Новости за 13.06.2017

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, appearing at a high-stakes Senate hearing, on Tuesday denounced as “an appalling and detestable lie” the idea that he colluded with Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign. Sessions, a senior member of Republican President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and an adviser to his presidential campaign last year, testified about his […]

The Ministry of Defence held a conference on Tuesday called Internet and Security as part of a series of actions aimed at informing the public on cyber-defence issues. Minister of Defence Christoforos Fokaides said there is a will to exploit scientific knowledge and to upgrade the operational capacity in the field of cyber-security. “As the […]

Beach administration should be placed under a junior ministry for tourism and all relevant legislations must be reviewed and consolidated, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Tuesday. Petrides said three ministries were now involved in the administration of the island’s beaches, nine separate bodies, and a series of laws and rules, without any coordination, and […]

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that the door to the European Union remains open to the United Kingdom as long as exit negotiations are not concluded, but it would be difficult to walk back once negotiations start. Asked at a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May in Paris whether he […]

The court trying the waste management corruption case did not have the authority to examine a motion filed by the defence on Monday asking for procedures against two defendants – an individual and a company – to be terminated, claiming they had been tainted because an extradition order was issued on the wrong information, the […]

A 12-year-old Romanian boy has been missing from his home in Larnaca since Tuesday morning, police said in a statement. Police released a picture of the boy, Goatsa Sebastian Petricior, and urged anyone with information that might help locate him to contact the Larnaca CID on 24 804060, the nearest police station, or the citizens’ […]

For the third consecutive year, International Yoga Day will be celebrated in Cyprus on June 21 and this year the High Commission of India in collaboration with the Platres municipality is organising a free yoga session at the Platres athletic sport centre. The programme will begin at 7pm with an introduction by High Commissioner of […]

Bank employees’ union Etyk aims to gradually equate the terms of employment for its members at the Co-operative network, with the ultimate goal of a single collective employment agreement across the banking sector, it announced on Tuesday. In a circular to its members who work in the Co-ops, the union stated that in line with […]

A reasonable formula for security and guarantees can be found in Geneva, Gurdal Hudaoglu, so-called undersecretary to the president in the north said on Tuesday, stating that the Turkish Cypriots’ plan for the upcoming international conference on Cyprus is a bizonal federation based on political equality and two constituent states. Speaking on Kibris TV, Hudaoglu […]

Brussels hosted its first Olympics for Seniors on Tuesday, giving the chance for locals aged between 75 and 96 the chance to compete in a range of adapted sports at the national stadium. More than 130 residents of private rest homes took part in activities ranging from throwing a wool ball, tossing a pancake, a […]

Insurance agents warned on Tuesday that the proposed National Health Scheme (Gesy) is inadequate and doomed to fail and it is patients and tax-payers that will pay the price. In a press conference to express their views on Gesy, the board of the Cyprus Insurance Association (Saek) said the provisions of the bills on Gesy […]

Cyprus has received only 273 migrants and refugees so far this year of the more than 70,000 that arrived by sea in Mediterranean countries, the UN Migration Agency (IOM) said on Tuesday. According to the latest IOM report on humanitarian emergencies, of the 73,189 migrants and refugees who entered Europe by sea so far this […]

Lawmakers on Tuesday called on the government to comply fully with a Supreme Court ruling on granting disabled people severe motor disability allowance. In January 2016 the Supreme Court ruled on a case brought before it by a disabled person aged over 65. The individual took their case to the Supreme Court, challenging a prior […]

It is officially the summer season and you know what that means – we will all scream for ice cream. One local ice cream company has been making us scream for ice cream for 65 years now, and to celebrate this milestone Regis will be taking consumers through its history and flavours from Thursday to […]

Main opposition Akel is looking to commit would-be candidate for the presidency Mike Spanos to an agreed ‘document of principles’ before putting his name down for discussion by party members, leader Andros Kyprianou said on Tuesday. Speaking on state TV, Kyprianou denied the party was having “second thoughts” on whether to back Spanos, who has […]

President Nicos Anastasiades continued his visit to Lebanon on Tuesday, meeting the country’s Grand Mufti and the House Speaker. After his meeting with Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian he said that religious issues had never been a source of conflict and division in Cyprus, and underlined the island’s contribution to interreligious dialogue. He then visited […]

The European Commission launched a legal case on Tuesday against Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic for refusing to take in asylum-seekers, ratcheting up a bitter feud within the 28-nation bloc about how to deal with migration. The eurosceptic, nationalist-minded governments in Poland and Hungary have refused to take in anyone under a plan agreed […]

Greeks on the island of Lesbos were counting the cost on Tuesday of a massive earthquake which ripped through its south on Monday, razing an entire village and leaving one person dead. Many residents of Vrisa, a community of some 600 people, spent the night in tents, local hotels and a monastery after the 6.3 […]

North Korea has released Otto Warmbier, a US university student held captive there for 17 months, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday. Warmbier, 22, a University of Virginia student from suburban Cincinnati, was on his way back to the United States, Tillerson said in a statement. The Washington Post cited Warmbier’s parents […]

Lawmakers on Tuesday urged the interior ministry to regulate the use of buildings within industrial zones in a bid to slash red tape and costs for businesses. Officials from the ministry explained to MPs that, contrary to public perception, in practice it is not necessary for businesses to apply anew for planning and construction permits […]

The European Union celebrated 30 years of its Erasmus student exchange scheme on Tuesday, with its chief executive boasting the programme has fostered cross-border romances that may have borne a million children. Telling a festive debate in the European Parliament that he “fell in love anew” with Europe whenever he travelled across the continent, European […]

England are considering changing their top order for the Champions Trophy semi-final against Pakistan, captain Eoin Morgan said, indicating that they will replace out-of-form opener Jason Roy with Jonny Bairstow. “There is a chance there will be a change,” said Morgan of Wednesday’s game. “Jonny Bairstow is our next man in line. He is a […]

Marcos Baghdatis has been beaten by Philipp Kohlschreiber in the opening round of the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart. Kohlschreiber waltzed through the first set 6-1 and was leading 30-15 in the opening game of the second when Baghdatis retired from the match injured.

Cyprus must climb the global competitiveness ranks in relation with issuing building permits, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said, as he pushes for reform that would see the drastic reduction of building authorities and streamlining applications. “I am fed up of hearing that Cyprus is lagging in the competitiveness rankings and that as regards issuing building […]

The book Cyprus- A culinary journey is one of the best representations of what Cyprus has to offer, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades has said, adding that it was much more than a cookery book. Speaking at the presentation of the Russian edition of the book, supported by RCB Bank Ltd, Georgiades said the book was […]