Новости за 26.05.2017

THE District Court of Nicosia will announce on June 26 its decision on the case of Efi Herodotou, in connection with the fatal accident in which 17-year-old Emilios Ioannou died just over ten years ago. At the time, she was driving a car which crashed into the victim’s motorbike at a Limassol junction. Herodotou had […]

THE majority of those who saw President Nicos Anastasiades’ address on Monday on the progress of the settlement talks, believe he has changed his stance due to the presidential elections, and they don’t feel that a solution is near, said the results of survey announced on Friday. According to the survey carried out by IMR […]

THE ‘Unify Cyprus Now’ organisation plans to form a human chain across the buffer zone near the Ledra street crossing point, on Saturday at 11 am, in a symbolic act to show the solidarity of the people in demanding reunification. The aim is to form a human chain across the buffer zone to link the […]

A 200 donum plot of land in the north near Ayios Dometios has been delisted as a military area and will be used to build a university to use former community leader Rauf Denktash’s name, daily Yeniduzen reported on Friday. According to the report, the land has been granted by the local authorities to Mediterranean […]

IRREGULAR appointments to the Competition Protection Commission, as well as understaffing issues, have traditionally been the main source of its inefficiency, the House plenum heard on Friday. Ethics committee chairman Zacharias Zachariou read out to the body the committee’s 25-page report on the CPC’s operation, which included the finding that the required political will to […]

Champions Apoel confirmed the appointed on Friday of Dutchman Mario Been as their new manager just 24 hours after announcing the departure of Thomas Christiansen. Last season, the 53-year- old Been was at Turkish side Fenerbahce as assistant coach to another Dutchman, the experienced and much travelled Dick Advocaat, who also left the Turkish side […]

The 17th International Pharos Chamber Music Festival opens next Friday at The Shoe Factory in Nicosia with a voice and piano recital by the renowned Danish coloratura soprano Susanne Elmark and international repetiteur Christian Westergaard. In great demand around the world for the last 20 years, for her recital in Cyprus Elmark will join forces […]

The comeback of Petra Kvitova will sprinkle some much needed stardust on this year’s French Open women’s singles, with the absence of household names Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams making the draw the toughest to call in years. Two-time champion Sharapova was denied a wildcard after returning from a doping ban and three-time winner Williams […]

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino said he was unconcerned over speculation Eric Dier and Kyle Walker are due to move away from the London club in the upcoming summer transfer window. The England internationals have been linked with moves to Manchester United and Manchester City respectively in the English media this week, but the Argentinian […]

THE House plenum on Friday overwhelmingly voted to postpone voting on a legislative proposal regulating the profession of realtors. Among other things, the proposal would introduce the profession of assistant realtor. Greens’ leader Yiorgos Perdikis and Akel MP Yiorgos Georgiou opposed the motion to postpone for 15 days, requested by Solidarity in order to discuss […]

REVERED veteran sports journalist at the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation Andreas Georgiades, with dozens of international-event broadcasts under his belt, died on Friday, at the age of 80. Georgiades was a physical education teacher, as well as a basketball and track coach. Having covered the Olympic Games and various classical sports meetings for over four decades, […]

THE governor of the central bank said that the Cypriot banks have made insufficient progress in reducing non-performing loans adding that the supervisor is working on proposals to render the existing legislative framework more effective to speed up the process. At the current rate of the economy growing at 3 per cent it will take […]

LEXUS AND MARK RONSON INVITE FANS TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN TRACK TO THE ULTIMATE LC DRIVING EXPERIENCE Lexus joins forces with the award-winning music producer to challenge fans to ‘Make Your Mark’ to celebrate the launch of the luxury LC Lexus and Mark Ronson unveil a short film collaboration through which music and car fans […]

A 33-year-old heavily pregnant woman was found dead on Friday morning by her spouse in their home in Trachoni while efforts to save the baby were unsuccessful. According to the police, the woman’s husband found her unconscious in bed at around 8.30am and called an ambulance that transferred her to the Limassol general hospital. Police […]

The ministry of energy, commerce, industry and tourism announced on Friday that PMV Maritime Holdings Ltd had been awarded the tender for the lease of a state area for the development of the Paralimni marina.

There will be no gentle start for the favourites at the French Open starting this weekend, with nine-time winner Rafa Nadal and defending champion Novak Djokovic on a semi-final collision course. Fourth seed Nadal, who has only lost one match on clay this season, was handed a tricky first-round opponent in the mercurial Benoit Paire […]

Central Bank of Cyprus Governor Chrystalla Georghadji said the supervisory authority was compelled to take action against FBME in July 2014 in order to protect the Cypriot banking system, and indirectly questioned the lack of action by other government bodies against the bank’s owners. Three years ago, when the Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a […]

In its mission to always provide a high class living experience, Plus Properties Cyprus launched its latest luxury residential project in Larnaca: “The Pearl of Mackenzie”. The launch was announced during a cocktail reception at Ktima Makenzy, in the presence of Mr. Andreas Vyras – Larnaca Mayor, Mr. Othonas Theodoulou – President of Larnaca Chamber […]

A 39-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly driving his car towards the crowd during riots between football fans in Limassol and hitting one person aged 24, was remanded on Friday for five days. On Tuesday night, stones, Molotov cocktails and flares were thrown, garbage bins and traffic lights were set on fire and shop […]

Cyprus has been given until June 16 to harmonise domestic law with the EU acquis on safety and environmental regulations for recreational water craft and pleasure boats. The issue was discussed on Friday at the House transport committee. The Directive should have been implemented not later than January 18, 2016. The EU has already sent […]

French President Emmanuel Macron offered to help British Prime Minister Theresa May marshal support in the fight against terrorism on Friday, days after a suicide bomber killed 22 people in Manchester. May, in Italy for her first G7 meeting since becoming prime minister last year, was set to urge the world’s major industrialised nations to […]

The ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’ hitmaker is reportedly planning to take to the stage when her son Ross Naess marries his fiancé Kimberly Ryan in three weeks’ time. The wedding will be “Bohemian” style, where friends and family who have gathered to mark the couple’s big day will be spending the duration of the […]

Members of ALPHAMEGA Hypermarkets’ management team visited Tesco’s London Headquarters. ALPHAMEGA Hypermarkets’ collaboration with Tesco, one of the three largest supermarket chains in the world, started in 2013, when they took over the exclusive distribution of the chain’s products in the Cyprus market. ALPHAMEGA Hypermarkets was represented at the meeting by founder and chairman Andreas […]

The ministry of energy, commerce, industry and tourism announced on Friday that PMV Maritime Holdings Ltd had been awarded the tender for the lease of a state area (land and sea) for the development of the Paralimni marina. The tender was launched on June 16, 2015. PMV Maritime Holdings Ltd submitted its tender on 27 November 2015. The […]

By Michael Brauer As the world increasingly becomes urbanized, we owe it to ourselves and future generations to make sure it’s the healthiest, cleanest and most accessible place to live. Today, just over 50 percent of the global population is urbanized. By 2050, this will grow to 70 percent. In general, people living in cities […]