Новости за 18.05.2017

A rampant Harry Kane netted four goals and Son Heung-min scored twice as Tottenham Hotspur thrashed Leicester City 6-1 in an entertaining Premier League clash on Thursday. Already certain of finishing second behind champions Chelsea, Spurs played as if the title race depended on the outcome of their visit to Leicester, who suffered a first […]

Defeated French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said on Thursday she would run for parliament in June’s legislative elections because it was crucial there were lawmakers ready to oppose Emmanuel Macron’s policies. Le Pen’s defeat to Macron on May 7 had raised questions about her leadership of the National Front and aides had said […]

The 127th Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), featuring 28 foreign ministers, takes place in Nicosia on Friday. The session will be the last event under Cyprus’ chairmanship of the CoE. The CoE’s Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property – the only international treaty specifically dealing with the […]

Turkey is ready to retaliate if it faces a threat from the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and will not shirk from launching a military campaign if need be, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. In his first public address since returning from a visit with US President Donald Trump, Erdogan said he told the United […]

THERE appeared to be no clear path ahead for reunification talks on Thursday, with the two sides agreeing to continue talks under the same format and with the UN facilitating the process. No dates were set for further meetings of the leaders, however. Espen Barth Eide, the UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus, said […]

Main opposition Akel on Thursday accused the finance minister of undermining the national health scheme (Gesy), whose legislation was expected to leave the committee and put to the floor inside June. House health committee chairman, ruling Disy MP Costas Constantinou, said discussions were at an advanced stage and the bills were expected to go to […]

Greek police fired teargas at anti-austerity protesters rallying outside parliament in Athens on Thursday as lawmakers debated further spending cuts demanded by the country’s international lenders in exchange for bailout funds. A small group of hooded protesters broke away from a rally of about 10,000 demonstrators and hurled petrol bombs and firecrackers at police guarding […]

US-led coalition jets hit a convoy of Syrian and Iranian-backed militias that were heading towards the Tanf base in southern Syria where US special forces are based, a rebel official with a Pentagon-backed rebel group said on Thursday Muzahem al Saloum, from the Maghawir al Thwra group, told Reuters that the jets struck after rebel […]

EU states aim to pool public money into a fund to help pay for joint military projects, a senior EU official said on Thursday, in potentially one of the most significant steps to underpin an emerging European defence union. The fund would form part of Franco-German efforts to develop a more integrated Europeandefence to respond […]

The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) on Thursday  thanked Australia for its donation of €7,000 saying this had brought  the country’s financial assistance to the CMP to a total of €13,300 over the past ten years. The CMP said the donation would contribute to its goal of identifying and returning as many remains of missing […]

The local scene is never quiet when it comes to children, literally and figuratively. This weekend, the pick of entertainment for children of all ages ranges far and wide to include theatre productions, workshops, and a unique experience in a gallery after closing time. In celebration of International Museum Day, the Coco-Creativity Centre is organising […]

A speeding car ploughed into pedestrians on a sidewalk in New York City’s busy Times Square on Thursday, killing one person and injuring 22, and authorities said there was no indication it was an act of terrorism. Witnesses said the motorist was driving against traffic before his burgundy Honda sedan mounted the sidewalk and struck […]

A parliamentary majority looks to be within reach for centrist French President Emmanuel Macron in next month’s parliamentary election, opinion polls indicated on Thursday, as his cross-partisan government held its first meeting. Macron’s election as president on May 7 smashed a decades-old left-right grip on politics and has left the conservative Republicans (LR) and the Socialists in […]

Islamic State attacked a village near the main road between Aleppo and Homs on Thursday, killing many residents, Syrian state media and a war monitor said. The jihadist group has lost large swathes of territory recently in Syria after expanding rapidly in 2014 and 2015, and is under assault from a US-backed coalition of Arab […]

THE cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal by state-owned Natural Gas Public Company (Defa) to proceed as soon as possible with two tenders for the import of natural gas. The first tender will provide for the creation of the necessary infrastructure and the second for the procurement of the natural gas, said Energy Minister Yiorgos […]

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called for restraint in regards to Turkey’s actions within Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). He was speaking during a joint news conference with his Cypriot counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides following a meeting of the two in Nicosia. Asked by a reporter about Turkish threats in Cyprus’ EEZ, Lavrov said: “All […]

Two German nationalists plotted a nail bomb and petrol bomb attack on Muslims and asylum seekers, German prosecutors said on Thursday when they charged the men with terrorism and being part of an organised cell. The pair, Daniel A., 41, and Marcel L., 29, were also charged with explosives and firearms offences in connection with […]

It is inevitable for there to be some difficulties when it comes to a critical stage in negotiations, Ambassador of China in Nicosia, Huang Xingyuan said on Thursday referring to the Cyprus talks. During a news conference at the Chinese Embassy on the Belt and Road Forum, the ambassador recalled a Chinese saying which says: […]

Players will face a two-match retrospective ban for diving from the start of next season after the English Football Association (FA) approved a new rule to combat simulation in an annual general meeting on Thursday. Under the new regulations, incidents involving players who deceive a match official into awarding their team a penalty or sending […]

Iran said on Thursday that new US sanctions targeting its ballistic missile programme show Washington’s “ill will” and could undermine the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, state television reported. The US Treasury on Wednesday sanctioned two senior Iranian defence officials, an Iranian company, a Chinese man and three Chinese firms for backing […]

The King David Hotel has hosted emperors, kings, prime ministers and divas in its 85-year history and on Monday it will add another salient name to its storied annals – US President Donald Trump. Perched in the heart of Jerusalem, with sweeping views of its walled Old City, its terraces surveying manicured gardens, a swimming […]

The cabinet on Thursday voted to give temporary teachers who have worked for more than 30 months open-ended contracts. Education Minister Costas Kadis said the move means all objections to the new appointment system have been removed. Teachers and unions had staged protests in April to demand secure contracts for temporary teachers before the new, […]

Cyprus may be the only EU country without public toilets on motorways, road safety non-governmental organisation Reaction Youth for the Prevention said in a statement. “Members of the Reaction road safety unit visited sites next to the motorways which were used as ‘alternative’ toilets which were pointed out to them by bus drivers and professional […]

Roger Ailes, former chief executive of Fox News Channel, has died, a source told Reuters on Thursday. Ailes resigned from Fox News last July following allegations of sexual harassment, marking an abrupt end to his 20-year rein over America’s most lucrative and powerful cable news channel for conservatives.

The government expects to collect over €7.4bn in 2018, or 3.6 per cent more than this year, and spend just below €7.4bn, up 2.9 per cent, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Thursday. Addressing reporters after the cabinet approved the fiscal management framework for 2018 to 2020, Georgiades said the government will increase primary spending […]