Новости за 31.08.2017

A Turkish national of Kurdish extraction and alleged member of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), wanted by Turkey on an international arrest warrant, has been released by Cypriot authorities days after being arrested at Larnaca airport. Mehmet Tanboga, 60, arrived last Sunday on a flight from Athens. During passport control authorities determined his name was […]

Paphos mayor Phedonas Phedonos upped the ante on Thursday, claiming a coterie of politicians and senior civil servants in key positions are implicated in the transfer of Turkish-Cypriot land, in the south, to ineligible persons and companies. “A political meshwork clearly exists involving politicians and civil servants. This intrigue includes movers and shakers, those who […]

Frankfurt’s city centre, an area including police headquarters, two hospitals, transport systems and Germany’s central bank storing $70 billion in gold reserves will be evacuated on Sunday to allow the defusing of a 1.8 tonne World War Two bomb. A spokesman for the German Bundesbank said, however, “the usual security arrangements” would remain in place […]

France striker Kylian Mbappe has joined Paris St Germain on loan from AS Monaco with an option to buy the player at the end of the season, PSG said on Thursday. “Paris Saint-Germain is delighted to announce the immediate arrival of Kylian Mbappe. The international French striker is transferred on a loan basis from AS […]

The United States has told Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco and buildings in Washington and New York that house trade missions, the State Department said on Thursday, in retaliation for Moscow cutting the US diplomatic presence in Russia. The announcement was the latest in tit-for-tat measures between the two countries that have helped to […]

For 25 years now Dhali has been the place for the so-called ‘milk festival’, bringing with it big musical names from Greece to perform. Through the years, the festival has hosted Greek singers and bands, some that were famous at the time and others that have stood the test of time. This year the latter […]

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday he had travelled to Damascus to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to request the evacuation of Islamic State fighters from their enclave on the Syria-Lebanon border. The evacuation convoy left the border area late on Monday to take about 600 IS fighters and their family members to […]

Partnership includes an expansive codeshare agreement, schedule alignment and network optimisation Passenger benefits to include access to over 200 unique destinations, seamless travel experience and frequent flyer programmes alignment Both airlines to continue being managed independently Emirates and flydubai today unveiled an extensive partnership which will see the two Dubai-based airlines join forces to offer […]

Verbal appeals to restart reunification talks have no meaning, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Thursday, accusing the Greek Cypriot side of lacking the necessary determination. In a message to mark the festival of Eid el-Adha, Akinci said the Greek Cypriot side was constantly repeating that it was ready to resume the talks within […]

Macedonia called on Greece on Thursday to recognise the “new reality” in the country and support its bid to join the European Union and Nato, a move that would require overcoming the row over the country’s name. Greece has vetoed the ex-Yugoslav republic’s attempts to join the two bodies because of a decades-long dispute over […]

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Thursday declared ex-military leader Pervez Musharraf a fugitive in the murder case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and acquitted five people in the killing. As an “absconder”, Musharraf must be arrested and brought to trial if he returns to Pakistan after being allowed to leave the country last year. […]

A young man charged on Thursday that doctors treating him at Nicosia general hospital’s emergency department had failed to detect a shard of glass, which remained in his foot for over one and a half months. Savvas Gregoriou, who posted his problem on Facebook, had injured his foot on July 11 after a glass picture […]

The remnants of Tropical Storm Harvey drenched northern Louisiana on Thursday as it moved inland, leaving rescuers to search homes around Houston and in the hard-hit southeastern Texas coast for more survivors or victims. The storm killed at least 35 people and the death toll was rising as bodies were found in receding waters. Some 32,000 people […]

The Turkish Cypriot unrecognised government’s refusal to allow a liturgy at Morphou’s Ayios Mamas cathedral in the north was not surprising, since most such requests are denied, Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Thursday. “We continuously request to go to all our villages [for religious services] and most of the time the Turkish side’s reaction is to […]

Rebranding of Agip stations to Eni The first Eni petrol station in Nicosia   The inauguration of the first Eni petrol station in Cyprus took place on the 30th of August 2017 in the presence of executives from Petrolina (Holdings) Public Ltd, members of the press and other company associates. This is the first Eni […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday rejected suggestions he had committed an offence by supposedly publishing classified information, after he sent a file containing documents relating to the Cyprus talks to various people, including journalists. He reiterated that he had categorised the documents as confidential because they were for the recipients’ personal use “to avoid a […]

Japan booked their place in the 2018 World Cup with an emphatic 2-0 win over Australia in Saitama on Thursday that took their Asian arch-rivals’ hopes of qualifying for Russia out of their hands. Takuma Osano scored late in the first half before 21-year-old midfielder Yosuke Ideguchi covered himself in glory with a sumptuous finish […]

The French government said on Thursday it would cap payouts for dismissals deemed unfair and give companies more flexibility to adapt pay and working hours to market conditions in a labour reform France’s biggest union said was disappointing. The reform, President Emmanuel Macron’s first major policy step since his election in May, is also the […]

Tottenham Hotspur completed the signing of Ivory Coast right-back Serge Aurier from French club Paris St Germain, the Premier League side said on Thursday. The deal for the 24-year-old, reported to be around 25 million euros, had been in doubt because a criminal conviction had delayed Aurier’s work permit application. The attack-minded Aurier will be […]

Two million Muslims gathered at Mount Arafat on Thursday for a vigil to atone for their sins and ask God’s forgiveness as the annual haj pilgrimage reaches its climax. Pilgrims clad in white robes spent the night in an encampment around the hill where Islam holds that God tested Abraham’s faith by commanding him to sacrifice his […]

The European Commission’s chief Brexit negotiator said on Thursday that no “decisive progress” had been achieved in the third round of Brexit negotiations in Brussels, and that opening talks on the two sides’ future relationship in October was unlikely. “Over the course of this week we have made a number of useful clarification on a […]

Xylophagou community council leader Michalis Grivas on Thursday said recent water cuts in the area were due to minor faults, and possibly to extremely high demand. According to resident Justin Cooper, the water was cut four times in August, the last time on Tuesday for the whole day. “One of the times the water was […]

Limassol’s 56th annual Wine Festival opens on Thursday evening in the city’s municipal gardens, offering plenty of Cypriot wine, traditional dishes and a rich artistic programme. The festival will be open every day until September 10. Commerce and energy minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis will open the festival at 8pm with a musical programme from the municipality’s […]

Once again the reader is indebted to the Belgian gourmet. ‘Best steak in Cyprus,’ said he. ‘Oh really,’ remarked the Italian companion. With a Monday deadline and an anxious editor we booked a table for early Saturday night and at close on 8pm we entered Moondog’s. There are 230 covers inside and out, then up […]

‘Tis the last day of August and for some that may be a downer, yet for others it just means the start of something new as we celebrate the neverending cycle of life. And one way that life is always celebrated – albeit in many different styles – is with music, so here are two […]