Новости за 24.05.2017

Manchester United’s Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a goal in each half as their team comfortably outclassed Ajax Amsterdam to win an emotional Europa League final 2-0 and qualify for the group stages of the Champions League. A minute’s silence held for the victims of Monday’s suicide bombing at a pop concert inManchester in […]

Two people were arrested on Wednesday in connection with a money laundering case of almost €10 million by a co-operative credit company. According to police reports, the suspects are a 56-year-old former official of the co-operative and a 65-year-old businessman. The 56-year-old was arrested in connection with offences involving money laundering, theft from directors or […]

Over the past week, the bicommunal group Unite Cyprus NOW has been organising nightly or near-nightly demonstrations at the Ledra Street checkpoint in Nicosia. A small but dedicated number of demonstrators have attended regularly, and tonight were joined by UN Secretary-General Special Advisor on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide.  

  The Norwegian man who abducted his four-year-old daughter last month never legally requested contact with her in custody disputes but has always been bent on taking her illegally, the mother’s family said on Wednesday. The events that led to the abduction on April 27 of Marie Eleni Grimsrud, four, by her father, Torkel Grimsrud, […]

Apollon claimed the Cyprus Cup on Wednesday with a 1-0 win over champions Apoel, retaining the trophy they earned last year. In the headlines last week was Apoel’s Brazilian midfielder Vinicius after signing a contract extension until 2019, but it was his namesake on the other side who would prove to be the protagonist of […]

  A presentation on the use of medical cannabis will be held in Geroskipou in Paphos on Thursday evening. Green party member and Peyia councillor, Linda Leblanc, said she has long been pushing for the presentation to come to Paphos after it was held at various other towns around the island. “I believe that medial […]

An Iraqi parliamentarian and Yazidi activist known as Islamic State’s “most wanted woman” wants other Yazidis to step onto the global stage to keep the plight of her people in the spotlight. Vian Dakhil hit world headlines in August 2014 when she broke down in tears in Iraq’s parliament when she plead for help for […]

Around 400 litres of ethyl alcohol smuggled from northern Cyprus were seized by police on Wednesday after they searched a car on the Pyla-CTO road in Larnaca. The suspect was fined €6,500. He paid part of that amount and was released, but his car was kept by the customs department until the rest of the […]

A formal ceremony to hand over the remains of 17 fallen Greek soldiers from 1974 will take place on Friday in Nicosia. According to an announcement by the commissioner to the presidency, the remains were identified by the use of DNA. Seven cases concern exhumations and identifications taking place in government controlled areas as part […]

Spain’s supreme court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Barcelona star Lionel Messi and stood by a Catalan regional court’s 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud, court documents showed. The five-times World Player of the Year is unlikely to go to prison, however. Messi and his father Jorge were found guilty by a Catalan court last […]

A Greek Cypriot police officer working for the British bases is still fighting for his life after sustaining burns on more than 80 per cent of his body, the British bases confirmed on Wednesday. The officer, aged 50, was found on Tuesday in a burning vehicle in an open area at the Achna Forest (Dasaki […]

A 23-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in the Chloraka area for attacking and injuring a 21-year-old with a knife, police said. Paphos police say the fight was a result of personal differences between the two men. According to the doctors, the 21-year-old suffered two injuries, one to his body and one on his elbow. […]

Egypt’s minister of trade and industry has given the green light for its end of a Cyprus-Egypt business association to go ahead even though an agreement to set it up was made in 2001. Aly Basha, commercial counselor at the Egyptian embassy in Nicosia told the Cyprus Mail that he had initiated the move to […]

Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis said on Wednesday that the landfills at Kotsiatis and Vati would soon close thus ensuring the government should avoid being fined by the European Commission over delays in their closure. The commission initiated an infringement proceeding last week against Cyprus after it failed to meet the two-year deadline for closing the […]

The Syrian army said on Wednesday it had killed Islamic State’s military commander in Syria during operations in the north of the country, where the Russian-backed government forces are seizing more territory back from the jihadist group. If confirmed, this would represent a major blow against Islamic State (IS) ahead of an attack which the […]

Former Paphos mayors Savvas Vergas and Fidias Sarikas, both found guilty of corruption over the Paphos Sewerage Board (Sapa) scandal, will be stripped of all honours traditionally bestowed upon all former municipal officials, the Paphos municipal council decided on Wednesday. In a statement, the council said it had discussed the issue of the convictions of […]

A 40-year-old man received €1.1million in damages earlier this week after a road accident three years ago left him unable to work. his lawyer Marinos Shambartas told the Cyprus Mail on Wednesday the pay-out was one of the largest ever awarded in Cyprus. On January 6, 2014, the man, aged 37 at the time, was […]

At least 34 migrants, most of them toddlers, drowned on Wednesday, as coastguard boats and other vessels tried to save hundreds of others packed into boats off the coast of Libya, rescuers said. One of a group of boats listed suddenly, sending about 200 people tumbling into the Mediterranean, Italian Coast Guard commander Cosimo Nicastro told […]

Chelsea have cancelled a planned victory parade in London on Sunday in light of Monday’s bomb attack in Manchester. Antonio Conte’s side won the Premier League title and could claim the double by winning Saturday’s FA Cup at Wembley. Thousands of fans were expected to turn out for the parade. “In light of these tragic […]

A high-ranking Disy official was the victim of a woman who allegedly tricked him into giving her €22,000 by pretending to be the manager of a high-return investment fund, it was reported on Wednesday. According to the police, the man reported that the suspect, who was remanded for seven days on Tuesday, had also introduced […]

The Soundgarden frontman was tragically found dead in his hotel room in Detroit in the early hours of 18 May before his body was transported back to Los Angeles on Sunday (05.21.17). Yesterday, Chris’ brother Peter, his wife Vicky and friends Linda Ramone and J.D. King, gathered at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery to say goodbye […]

The tax department announced on Wednesday that the electronic system Taxisnet is up and running for the submission of income tax forms for 2016. The forms will be accepted electronically until September 30, while any due tax must be paid by June 30. Those wishing to submit their tax form electronically, must first register with […]

Cyprus Airways on Wednesday announced the launch of ticket sales for flights from/to Larnaca International Airport to/from Tel Aviv and St Petersburg, the latest addition to the airline’s schedule for this summer. Direct flights to St Petersburg will begin on June 1 and will be offered three times a week. For this destination, Cyprus Airways […]

If you have kids, you will know that the world of Playmobil is one of imagination and endless play. And The Mall of Cyprus in Nicosia is again set to host a Playmobil pop-up playground as of Friday. After the great success of the event last year, supported by Public stores and during which more than […]

By Stephania Xenophontos A new suicide game, known as the ‘Blue Whale Challenge’, inviting individuals via social media to fulfil risky challenges has emerged in Cyprus, it was reported on Wednesday. According to Phileleftheros, two schoolgirls in Cyprus, who were following instructions, used a sharp object to carve symbols and numbers on their hands. The incident […]