Новости за 07.04.2017

PRIMARY school teachers’ union Poed is to stage a protest on Tuesday to demand the postponement of the new appointment system for their colleagues who have been employed for more than 30 months but have not been given open-ended contracts. Protesters are to gather outside the education ministry in Nicosia where they are to hand […]

IN two months from now, consumers will not have to worry about using their mobile phones when travelling across Europe as roaming surcharges will no longer apply. MEPs removed on Thursday the final hurdle – wholesale price caps – by endorsing an informal deal that defines how much telecoms operators can charge each other for […]

THE health ministry should roll out measures as soon as possible to tackle the absence of competition and monopolistic conditions in the pharmaceutical market which drive up prices, in some cases, hurting public interest, the auditor-general said in a special report on the issue. In an effort to correct the situation, the auditor recommended changing […]

THE fallout from the vote of Disy’s contentious proposal to transfer the power to set school commemorations to the Education ministry, which was voted into law on Friday, has already claimed one high-ranking member of the ruling party, while the parties opposing it have called on President Nicos Anastasiades to refer the law to the […]

THE fourth annual fish festival will get underway at Latchi harbour, in Paphos on Saturday. Organised by the municipality of Polis, the festival is held at the picturesque harbour and is hugely popular with both locals and visitors alike. The idea was initiated by restaurant owners in Latchi, along with the local municipality, four years […]

RULING Disy and main opposition Akel MPs voted on Friday to reverse a previous parliamentary decision to commemorate the 1950 ‘enosis’ (union with Greece) referendum in public schools that led to the interruption of reunification talks. Thirty MPs voted in favour and 20 against during a tense session that saw Disy MPs walk out briefly after an […]

Polarised by years of civil war, Syrians were split on Friday over a US strike on a government airbase, with those in rebel-held areas cautiously welcoming it but Damascus residents decrying it as Western aggression. The cruise missile strike near the city of Homs early in the day came in response to what Washington and […]

A truck drove into a crowd on a shopping street and crashed into a department store in central Stockholm on Friday, killing three people and wounding eight in what the prime minister said appeared to be a terrorist attack. Part of central Stockholm was cordoned off and the area was evacuated, including the main train […]

THE chairman of the euro area finance ministers, Dutchman Jeroen Dijsselbloem, said that the economic performance of Cyprus is “very strong and very good” and that growth may exceed 3 per cent this year.

France‘s presidential race is tightening in its final weeks with a far-left and a conservative candidate narrowing the gap on long-time frontrunners Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, two polls showed on Friday. An Odoxa poll for Le Point magazine showed 23.5 per cent of voters set to back centrist Macron in the April 23 […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday defended Germany’s stepped up deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers, saying other European countries were doing the same in response to a large influx of migrants since summer 2015. Over a million migrants have flocked to Germany in the last two years. Merkel, who initially embraced an open-door refugee policy, […]

The Republican-led Senate on Friday gave Donald Trump the biggest triumph of his young presidency, confirming his supreme court nominee over stout Democratic opposition and restoring a conservative majority on the highest US judicial body. The Senate, which last year refused to consider Democratic former President Barack Obama’s nominee to the court, voted to approve […]

INCARCERATED former deputy Attorney-general Rikkos Erotokritou has filed for a ‘habeas corpus’ writ on the grounds of a law granting judicial officers immunity from prosecution, local daily Phileleftheros reported on Friday. Citing unnamed sources, the paper said Erotokritou, who last month was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for conspiring to subvert the course of […]

CYPRIOT drivers are incorrigible when it comes to the traffic code. According to statement released by police on Thursday, during a nationwide control campaign from March 27 to April 2, a total of 606 drivers were booked for running a red light. “Running a red light is not merely a traffic violation. It can be […]

  By Michele Kambas PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday he would not be willing to put any peace deal to a popular vote unless he was convinced a blueprint to reunite estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriots would work. In an interview with Reuters, Anastasiades also said a lasting deal would be in the interests […]

Alexis Sanchez wants to stay at Arsenal despite speculation that he is disillusioned by the club’s failure to challenge for the Premier League title, manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday. Reports in British media say contract talks have been put on hold, but Wenger insists Sanchez, who has a year and a half left on […]

It is all about different kinds of music in Paphos over the next few days, with a jazz music concert at Technopolis 20 Cultural Centre tomorrow and a performance by the guitar orchestra Cantomano at the Paphos Academy of Fine Arts on Monday. The jazz concert will feature saxophonist George Krasidis and pianist George Morphitis, […]

Real Madrid can show how serious their bid to land a first La Liga title in five years really is when they host local rivals Atletico Madrid on Saturday in the midst of the best run of results in the campaign by Diego Simeone’s side. Real ended a three-season drought against their neighbours earlier on […]

Liverpool winger Sadio Mane requires knee surgery and will miss the rest of the season, manager Jurgen Klopp said on Friday. “Pretty sure Mane needs surgery and then it is season over. Impossible that he will play again this season,” Klopp told a news conference. Senegal international Mane has scored 13 Premier League goals this […]

The price of home prices rose in the fourth quarter of 2016 an annual 2.8 per cent and 3.1 per cent compared with July to September, the statistical service said. The home price index stood in October to December 2016 at 90.5 units which is 9.5 units below the 2010 average, Cystat said in a […]

After being presented in Bassano del Grappa and Dublin, the dance performance Mind Your Step will be performed in Matallos square as part of the European Capital of Culture Pafos2017 events. The four pieces by choreographers from Italy and Cyprus will be performed on Saturday and Sunday in an attempt to connect contemporary dance to […]

Greece and its international lenders agreed on Friday on the key elements of reforms to unlock new funds and experts will now put finishing touches on the deal, the chairman of the eurozone finance ministers said. Greece is on its third bailout from eurozone governments since 2010. To get money, it has to pass regular […]

Violence broke out in Johannesburg as more than 30,000 people marched in South African cities to protest against President Jacob Zuma on Friday, demanding he quit after a cabinet reshuffle triggered the latest crisis of his presidency. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at some African National Congress protesters in Johannesburg, injuring a man […]

A 25-year-old Larnaca resident was arrested by British bases police on Friday in connection with possession of five kilos of cannabis. The man was arrested at around 9am in the Vryssoules area, following a joint operation of bases and Republic police. Officers signaled the man to stop his car but he refused and tried to […]

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said misogyny “certainly” played a role in her US presidential election defeat by Republican rival Donald Trump. In her first interview since losing the 2016 US election, Clinton said the prospect of electing the first woman president was exciting for some Americans, but threatening to others. “Certainly, misogyny […]