Новости за 17.05.2017

Pressure built on U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday as lawmakers intensified probes into his ouster of the FBI chief and possible collusion between his 2016 campaign and Russia, more fellow Republicans called for an independent investigation and one even mentioned impeachment. The controversy spooked investors, but Trump delivered a defiant message, complaining during a […]

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino denied on Wednesday the existence of a buy-out clause in his contract and said he was committed to staying with the Premier League runners-up. The Argentine signed a contract extension last year which would keep him at Spurs until 2021 but there has been some media speculation about a move […]

One of the main streets in Nicosia was closed on Wednesday after a big hole appeared on Grivas Dhigenis, near the Bridge House traffic lights. Public work crews closed off one lane of the road. The hole was fixed by Wednesday afternoon and the road reopened to traffic.

The French cabaret singer, songwriter and actress Edith Piaf was one of France’s greatest international stars and became a world-wide legend after the release of the 2007 biographical film La Vie En Rose. This legend is no less admired on our shores, and to share their musical respect for the singer, four musicians will perform […]

  Russians living in Cyprus filed for the creation of a political party earlier in the month, it was reported on Wednesday. According to Reporter Cyprus news portal, a group of Russians filed around ten days ago an application to the interior ministry to establish a political party. The application was filed by Russian businessmen […]

Dirk Kuyt announced his retirement from football on Wednesday, bowing out in the best way possible after his hat trick on Sunday won a first Dutch championship in 18 years for Feyenoord. The much anticipated announcement came after Kuyt captained his club to an emotional title victory with a 3-1 win over Heracles Almelo, and […]

  Laiki bank’s main assets will be sold by the end of the year, MPs heard on Wednesday, as concerns were raised over a recent sale of shares in the Bank of Cyprus (BoC). Resolution authority official Michalis Stylianou said the current value of the bank’s assets was estimated at €300m, compared with €600m in […]

British police said they had arrested four men on Wednesday on suspicion of preparing terrorism acts in the United Kingdom. London police said officers from its Counter Terrorism Command had detained the four men, aged 18, 24, 25 and 27, at their homes in the east of the British capital. “These arrests were pre-planned as […]

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has not given up hope of a return to the French national team despite being frozen out by coach Didier Deschamps in the wake of a sex tape scandal 18 months ago. Benzema was suspended indefinitely in December 2015 after being charged with conspiracy to blackmail team-mate Mathieu Valbuena over […]

Germany said on Wednesday it was considering moving the roughly 250 troops deployed at Turkey’s Incirlik base to help in the fight against Islamic State militants to Jordan because Ankara refuses to grant German lawmakers access to the site. Turkish officials have told Reuters a visit by German lawmakers to some 250 German soldiers at […]

Italian Walter Mazzarri will step down as manager of Watford after the final game of the season against Manchester City on Sunday, the Premier League club said on Wednesday. The former Inter Milan coach joined Watford on a three-year contract last year, replacing Quique Sanchez Flores, and guided the club to Premier League safety this […]

Police officers found guilty of corruption will either be sacked or forced to resign, according to proposed disciplinary regulations discussed by parliament on Wednesday. Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said the regulations would only include two options for officers found guilty of corruption: dismissal or forced resignation. The penalty, according to the minister, aims at sending […]

France’s centrist President Emmanuel Macron named his government on Wednesday, appointing a mix of political hues to the top jobs as part of his promise to bridge the right-left divide. Having already made conservative Edouard Philippe his prime minister earlier in the week, Macron’s pick for economy minister was Bruno Le Maire a pro-European, German-speaking […]

Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou dismissed claims on Wednesday that he was behind the dismissal of former deputy police chief Andreas Kyriacou when in fact he had previously prevented him from handing in his resignation over personal issues. President Nicos Anastasiades has been strongly criticised for his dismissal of Kyriacou for his alleged involvement in leaking […]

Eurogate Container Terminal Limassol Ltd said that it intends to invest €30m in upgrading infrastructure and services at Limassol Port, including two new crane bridges. Eurograte, which on January 29 assumed responsibility for the container business as part of the commercialisation of the port’s operations, has handled up to date a total of 141 vessels […]

  Cyprus must work hard to improve its poor digital skills and increase the availability of fast internet connections, a workshop by stakeholders in the electronic communication market concluded on Wednesday. Cyprus is among the weakest EU countries regarding the digital economy, electronic communications and postal services commissioner Giorgos Michaelides pointed out during the event, […]

  Russia has rejected as “absurd” suggestions that it was obstructing reunification talks but reiterated that efforts to achieve a settlement at all costs was unacceptable. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the anti-Russia allegations were a smokescreen designed to hide problems, such as the island’s external security issues, that had to be addressed […]

  THE government is considering improvements to the current Paphos to Polis road now that the construction of a new four-lane highway has stalled due to a lack of funds. Original plans for the four-lane highway date back to 2000 and had long been a demand of locals because of heavy traffic, dangerous bends and […]

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    The yawning chasm between President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci became more apparent on Wednesday when they failed to agree to a way forward, instead mandating UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide into a bout of shuttle diplomacy. As UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was telling reporters in Strasbourg that the […]

Chelsea Manning walked out of a US military prison on Wednesday, seven years after being arrested for passing secrets to WikiLeaks in the largest breach of classified information in US history. Manning, 29, was released from the US Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, at about 2am, according to a brief statement released by the […]

The owners of FBME Bank Ltd, which resorted to international arbitration after its Cyprus branch was placed in resolution, have tripled their claims against Cyprus, sources familiar with the matter said. “They now demand €1.5bn in damages,” a source said on condition of anonymity. While a second source confirmed the information, none provided background about […]

Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump had not divulged any secrets during a meeting in Washington with Russian officials and offered to prove it by supplying Congress with a transcript. But a leading US Republican politician said he would have little faith in any notes Putin might supply. Two US officials […]

Britain’s Liberal Democrat Party, trailing significantly behind Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives and the opposition Labour party, vowed on Wednesday to hold a second referendum on a final Brexit deal if it wins next month election. Launching his party’s proposals for the June 8 election, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron said they would give Britons […]

The official programme of the European Capital Pafos2017 events moves to Lemona village on Friday, where a feast will take place at the village square to celebrate the harmonious coexistence of expats who now live there. The feast is part of the artistic project entitled The Corner of a Foreign Field by Lia Lapithi and […]