. The protocol is expected to be implemented by June. The issue, which was discussed at the House human rights committee, was raised after parents’ groups complained that […]

Babies cry more in Britain, Canada, Italy and Netherlands than in other countries, while newborns in Denmark, Germany and Japan cry and fuss the least, researchers said on Monday. In research looking at how much babies around the world cry in their first three months, psychologists from Britain have created the first universal charts for […]

As part of the search for people missing since the intercommunal strife in the 1960s and the Turkish invasion in 1974, experts will this week exhume the remains of 11 Greek nationals buried at the Constantinou and Elenis cemetery. Six of them were part of the crew of Greek patrol boat Faethon, killed when it […]

At least nine people were killed and 20 were injured when an explosion tore through a train carriage in a St Petersburg metro tunnel on Monday, and Interfax news agency said the blast may have been caused by an explosive device hidden in a briefcase. The agency, quoting unnamed sources, said surveillance cameras had captured images […]

Sitting in a wheelchair and wearing sunglasses, pensioner Abdelraziq Abdelkarim enjoys the afternoon sun outside his house in Mosul after a day of rain. He does not flinch when a mortar opens fire just around the corner. His home is on the busiest frontline in the northern Iraqi city just 200 m (yards) from Islamic […]

The unemployment rate in Cyprus dropped to 12.9 per cent in February, from a downward revised 13.1 per cent in January and 13.4 per cent in February last year, the European Union’s statistical office said. Still, Cyprus had the third-highest unemployment rate after Greece and Spain with 23.1 per cent and 18 per cent respectively, […]

Limassol municipality has called on residents to hide away wooden items on their properties so that they cannot be stolen and used for Easter bonfires. In addition to putting tempting wooden items out of reach, residents should also store away large plastic rubbish bins as they could be used to transport pieces of wood, the […]

While Limassol recently hosted the official Cyprus Marathon, here in the capital people prefer a side of popcorn. Yes, this is the best type of marathon: one in which you’re not required to run (other than to the loo between showings), but get to sit back and relax for eight hours straight while Indiana Jones […]

By Antonis Michael The University of Cyprus has secured €400,000 in EU funds to prepare a business plan for the creation of a medical centre specialising in tailor-made diagnoses and treatments, it was announced on Monday. “The choice of the project is considered particularly important because it demonstrates the innovative and high quality research conducted by […]

Revenue from tourism rose 22 per cent year-on-year, in January to €35.4m, the statistical service said. The increase in revenue was on a 29 per cent increase in arrivals in January, which offset a decrease in the duration of visitors’ average length of stay by half a day, to 9.4 days, combined with an average […]

By Preston Wilder I wish there were more to explore or reveal about Ghost in the Shell, but in fact even the poetic-sounding title gets explained in the very first scene. Your mind, or ghost, has been placed in a new body, or shell, says scientist Juliette Binoche, just about managing to resist Dr Evil-style […]

President Serzh Sarksyan’s ruling Republican Party won elections in Armenia on Sunday, official results showed, laying the foundation for a new parliamentary system of government. The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) had 49.12 per cent of the votes while the opposition Tsarukyan Alliance led by wealthy businessman Gagik Tsarukyan gathered 27.32 per cent. The government-loyal […]

Since it first entered service with the Soviet army in 1948, the AK-47 and its derivatives have become the world’s most widely used assault rifles. In his book “AK47: The Story of The People’s Gun”, author Michael Hodges estimates that there are as many as 200 million Kalashnikov rifles in circulation, one for every 35 […]