Новости за 07.05.2017

Marine Le Pen said on Sunday her National Front party would be completely overhauled after centrist Emmanuel Macron defeated her in France’s presidential election. The anti-EU, anti-immigration Le Pen said that the election has pitted “patriots” against “globalists” after candidates from the traditionally dominant socialist and conservative parties were eliminated in an April 23 first […]

Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France on Sunday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union, early projections showed. The centrist’s emphatic victory, which also smashed the dominance of France’s mainstream parties, will bring huge relief to European […]

Marinos Sizopoulos was re-elected president of socialist Edek on Sunday, garnering over 84 per cent of the vote, or more than 2,600 votes. His rival, Deok union leader, Diomides Diomidous issued an announcement saying he had phoned Sizopoulos – who was first voted as president of the party two years ago – to congratulate him. […]

Arsenal scored twice in three minutes through a deflected Granit Xhaka strike and Danny Welbeck’s header to claim a deserved 2-0 win over Manchester United on Sunday and inflict a first Premier League defeat on the visitors in 26 games. The victory at the Emirates Stadium keeps sixth-placed Arsenal’s hopes of a top-four finish alive, […]

British street artist Banksy has taken on Brexit with a mural of a workman chipping away one of the 12 gold stars on the flag of the European Union on a wall in Dover, the ferry port that connects England with Calais in France. Banksy, whose identity is a closely guarded secret, posted pictures of […]

The U.S. military’s experimental X-37B space plane landed on Sunday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two years, the Air Force said. The unmanned X-37B, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, touched down at 7:47 a.m. EDT (1147 GMT) on a runway formerly used for landings of […]

Popular Paphos beach the victim of complex legal dispute     CONCERTED efforts are underway to finally resolve long-standing issues over public access to the popular blue flagged Coral Bay beach in Paphos and its two kiosks that service thousands of visitors a year. Access to the beach is currently across a piece of privately […]

James Milner missed a penalty as Liverpool were held to a 0-0 home draw by Southampton on Sunday in a blow to their hopes of finishing in the top four and securing a place in next season’s Champions League. Phillippe Coutinho returned from the leg injury that saw him limp out of Monday’s 1-0 win […]

Qatar Airways said on Sunday it has signed a sponsorship deal with FIFA to be the official partner and airline of the next two World Cups, in Russia and Qatar. The state-owned carrier did not disclose the value of the deal, which it said would cover the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017, the 2018 FIFA World […]

Britain’s opposition Labour Party said middle and low earners would not face tax hikes to fund its spending plans if it wins next month’s election, with the burden falling instead on the top five percent of earners and big business. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives, which have a commanding lead in the polls, have attacked […]

Wines that had been submerged off the coast of Yeroskipou since November 15 were declared fit for human consumption by experts on Sunday in Paphos, and declared to have aged well, according to CNA reports. Some 280 bottles of Cyprus wine that were submerged as part of the Pafos2017 celebrations. The same number and types […]

A press room and the courtyard of the Louvre Museum where French presidential candidate and favourite Emmanuel Macron was expected to speak on Sunday was evacuated for security checks after a suspicious luggage item was found, police and a campaign official said. “Following the detection of a suspicious bag, the 300 journalists (who were processing […]

Two men aged 52 and 57 from Limassol, both associated with far-right political movements, were remanded by the court on Sunday for four days in connection with an attack on a left-wing event on Friday night at Tepak university. Police asked for an eight-day detention order but after a three-hour hearing and after their lawyers […]

For decades belonging to a religion and being anything but heterosexual was stigmatized in Communist-ruled, macho Cuba, making the Mass held by three transgender pastors in the western Cuban city of Matanzas all the more groundbreaking. Rainbow flags decorated the chapel, while the pastors, who had flown in from Brazil, Canada and the United States, […]

Organisers barred journalists on Sunday from a publicly advertised event in Shanghai to attract Chinese investment in a U.S. real estate project linked to the family of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law in exchange for immigrant visas. The two-tower luxury apartment complex in New Jersey, One Journal Square, is being developed by KABR Group and the […]

The less said by UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide, the better right now, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday, adding that the UN envoy should have learned from the experiences of his predecessors who had created problems within one community or the other. Anastasiades expressed his regret that Eide appeared to be adopting positions […]

Members of the cabinet and presidential guard on Sunday played a basketball match in Nicosia against a team representing led by comedian Louis Patsalides of the Louis Night Show on Alpha Cyprus TV as part of anti-cancer fundraising efforts. On the government side were , spokesman Nicos Christodoulides, Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis, and Education Minister […]

Customs seized a large amount of cigarettes and tobacco at Larnaca airport late Saturday, they said. During a routine check, they discovered 50kg of Golden Virginia in 50g packs and 80 cartons of 200 cigarettes each of Marlboro and Silk Cut in the luggage of a Turkish Cypriot British passport holder and a Slovakian woman. […]

A 38-year-old driver who caused an accident in Limassol on Saturday evening was almost eight times over the limit, reports said on Sunday. The accident happened around 7pm in the city when the drunk driver hit the back of a car driven by another managed 32, who was slightly injured from the impact. Breathalyser tests […]

China will further tighten its internet regulations with a pledge on Sunday to strengthen controls over search engines and online news portals, the latest step in President Xi Jinping’s push to maintain strict Communist Party control over content. Xi has made China’s “cyber sovereignty” a top priority in his sweeping campaign to bolster security. He […]

Artist A Khattab will put his painting collection on display at Diachroniki Gallery in Nicosia as of tomorrow, showcasing people and their places. Khattab, who was born in Nawa in Syria, moved to Cyprus in 1992. He studied Fine Arts at the University of Damascus from 1983 to 1989, concentrating on painting oils with a […]

Greece will offer Cyprus any help it needs when it comes to facing Turkish threats over drilling in the island’s exclusive economic zone, the country’s Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias was quoted as saying on Sunday. In a wide-ranging interview with real.gr news site on regional issues, Kotzias touched briefly on Cyprus reiterating that a solution […]

Boko Haram militants have released 82 schoolgirls out of a group of more than 200 whom they kidnapped from the northeastern town of Chibok three years ago in exchange for prisoners, the presidency said on Saturday. Around 270 girls were kidnapped in April 2014 by the Islamist militant group, which has killed 15,000 people and […]

Multiple Islamic State suicide bombers attacked a base in northern Iraq where U.S. military advisers are stationed, security sources said on Sunday. Two militants detonated their vests at the entrance to the K1 base overnight, and the remaining three were killed by Kurdish peshmerga forces who control the Kirkuk area where it is situated. “They […]

A hair salon in Limassol was completely destroyed in an explosion in the early hours of Sunday, police said. The blast occured at around 4am at the premises on Emmanuel Roidis Street. The salon was owned by a 50-year-old man. Both sides and outside of the premises were destroyed in addition to the windows of […]