Новости за 22.05.2017

While President Nicos Anastasiades was preparing his address on Monday to explain to the people his new proposal as regards the settlement talks, scores of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots gathered at the Ledra street crossing in the buffer zone calling for results. The organisers of the event, said that the aim is to “protest […]

  President Nicos Anastasiades confirmed on Monday that he had proposed that any conference on Cyprus should focus on security and guarantees first, and only if these were agreed would the remaining issues be discussed. In his address to the people on the proposal he had made last week to Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci […]

Two witnesses in the ongoing trial into the June 23, 2016 shootout at an Ayia Napa restaurant, where four people died, gave on Monday more details about what they witnessed on the night. Katya Bolyukova, who works at an Ayia Napa bar, told the court she was passing in her car outside the Stone Garden […]

Ajax Amsterdam can expect a big windfall from its Europa League final against Manchester United on Wednesday but any thought it could prove the start of a dynasty to rival their all-conquering team of the 1970s will be quashed by contemporary reality. Success in reaching a first European club competition final in 21 years has […]

Classical pianist Tatiana Stupak will return to Technopolis 20 Cultural Centre with cellist Robert Grod and soprano Alysa Kuchinskaya on Friday to perform a classical concert with works by Chopin, Bach, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Faure, Dvorak, Mozart, Schubert, Antonio Caldara and Vincenzo Di Chiara. Stupak started piano lessons at the age of five and went on […]

The tax department said on Monday it is running tests on a system which will enable people to pay their overdue taxes online, adding that if all goes well the system could go live next week. In order to pay tax arrears in this way, taxpayers will have to register with the ‘Ariadne’ government gateway […]

President Donald Trump made a historic visit to Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Monday, standing before the holiest place where Jews are permitted to pray and saying a few words before inserting a note between the monumental stones. He was accompanied by the Rabbi of the Western Wall, Shmuel Rabinowitz, who said on Israel Radio that […]

The Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) has slapped a collective €31 million fine on payment processing company JCC and eight commercial banks for colluding to squeeze FBME Card Services out of the card payments processing market. The companies must pay the fines within 30 days of the CPC’s announcement of its decision. The […]

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney may have to leave the club to extend his career “at the highest level”, former United defender Phil Neville has said. Rooney has made 42 appearances in all competitions this season, most of them as a substitute, with manager Jose Mourinho relying on top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic before a knee […]

Just before international DJs really start to take over the island, a handful of singers from Greece will spoil us for choice on Friday. Starting off in Nicosia, singer Natassa Bofiliou will perform at the breathtaking Skali Aglantzias. The singer, who is considered to belong to the alternative music scene in Greece, released her first […]

A mouse left a civil service office unmanned for a day as the staff working there reportedly refused to share their space with the rodent and took a day’s leave until the animal was caught. According to Phileleftheros, three civil servants – two women and a man – told their supervisor a few days ago […]

The Animal Party condemned on Monday the lack of state action over animal welfare after a video was posted on social media on Friday showing three dogs shivering and trembling after being poisoned in the Kofinou area. The video was uploaded by a member of the public who happened to pass by the scene. He […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a much closer election after the lead held by her governing Conservative Party halved since she set out proposals to reduce financial support for some elderly voters, opinion polls showed. When May called the snap election for June 8, surveys indicated she would win a landslide comparable with […]

The government saw its funds deposited at the Central Bank of Cyprus drop by €34.1m in April compared to March to well below €1.2bn, the supervisory authority said. Last month, total liabilities to euro area banks related to monetary operations denominated in euros, rose by €172.5m to €9.2bn, the central bank said in its April […]

  President Nicos Anastasiades briefed the National Council on Monday about his proposal that he says would allow a new Geneva conference to go ahead, but party leaders did not appear enthused. Anastasiades has described his proposal – reportedly centred on the order on which the six chapters would be discussed and agreed at a […]

The electoral court, following a request by both sides, on Monday set June 1 for the first hearing in the case of a recount for last December’s Limassol municipal election. It also set subsequent hearing dates for June 2, 6, 7 and 9. The court ordered that within seven days from Monday, the applicant – […]

  AN eighty-year-old British holiday maker in Paphos escaped drowning on Sunday morning just after 11am when a lifeguard starting his shift spotted the man in difficulty in the sea and raced in to save him. The incident highlights the urgent need for more lifeguards and longer hours in Paphos, the head of the Paphos […]

Moody’s Investors Service said that the 3.3 per cent annual growth rate of the first quarter announced last Tuesday is a credit positive for Cypriot banks, as it strengthens borrowers’ capacity to repay restructured distressed debt. “Additionally, the growth will support real estate collateral values on which Cypriot banks rely heavily for most lending, and […]

The extension of the Electricity Authority network aims to provide electricity to a house or another property and it can be achieved through the consent of the District Officer if the owners of neighbouring properties, which are affected, object to the installation of electrical lines on their land. The Electricity Authority is able to apply […]

Temperatures will be three to five degrees lower than normal on Monday and Tuesday, the met office announced on Monday. Monday afternoon will be cloudy with weak low pressure and unstable air mass bringing local showers and isolated thunderstorms later in the day. There may also be increased dust levels. Rain and thunderstorms are expected […]

Arsenal are favourites to beat Chelsea in the FA Cup final as they will be motivated to end their season on a high after failing to qualify for the Champions League, the Premier League champions’ manager Antonio Conte said. Chelsea began their title celebrations after beating relegated Sunderland 5-1 on Sunday and can win the […]

Starting from June 1 all chemicals placed on the market must be labelled according to the ‘classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures’ (CLP) regulation. The two-year transitional period, which started on June 1, 2015 and aimed to exhaust all stocks of hazardous chemicals marked in accordance to the old law, will expire on […]

Turkey put on trial 200 suspects on Monday including senior military officers accused of plotting and orchestrating last year’s failed coup, in a court case where prosecutors are calling for life sentences. The defendants, among them President Tayyip Erdogan’s aide-de-camp, the former head of Turkey’s air force, and dozens of generals, colonels and majors, were […]

Cyprus signed on Friday in Nicosia a double taxation avoidance treaty concerning taxes on income with San Marino, the finance ministry said. The agreement, signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulides and his Sammarinese colleague Nicola Renzi, will contribute to further bilateral developing trade and economic ties and establishes a framework for developing […]

If you’re looking for something dramatic and thought-provoking the latest set of performances from the Anglo-Cypriot Theatre should satisfy your cravings because a bit of Beckett goes a long way… While most of us know Samuel Beckett as a renowned Irish page and stage writer, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, few could name […]