Новости за 08.06.2017

US Vice President Mike Pence assured President Nikos Anastasiades on Thursday that no one can question Cyprus’ sovereignty, in a meeting which Anastasiades described as “very friendly.” The meeting lasted for almost an hour, according to an official statement. Pence received Anastasiades in the Roosevelt Room, a meeting room in the West Wing of the […]

A small US biotech has successfully regenerated skin and stimulated hair growth in pigs with burns and abrasions, paving the way for a scientific breakthrough that could lead to the regeneration of fully functional human skin. Salt Lake City-based PolarityTE Inc’s patented approach to tissue engineering is designed to use a patient’s own healthy tissue […]

Danushka Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis were the heroes as Sri Lanka chased down 322 runs to upset India by seven wickets at the Oval on Thursday and throw Champions Trophy Group B wide open. Shikhar Dhawan’s superb 125 had led India to an imposing total of 321 for six but Gunathilaka (76) and Mendis (89) […]

A deal between Italy‘s main political parties on electoral reform unraveled on Thursday, leading to calls for a snap election that could usher in more instability in the eurozone’s third largest economy. Two major opposition parties, the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the right-wing Northern League called for an immediate vote, and the ruling Democratic Party […]

Six former senior officials of the Citizens’ Alliance, who left the party in the wake of their disagreement with leader Giorgos Lillikas’ decision to mount a campaign for next year’s presidential elections opposite that of Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos, plan to announce a new platform, it emerged on Thursday. According to local daily Politis, the […]

Romanian Simona Halep showed the full extent of her defensive skills to beat Karolina Pliskova 6-4 3-6 6-3 and reach her second French Open final on Thursday. The third seed, who will become world number one if she defeats Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko in Saturday’s showdown, benefited from her opponent’s unforced errors in the first set […]

Turkey’s energy minister Berat Albayrak has been flown aboard the Turkish seismic survey vessel Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa, according to reports in the Turkish Cypriot media. Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris Postasi reported that Albayrak – who also happens to be the son-in-law of Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan – paid a surprise visit to the north. After […]

During the past three and a half years, 1,117 vehicles were reported stolen in Cyprus of which 594 were located by police, according to stats obtained by the Cyprus Mail. The largest number of stolen vehicles was reported in Limassol, followed by Nicosia, Larnaca and Paphos, respectively. During the period, there had been a steady […]

Watch out Nicosia, a Greek band that really does represent the World Music scene is coming over for one show-stopping performance on Monday night. The band, Encardia, follows the vivid musical tradition of the Greek population of Southern Italy. Its repertoire includes romantic songs and songs that deal with social issues. Encardia came together in […]

Cyprus has taken a step in the right direction as regards corruption and after four compliance reports and five years, it has now implemented many of Greco’s recommendations, the organisation’s annual report said. Greco, the Group of States Against Corruption, published its Seventeenth General Activity Report (2016) and it says amongst other things, that “there […]

Pan-Arab satellite network Al Jazeera said on Thursday it had come under a large scale cyber attack. Al Jazeera is the flagship broadcaster for Qatar, which is in a stand-off with fellow Arab states over alleged ties to terrorism, a row which is endangering stability in the region. “Al Jazeera Media Network under cyber attack […]

Same-sex couples will be able to marry in some churches in Scotland after religious authorities on Thursday agreed to change texts stating marriage is between a man and a woman, the first such move for a major Christian church in Britain. At the general synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, over two-thirds of […]

The United States shot down a pro-Syrian regime armed drone that was attacking US led coalition forces in Syria on Thursday, a US military spokesman said, the first time the regime had attacked coalition forces. US Army Colonel Ryan Dillon, who is a spokesman for the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State, said the MQ-1 like […]

A BIG kerfuffle erupted on Thursday, with MPs from ruling Disy and main opposition Akel accusing their colleagues from Diko and Edek of seeking to torpedo the national health scheme (Gesy) at the last moment. After a drawn-out process, parliament last week signed off on three bills that would enable the roll-out of Gesy providing […]

A police inspector has announced his intention to run for president in the upcoming presidential election as an independent candidate. Christakis Kapiliotis, who oversees the Platres complex – Lania, Platres, Troodos — announced on his Facebook page that he was running and called on President Nicos Anastasiades to refuse to go to Geneva if the […]

First Emmanuel Macron blew apart France’s left-right political divide, now the president’s upstart political party looks set to win a commanding majority in parliament, leaving opponents to issue a word of caution. Be wary of becoming a victim of your own success, they say. Macron, a head of state who never before held elected office, […]

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko blazed a trail into the French Open final with a 7-6(4) 3-6 6-3 victory over Swiss Timea Bacsinszky in a battle of the birthday girls on Thursday. On the day she turned 20 the free-swinging world number 47 launched a fusillade of winners to become the first unseeded player to reach the […]

Two men were injured in an explosion on Thursday while repairing an inflatable boat at Latchi harbour. The incident occurred around 4pm. The men, a Romanian aged 23 and a Cypriot aged 22, suffered burns and were rushed to Paphos general hospital for treatment. Police were investigating the precise circumstances of the explosion.

The ministry of health on Thursday recalled a batch of Tasoulla Spitisia Fagita frozen pork sheftalia after it detected salmonella. The production date for the contaminated batch is January 31, 2017, and the best-by date July 30, 2017. The packages weigh 600g and are packed in soft plastic with a nylon cover. Health services have […]

Trade unions of the state power company EAC will next week ask their members to endorse “dynamic measures” – usually code for “strikes” – in protest at government plans to open up the electricity market. The syndicates are opposed to the government’s proposal – already in progress – to make the Transmission System Operator (TSO) […]

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford believes that England manager Gareth Southgate has his best interests at heart and does not feel that he has been brought into the senior set-up too quickly, the 19-year-old has said. Rashford, who has eight caps for England, was scheduled to play in the U-21 European Championships in June, a […]

The Holy Synod said on Thursday there were grave risks in the ongoing procedure to reunify the island and called on political leaders to unite in defending the country’s interests. According to a written statement following a synod meeting, among other issues the Church leadership discussed the latest developments in the Cyprus problem. “And after […]

Several measures proposed by Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou were approved by the cabinet during Thursday’s session, including paternity leave and the rights of mothers by surrogacy. The council approved two weeks of paternity leave with the same terms as maternity leave, and maternity leave and other rights for women who have children through surrogates. “This […]

BirdLife Cyprus expressed serious concerns and opposition to most of the amendments to the hunting law proposed by the Game and Fauna Service, and urged the House to vote against it on Friday. The NGO stressed that the proposed bill would introduce a series of relaxations and loopholes to existing legislation and make enforcement ineffective. […]

Workers at the state-owned Cooperative Central Bank will vote next week to decide whether they will take industrial action after the lender rejected their demands, a union official said. Already, members of SEK, PEO and Pasydy, the three unions representing roughly four in five workers at the Co-op, received briefing about the outcome of talks […]