Новости за 07.06.2017

Liverpool have ended their interest in signing defender Virgil van Dijk, the club said in a statement on Wednesday, a day after British media reported the player’s club Southampton had made a complaint to the Premier League about an illegal approach. Liverpool had been heavy favourites to sign the Dutch centre back and the player […]

Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis said last night a last-ditch effort by vested interests was afoot to scupper the national health scheme (Gesy). It was around 10pm when the minister tweeted that there was a “last-ditch effort in progress by the establishment to scupper Gesy. They are seeking a political leader to play the role of […]

Turkey‘s parliament on Wednesday approved a draft bill allowing its troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in Qatar, an apparent move to support the Gulf Arab country when it faces diplomatic and trade isolation from some of the biggest Middle Eastern powers. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed […]

World number one Andy Murray shrugged off a sluggish start to reach his fifth French Open semi-final with a 2-6 6-1 7-6(0) 6-1 defeat of Japan’s Kei Nishikori on Wednesday. Briton Murray dropped serve twice in the opening set as the gremlins that have dogged his season briefly returned, but he was generally in charge […]

US Senators angrily confronted top intelligence officials at a congressional hearing on Wednesday when they refused to discuss whether President Donald Trump had pressured them to intervene in an FBI probe into Russia and the 2016 US election. Both National Security Agency Director Admiral Mike Rogers and Dan Coats, the Director of National Intelligence, told […]

Bill Cosby’s lawyers on Wednesday tried to undermine the account of the woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2004, questioning apparent inconsistencies in her statements to police and suggesting she was after money. Andrea Constand, the key prosecution witness, told jurors on Tuesday in a suburban Philadelphia courtroom that Cosby gave her […]

Iraq‘s autonomous Kurdish region has called a referendum on independence to be held on Sept 25, an official said on Wednesday, moving ahead with a plan for full statehood that is likely to be opposed by Baghdad. Hemin Hawrami, assistant to Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, tweeted: “big news. Kurdistan Referendum for independence is on 25/9/2017.” […]

Former French Open champion Stan Wawrinka demolished Croatian Marin Cilic 6-3 6-3 6-1 to reach the semi-finals in awe-inspiring fashion on Wednesday. The Swiss third seed broke the big-serving Cilic six times, spraying the court with winners throughout the match to ruthlessly sweep the seventh seed aside. Wawrinka, who lifted the Musketeers Cup in 2015, […]

The European Capitals of Culture in 2017 Aarhus and Paphos, to some extent, represent the extremes in a Europe that is currently facing a series of profound complex problems. The political standpoints are many and attitudes divided, and in the heated discussions focus is slowly moving away from the most central part – human. This […]

U.S. President Donald Trump offered on Wednesday to help resolve a worsening diplomatic crisis between Qatar and other Arab powers as the United Arab Emirates invoked the possibility of an economic embargo on Doha over its alleged support of terrorism. In his second intervention in the row in as many days, Trump urged action against […]

The state Legal Service is considering its next moves after a court ruled that the law designed to help so-called trapped property buyers obtain title deeds clashed with the constitution. State attorney Theano Mavromoustaki told members of the House legal affairs committee on Wednesday that no final decisions were taken and a new meeting with […]

Akel’s central committee has decided to back businessman Mike Spanos as the party’s candidate in next February’s presidential election, the party announced on Wednesday.   Akel’s central committee has decided to back businessman Mike Spanos as the party’s candidate in next February’s presidential election, the party announced on Wednesday. The central committee will now recommend […]

Akel representatives at Limassol polling stations during December’s municipal elections told the electoral court on Wednesday that they saw irregularities taking place during the vote count. The electoral court, following a request by both sides, set a number of hearings in the case of a recount for last December’s Limassol municipal election which Nicos Nicolaides won by just nine […]

Former French Open runner-up Simona Halep staged a remarkable fightback and saved a match point to reached the semi-finals with a 3-6 7-6(6) 6-0 win over Elina Svitolina on Wednesday. Romanian third seed Halep trailed by a set and 5-1 against the fifth seed but somehow dug herself out of a hole before storming to […]

The accounting firm EY (Ernst & Young) said that 81 per cent of interviewed Cypriot managers said that they consider bribery and corruption to be widespread on the island, placing Cyprus on the second place among 41 peers. Ukraine topped the list with 88 per cent of the interviewed managers, EY said in a statement […]

A negative review of the tax department by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Global Forum for transparency and exchange of information, which aims to tackle tax evasion and tax avoidance, has excluded Cyprus from the convention of mutual administrative assistance in tax matters, it was reported on Wednesday. According to local daily […]

World number three Karolina Pliskova reached the French Open semi-finals with a 7-6(3) 6-4 victory against Caroline Garcia, ending the French presence in the main draw on Wednesday. The second-seeded Czech, who had never got past the second round here before, mastered windy conditions to set up a meeting with Simona Halep, who beat Elina […]

St Panteleimon FC is delighted to announce that our team will be playing in the Middlesex County League – Division 1, starting this coming season 2017/18. We have secured a new home ground – North Greenford – where we’ll compete on Saturdays. St Panteleimon FC was formed in 2015 to create a community, sporting and […]

The strike at the Episkopi desalination plant in Limassol has been called off following the intervention of Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou, it was announced on Wednesday. The strike began on May 30 after negotiations between the workers’ unions – PEO and SEK – and the company operating the desalination plant on employment terms fell through. […]

France will go beyond its initial international commitments to combat climate change following US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of last year’s Paris accord, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. France’s new President Emmanuel Macron is leading the charge to keep the momentum on the landmark accord that was reached in the French […]

A car torched in Limassol in the early hours of Wednesday was the same one that hit a football fan during clashes in the Enaerios area last month. Police said the car was set alight at around 1.35am. Limassol police spokesman Marinos Vasiliou said the car had been doused with flammable liquid. The vehicle, worth […]

  The largest land-based exercise between the National Guard and the Israeli special forces will take place in the coming days in several areas of the Troodos mountains, media reports said on Wednesday. The exercise, part of the defence cooperation that has developed in recent years between the two countries, will mainly focus on scenarios […]

  A 46-year-old woman and her 17-year-old daughter were threatened with a knife after two men broke into their Limassol home early Wednesday and stole cash and items valued at more than €11,000. According to the police, the woman reported that two men broke into her house at around 3am on Wednesday, while she and […]

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he plans to nominate Christopher Wray, a former US assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush now in private practice, to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation. “I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI. […]

ELECTION BASICS Polls open at 7am (0600 GMT) and close at 10pm (2100 GMT), though anyone who is in the queue to vote when the polls close may do so. Voting is not compulsory. Britain is a parliamentary democracy, meaning that the government is formed from lawmakers rather than being separately elected. The defining principle […]