Новости за 29.07.2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin tossed President-elect Donald Trump a bouquet in December when he chose not to retaliate for the US expulsion of Russian diplomats and seizure of Russian diplomatic compounds. The honeymoon is over. Russia’s tit-for-tat decision to expel hundreds of US diplomats and seize two US compounds may be an acknowledgement in Moscow […]

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Saturday said he was not stepping down nor dying and that there was no one with his political stature who could immediately take over from him. The 93-year-old leader has been in charge in the former British colony since independence in 1980. His health is closely watched by Zimbabweans, who fear the […]

The European Commission launched legal action on Saturday against what it sees as Polish government attempts to undermine the independence of judges. It has given Warsaw a month to respond. EU commissioners decided to launch the “infringement procedure” for violating European Union law at a meeting on Wednesday, the first step in a legal process […]

  The United Nations have not been informed of any plans by the Turkish Cypriot side to hand over the fenced-off city of Varosha to UN control, the Cyprus Mail was told on Saturday. A UN spokesperson was commenting on an astonishing report by Turkish Cypriot journalist Esra Aygin, which cited a “senior Turkish Cypriot […]

Ferrari’s Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel took pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday as Mercedes title rival Lewis Hamilton missed out on a record-equalling career 68th. The German’s Finnish team mate Kimi Raikkonen sealed Ferrari’s front row lockout, with the Italian glamour team back to their best after recent setbacks while […]

THE head of the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation (CSEO) will be one of the few people to have direct personal contact with European Space Agency’s astronaut, Paolo Nespoli, who was launched into space on Friday. Before the Italian astronaut’s journey to the International Space Station, 400 kilometres above the earth, CSEO president, George Danos, spoke […]

United Nations special adviser Espen Barth Eide’s visit to Cyprus next week will be his last as he officially leaves the post to pursue election in his home country, the Cyprus Mail has learnt. Eide’s office has already sent out invitations to diplomats and military and police officials to his farewell reception next Thursday. “Mr […]

The 26-year-old migrant who killed one person and injured six others in a knife attack in a Hamburg supermarket on Friday was known to German security forces as an Islamist, the city’s mayor said. Olaf Scholz said during a news conference on Saturday that an initial investigation found that the man, an asylum seeker who […]

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino wants rival Premier League managers to show some respect after Chelsea boss Antonio Conte questioned the North London side’s ambition ahead of the new season. Earlier in the week, Conte said it would not be a ‘tragedy’ if Tottenham failed to lift trophies next season as their expectations are not the same as […]

Pakistan‘s ruling party plans to appoint the brother of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as his successor to fight the 2018 general elections, local media reported on Saturday, but will first have to appoint an interim prime minister. Shahbaz Sharif, 65, the chief minister of the vast Punjab province that accounts for more than half […]

Where do you live? I live alone, in a little bohemian house with lots of trees and flowers at the northern suburbs of Athens. Best childhood memory? I really liked remaking my family’s clothes, especially my dad’s T-shirts and jeans. I chose the ones I liked and I would remake them, asking him to try […]

Burglars broke into a house in Lefkara and stole €9,000 in cash, police said on Saturday. According to a police report, the house’s owner reported on Friday night that between 4:30pm and 8:15pm, one or more burglars broke into his mother’s house in Lefkara and took €9,000 in notes of 20, 50, and 100, and […]

A 57-year-old Russian tourist that was hit by a car in Larnaca early on Saturday morning is in critical condition at the Nicosia general hospital, a police report said. According to the report, at around 3am Saturday, a Greek Cypriot 28-year-old woman driving her car on the Larnaca beachfront road from Makenzie beach toward the […]

A 21-year-old man from Astromeritis was killed on Friday night in a car accident, a police report said on Saturday. The accident took place shortly before 9pm Friday in the Astromeritis to Troodos road, when 21-year-old Pantelis Dimou lost control of the car he was driving, crashing into a cement wall and overturning. Dimou was […]

Drug addicts should have equal rights with patients in terms of access to therapy and other health services to help them rehabilitate, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou has said. Speaking after a meeting with the board of the NGO Kenthea, which aims to help addicts recover, he said there would be a discussion with the health […]

When disaster strikes, empowering local people to fashion their own recovery efforts, according to their own values and priorities, can be a better way to design relief programs. Disasters cause enormous damage and loss in countries across the globe. They destroy public infrastructure, disrupt basic services and cause loss of lives and livelihoods. According to […]

Moody’s Investors Service on Friday upgraded Cyprus’s credit rating a notch from B1 to Ba3 which is still three grades into the speculative area, citing the economy’s resilience and a fiscal overperformance. Moody’s which kept the outlook at positive said that it reflects “improvements in economic resilience and continuing fiscal outperformance are likely to be […]

President Donald Trump replaced his beleaguered White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, after only six months on the job on Friday, installing retired General John Kelly in his place in a major shake-up of his top team. Trump announced the move in a tweet a day after his new communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, accused Priebus of leaking […]

North Korea said on Saturday it had conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that proved its ability to strike all of America’s mainland, drawing a sharp warning from U.S. President Donald Trump and a rebuke from China. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un personally supervised the midnight launch of the missile […]

THE Strovolos municipal council is to respond to the latest proposal by the transport ministry on the redevelopment of Tseri Avenue in September, Mayor Andreas Papacharalambous said on Friday. The saga of the redevelopment of Tseri Avenue has been ongoing for a number of years as residents and shop owners have been opposing the government’s […]

THE GOVERNMENT can always be trusted to put a positive spin on every decision it takes. After the pay demands of the government doctors were satisfied, with the signing of a framework agreement at the presidential palace, health minister Giorgos Pamboridis said we had entered a period of understanding, which would be beneficial to patients. […]

By Cemaliye Beysoylu and Agon Demjaha THE EU has long been involved in a process of liberal peace building efforts to facilitate resolution of the Kosovo conflict. The latest attempt of the Union is to facilitate Brussels Dialogue which seemingly brought a breath of fresh air to Belgrade-Pristina relations and raised hopes for this long-lasting […]