Новости за 27.06.2017

The Nicosia Municipality announced on Tuesday that its multipurpose centre will be open to the public in the coming days to offer cold drinks and an air-conditioned space to all those members of the public in need of escaping the scorching heat. The municipality said the centre, aiming at helping Nicosians endure the heat of […]

The House agriculture committee has asked the government to submit a scheme that tackles all the problems mouflons cause to the produce and property of farmers by the end of September, it was announced on Tuesday. Head of the committee Andros Kafkalias said it’s been a year and a half since state officials said that […]

The state health services recalled a batch of frozen swordfish steaks on Tuesday after higher than the permitted levels of mercury were detected in the product. According to an announcement, a batch of the frozen swordfish steaks – xifias gladius – sold under the ‘Foodsaver’ brand contain more than the permitted levels of mercury. The […]

The heat wave experienced the last couple of days is set to continue as temperatures are expected to soar over 40C during the weekend, the met office said on Tuesday. A minor drop in the temperatures is expected inland on Wednesday and Thursday by one degree, to 39C, the met office said, but as of […]

A number of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot organisations are to hold an event in the Nicosia buffer zone on Wednesday in support of the two leaders Nicos Anastasiades and Mustafa Akinci in their effort to reunite the island, it was announced on Tuesday. The event is organised by several groups, organisations, parties and institutions […]

New interior minister Constantinos Petrides on Tuesday pledged a series of benefits to refugees and displaced persons, in an apparent break with the policy of his predecessor. Attending House refugees committee for the first time the since assuming the interior ministry portfolio, Petrides unveiled government plans to increase rent subsidies, raise the income threshold criteria, […]

Melco International Development Ltd, will assume the majority stake of 70.74 per cent shareholding of the integrated casino resort project with the agreement to purchase Hard Rock’s interest in the company. According to a Melco press release, the company currently holds 35.37 per cent and has entered an agreement to purchase Hard Rock’s interest, completion […]

Serena Williams was completely taken aback by her pregnancy, taking six home tests before believing she was expecting her first child, the tennis superstar told Vanity Fair magazine. Williams, who poses nude on the cover of the magazine for its August issue, said she still had not come to terms with the prospect of being […]

By Emmelia Georgiou An open call is now on for dancers to take part in the world premiere of the performance The Tortoise and the Spider, which will take place on July 20 at Sikelianos Amphitheatre at Delphi following a round of workshops. The Tortoise and the Spider is a co-production by Ros Bandt and […]

Lawmakers plan voting on a number of bills relating to child benefit and paternity leave on July 14, during the last session of the House plenary before it breaks for the summer. One of the bills introduces 15 days of paid paternity leave, which must be used during the 16 weeks that maternity leave is […]

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday that what’s important is that the Greek Cypriot side is going to the talks in Switzerland determined to achieve progress, despite the failure of shaping a common document. In an interview on state broadcaster CyBC’s bicommunal TV programme Biz-Emeis, the president said that an acceptable solution cannot create winners […]

The creation of an integrated casino resort on the island is expected to boost state revenues in addition to creating thousands of jobs and attracting hundreds of thousands of tourists every year, commerce minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Tuesday. He was speaking a day after the signing of a licence to develop and operate the […]

Around 1,000 pilgrims form the north travelled to the Hala Sultan mosque in Larnaca on Tuesday during ongoing Ramadan celebrations. Around 20 buses transported the pilgrims from the north to Larnaca, escorted by police cars. The mosque, which also operates as a museum, was closed to the rest of the public for the day, while […]

Bank workers union Etyk said Tuesday its board of directors “unanimously” decided to ask members at Hellenic Bank to hold a 24-hour strike on Friday, June 30. The decision came after Hellenic Bank workers voted last week to authorise the union to take action against the bank’s decision to transfer around 150 employees to APS […]

“The opportunity for the reunification of Cyprus is now finally before us,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday, chief said on Tuesday before the resumed Conference on Cyprus begins on Wednesday. In a written statement Guterres said he was “encouraged by the reconvening of the Conference” and “welcomed the determination shown by all participants […]

The United Nations’ top rights official has accused US President Donald Trump of breaking taboos by suggesting bringing back torture, and warned world powers against undermining civil liberties in their fight against Islamist militants. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein also lambasted British Prime Minister Theresa May for threatening to change human rights laws if they got in […]

Russia’s top oil producer Rosneft said a large-scalecyber attack hit its servers on Tuesday and computer systems at some banks and the main airport in neighbouring Ukraine were also disrupted. A Moscow-based cyber security firm, Group-IB, said it appeared to be a coordinated attack simultaneously targeting victims in Russia and Ukraine. In Copenhagen, global shipping […]

A 20-year-old from Paphos was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a case of attempted robbery, illegal possession of a gun and inciting terror. The suspect entered a private hospital in Paphos on June 17 and pointed a gun at staff, threatening them and demanding they give him some OxyContin. While leaving the clinic, he […]

EU antitrust regulators hit Alphabet unit Google with a record €2.42bn fine on Tuesday, taking a tough line in the first of three investigations into the company’s dominance in searches and smartphones. It is the biggest fine the EU has ever imposed on a single company in an antitrust case, exceeding a 1.06-billion-euro sanction handed […]

Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico has written to European soccer governing body UEFA requesting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his country’s group stage exit from the European Under-21 Championship. Slovakia were eliminated after Italy beat Germany 1-0 on Saturday in the tournament in Poland, a result that allowed both teams to progress to the […]

Unions threatened on Tuesday to escalate industrial action if the management of the co-operative central bank (CCB) failed to respond to their invitation to dialogue over employment matters. On Tuesday unions Sek, Peo and Pasydy staged a three-hour warning strike from 7.30am to protest the employer’s refusal to discuss their demands. The unions want a […]

Iraqi forces on Tuesday pushed towards the river side of Mosul‘s Old City, their key target in the eight-month campaign to capture Islamic State’s de-facto capital, and Iraq’s prime minister predicted victory very soon. Iraqi forces, battling up to 350 militants dug in among civilians in the Old City, said federal police had dislodged IS insurgents […]

World Number One Andy Murray pulled out of an exhibition match at London’s Hurlingham Club on Tuesday with a sore hip, less than a week before the start of Wimbledon. “His hip is a bit sore,” said a spokesman for the Scot, who had been due to face Frenchman Lucas Pouille. Murray’s withdrawal was precautionary […]

More EU integration is a “foregone conclusion”, and France and Germany will take the lead on post-Brexit reforms starting this year, the European Union’s second-in-command said, adding that he hoped the east-west split in the bloc would heal. Britain’s vote to leave the EU plunged the bloc into an existential crisis a year ago and […]

Three members of the same family were hit by a car as they used a pedestrian crossing near the Paphos Mall on Monday evening, police announced on Tuesday. The Britons were hit when a man failed to stop at the crossing on Apostolou Pavlou Avenue, police said. The father, mother and their 16-year-old daughter were […]