Новости за 24.07.2017

A 32-year-old Chinese woman was killed and five other individuals were injured, one serious, on Monday evening after the speedboat they were in crashed into rocks in the Blue Lagoon area in the Akamas, reports said. She had been aboard a speedboat with a Chinese family of four who was holidaying in Cyprus and the boat’s […]

A truck driver on Monday was charged by federal officials with smuggling dozens of illegal immigrants in his tractor-trailer in sweltering heat that led to the deaths of 10 people. James Matthew Bradley Jr., 60, was charged with a single count of illegally transporting dozens of unauthorised immigrants. He was arrested on Sunday after authorities found eight […]

Paphos medieval castle will again become a main player in the European Capital of Culture Pafos2017 programme this week as famous Spanish singer Luz Casal will bring her voice to our shores. The Spanish pop singer grew up in Boimorto in Spain, where she took singing, piano and ballet classes. Wanting a shot at a […]

The hijab – one of the most visible signs of Islamic culture – is going mainstream with advertisers, media giants and fashion firms promoting images of the traditional headscarf in ever more ways. Last week, Apple previewed 12 new emoji characters to be launched later this year, one of a woman wearing a hijab. Major fashion brands from […]

By Jean Christou and Evie Andreou New calls went out on Monday from the hardline parties for the replacement of UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide after he was showered with blame and called a liar in a similar series of attacks on Sunday. On Monday, Diko leader and presidential candidate Nicolas Papadopoulos, also dragged […]

A court has issued a gag order on Stavros Stavrou, the former head of the government doctors union, preventing him from publishing any disparaging comments about the University of Cyprus (UCy) medical school. The court forbids Stavros Stavrou to “publish and/or cause to be published and/or be circulated and/or promote any defamatory remarks regarding the […]

German customs police expect much more cocaine to flood into Europe in future and have seized nearly five tonnes of the drug in northern sea ports so far this year, more than three times their total in 2016. Officials seized 3.8 tonnes of cocaine valued at €880 million in three hauls from March to May, […]

Twelve years old and still going strong, the Cyprus Rialto World Music Festival at the Rialto Theatre is currently in the process of proving itself the best yet. It’s now almost a week since the festival with music from around the world started livening up the Limassol scene like nothing else could, and there is […]

The Turkish side may allow the return of 20,000 refugees to the fenced city of Varosha and to three Maronite villages, media reports in the north said on Monday. According to the Turkish Cypriot daily Detay, Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots have began planning new unilateral steps following the dead-end reached at the talks in […]

A collaboration between academic clinicians from the University of Cyprus (UCy) and the Makarios hospital in Nicosia helped save the life of an 11-year-old boy, who is now on the way to recovery. In early April, the boy was admitted to the Makarios hospital with abdominal pain. It was determined that he was suffering from […]

In its first attempt to return to the bond market in three years as its debt crisis eases, Greece on Monday invited holders of its 4.75 per cent outstanding bonds maturing in 2019 to tender them for cash, along with a plan to offer new five-year paper. Greece last ventured into international bond markets with […]

Since 2015 the dance show Murphy’s Legacy, Irish Dance Reborn has been touring the world and sharing thrills and great atmosphere with audiences of all ages. And now it is our turn to get in touch with the exhilarating dance show for two performances only. Hailed as a show like no other, this fantastic new […]

For the first time since 2012 a device which enables people with mobility problems to access the sea has not been installed in Paphos, causing problems for the disabled, head of the paraplegic association Demetris Lambrianides said on Monday. The €30,000 self-contained Seatrac system allows the disabled to be rolled or walk down a ramp […]

An Israeli embassy security guard shot dead a Jordanian who stabbed him with a screwdriver in the Amman mission compound in an incident in which a Jordanian bystander was also killed, Israel said on Monday. The incident on Sunday night has tested already tense relations between Israel and Jordan, one of two Arab states with […]

  The Akel leadership will hold discussions with possible presidential candidate Stavros Malas on Tuesday as the party continues its search for someone to back for next year’s elections. The party’s central committee announced on Saturday that it has authorised the Akel general secretariat to proceed with their decision to “explore the possibilities” of cooperating […]

Manchester City have signed left-back Benjamin Mendy from Monaco on a five-year contract, the Premier League club said on Monday. The 23-year-old France international is manager Pep Guardiola’s third major defensive signing in the current transfer window following his purchases of Kyle Walker from Tottenham Hotspur and Danilo from Real Madrid. No financial details of […]

A 22-year-old man from Egypt was jailed for five years on Monday for the attempted rape of a woman, 23, from the Famagusta district. The case had been reported to police in March this year. The woman said the defendant, a worker at a circus touring Cyprus, had tried to have sex with her without […]

Chelsea’s record signing Alvaro Morata and Michy Batshuayi will need to make an immediate impact in the upcoming season to fill the void left by striker Diego Costa, midfielder Cesc Fabregas has said. Morata arrived at Stamford Bridge last week for a reported fee of around 70 million pounds from Real Madrid. He will replace […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday made strict demarches to UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide over comments he made publicly about the failure of the Cyprus talks in Crans-Montana earlier this month. Eide said attributed what happened to a “collective failure” and said that a deal could have been reached that all parties could have […]

An eight-metre tall sculpture in the form of an angel will be an important new landmark in Ayia Napa, Mayor Yiannis Karousos said on Monday. The sculpture, one from renowned Russian artist’s Petr Stronski’s famous ‘guardian angels of compassion and peace’, was donated to the municipality by the International Academy of Culture and Art of […]

A man armed with a chainsaw wounded at least five people, two of them seriously, on Monday in a small Swiss town that was then put into lockdown as police hunted for the suspect. Police said the attack was “not an act of terror”. They said they had identified the attacker, but did not name […]

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner said on Monday that he “did not collude” with Russia and had roughly four meetings with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign and presidential transition. In a written statement released ahead of his appearance before lawmakers in closed-door sessions, Kushner said his initial security […]

A 22-year-old woman is in the intensive care unit at the Nicosia general hospital after being hit by a car as she got out of her vehicle to exchange information with another driver with whom she had just had an accident. The incidents happened on the Troodos-Nicosia motorway at around 2am on Monday According to […]

I do like to be beside the seaside…. Not only is it way cooler than the city, every type of event imaginable is taking place on our beaches over the next few days… Today, in Larnaca, Windsurf City down on Mackenzie are hosting Paddle for Our Sea, a public event about the dangers of littering. […]

Set in one of the most beautiful areas of Cyprus, Kayo Drys is the epitome of a quiet Mediterranean village: quaint, sunlit and sleepy for most of the year. But every August, this somnolent little settlement becomes a hub of excitement, the destination for music lovers from all over the island. Crowds of people – […]