Новости за 11.04.2017

Paulo Dybala upstaged his fellow Argentine Lionel Messi by scoring two exquisitely taken goals to set Juventus on the way to an emphatic 3-0 win over an underwhelming Barcelona in the Champions League on Tuesday. The Spanish side, who overcame a 4-0 first-leg deficit in the previous round to beat Paris St Germain, will have […]

  By Kai Pfaffenbach Borussia Dortmund’s team bus was damaged and a player was injured following three explosions near the vehicle while it was on its way to Tuesday’s Champions League game at home to AS Monaco, police said. The match, a quarter-final first leg, was called off and rescheduled for Wednesday. Mass-selling German newspaper […]

Three members of the municipal council of Yeroskipou, Paphos, were physically attacked late on Tuesday, after voting in closed session in favour of the municipality wresting control of the beach sunbeds and umbrellas from private businessmen. As reported by the state broadcaster CyBC, three men who stood to lose from the new arrangement forced their […]

The Cypriot branch of FBME Bank, the Tanzanian lender which US authorities described as of “primary money laundering concern”, is implicated in a money laundering case involving an Indonesian bank, the Asia Sentinel reported on Monday. FBME, which had the licence for its Cyprus branch revoked in 2015, helped launder money coming out of the […]

  Socialist Edek’s invitation for a joint meeting of the five parties favouring a hardline stance on the Cyprus problem next week has now been accepted by all, with Citizens’ Alliance leader Giorgos Lillikas on Tuesday proposing different dates due to scheduling conflicts. A joint meeting of the five parties, which hope to field a […]

Free tickets will be made available for the dress rehearsal of the Berlin Philharmonic concert in Paphos on April 30, the Pafos2017 organisers told the Cyprus Mail on Tuesday. The details will be finalised over Easter and will be announced soon after, marketing and communication officer Anastasia Anastasiou said. This is a second chance for […]

  Education Minister Costas Kadis told hundreds of teachers protesting over certain conditions of a new appointment system on Tuesday that postponing its implementation was out of the question. Primary school teachers’ union Poed is demanding that the new, merit-based system be postponed until colleagues who have been working as temporary teachers for more than […]

US-backed forces fighting Islamic State in Syria advanced to within 2 km (1 mile) of a key stronghold near the jihadist group’s de facto capital of Raqqa on Tuesday, and a counter-attack by the militants was repulsed, officials said. The multi-phased campaign by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by air strikes and military advisers from a US-led coalition, […]

If you have – or even know – any kids who have rhythm flowing in their veins and who can be moved by music, then the interactive educational concert for kids of all ages coming up in Paphos is something they don’t want to miss. The interactive concert, under the name Feel the Sound, will […]

  Several villages in the Larnaca district lost their electricity supply on Tuesday after a fire at an EAC’s transmission station caused a power outage. The villages affected were: Kofinou, Mari, Zygi, Tochni, Maroni, Psematismenos, Kalavasos and Agios Theodoros. According to EAC press officer Christina Papadopoulou, the cause of the outage was a fire which […]

Manchester United have won just six times at home in the Premier League this season and midfielder Juan Mata says they must start converting draws into victories at Old Trafford if they are to finish in the top four. United are fifth and trail fourth-place Manchester City by four points, albeit with a game in […]

  The Good Friday service at the Ayios Georgios Exorinos church in Famagusta, which was only reinstated in 2015 after 58 years, might not continue this year after a permit was denied by the Turkish Cypriot side. Four Turkish Cypriot civil society organisations have condemned the move, a casualty of a new policy in the […]

  Disgraced former deputy attorney-general Rikkos Erotokritou is expected to appear before the Supreme Court on Wednesday to plead for his release from prison on the grounds of a provision in criminal law that grants judicial officers immunity from prosecution. Erotokritou filed the petition for a writ of habeas corpus following his conviction last month […]

  A COMMEMORATIVE series of stamps highlighting the European Capital of Culture Pafos2017 have been issued by the post office. The stamps are a set of three valued at 64 cents each, portraying ancient monuments, the sea and the natural environment. The series was designed by Nikos Ierodiakonou from Nicosia and printed in Athens by […]

A Bank of Cyprus source said on Tuesday that the bank will challenge the ruling of a Greek court awarding €460,000 in compensation to investors in securities issued by the bank who lost money in the 2013 banking crisis. The source who was commenting on condition of anonymity a day after the Cyprus News Agency […]

Conservation foundation Terra Cypria on Tuesday asked authorities to refrain from tarmacking the road to Lady’s Mile beach adjacent to the Akrotiri wetlands and called for an environmentally sound development. The comments were made in the wake of a protest on April 5 by restaurant owners who demanded improved access to the popular beach and […]

Charity event at the Cultural Foundation for the entire family The Bank of Cyprus fights its own battle against cancer, organising last Sunday, on the day of the Christodoula march, a social event at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation for the entire family. From 11am to 5pm, the largest yard in the old city […]

A new poll on Tuesday showed far-left wildcard Jean-Luc Melenchon nipping at the heels of the frontrunners in France’s presidential race, building on his recent surge as sniping between the top contenders gathered pace. With just 12 days to go until the first round of voting, polls are tightening and possibilities for May’s second, deciding […]

The number of farmers participating in the Crop Protection Association’s (Kysyf) programme to manage and recycle pesticide containers is gradually increasing, it was announced on Tuesday. According to Kysyf, which is running the programme for the third year in the row, almost all of the 300 farmers who participated in a survey the group carried […]

North Korean state media on Tuesday warned of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of US aggression as a US Navy strike group steamed towards the western Pacific. US President Donald Trump, who has urged China to do more to rein in its impoverished neighbour, said in a Tweet North Korea […]

    Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci ramped up the rhetoric on hydrocarbons exploitation on Tuesday, warning that the risks to the talks he spoke about last year were coming to pass, including tensions connected with drilling slated for June or July. Although the gas issue was not discussed between the two leaders during their […]

Arsene Wenger faced a barrage of criticism from former players, supporters and the media after his team’s 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace on Monday night, as his 20-year reign as Arsenal manager looked increasingly shaky. The defeat, their fourth in a row away from home and Wenger’s first to Palace, left Arsenal sixth in the […]

Mini buses connecting Nicosia’s old city with the main areas beyond the walls are expected to begin operating by the end of the month. The aim is to revitalise the historic centre by improving accessibility through sustainable means of transport and gradually reduce the number of cars within the walls. Τhe eco-friendly buses will follow […]

The risk of mass starvation in four countries – north-east Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen -is rapidly rising due to drought and conflict, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday. Some 20 million people live in hard-hit areas where harvests have failed and malnutrition rates are increasing, particularly among young children, it said. In […]

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson carried a unified message from world powers to Moscow on Tuesday, denouncing Russian support for Syria and taking up America’s traditional role as leader of the West on behalf of Donald Trump’s administration. Tillerson met on Tuesday in Italy with foreign ministers from the Group of Seven major advanced […]