Новости за 07.07.2017

CYPRIOTS woke on Friday to the ashes of ten days of make-or-break talks in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, which crashed and burned in the early hours, giving way to the blame game, at least until the smoke clears when the UN issues its report later this month. Both sides accused the other of being responsible for the […]

WHILE President Nicos Anastasiades kept out of the public eye on Friday, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci was vocal about his disappointment over the failure of the talks. Other than the criticisms he levelled at the Greek Cypriot side over its ‘zero troops, zero guarantees’ policy, the Turkish Cypriot leader was very much aware of […]

Johanna Konta kept the flag flying for British women at Wimbledon on Friday, reaching the last 16 with a comfortable victory over Greece’s Maria Sakkari, and said she aimed to go all the way at this year’s championships. Konta is the last British woman left in the singles draw after Heather Watson lost to Victoria […]

An ominous-looking Rafa Nadal kept up his bid for a third Wimbledon and French Open double in style on Friday, serving notice he is not be to messed with in his 6-1 6-4 7-6(3) defeat of big-serving Karen Khachanov to reach the last 16. The Spanish fourth seed scorched his way through the first set, […]

Stealthily, second seed Simona Halep has been creeping through the rounds at Wimbledon, just doing her job, out of the limelight. She reached the last 16 on Friday with a determined 6-4 7-6(7) victory over experienced campaigner Peng Shuai out on Court Two at the southern boundary of the All England Club. The win kept […]

By  Emmelia Georgiou The Cyprus Contemporary Film Centre presents Cinema at the Yard: Abbas Kiarostami Weekend. A year after his death, the event will pay tribute to the memory of the most celebrated and highly acclaimed Iranian director, Abbas Kiarostami. The event will take place over the weekend in the outdoor garden of Xanthis 3 […]

THE consortium that is to build and run the casino resort in Zakaki, on the outskirts of Limassol, rejected claims on Friday that job placement was guaranteed, as advertised by private higher education institutes. According to the director of Cyprus Phassouri Zakaki Ltd, Theodoros Koutsioukis, the consortium is not connected in any way with these colleges […]

STATE-owned telecoms company Cyta on Friday unveiled its mobile-internet speed upgrade to 4.5G, saying it was part of the complete upgrade and modernisation of its mobile telephony network. At a news conference in the company’s Nicosia headquarters, board chairwoman Rena Rouvitha-Panou said that, in the context of its public character, Cyta is obliged to move […]

THE House plenum on Friday abolished a law that made voting mandatory, the violation of which incurred a fine of 200 Cyprus pounds (340 euros). The law-abolishing motion was voted by 40 MPs, while three – far-right Elam’s two and the Citizens Alliance’s Anna Theologou – opposed it. The government submitted the bill after the […]

LARNACA has received three special wheelchairs that will provide disabled people easy access to the sea, mayor Andreas Vyras said on Friday. Two will be placed near the lifeguard’s towers on Mackenzie and Phinikoudes beaches, while the third one will be available at Kastela beach, at the end of Piale Pasha road. The wheelchairs will […]

A new centre which will provide information and support to people with rare diseases has opened its doors in Nicosia. The centre, called ‘Folia’ (or ‘nest’), has been created by the Cyprus Alliance for Rare Disorders in collaboration with the Bank of Cyprus and support from the health ministry. “It is an innovative project, not […]

  Two main reasons were given for the collapse of the Crans-Montana talks on Friday, one in the south of the island and one in the north. Turkey’s proposals were the reason of the collapse of the Conference on Cyprus, Greek Cypriot press reported, and President Nicos Anastasiades’ insistence on ‘zero troops and zero guarantees’ […]

The United Nations’ cultural organisation declared an ancient shrine in the occupied West Bank, that is revered by Muslims and Jews, a ‘Palestinian World Heritage Site in Danger’ on Friday, angering Israel. Unesco took the decision at a meeting in Krakow, Poland to declare Hebron and the two adjoined shrines at its heart – the […]

Despite the abrupt collapse of the Cyprus peace talks in Switzerland Thursday night, which threatens a severe deterioration in relations between the governments of the Republic of Cyprus and Turkey, plans by French energy giant Total to start natural gas drilling in Block 11 of the island’s exclusive economic zone proceed as normal. Total plans […]

Luxembourg left-hander Gilles Muller ended the hopes of Britain’s Aljaz Bedene to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon for the first time on Friday. Slovenia-born Bedene received loud support on a sun-baked Court Two but could make little impression against the 34-year-old grass court specialist who won 7-6(4) 7-5 6-4. Bedene was one of four […]

Results from the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Round 3 matches on Friday: 18-Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat 9-Kei Nishikori (Japan) 6-4 7-6(3) 3-6 6-3 16-Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) beat Aljaz Bedene (Britain) 7-6(4) 7-5 6-4 Results from the Wimbledon Women’s Singles Round 3 matches on Friday: 21-Caroline Garcia (France) beat Madison Brengle (U.S.) 6-4 6-3

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local news – in audio form. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this week: Was Napoleon Bonaparte in the Dublin Post Office in 1916? The unions say it’s a failure – we discuss […]

Part of a four-storey apartment block near the Italian port city of Naples collapsed on Friday, leaving eight people missing, rescue workers said. Fire fighters and other rescuers are still searching among the wreckage of the building overlooking the sea, which crumbled at around 6:20 am local time, but so far no-one has been found. […]

A boat with 85 refugees landed in Pomos in the Paphos district early afternoon, police said on Friday. The boat landed at the Paradise beach in Pomos at around 1.40pm, police said. In it were 65 men, 9 women and 11 children. Authorities went on site to transfer the refugees to the nearest police station […]

An 81-year-old man from Finland is in critical condition at the Limassol general hospital after he was hit by a car driven by a 61-year-old man while crossing the street. The accident occurred at around 9am when the 81-year-old was crossing Amathus Avenue, in Limassol. According to the head of the Limassol traffic police, Emilios […]

Company registrations declined 6.1 per cent in June, compared with the respective month of 2016, to 954, the Department of Registrar of Companies and Official Receiver said. In the first half of the year, overall company registrations, an indicator of the performance of the business services sector, rose an annual 1.2 per cent to 6,442, […]

By  Emmelia Georgiou Maskarini Theatre group was formed by young talented actors who mainly love children’s theatre. The company’s aim is to contribute to the development of theatre on the island through productions that respect their audiences – young or old – and now they are ready to take us to the emerald city. This […]

The jailed co-chairman of Turkey‘s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) refused to attend a court hearing in the capital Ankara on Friday because police told him he would have to be handcuffed, his party said. Selahattin Demirtas, held at a prison in the north-western province of Edirne, had asked to be present at the hearing but […]

Islamic State militants attacked a village south of Mosul, killing several people including two journalists, even as they were about to lose their last redoubt in the city to an Iraqi military onslaught, security sources said on Friday. The assault on Imam Gharbi village appeared to be the sort of diversionary, guerrilla-style strike tactics Islamic State […]

A man was remanded for seven days on Friday in Paphos in connection with attempted murder on a 15-year-old after allegedly trying to strangle the boy. The arrest was made after a 19-year-old woman reported to police that on Thursday at 11.40pm, her stepfather, 41, attacked her teenage brother and tried to strangle him during […]