Новости за 04.05.2017

THE Solidarity Movement on Thursday officially endorsed a proposal to back Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos for the 2018 presidential elections. Solidarity’s central council adopted the proposal by 102 votes for, 4 against and 5 abstentions. In a statement accompanying the endorsement, the party said a change of course was needed given that “the Cyprus talks […]

Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will remain in solitary confinement in a New York City prison, a US judge ruled Thursday, although he will be allowed to send pre-screened messages to his wife for personal reasons and to help mount his legal defence. Guzman’s court-appointed lawyers argued in March that he was being […]

The main prosecution witness in the trial over last summer’s quadruple murder in Ayia Napa described in detail on Thursday how he aided and abetted the two hired gunmen. Charalambos Andreou, 33, who is already serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to his part in the crime, told Larnaca criminal court how he drove […]

The US House of Representatives narrowly approved a bill to repeal Obamacare on Thursday, handing Republican President Donald Trump a victory that could prove short-lived as the healthcare legislation heads into a likely tough battle in the Senate. The vote to repeal former President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement, which enabled 20 million more Americans […]

The education ministry’s cultural services on Thursday denied claims of discrimination by film director Panicos Chrysanthou who went on a hunger strike over the debt he amassed for one of his films in 2006 because it was banned. Chrysanthou, who began the hunger strike last week in protest over “discrimination and exclusion in the field […]

Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis confirmed on Thursday that Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has asked for a disciplinary probe into two state-employed doctors who sit on main opposition party Akel’s central committee. Politis newspaper had reported on Thursday morning that Michaelides sent a letter last week to Pamboridis asking him to launch an investigation into the doctors […]

The auditor-general raised doubts on Thursday whether it was legal for a government minister to take part in preparing the terms of the agreement for the privatisation of the port of Limassol. Speaking before the House watchdog committee, which dealt with his April 5 report on the matter, audit chief Odysseas Michaelides said he doubted […]

Cyprus will not get drawn into a public dialogue with Turkey over its sovereign rights, the government said on Thursday as Ankara reserved two more areas south of the island for military drills. Speaking to the state broadcaster, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said Turkey’s actions do not impact only the interests of Cyprus, but they […]

Britain’s looming negotiations with the European Union on exiting the bloc are already very tough and will become “impossible” if emotions are allowed to run unchecked, the chairman of EU summits said on Thursday. Donald Tusk‘s warning followed comments by British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday that some European politicians and officials were seeking […]

Danish travel company Aarhus Charter will offer flights from Paphos to Denmark from May 6. Aarhus Charter celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2017, and both Aarhus and Paphos are European Capitals of Culture this year. The first flight will arrive on May 6 and a ceremony has been planned at the luggage area of the […]

THE Cypriot public and private primary education system includes pupils from a wide range of nationalities and ethnic groups, according to figures from the department of primary education. The 2016-2017 school year includes – from the Cypriot community – 42,335 Greek Cypriots, 72 Turkish Cypriots, 108 Maronites, 39 Armenians and 9 Latins. There are also […]

A member of a UN team working on a project in Colombia to substitute illegal crops with legal ones was kidnapped by dissident former Farc rebels who have rejected the peace process, the United Nations and the government said on Thursday. UN official Arley Lopez, a Colombian, was seized on Wednesday by gunmen close to […]

The AG Leventis Gallery in Nicosia has its Wednesday evenings reserved for lectures, and this coming Wednesday one dedicated to the late poet Niki Marangou under the name A Walk with Niki. The lecture will concentrate on Marangou’s poetry but she was more than a poet, she also wrote prose, children’s fairy tales and created […]

TWO hundred and eighty bottles of Cyprus wine that were immersed in the sea in 2015 will be brought up from the seabed on Sunday, as part of the Pafos2017 celebrations. The bottles were placed in a box and sunk in November 2015. “The bottles will be opened by a Sommelier to see if they are drinkable […]

‘Motor Show 2017’, a four-day exhibition for new cars, vans and motorcycles was opened on Thursday afternoon by Transport Minister Marios Demetriades at the former state fair grounds in Nicosia. The show, which was not held for five years due to the economic crisis takes up 11,000 square metres of space. It includes almost all […]

The French prosecutor’s office launched an inquiry on Thursday into suspicions of fake news being spread to influence Sunday’s presidential vote after far-right leader Marine Le Pen implied her rival Emmanuel Macron held an offshore account. Macron, favourite to win the presidency, denied allegations of using a foreign tax haven that were made on social […]

The transformation of a Soviet-era monument in Kiev into “the world’s largest man-made rainbow” was meant to trumpet Ukraine’s willingness to celebrate diversity as it hosts the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. Instead, a dispute with far-right groups over the decision to colour in the arch has highlighted a prevalence of homophobic attitudes despite the Western-backed […]

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its ruling in an application by disgraced former attorney-general Rikkos Erotokritou for release from jail on the grounds of a provision in the criminal that grants court official immunity from prosecution. Erotokritou filed the petition for a writ of habeas corpus following his conviction in February to three-and-a-half years […]

More than 40 events, discussion panels, press briefings and special meetings will make up the programme of the Annual Meeting and Business Form of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development  (EBRD) in Nicosia from May 9–11 The theme of the meeting is “Targeting Green and Inclusive Growth: Meeting Regional and Global Challenges”. It will be […]

The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency accused Russian rivals of gathering large amounts of political data in cyber attacks and said it was up to the Kremlin to decide whether it wanted to put it to use ahead of Germany’s September elections. Moscow denies it has in any way been involved in cyber attacks […]

Former Romanian world number one Ilie Nastase called Wimbledon organisers “small-minded” after they announced he would not be invited to the Royal Box at this year’s championships. The 70-year-old was provisionally banned from all International Tennis Federation (ITF) events after verbally abusing opposing team members and the umpire when he captained Romania in a Fed […]

Deputy chief of police Andreas Kyriacou appears to have been behind the unauthorised leaking of confidential reports on a foiled assassination attempt and police corruption to the press, attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Thursday. In a statement announcing the key findings of a criminal investigation by former Supreme Court justice Andreas Paschalides and former police […]

Cyprus had the second highest increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of all EU member states in 2016, while in 11 of the countries the emissions decreased during the year. According to Eurostat estimates published on Thursday, CO2 emissions rose in 2016 in a majority of EU Member States, with the highest increase being recorded […]

The number of registered unemployed fell an annual 11 per cent to 32,804 and a seasonally adjusted 35,083, in both cases the lowest in over five years, the statistical service said. Compared with March, the April figure of registered unemployed, which is the lowest since November 2011, fell 16 per cent or by 6,284, Cystat […]

Liverpool great Kenny Dalglish is to have a stand named after him at Anfield in recognition of his contribution to the club as player and manager. The Premier League club said the Centenary Stand would be renamed later this year, on a date to be determined, in the 66-year-old Scot’s honour to mark Liverpool’s 125th […]