Новости за 29.05.2017

Barcelona named former Athletic Bilbao coach Ernesto Valverde on Monday as the successor to Luis Enrique and he will take charge of the La Liga runners-up on a two-year contract with the option of a third. Valverde, who will be officially unveiled on Thursday, played for Barcelona as a forward between 1988 and 1990 under […]

A political row that had been brewing for days in northern Cyprus escalated on Monday, as ‘Finance Minister Serdar Denktash angrily left a ‘parliamentary’ session after verbal attacks against him by opposition parties. Opposition politicians were protesting a series of decisions to lease ‘government’ land to politicians’ relatives. The controversy was sparked when land in […]

  Ruling Disy and socialists Edek will jointly table a legislative proposal allowing non-payment of capital gains tax (CGT) until the end of 2018, to counterbalance the soon-to-come imposition of 19 per cent VAT on land sales for commercial property transactions. The exemption for payment of CGT had expired on December 31, 2016. Under the […]

Two laws passed by parliament and referred to the Supreme Court by President Nicos Anastasiades were deemed unconstitutional because they provide that the capital statements of government officials’ spouse and children be made public, it was announced on Monday. The two laws sought to promote transparency in government officials’ financial dealings, but ended up going […]

  Huddersfield Town returned to the top flight of English football for the first time in 45 years after a nail-biting 4-3 penalty shootout win over Reading in the Championship promotion playoff final at Wembley on Monday. The game finished 0-0 after extra time and German defender Christopher Schindler struck the winning penalty for Huddersfield […]

The Leventis Art Gallery continues to pay tribute to one of the pioneering artists of the first generation of Modern Cypriot Art in the exhibition Solomos Frangoulidis: The Artist – The Art Critic until September 4 in the Claude Monet Hall. The exhibition showcases a number of Frangoulidis’ art reviews, which he wrote for local […]

  The United Nations is not giving up on efforts to find common ground to resume the Conference on Cyprus in Geneva, UN special adviser Espen Barth Eide said on Monday, seeking to dispel the gloom that has befallen the talks after last week’s stumble. Following a two-hour meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias […]

Talks last week between the heads of European Union institutions and Turkey’s president, Tayyip Erdogan, were held in a “good atmosphere” but produced no new agreements, officials in Brussels said, playing down comments by the Turkish leader. Tensions between Turkey and the EU run high over rights and security issues, but the bloc depends on […]

Former world number one golfer Tiger Woods was arrested in South Florida on Monday morning on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to media reports. Woods, who is second on the all-time list with 14 major titles, was taken into custody at about 3am (0700 GMT) near his Jupiter […]

The UK should resettle soon six families of refugees living in the British bases in Cyprus since 1998, Niels Muiznieks, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, said on Monday. Asked by CNA to comment on the case, Muiznieks welcomed the judgement of the UK court of appeals, which ordered last week the […]

  Akel leader Andros Kyprianou and President Nicos Anastasiades traded barbs over the weekend and on Monday, with the former blaming the latter for the faltering peace talks. On Sunday, speaking to a gathering of Akel supporters, Kyprianou accused the president and his party of sacrificing Cyprus at the altar of political expediency – alluding […]

The last rebels and others who had agreed to leave the besieged Barzeh district of Damascus have done so, the Syrian capital’s governor was quoted as saying on Monday by state television, bringing the entire area under state control. Some 1,012 people, including 455 fighters, left Barzeh in a bus convoy for rebel-held parts of […]

Histopathological tests are expected to shed light on the cause of death of the 33-year-old heavily pregnant woman who was found dead on Friday morning in her home in Trachoni after the post mortem carried out on Monday yielded no results. The woman was found unconscious in bed by her husband in their house at […]

  Police are looking for eye witnesses to help shed light on Saturday’s fatal road accident that killed three men. According to Limassol police spokesman, Ioannis Soteriades, both the driver and the passenger of one of the two pick-up trucks involved in the crash deny having run a red light which lead to the accident, so investigators […]

Rafael Nadal smoothly negotiated the potential stumbling block presented by Frenchman Benoit Paire on Monday, launching his bid for a 10th French Open trophy with a largely routine 6-1 6-4 6-1 win. The heavy favourite for the title looked in imperious form as he steamed through the first set in under half an hour. Paire, […]

  To celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary, a British couple that have lived in a Paphos village for the past 30 years hosted a party on Sunday for the entire community. John and Mavis Cooper, who first meet in their teens and are now in their 80s, said that they wanted to hold a party […]

  Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides on Monday accused the former interior minister of trying to buy his silence over the latter’s alleged wrongdoing in a conflict of interest case in return for turning a blind eye to the fact that the audit boss does not yet have a building permit for his house. Michaelides said that […]

Greece will begin the process of opening up new onshore oil and gas prospects to exploration next year, the chief executive of the country’s oil and gas resources management company said on Monday. Among the first will be the Greek region of Grevena, close to where the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) will cross, Yannis Bassias, […]

Defeated hardline candidate Ebrahim Raisi has complained of voter fraud in Iran‘s presidential election and called on the judiciary and the election watchdog to investigate, the semi-official Fars news agency said on Monday. The allegations, likely to stoke up Raisi’s conservative supporters, were among his strongest since losing the bitterly contested May 19 vote to […]

You know you are on to a winner when you can have a great Lebanese meal together with some jazz, Greek, Spanish and Italian music created by two truly talented musicians. The meal will be provided by the Zaatar Food and Arts Project on Thursday, while the restaurant will also entertain with a performance by […]

Defending champion Novak Djokovic enjoyed a winning French Open start under new coach Andre Agassi on Monday, cruising past Spain’s Marcel Granollers 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the first round. The 12-times grand slam champion parted company with his entire coaching team earlier this month before inviting American great Agassi to work with him during the […]

Results from the French Open Men’s Singles Round 1 matches on Monday: Andreas Seppi (Italy) beat Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2 7-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) 6-3 6-3 6-3 Stefano Napolitano (Italy) beat 32-Mischa Zverev (Germany) 4-6 7-5 6-2 6-2 Joao Sousa (Portugal) beat Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2 6-2 […]

A bicommunal opinion poll published on Monday reflects the recent uncertainty over the negotiations between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders, with a majority of Greek Cypriot respondents unsure which way they would vote in a referendum on a solution. Greek Cypriots in April were mostly undecided what they would vote for, with 26 per […]

Total deposits in the Cypriot banking system fell by €155.4m in April to €49.2m, the largest monthly drop since June 2015, the Central Bank of Cyprus said on Monday. Total credit fell by €96.6m to €54.6bn. Total funds held by depositors at accounts in the system, however, rose 6.4 per cent last month compared to […]

Returning to the stage of her greatest triumph inspired defending champion Garbine Muguruza to down 2010 winner Francesca Schiavone 6-2 6-4 in the first round of the French Open on Monday. The fourth seed, who had been woefully out of form in the run-up to Roland Garros, never looked in danger of joining Russian Anastasia […]