Новости за 10.06.2017

Akel general secretary Andros Kyprianou said on Saturday that the selection of businessman Mike Spanos as his party’s presidential candidate is not yet final as they still need to make clear that his positions reflect those of the party. Speaking to the daily Politis after attending the protest held daily at the Ledra street crossing […]

US-backed Syrian forces have advanced into opposite sides of Islamic State’s so-called Syrian capital of Raqqa, the forces and a war monitor said on Saturday. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a group of Kurdish and Arab militias supported by a US-led coalition, began to attack Raqqa on Tuesday after a months-long campaign to cut it […]

Jelena Ostapenko produced an astonishing fightback to overpower favourite Simona Halep 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the French Open final on Saturday and become the first Latvian grand slam champion. The 20-year-old looked down and out when Halep had points for a 4-0 lead in the second set but hit back with an audacious display of […]

A total of 1,770 sat police exams on Saturday hoping to land one of 250 jobs in the force. The exams, taken at 15 places in Limassol and Nicosia, passed without incident police spokesman Andreas Angelides said. Of the 250 vacancies, 210 are with the police and 40 with the fire brigade. Angelides said it […]

Turkish authorities jailed the local chairman of Amnesty International pending trial over charges of “membership of a terrorist organisation”, as part a crackdown following last July’s failed coup attempt, the rights group said. Taner Kilic, along with 22 other lawyers in the Aegean coastal province of Izmir, was detained on Tuesday for suspected links to […]

Discussion at the House transport committee of a bill allowing car owners to acquire personalised licence plates has been completed and is to be sent to the plenum to vote, it was reported on Saturday. According to media reports, the bill provides that car owners will have the possibility to acquire personalised licence plates through […]

Italy will not hold elections until the natural end of the legislature in spring next year, former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who leads the ruling Democratic Party (PD), said on Saturday. Renzi said he saw little hope of reforming the electoral system after a deal between the four largest parties broke down this week, meaning […]

Half of the construction contracts of the Larnaca Sewerage Board (SAL) are being investigated by the police and the Auditor-general’s office, the town’s mayor Andreas Vyras said on Saturday. Speaking to members of the press, the Larnaca mayor said that chaos prevailed in the SAL when he took over as employees did not even know […]

A man of around 60 years believed to be a foreign national located on Saturday morning floating unconscious off Protaras’ coast was pronounced dead upon his transfer at the Famagusta general hospital. According to the police, the man was spotted floating unconscious in the Protaras sea at around 9am. He was brought to the shore […]

After calling on the mayor of Engomi to deal with a pack of stray dogs roaming the area for the last few days. animal rights organization PAWS said he has responded positively and moves are now being made to control them. In a letter Rafaella Kyriakou referred to an incident that occurred on May 24 […]

Two women, aged 23 and 20, were arrested on Friday night in Ayia Napa after being caught selling nitrous oxide, known as laughing gas. According to the police, during operations in the area members of the crime prevention unit located the two women – on two separate occasions – selling laughing gas, which is registered […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May was fighting for survival on Saturday after a failed election gamble undermined her authority and plunged the country into a major political crisis days before talks to leave the European Union start. May’s bet that she could strengthen her hand by crushing what she believed to be a weak opposition […]

Flyhalf Owen Farrell slotted four penalties as the British and Irish Lions produced a performance of test match intensity to beat the Canterbury Crusaders 12-3 in Christchurch to win for the second time on their New Zealand tour on Saturday. Warren Gatland’s Lions had been under immense pressure after a mediocre start to their 10-match […]

England manager Gareth Southgate says critics of the country’s youth development scheme have been proved wrong by the Three Lions’ march to the Under-20 World Cup final. England beat Italy 3-1 in the semi-finals in South Korea on Thursday and will face Venezuela in Sunday’s final with a chance to claim the first world title […]

By Marja Elsinga Why governments ought to accommodate community-driven solutions to affordable housing. Societies are urbanising, cities are growing and land and house prices keep soaring. These rising prices are an important source of income for owners of residential real estate, tax revenue for local governments and an engine of economic growth for cities. Yet, […]

Police on Saturday urged members of the public to avoid drinking and driving following two road accidents on Friday caused by motorists that were seven and three times over the limit. The first accident, police said, occurred at around 7.30pm on Kappari Avenue in Paralimni when a car driven by a 42-year-old man under conditions […]

President Donald Trump is expected to visit Miami as early as next Friday to announce a new Cuba policy that could tighten rules on trade and travel, rolling back parts of former President Barack Obama’s opening to the island, according to a US official and people familiar with the matter. Trump’s aides are nearing completion […]

The new Autonomous Citizens’ Platform, established by former senior officials of the Citizens Alliance, who left the party over their disagreement with leader Giorgos Lillikas’ decision to run as a presidential candidate, is against the creation of kingdoms and palaces, it was announced on Saturday. At the movement’s first meeting on Friday evening MP Pavlos […]

Where do you live? I live in Nicosia with my parents Best childhood memory? Being a young boy pretending to be a soldier with my friends and playing with fake guns chasing one another around the neighbourhood Most frequented restaurant and absolute favourite dish? Ah, so many choices! Probably T.G.I Fridays – Jack Daniels double […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she assumed Britain would stick to its plan for leaving the European Union after the country’s election upset, and that she wanted to work quickly on talks over Brexit. British voters failed to deliver a widely expected parliamentary majority for the Conservative party in Thursday’s general election, dealing […]

Latvian daredevil Jelena Ostapenko started tennis practicing against a wall – she would be well advised to remember those early experiences when she faces master of defence Simona Halep in Saturday’s French Open final. The 20-year-old, looking to become the first unseeded woman to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup since 1933, blazed her way to […]

THE Cyprus government has finally stepped in and will supply up to 20 new life saving dialysis machines to Paphos renal unit, according to a local charity. Graham Brown, the chairman of the Paphos Kidney Association, told the Cyprus Mail that the state has also agreed, in principal, to create a much needed larger renal […]

NOBODY could accuse health minister Giorgos Pamboridis of being afraid to speak out. He has been doing little else since his appointment, but with good reason. Introducing a national health scheme (Gesy) that would offer universal healthcare cover was never going to be an easy job, because it would affect the financial interests of many […]

By Philip O’Connor An error by France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris handed Sweden’s Ola Toivonen a last-gasp goal to secure a 2-1 win in their World Cup Group A qualifier at the Friends Arena on Friday. Lloris’s poor clearance fell straight to the midfielder who lobbed the keeper from inside his own half to steal the […]