Новости за 11.07.2017

Turkey initiated a number of navy and air force drills off Cyprus on Tuesday as the West Capella drillship fast approached Cypriot economic waters. Military sources apprised of the matter told the Cyprus Mail there was no overlap whatsoever between Cypriot and Turkish marine activities. “There is no cause for concern,” the sources said. In […]

Someone in Romania thought he’d made a fair amount of money when he sold an old typewriter for 100 euros at a flea market. He was wrong. The “typewriter” was, in fact, a German Wehrmacht Enigma I, a World War Two cipher machine, and the collector who bought it put it up for sale at […]

Unseeded Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova stormed into the Wimbledon semi-finals by routing Coco Vandeweghe 6-3 6-3 on Tuesday in a rain-plagued match that was halted for hours before being moved beneath the roof of Centre Court. The world number 87, who describes her Wimbledon adventure as a “fairy tale”, did not allow the disruption to shake […]

Three-quarters of the inmates in the island’s only correctional facility participated in its education programme in the past year, prison governor Anna Aristotelous said on Tuesday. In the 2016-2017 academic year, 410 inmates took part, the governor said, up from 369 the previous year. “The prison schools contribute to the realisation of the prison department’s […]

Johanna Konta sealed a Wimbledon semi-final spot on Tuesday in a feast of tension-filled tennis, powering past Simona Halep 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-4 to become the first British woman to reach the last four in almost 40 years. The second-seeded Romanian shaded the early Centre Court exchanges, pouncing on errors and breaking serve to lead 3-0, […]

The EU’s finance ministers on Tuesday adopted recommendations calling on Cyprus to continue its prudent fiscal policy and complete public sector reform. The Ecofin council upheld five categories of macroeconomic recommendations for Cyprus, without discussion, following the publication by the Commission of the country-specific recommendations on macroeconomic and fiscal policy on February 22. The recommendations […]

Akel leader Andros Kyprianou’s claims that President Nicos Anastasiades went to Switzerland for the Conference on Cyprus not to reach a settlement solution but to set the ground for a blame game are baseless, deputy government spokesman Victoras Papadopoulos said on Tuesday. The Akel leader, who travelled to Athens to meet Greek government officials to […]

A charity dinner taking place in Limassol on July 28 will provide traditional Rembetika music, a three-course meal, open bar and the chance to give a helping hand to the Magic Always Happens organisation. Magic Always Happens is a non-profit organisation that helps raise awareness for autism. The magic in the organisation’s name refers to […]

Venus Williams handed out another lesson to one of Wimbledon’s young upstarts when she beat Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 7-5 on Tuesday to become the oldest women’s semi-finalist for 23 years. The five-times champion, who turned 37 last month, tamed the big-hitting Latvian with a rock-solid performance under the Centre Court roof, winning with something to […]

The Greek parliament will on Friday hand over to Cyprus the findings of an inquiry into the 1974 coup to overthrow president Makarios and the ensuing Turkish invasion. The archives of the Greek parliament’s inquiry will be handed over to the Cypriot parliament during a special session on Friday morning, House president Demetris Syllouris announced […]

Britons living in the European Union ought not to fear being sent home after Brexit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told an audience on Tuesday, saying the rights Britain granted residents from EU countries would be “largely reciprocated”. In June Britain made what Prime Minister Theresa May described as a “generous offer” to its resident EU citizens which […]

Britain will hold a public inquiry into contaminated blood supplied to patients in the state-run National Health Service which killed at least 2,400 people, the government said on Tuesday. During the 1970s and 1980s, blood products supplied to the NHS was contaminated with viruses such as HIV or hepatitis C and infected thousands of people […]

Spain’s 2015 runner-up Garbine Muguruza advanced confidently into the Wimbledon semi-finals with a calmly efficient and well-controlled 6-3 6-4 victory over Russian seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova on Tuesday. Muguruza, the 2016 French Open champion who lost to Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final the previous year, had just that bit more control in a hard-hitting […]

Turkey never intended to commit to a solution allowing Cyprus to be truly independent and sovereign, Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday. While briefing parliament in Athens over the latest developments regarding the Cyprus issue, Tsipras underlined that a just and viable Cyprus solution implied the abolition of intervention rights and guarantees, as well […]

An anti-migrant billboard campaign by the Hungarian government that uses the image of US financier George Soros is “reminiscent of Europe’s darkest hours”, Soros’ spokesman said on Tuesday. The billboards and full-page media ads that have appeared across Hungary depict a smiling Soros – a vocal critic of Prime Minister Viktor Orban‘s right-wing government – and […]

Second seed Novak Djokovic eased into the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a routine 6-2 7-6(5) 6-4 win over France’s Adrian Mannarino on Tuesday. The match was postponed after the marathon battle between Rafa Nadal and Gilles Muller concluded late on Monday. Djokovic was due to follow Nadal on to Court One but the Spaniard’s defeat by […]

The harmonised consumer price index rose 0.9 per cent in June compared to the respective month of 2016 on more expensive energy products and services, the statistical service said on Tuesday. The annual inflation rate in the first half of the year was 1.2 per cent, Cystat added.

A 15-year old boy from Larnaca, Maxim Bondarenko, has been reported as missing from his house since morning. According to a police statement he has a normal body type, is 1.70m tall and has black hair. Last time he was seen, he was wearing a red shirt and dark green trousers. Anyone able to give […]

Turkish Cypriot Mufti Talip Atalay who was arrested four days ago in connection with investigations into the Fethullah Gulen movement, was reportedly released on Tuesday. According to reports, the mufti, arrested in Diyarbakir, Turkey, was released on Tuesday. His deputy, Fahrettin Ogdu, who had announced on Monday that Atalay was called to the police headquarters […]

Saudi public schools will begin offering physical education for girls in the coming academic year, the kingdom’s education ministry announced on Tuesday, a long-awaited step toward social reform in the Islamic kingdom. Physical education for women is controversial in Saudi Arabia, where conservatives consider it immodest, and it is not mandatory. It is not offered […]

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had “confirmed information” that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. The report came just days after the last sectors of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which Baghdadi’s forces overran almost exactly three years ago, were recaptured by the Iraqi […]

20 SPAR supermarkets will be opened in Cyprus over the next five years following a partnership between Ermes Deparment Stores Plc, a member of the Cyprus Trading Corporation Plc Group (CTC), and the Dutch retail group SPAR International. “The first SPAR stores to open in Cyprus are planned for Q1 (first quarter of) 2018 with […]

The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 US presidential campaign said on Tuesday she had no Kremlin ties and wanted to discuss US sanctions on Russian officials, not Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. “I never had any damaging or sensitive information about Hillary Clinton,” Natalia Veselnitskaya told NBC News in an […]

The number of saloon registrations rose 49 per cent in June to 3,657 compared to the respective month of 2016, which is the highest number in a month since July 2009, the statistical service said on Tuesday. The number of private passenger car registrations rose 34 per cent in the first six months of the […]

Bayern Munich have signed midfielder James Rodriguez from Real Madrid on a two-year loan deal, the German champions said on Tuesday. The 25-year-old Colombia international made 22 La Liga appearances for Real last season, scoring eight goals, and featured six times in the Champions League. “We are very happy to have completed this transfer,” Bayern […]