Новости за 18.04.2017

Leicester City’s fairytale Champions League journey came to an end at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Atletico Madrid, who reached the semi-finals for the third time in four seasons with a 2-1 aggregate win. A first-half goal by Saul Niguez proved enough to ease the […]

An asteroid more than a quarter mile (400 meters) wide will pass close to Earth on Wednesday, zooming by at a distance of just over a million miles (1.8 million km), but with no chance of impact, according to NASA scientists. Smaller asteroids routinely make closer passes to Earth, but 2014 J025, discovered in May […]

The number of people applying for asylum in Mexico has soared by more than 150 percent since Donald Trump was elected U.S. president, according to Mexican data, as more Central American migrants seek to stay rather than take their chances in the United States. Between November 2016 and March, Mexico’s refugee agency, COMAR, received 5,421 […]

THE foreign ministry on Tuesday denied Turkish Cypriot reports that authorities had deported a group of Serbian children who arrived on the island through Larnaca airport on their way to take part in a cultural event in the north. According to the ministry, the children’s guardians changed their minds after “it was explained to them […]

A hundred unarmed South Sudanese refugees in eastern Congo took 13 United Nations mission staff hostage on Tuesday, demanding to be moved to a third country, a UN official based in the area said. They were among 530 people who have been living in the Munigi base, outside Goma, since fleeing South Sudan last August, […]

As most political parties in Cyprus expressed alarm at the impact the Turkish ‘Yes’ vote in Sunday’s constitutional referendum might have on Turkey’s policy on the Cyprus peace talks, President Nicos Anastasiades plans to convene the National Council on Monday. A National Council session has long been a demand of opposition parties, particularly those deeply […]

Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis acknowledged there were disagreements with the European Commission with regard to the halloumi/hellim protected designation of origin (PDO) application but said he believes these will be soon overcome. Speaking to public broadcaster CyBC, Kouyialis confirmed that there was a disagreement with the European Commission as to the interpretation of the agreement […]

Many traditions stay the same but many also change. In the framework of the exhibition Brides at the Leventis Museum: Tradition and Fashion in Greece and Cyprus at the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia, a dance/ music event will take place that will show us just how much our idea of a wedding has changed […]

The man suspected of killing a Cleveland man and posting a video of the murder on Facebook fatally shot himself after a “brief pursuit” by Pennsylvania State Police officers on Tuesday, police said. Steve Stephens was accused of shooting Robert Godwin Sr., 74, on a sidewalk in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sunday before fleeing in a […]

Turkey’s main opposition began a battle on Tuesday to annul a referendum handing President Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers, while the bar association and an international monitor said an illegal move by electoral authorities may have swung the vote. A defiant Erdogan, whose narrow victory exposed the nation’s deep divisions, has said Sunday’s vote ended […]

Education Minister Costas Kadis on Tuesday visited the reception centre for asylum seekers in Kofinou where he gave children chocolate eggs and discussed ways of ensuring their smooth integration into the education system. Kadis, according to an announcement, accompanied by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Cyprus Damtew Dessalegne, visited the reception centre where […]

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of a nobleman from more than 3,000 years ago, the latest in a series of major discoveries of ancient relics that Egypt hopes will revive a tourist business that has been hit by political instability. The find near the Nile city of Luxor, is the tomb of Userhat, a […]

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said he hoped early elections called by Britain’s prime minister would bring more “clarity and accountability” in its negotiations to leave the European Union. Prime Minister Theresa May called on Tuesday for an early election on June 8, saying she needed to strengthen her hand in divorce talks with the […]

Attorney-general Costas Clerides has just been handed an updated report into a police corruption probe, and will be studying its findings to determine whether any prosecutions are warranted. According to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), the report contains additional information and depositions requested by Clerides after an initial report was delivered to him on January […]

On his way to winning Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel found his mind wandering already to next week’s first in-season Formula One test and how much he was looking forward to it. The four-times world champion, now seven points clear of Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton after winning two of the first three races, is […]

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has entered the draw for next month’s French Open four months after suffering a serious hand injury, she said. The 27-year-old was stabbed by a knife-wielding intruder in her home in the Czech Republic in December. “My name will appear on the entry list for Roland Garros because I had […]

The International Monetary Fund raised its 2017 global growth forecast on Tuesday due to manufacturing and trade gains in Europe, Japan and China, but warned that protectionist policies threaten to halt a broad-based recovery. The IMF, whose spring meetings with the World Bank get underway in Washington this week, forecast that the global economy would […]

Two elderly siblings, Theodora Efthymiou, 71, and her brother Eftymis, 68, died when a fire broke out in their house in the Vouni area, near Limassol, early on Tuesday morning. According to the police, the charred remains of the two were found in their beds when firemen arrived on the scene at 9am. Fire service […]

THE significant amount of rainfall of the past few days, especially in the Nicosia area, has had little impact on the water levels in reservoirs, the water development department said on Tuesday. Rainfall in Nicosia district reached 43.8 mm so far this month, 245 per cent above normal, that helped bring the average rainfall for […]

Nearly 9,000 mainly African migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean this past long weekend after being put by smugglers in Libya onto unseaworthy boats heading toward Italy, UN aid agencies said on Tuesday. The migrants, many from Nigeria and Senegal with some from Bangladesh, are among an estimated 20,000 held by criminal gangs in irregular […]

The ‘Hotline Bling’ hitmaker wasn’t home when a member of his staff found a 24-year-old woman in one of the bedrooms, wearing one of the rapper’s hoodies, at around 10.30pm on April 3. According to TMZ, after police were called, the unnamed intruder told officers she had permission to enter, which she didn’t, and confessed […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May called on Tuesday for an early election on June 8, saying she needed to strengthen her hand in divorce talks with the European Union by shoring up support for her Brexit plan. Standing outside her Downing Street office, May said she had been reluctant about asking parliament to back her […]

A 26-year-old Georgian man, Odysseas Sarides, is wanted by police in connection with a case of robbery, assault and battery, and theft, in Limassol, police said in a statement. Releasing the suspect’s photo, police urged anyone with any information to contact the Limassol CID on 25805057, their local police station, or the citizens’ hotline on […]

YOUTHS caused extensive damage using fire crackers in various parts of the Tala village square in Paphos, on the early hours of Sunday. The main damage was caused to the public toilets in the old churchyard, which belongs to the Department of Antiquities and operates as a museum. According to the police on Tuesday, the […]

IF Turkey wants to contribute to the Cyprus peace talks, it will not create any problems in the Republic of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone, because it knows what the reaction will be, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Commenting on state radio on the Turkish referendum, Christodoulides said that, as far as the government […]