Новости за 31.05.2017

  The biggest problem for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) sufferers is that new drugs are not made available in the public health sector and thus patients cannot receive the most advanced treatment available, MS association chairman Savvas Christodoulou said on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion of World Day for MS which is marked […]

He was studying  ‘heterosexual women who also experience same-sex attraction’ in some instances   A University of Nicosia social scientist has said a paper he published allegedly claiming women become lesbians because men find it sexy was misunderstood by journalists after it provoked scathing reactions on social media. Based on a poll of 1,509 Greek […]

Results from the French Open Men’s Singles matches on Wednesday: Round 2 Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) beat Aljaz Bedene (Britain) 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3 17-Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan) 6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6(3) 16-Lucas Pouille (France) beat Thomaz Bellucci (Brazil) 7-6(5) 6-1 6-2 20-Pablo Carreno (Spain) beat Taro Daniel (Japan) 7-5 6-4 4-6 […]

A first reunion with Real Madrid in the Champions League final is Gonzalo Higuain’s chance to get his own back at his former club for never truly appreciating him and an opportunity to shake his reputation as a big game bottler. The conbative Argentine striker became the most expensive player ever in Italian football when […]

To Rafa Nadal’s extraordinary list of achievements in Paris, the nine-time French Open champion might well add ‘Master of Understatement’. “I think I played a good match,” the Spaniard offered, almost as a question, when asked about his form in thrashing Robin Haase 6-1 6-4 6-3. There would be few in the Roland Garros crowds […]

Around 5,000 girls aged 12 and 13 have been so far been administered the free human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine against cervical cancer in schools, the association of cancer patients and friends, Pasykaf said on Wednesday. The group said that a good percentage, almost 60 per cent, of female high school pupils responded to the call […]

The cabinet approved on Wednesday two support schemes with the total budget of almost €1m for enclaved farmers and fishermen. According to Agriculture Minister, Nicos Kouyialis, the cabinet approved the €700,000 annual scheme aimed at supporting the enclaved farmers and fishermen and a new scheme whose budget is €250,000. The latter, Kouyialis said, is aimed […]

Saturday offers a night of class with an evening of opera in Nicosia and an evening of classical and contemporary ballet in Limassol. The Young Russian Ballet, directed by Anastasia Sverchkova, will present the Spectacular Glory of Ballet on Saturday in Limassol. The performance represents the exceptional beauty, technique, emotion and passion of ballet. It […]

Tenders for the use of individual units at the historic Ibrahim’s Khan in Paphos old town will be opened in the coming days, according to Paphos municipality. A spokesman told the Cyprus Mail that proposals for the premises have been discussed and that the tenders will be announced imminently. “The Khan is of the utmost […]

A British breast surgeon who carried out unnecessary operations on 10 patients for personal gain was sentenced to 15 years in prison, a court heard on Wednesday. In his private practice, Ian Paterson lied to exaggerate risks that patients would develop breast cancer, performing needless surgery and in some cases mastectomies for which patients paid, […]

Pubs in the Czech capital Prague filled up on Tuesday night and some held special events as smokers lit up for the last time before a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants took effect. The ban, which started at midnight, gives the beer-loving nation some of the strictest cigarette-use laws in the European Union. […]

He may be carrying a little more around the middle than in his Roland Garros pomp, but the star appeal of Andre Agassi was undeniable at the French Open on Wednesday as his new charge Novak Djokovic romped to a second-round win. Almost as many cameras were trained on the U.S. tennis star as were […]

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the construction of runway in Kokkinotrimithia to be used by firefighting aircraft. It also approved procurement of new personnel carriers and funds to be used for heightened patrols during the summer season. Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis, said the runway would serve firefighting aircraft in a bid to “improve our response […]

A midnight tweet by Donald Trump unleashed a wave of sometimes mocking speculation by Internet users wondering what the US president meant by writing “covfefe” in an apparently unfinished Twitter post that lingered online for hours. At 12:06am ET (0406 GMT), Trump wrote: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.” The post, since deleted, was followed […]

Greece bid farewell on Wednesday to former conservative prime minister Constantine Mitsotakis, one of its most prominent politicians who was both revered and loathed for pushing for early austerity. Mitsotakis, whose political career spanned more than half a century, served as prime minister from 1990-93. He died on Monday aged 98. Hundreds of supporters queued […]

The Bank of Cyprus on Wednesday introduced the public to their newly designed Visa and Mastercards. The bank expects to hand out 600,000 of the cards. They were presented at a press conference where Charis Pouangare, director of consumer and SME banking division, explained the reasoning behind the innovative designs. “As plastic money, cards are […]

Turkey is ready to go to Geneva for a Conference on Cyprus without any preconditions and is also ready to discuss security issues, UNSG’s Special Advisor for Cyprus Espen Barth Eide said on Wednesday. It emerged later on Wednesday that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has invited the two leaders to New York for a meeting […]

A German court rejected a mother’s demand on Wednesday that Facebook grant her access to her deceased daughter’s account. In the ruling, which overturned a lower court’s decision, the Berlin appeals court said the right to private telecommunications extended to electronic communication that was meant only for the eyes of certain people. Privacy remains a […]

A 52-year-old woman from Limassol was remanded on Wednesday for six days for allegedly stealing and using the credit card of a 76-year-old. According to the police, the elderly woman reported on Tuesday that her purse had been stolen and that she had discovered the card had been used five times for purchases and cash […]

The unemployment rate in Cyprus fell in April to 11.6 per cent, remaining the third-highest in both the euro area and the European Union, the EU’s statistical office Eurostat said. The number of unemployed dropped in April to 50,000 from 53,000 in March and 54,000 in April 2016, Eurostat said in a statement on its […]

President Donald Trump will follow through on a campaign pledge to pull the United States out of a global pact to fight climate change, a source briefed on the decision told Reuters, a move that should rally his support base at home while deepening a rift with US allies. Trump, who has previously called global […]

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s French Open hopes vanished into thin air on Wednesday when he was sent packing in the first round with a 7-5 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4 defeat against Argenitine Renzo Olivo on Wednesday. The French 12th seed, who had just won the Lyon Open on clay, bowed out after saving three match points in the […]

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova’s comeback was cut short on Wednesday when she was dumped out of the French Open in a second round straight-sets defeat to doubles world number one Bethanie Mattek-Sands. The 15th seed, who had only returned this week after a five-month injury absence following a stabbing by a burglar last year, […]

The cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill abolishing compulsory voting in elections, formally calling it a day on a law that has been inactive for years. Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides does not expect the bill to increase voter abstention, as the existing law providing that failure to vote is an offence has been inactive for […]

Next month get to know the city of Aphrodite a little better with a few events organised by the European Capital of Culture Pafos2017. The first event, which will run until the end of the month, takes in the forgotten back streets of Paphos, through Remnou street shops, where the atmosphere of these empty shops […]