Новости за 20.06.2017

Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis is retiring from acting, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday, ending a storied movie career that includes performances in “Lincoln” and “Gangs of New York.” Day-Lewis, the only man to have won three lead actor Oscars, gave no reason for his decision, calling it private. “Daniel Day-Lewis will no longer be […]

More than 1,000 pairs of shoes and almost 700 items of clothing violating trademark law were seized by customs officers in Nicosia and Larnaca on Tuesday, an official statement said. During investigation in two establishments in Nicosia and three in Larnaca, all owned by the same company, officers found shoes worth approximately €4,000 that appeared […]

Belgian troops shot a suspected suicide bomber in Brussels Central Station on Tuesday, officials said, adding that there were no other casualties and the situation was under control after people were evacuated. A Reuters correspondent at the scene a little over an hour after the incident – in which the man detonated a small explosion […]

Student and parent associations at the Pancyprian Gymnasium in Nicosia said on Tuesday they had not discouraged pupils from attending a June 13 protest over building and excavation work taking place at the school. “We refute the allegations which were heard by some that the school’s students had been approached or intimidated and extorted by […]

Defendant Loy Dejan, a Serbian security guard working for businessman Theofanis Theofanous Kalopsidiotis, who was killed in a gangland-style shootout that left four dead in June 2016 in Ayia Napa, told a court on Tuesday that he had been in the toilet when the shooting started. The prosecution claim that Dejan was the murderers’ inside […]

Belgian troops patrolling Brussels Central Station “neutralised” a person after a small explosion on Tuesday, a police spokesman said, adding that there were no other casualties and the situation was under control. He could not confirm media reports that the person had been wearing an explosive vest and it was not clear whether the person […]

Portugal carried out a massive operation to combat its deadliest forest fire on record, which has killed 64 people, amid confusion about the fate of a firefighting plane which had earlier been reported to have crashed on Tuesday. The disaster, now into its fourth day, also prompted Prime Minister Antonio Costa to question the emergency […]

Over one in four people aged 18 to 28 intend to leave Cyprus in search of better employment prospects, according to a survey conducted by the Cyprus Institute of Statisticians published on Tuesday. The institute issued a statement calling the findings “extremely discouraging and disappointing”, as 26.6 per cent of the most productive part of […]

The Green Party said on Tuesday that more than half its members don’t want to back Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos or the Citizens’ Alliance chief Yiorgos Lillikas for president. In a statement, the Greens said they asked party members to give their opinions on various issues. These included the criteria a presidential candidate should be […]

The state power company (EAC) is set to simplify its tariffs system, with the changes expected to cut prices for most consumers. A study commissioned by the company has recommended slashing the different rates for consumption to 11 from 30, depending on whether the premises are commercial or residential and the level of use. In […]

The House labour committee on Tuesday discussed a series of bills, including one introducing paternity leave, which MPs intend to vote through before parliament breaks for the summer recess. Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said that for the first time in Cyprus fathers will be entitled to 15 days of paid paternity leave. This leave must […]

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the University of Nicosia on Tuesday signed an agreement to collaborate to help refugees in Cyprus and elsewhere. The UNHCR said the agreement “signed today on the occasion of World Refugee Day, aims to commit the two institutions to joint activities in two key areas, namely, to provide […]

Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs called on Tuesday for a freeze in Turkish EU accession talks if changes to the country’s constitution are implemented unaltered. The committee approved the draft of the 2016 commission report on Turkey and proposed upgrading the EU-Turkey Customs Union instead, by making human rights and fundamental […]

The Phaneromeni festival 2017 took off last week with a performance by singer Katerian Duska and this week it is set to open up its cultural wings with a film screening and a dance performance. Tonight, at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural foundation join Anthony Quinn as he teaches anyone watching the Zeimpekiko in Zorba […]

President Nicos Anastasiades appointed Fivos Zachariades as adviser on sports issues, focusing on the effort to promote sport as a tool to improve society and advance the spirit of noble competition as a key motivator for youth’s progress, a statement said on Tuesday. “The President of the Republic thanks Mr Zachariades for his willingness to […]

Finance minister Harris Georgiades said that the government borrowed €850m on Tuesday with the issue of a 7-year bond at an average yield of 2.75 per cent. The issue was more than four times oversubscribed with total subscription reaching €3.7m, the finance minister commented on Twitter. The receipts will serve pay back “existing, more expensive […]

A skull found on Monday in an area called Elisi, between Ayios Symeon and Korovia on the Karpas peninsula in the north, is thought to belong to an Ottoman Muslim, the daily Kibris newspaper reported. Turkish Cypriot authorities and archaeologists from the Missing Persons Committee went to the area to investigate the skull, found lying […]

By Ruth Greenspan Bell and D. James Baker, Efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions may have been dashed by the Trump administration’s reversing course on the Paris accord. Nevertheless, across America the fight goes on at regional and corporate levels. These are worrisome times as we contemplate the disconnect between the urgency of dealing with […]

Leeds United’s new manager Thomas Christiansen hopes to take the club to the Premier League in his first season at Elland Road and believes his ideas can help Leeds’ regain top flight status for the first time since 2004. “Last year we finished seventh. At least the promotion should be there and of course we […]

Customs officers have seized a total of 9,503 counterfeit items worth around €50,000 in Ayia Napa, they announced on Tuesday. They include clothing, hats, sunglasses, bags, wallets, towels and watches of various brands including Adidas, Nike, Puma, Hello Kitty, Ray Ban, Prada and Fendi. A shop and two warehouses were searched in the day-long operation […]

The United Nations on Tuesday dismissed as groundless a media report claiming it is proposing a new treaty of establishment that would abolish the Republic of Cyprus. Citing unnamed sources, Cypriot daily newspaper Phileleftheros said the common document on security and guarantees being drafted by UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide is based on the […]

President Nicos Anastasiades will fly to Brussels on Wednesday to participate in the European Council summit, which will discuss inter alia EU security and defence, development and competitiveness, immigration, Digital Europe, and EU external relations. According to a press release, the EU27 leaders will discuss the adoption of a proposal on the procedure to be […]

At least 10 people were killed on Tuesday in a car bomb attack on a government building in the Somali capital of Mogadishu that was claimed by Islamist insurgents, a government official said. Al Shabaab frequently launches attacks in Mogadishu and other areas controlled by Somalia‘s federal government. It wants to force out African Union […]

Iraq‘s army said it encircled Islamic State’s stronghold in the Old City of Mosul on Tuesday after taking over an area to the north of the densely populated historic district. The army’s 9th armored division seized al-Shifaa district, which includes the city’s main hospitals, alongside the western bank of the Tigris river, a military statement […]

A 69-year-old doctor who was arrested in connection with the illegal supply of a prescription drug in Paphos was charged and released on Tuesday morning. He is expected to appear in court at a later date. The doctor, who works at a private clinic, gave himself up at a police station on Monday afternoon after […]