Новости за 09.04.2017

Cyprus is seeing an new upsurge of Greek nationals seeking employment on the island as conditions in Greece slide and those in Cyprus improve, reports said on Sunday. According to Phileleftheros, citing official statistics thousands of Greeks are applying for jobs in Cyprus as they face growing uncertainty in their own country. Data shows that […]

Manchester United put a spate of recent draws behind them to boost their top-four hopes with a routine 3-0 victory at bottom club Sunderland to move fifth in the Premier League on Sunday. Once again it was veteran Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic who provided the inspiration for Jose Mourinho’s side, scoring the opener and setting up […]

Radamel Falcao returned from injury to earn Monaco a 1-0 win at Angers on Saturday in a welcome boost for the Ligue 1 leaders ahead of next week’s Champions League clash at Borussia Dortmund. The Colombia striker, who had been out of action for four weeks with a hip injury, struck in the second half […]

By Rik Sharma Neymar was sent off as Barcelona suffered a shock 2-0 defeat at Malaga on Saturday that scuppered their hopes of going top of La Liga and handed control of the title race to leaders to Real Madrid. Zinedine Zidane’s Real were held to a 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid in the capital […]

A brace from Gonzalo Higuain gave Juventus a 2-0 win at home to Chievo on Saturday and moved them closer to a sixth consecutive Serie A title as they forged nine points clear of their closest pursuers. Juve extended their run to 32 successive home league wins and left second-placed AS Roma needing to win […]

Cypriot MEPs are cautious about a ‘multi-speed Europe’ and the shift of more powers to Brussels after Brexit, it was reported on Sunday. In an interviews with the Chinese news agency Xinhua, Akel MEP Takis Hadjigeorgiou and Disy’s Lefteris Christoforou agreed it would be risky. “Any effort by big countries such as Germany, France, Spain […]

As the two leaders prepare to resume talks on Tuesday, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci was reported on Sunday as seeing the UN take on a greater role of mediation and shuttle diplomacy between the two sides and the guarantor powers. He said that at this point in the negotiations, which have been in limbo […]

The Germany military’s counter-intelligence agency is looking into 275 suspected right-wing extremists in its ranks, including a soldier heard saying “Heil Hitler”, the Defence Ministry has told parliament in a letter seen by Reuters on Sunday. About 143 of the cases were reported last year and 53 this year, the ministry wrote in its 15-page […]

A joint command centre made up of the forces of Russian, Iran and allied militia alliance supporting Syrian President Bashar al Assad said the U.S. strike on a Syrian air base crossed “red lines” and it would now respond to any new aggression and increase their level of support to their ally. “What America waged […]

At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday, in the latest assault on a religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamist militants. ISIS later claimed responsibility for both attacks. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, which come a week […]

An Uzbek man suspected of ramming a truck into a crowd in Stockholm, killing four people, had expressed sympathy for Islamic State and was wanted for failing to comply with a deportation order, Swedish police said on Sunday. Another 15 people were injured on Friday when a hijacked beer delivery truck barrelled down a busy […]

Greece will implement additional austerity measures agreed with its official creditors on condition of further debt relief that will enable the country to be included in the ECB’s bond buying scheme, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday. Athens struck a deal with its international creditors at Friday’s meeting of euro zone finance ministers in […]

The Larnaca District Court on Sunday issued an eight-day remand order for a 37-year old man from Larnaca on suspicion of cultivating cannabis plants with intent to supply. The man was arrested in the early hours of Sunday when police raided his home where they said they found over 2.25kg of freshly cut cannabis plants […]

Britain said on Sunday Russia bore responsibility by proxy for civilian deaths in Syria last week caused by a poison gas attack that Washington says was carried out by the Moscow-backed government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. At least 70 people died in what the United States says was a chemical weapons attack in rebel-held […]

Thousands of people in all districts were on Sunday taking part in the 42nd ‘Christodoula’ March in support of the Anticancer Society’s . The Famagusta area event was addressed by House President Demetris Syllouris who said the annual march “act as a beacon of hope” in promoting principles and values such as respect, altruism, selflessness, […]

Police said on Sunday they had intensified action to clampdown on bonfires, firecrackers and juvenile delinquency in the run up to Easter. The force said it had run an number of operations on Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday islandwide. Inspections were carried out in dozens of places, especially in open areas, parks, […]

At least 25 people were killed and 60 injured on Sunday when an explosion rocked a Coptic church in Egypt’s Nile Delta, state television reported, the latest assault on a religious minority that has increasingly been targeted by Islamist militants. There was no immediate claim of responsibility and the cause of the blast, just one […]

Turkey remains committed to a ceasefire in Syria, but Russia must stop insisting that Bashar al-Assad should remain as leader of the country, Ankara’s foreign minister said on Sunday. Mevlut Cavusoglu, in live comments on state broadcaster TRT Haber, also said that he told his Russian counterpart that Moscow did not take the necessary steps […]

Lewis Hamilton mastered Shanghai’s changing conditions and stayed clear of squabbling rivals to win the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday. The Briton eased his Mercedes across the line 6.2 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, with Max Verstappen, who started 16th, finishing a surprise third for Red Bull. It was Hamilton’s 54th career […]

Three people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Sunday when police clashed with protesters during a by-election in Srinagar in India’s disputed Kashmir region, an official said. Separatist factions in Kashmir had called for a boycott of the by-polls, resulting in heightened security and low voter turnout when the polling began. In […]

A 29-year-old man was arrested on Saturday night at the start of the Anorthosis-Apollon football match at the Antonis Papadopoulos stadium in Larnaca after police said they found two joints in his possession. The man, an Apollon supporter, was stopped during routine checks at the entrance to the match, police said. He was detained for […]

A U.S. Navy strike group will be moving toward the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula as a show of force, a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday, as concerns grow about North Korea’s advancing weapons program. Earlier this month North Korea tested a liquid-fueled Scud missile which only traveled a fraction of its […]

A 24-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on suspicion of drugs possession with intent to sell, police said on Sunday. During a search of the man’s home, police said they found 229 grammes of cannabis, two grammes of cocaine, one precision scale and 305 euros. The suspect is expected to appear in court on Sunday.

The advent of virtual reality (VR) technology is predicted to fundamentally change the way we live over the coming decades. Cinemas will immerse audiences in VR movies, patients will undergo VR treatment and customers will enter the world of the products or services they are interested in, bringing a whole new dimension to the idea […]

Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) will transform the lives of six out of every ten people in the UK, according to new research published last week by Britain’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). ‘Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: Revolutionising Mobility in Society’, the first UK-based study of the human impact of CAVs, canvassed the […]