Новости за 02.08.2017

Results from the Champions League Qualifying Round 3 second leg matches on Wednesday: Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) – Nice (France) 2-2 (halftime: 1-1) First leg: Nice – Ajax Amsterdam 1-1. Nice win on away goals after 3-3 on aggregate. Rijeka (Croatia) – Salzburg (Austria) 0-0 (halftime: 0-0) First leg: Salzburg – Rijeka 1-1. Rijeka win on […]

Apoel struck three times in extra-time to secure a 4-0 win (4-1 aggregate) and a place in the Champions League playoff round, guaranteeing European group stage football for the seventh time in nine years. The gamble of sacking manager Mario Been after last week’s 1-0 defeat in Romania paid off, as new coach Giorgos Donis […]

Turkey have appointed Romanian Mircea Lucescu as national team coach, a week after parting ways with Fatih Terim, local media reported on Wednesday. Lucescu spent 12 years at the helm of Shakhtar Donetsk from 2004, winning eight domestic league titles and six national cups as well as the UEFA Cup in 2009 to become their […]

AEL were left feeling hard done by after a controversial decision played a huge part in their 2-1 home defeat and subsequent Europa League exit at the hands of Austria Wien on Wednesday. Following a 0-0 draw in Vienna last week, any win would have been good enough for the Cypriots. But on 33 minutes […]

The United States has not asked Turkey to issue a Navtex in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), US Ambassador to Cyprus Kathleen Ann Doherty told the Cyprus government on Wednesday. Her statement came after Cyprus had sought clarifications from the USA following Turkish and Turkish Cypriot press reports to the effect that the US had […]

The second LimasSoul Festival will bring an array of Greek singers and musicians over to perform on Monday and Tuesday at Potamos Yermasogeia, where Limassol will find its soul. After his performance on Saturday in aid of the Cyprus Red Cross, singer Panos Mouzourakis will stay on to entertain the Limassol crowd. But this time […]

Famagusta mayor Alexis Galanos said the Turkish side was bluffing in relation to opening the fenced-off area of Varosha. In an interview with the Cyprus news agency, Galanos also said that he saw Turkish financial interests behind the move. “We insist that the only viable and functioning development with regard to Famagusta … is the […]

State-run power company EAC on Wednesday announced that its new tariffs, which it says are expected to benefit most categories of electricity consumers, will be coming into effect as of September 1. The utility has restructured its tariffs, cutting the number of different rates charged from 30 to 11. The new tariffs are: three for […]

Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, bowed out of public life on Wednesday with his final solo appearance at an official event, ending a royal career marked by occasional gaffes that landed him in hot water. The prince, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, attended a parade of Royal Marines at […]

The Cyprus Cooperative Bank’s decision to enter an agreement with Spain’s Altamira on the management of its non-performing loans, roughly 60 per cent of its portfolio, triggered a protest on Wednesday outside its head office which attracted dozens of protestors. “The co-op and the other banks need to help people to repay their loans with […]

US President Donald Trump has signed legislation imposing new sanctions on Russia into law, a White House official said on Wednesday. The US Congress voted last week by overwhelming margins for sanctions to punish the Russian government over interference in the 2016 presidential election, annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea and other perceived violations of international norms. […]

Four members of an Islamist militant cell who referred to themselves as the “Three Musketeers” were found guilty on Wednesday of plotting an attack in Britain after hashing out their plans on an encrypted messaging service. Naweed Ali, 28, Khobaib Hussain, 25, and Mohibur Rahman, 33, and Tahir Aziz, 38, were convicted of terrorism offences […]

The details of the plan to reimburse the members of provident funds of private companies that suffered losses on uninsured deposits following the March 2013 Eurogroup decisions were unveiled by the finance ministry on Wednesday. The measure was decided by the cabinet last month. According to the plan, eligible recipients of the reimbursement will be […]

A medical examination showed a 96-year-old German known as the “bookkeeper of Auschwitz” was fit to start serving his prison sentence, German prosecutors said on Wednesday, but his lawyer said a court should decide whether he was well enough. Oskar Groening was sentenced to four years in prison in 2015 for his role in the […]

The Dow Industrials breached the 22,000 mark for the first time ever on Wednesday, boosted by a rally in Apple’s shares. Apple jumped 6.02 per cent to a record high, after the world’s largest publicly listed company reported strong results and iPhone sales, and signalled its upcoming 10th-anniversary phone is on schedule. The stock is […]

Grand slam king Roger Federer will kick-off his North American hardcourt campaign and buildup to the US Open by competing at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, the Swiss confirmed. “I’m happy to be coming back to Montreal, as I have not had the chance to play there for many years,” said Federer in a statement […]

Following reports that he was being watched, Akel leader Andros Kyprianou met Wednesday with the head of the secret service (Kyp) Kyriacos Kouros. Reports said the meeting between the two took place in the morning but no statements were made afterwards. It followed reports that during the national council meeting on Tuesday, Kyprianou complained that […]

Turkey decided on Wednesday to replace the heads of the army, air force and navy, local media reported, in the latest shake-up of the armed forces following last year’s failed coup. The heads of the three branches will be replaced by other top members of the military, broadcaster NTV reported, following a meeting on Wednesday […]

Just because the spouse of a Cypriot seeking state aid might not hold a citizenship of the Republic, it does not mean they should be cut off from the family allowance, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides has said. According to a recent report of the ombudswoman on the matter, the social welfare services did not count the […]

Turnout figures in Venezuela’s Constitutional Assembly election were manipulated up by least 1 million votes, Smartmatic, a company which has worked with Venezuela since 2004 on its voting system, said on Wednesday. “We know, without any doubt, that the turnout of the recent election for a National Constituent Assembly was manipulated,” Smartmatic CEO Antonio Mugica […]

Syrian refugees stranded in Greece chanted “no more waiting!” and protested outside the German embassy in Athens on Wednesday against delays in reuniting with their relatives in Germany. About 100 people, among them young children, marched from parliament to the embassy holding up cardboard banners in English reading “I want my family” and shouting slogans […]

Grassroot reunification movement UniteCyprusNow said on Wednesday the leaders of the two communities appeared to have lost trust in each other and were reluctant to work together for a successful outcome of the talks process. In a statement following meetings with Nicos Anastasiades and Mustafa Akinci, the movement said a new strategy was now needed […]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stopped an Israeli lawmaker from taking on a Jordanian counterpart in a fist-fight on Wednesday over a diplomatic crisis between the two neighbours. The July 23 shooting to death of two Jordanians by an Israeli embassy guard who said he was acting in self-defence has outraged Amman, stirred up pro-Palestinian sentiment […]

President Nicos Anastasiades is to announce soon the government’s comprehensive policy on animal welfare, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said in an announcement that the cabinet approved on Wednesday a €75,000 budget for additional financial assistance towards the stray animals neutering scheme. The additional amount will bring the total budget for the […]

Ten Russian servicemen have been killed fighting in Syria so far this year, according to statements from the Defence Ministry. But based on accounts from families and friends of the dead and local officials, Reuters estimates the actual death toll among Russian soldiers and private contractors was at least 40. That tally over seven months […]