Новости за 23.04.2017

Germany approved just under 48 percent of asylum applications from Afghan migrants in the first two months of 2017, down from close to 78 percent in 2015, the Passauer Neue Presse German newspaper reported on Sunday. The newspaper, citing a response from the German interior ministry to a parliamentary query by the Left party, said […]

A Slovakia-based company has unveiled the commercial design for a flying car priced at more than $1 million, saying it was ready for pre-orders with first deliveries expected by 2020. AeroMobil said its teardrop-like shaped AeroMobil Flying Car, displayed at the Top Marques Monaco, could switch to flight mode in less than three minutes. The […]

Centrist Emmanuel Macron took a big step towards the French presidency on Sunday by winning the first round of voting and qualifying for the May 7 runoff alongside far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Though Macron, 39, is a comparative political novice who has never held elected office, new opinion polls on Sunday had him easily […]

Two goals by Crystal Palace forward Christian Benteke, who Liverpool sold to their opponents earlier this season, cost the hosts the chance to put pressure on the Premier League’s top two with a rare home defeat on Sunday. Philippe Coutinho had put Liverpool ahead in the 24th minute with a direct free kick. The home […]

Belgian and Swiss media carried reports on Sunday saying that unidentified pollsters believed Emmanuel Macron would reach the French presidential runoff but that it was unclear who his opponent would be. France’s official polling watchdog told Reuters last week that the country’s nine main pollsters had committed to refrain from carrying out exit polls and […]

Arsenal will play London rivals Chelsea in the FA Cup final on May 27 after beating Manchester City 2-1 following extra time in the semi-final at Wembley on Sunday. Arsenal had to come from behind after Sergio Aguero scored his 30th goal of the season for City in the 62nd minute, racing away on to […]

A 53-year-old man from Larnaca has been arrested on suspicion of possession and distribution of child pornography, police said on Sunday. The suspect’s home was searched under warrant based on information obtained from Europol that the IP user from that address had uploaded and disseminated material on a specific platform used to upload child pornography. […]

By Bejay Browne Former military barracks to become a university campus The Limassol village of Kato Polemidia has ambitious plans to turn a huge asbestos-ridden former British military barracks into a university campus complete with student residences and parks. Community leader Nikos Anastasiou said the local council’s plans to build a university town can progress […]

More holidays, a burka ban and an end to hard Brexit – just some of the policies Britain’s opposition parties hope will prevent an overwhelming election victory by Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May in June. With some polls giving May a more than 20 point lead before the June 8 vote, the main opposition Labour […]

Strong winds reaching 6 Beaufort – 25-30 miles per hour – which affected much of the island on Sunday are set to continue into Monday, the met office said. By Sunday afternoon the fire service in Nicosia had received five calls reporting felled trees and two cases of tin roofs being blown from buildings Two […]

By Alon Ben-Meir The razor-thin victory (51.3% to 48.7%) of Turkey’s President Erdogan in the referendum held on April 16 in fact denies Erdogan the mandate to govern with the sweeping powers the new constitution grants the President, especially when the results of the referendum are seriously contested. Even if there was no outright fraud […]

A fire that broke out on the third-floor of an apartment block opposite the defence ministry in Nicosia was caused by an unattended barbecue and strong winds, the fire service said. No one was injured in the incident. The fire service, which sent three units at around 1.30pm said the blaze was caused by an […]

Without the existence of dreams our existence would be pretty dull. And in dreams almost anything can happen, just as in fairytales and imaginary lands where even a piece of sky can dream of flying. A piece of sky that falls from an imaginary town to Earth is what the play for kids The Piece […]

A 30-year-old woman on a motorcycle was killed on Sunday in Limassol when her bike was hit by a car driven by a 79-year-old man near the Limassol hospital. Eftychia Kleomeni died instantly when she was thrown from her motorbike after it was hit by a car coming out of a side road. She had […]

President Nicos Anastasiades leaves on Monday evening for India on a four-day state visit, heading a delegation of officials and businesspeople. Anastasiades, who will be accompanied by the ministers of finance, energy, transport, agriculture, and the government spokesman, will arrive in Mumba on the morning of 25 April. There he will meet with the Governor […]

Finance Minister Harris Georgiades is to present his fellow ministers on Monday with two important economic documents on fiscal policy and public debt management for cabinet approval. Sources from the finance ministry told CNA the Stability Programme for 2017 – 2020 would reaffirm the government`s commitment to reform efforts and maintaining fiscal policy. Fiscally, the […]

The leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday he could suspend British involvement in air strikes against Syria if he was elected prime minister at a June 8 election. The veteran peace campaigner, whose Labour Party is around 20 points behind the ruling Conservatives in opinion polls, set out his […]

By Annette Chrysostomou The Cyprus Tourism Organisation and water sport groups both want reservoirs put to greater use Using Cyprus’ many beautifully located reservoirs for organised leisure activities such as water sports would appear to be an obvious way of expanding the island’s tourist attractions for local and foreign visitors alike. Yorkshire Water in the […]

A 47-year-old construction worker was critically  injured early on Sunday in Limassol when a piece of scaffolding fell on him, police said. According to police, the man was working on the ground floor when a piece of metal from the scaffolding on the second floor fell, hitting him on the head. The injured man was […]

A polling station in the town of Besançon in eastern France was evacuated on Sunday after a stolen vehicle was abandoned with the engine running while voting was taking place, French Interior Ministry said. The suspicious car was flagged as stolen and had fake number plates, a ministry official told Reuters, adding that a decision […]

An Israeli attack against a military base for the Syrian pro-government National Defence Forces in southern Syria killed three NDF members on Sunday, the NDF militia and a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitoring group, said it remained unclear if the source of the bombardment in Quneitra province […]

Gunmen shot and wounded Italian-born conservationist Kuki Gallmann at her conservation park in northern Kenya on Sunday, a source close to her family said. The 73-year-old author of the memoir I Dreamed of Africa was shot in the stomach after the vehicle she was driving in was ambushed by a group of gunmen, the source […]

Greek foreign minister Nicos Kotzias has written a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to complain about “the conduct” of UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide, reports said on Sunday. According to Phileleftheros “the letter bluntly stated” that the UN official was acting to promote the Turkish request for the EU four freedoms to be […]

The fire service responded to 24 calls for help that included 18 fires over the past 24 hours, it said on Sunday. One of the main callouts was to an EAC substation near Athienou in Larnaca, which had caught fire on Saturday night. The Oroklini fire station responded to the call with three vehicles and […]

A 39-year-old Bulgarian man was in intensive care at Nicosia General hospital on Sunday after sustaining critical injuries in a car accident in the early hours. According to police, the resident of Xylofagou in the Famagusta district was driving on the road between his village and Avgorou with two compatriots aged 39 and 20 when […]