Новости за 16.07.2017

By Jelter Meers Cyprus’ efforts against human trafficking were not as successful in 2016 as they were in 2015, according to the latest US Department of State report but where government falls short, NGOs step in to help victims of sexual and labor trafficking. Migrant support organisation, KISA head Doros Polykarpou calls the government’s specialised […]

NATO’s Secretary General has urged the Turkish and German foreign ministers to resolve their differences over visits to Turkish air bases, part of a wider row between the two allies. Germany has refused to extradite asylum seekers Turkey says were involved in a coup attempt last year, Berlin is demanding the release of a Turkish-German […]

Jailed former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas was injured on Sunday while playing football at the Nicosia Central Prisons, and was taken to hospital for treatment, reports said. According to the reports, Vergas sustained head injuries when he and another player collided while trying to head the ball He was treated at the Nicosia hospital and […]

Lewis Hamilton won his home British Grand Prix for the fourth year in a row on Sunday while a penultimate-lap puncture slashed Sebastian Vettel’s championship lead to a single point. The Briton’s drive from pole to flag on an overcast afternoon was lonely, uneventful and dominant — in complete contrast to his Ferrari rival’s afternoon […]

Ruthless Roger Federer thrashed suffering Croat Marin Cilic 6-3 6-1 6-4 to become the first man to win eight Wimbledon singles crowns on Sunday, five years after landing his seventh. The Swiss maestro, appearing in his 11th Wimbledon final, was challenged early on but once he broke a nervous Cilic in the fifth game of […]

Turkish authorities detained the editor of a regional newspaper over a column she wrote criticising the government for exaggerating the importance of last year’s coup attempt, the newspaper said. Yeliz Koray, editor of the Kocaeli Koz newspaper in the northwestern province of Izmit, was detained at her home late on Saturday, the newspaper said. “Certain […]

EARLIER this month, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said child abductions and the withholding of access of a child by one or the other parent was on the increase. According to Europol data, more than 50 incidents of abduction and/or withholding a child from a parent were recorded in Cyprus during the past two years. Sixteen of these […]

German SPD leader Martin Schulz set out plans to boost investment and enhance European unity, accusing Chancellor Angela Merkel of making empty promises. Schulz, the former European Parliament President, is hoping to beat Merkel in a Sept. 24 election but his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) have lost momentum in the polls after initial gains following […]

Greece is striving for a just and viable solution to the Cyprus issue as soon as possible but could not accept anything short of full sovereignty for the island, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Sunday, according to the Athens-Macedonia press agency (ANA-MPA). He said Greece was also ready to fully defend its borders, territorial […]

STUDENTS in Cyprus are being encouraged to make good use of the summer holidays by offering their time to volunteer for worthwhile causes. The Pan Cyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council has issued a call for students of all ages to give their free time and help in the community with a range of programmes including, environmental […]

By Daren Butler and Tuvan Gumrukcu A defiant President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday stepped up his attack on the European Union, saying Turkey had to go its own way and vowing to bring back the death penalty if parliament passes it. Erdogan, who was at the opening ceremony for a memorial dedicated to the roughly […]

Europol said on Sunday 66 people had been arrested for trading horsemeat unfit for human consumption and it had seized bank accounts, properties and luxury cars following an investigation into a food scandal that shocked European consumers. Tests carried out in Ireland in 2013 showed that meat in some products labelled as beef was in […]

Those who have the impression that the Cyprus talks will continue from where they left off in Crans Montana, “just do not have proper understanding of what Greek Cypriots want”, Diko leader and presidential candidate Nicolas Papadopoulos said on Sunday. On the sidelines of a memorial event in Limassol to mark the 1974  coup, Papadopoulos […]

A woman was found floating motionless in the sea off Piale Pasha area in Larnaca early Sunday, reports said. According to police, around 6:30 am, a member of the public spotted the woman and alerted authorities. The woman believed to be 55-60 years old was rushed to hospital where her death was confirmed. Her identity […]

Senior British government ministers are becoming convinced of the need for transitional arrangements to reduce disruption as Britain leaves the European Union, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday. Hammond, who supported remaining in the EU at last year’s referendum, is seen as the voice of a so-called ‘soft Brexit’ within Prime Minister Theresa May’s […]

The solution to the Cyprus problem would be decisive in the creation of a modern state safeguarding the conditions of prosperity, security and prospect for its citizens, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades has said, adding this settlement should come from the 21st century and not “the sad past”. Speaking in a memorial service for the victims of […]

By Haejin Choi and Minwoo Park She gives tutorials on applying makeup so as to resemble Amy Winehouse, among others, and posts videos of attempts to try new activities such as kayaking, all spiced with a touch of humour. Meet South Korea’s Park Mak-rye, a sprightly 70-year-old whose Youtube channel “Grandma’s Diary”, has made her a social media […]

Police said on Sunday their ‘road policing’ activities had resulted in over 500 criminal cases in the first six months of this year aside from traffic violations. Road policing, or ‘stop and check’ which the force has been engaged in since 2013, allows officers to pursue suspicions they may have about a motorist other than […]

President Nicos Anastasiades is convinced the correct strategy was followed by the Greek Cypriot side in Crans-Montana, he was quoted as saying in an interview with To Vima on Sunday. In another interview with Kathimerini, he said Turkey had not been prepared to take the necessary steps on Cyprus before seeing results from its own […]

The perpetrators who brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in July 2014, killing all 298 aboard, may be tried in absentia, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Sunday. Most of those on board the Boeing 777 were Dutch, but others came from 17 countries, including 38 Australians. It was shot down by a Russian-made […]

At least 22 people were killed when a house in China’s eastern Jiangsu province caught fire on Sunday, the official Xinhua news agency cited local authorities as saying. The fire broke out before dawn at a two-storey residential house in Yushan town in Changshu city, Xinhua said. Three were injured. The blaze has been put […]

Following a number of requests from readers to re-post columns by Loucas Charalambous who died suddenly last week at the age of 67, his past writings can be found at this link: http://cyprus-mail.com/author/loucas-charlambous/

By Agnieszka Rakoczy PASTRY, so tasty. And, if, like me, weight is an issue and you’re diet conscious, so damnably waisty. Deep breath, self control, a promise to choose sparingly. Let us cross the threshold of the bijou premises of Chalet Doux, just a few limousine lengths away from the fortress-like US embassy in Nicosia’s […]

A 42-year-old man from Larnaca is due in court on Sunday after his ex, 47, said he had gone into her home, raped and assaulted her, and caused actual bodily harm with a knife in the early hours of Saturday. According to police the woman filed a complaint on Saturday saying that around 4.30am the […]

Already one of the greatest sportsmen of his era, Roger Federer will become the most successful man in Wimbledon history if he can beat Croatian Marin Cilic on Sunday’s final and claim an unprecedented eighth men’s singles title. The Swiss, level with Britain’s William Renshaw and American Pete Sampras on seven titles, is rejuvenated after […]