Новости за 10.09.2017

The electricity authority proudly announced in August that they have purchased six electric cars in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. And at a first look the numbers are indeed impressive. According to information by the authority, the six cars save 3,096 litres of liquid fuel per year, and emissions drop by 5.52 tonnes. The […]

Six people died and two were missing in the Tuscan city of Livorno after heavy rain hit the city early on Sunday, causing floods, the city’s mayor said. Between midnight and 0200 GMT, more than 250 millimetres (10 inches) of rain hit the city, causing several streams to overflow, the city of Livorno said on […]

Winery offering lower prices for Xynisteri grapes   GRAPE growers in Paphos are protesting over the prices being offered for their Xynisteri grapes by the island’s largest winery after this year’s bumper crop of the white wine variety. Annual grape collection at Sodap’s Kamanterena winery in Stroumbi got underway on Monday and will last a […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was optimistic that a dispute over how to distribute asylum seekers in the EU would soon be resolved after a court ruled on Wednesday that member states must take in a share of refugees who reach Europe. Speaking to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (F.A.S.) newspaper two weeks before a […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday repeated his readiness to return to the negotiating table, provided that the fundamental preconditions set by the UN Secretary-General for the creation of a normal state were met by Turkey. Speaking on the sidelines of an event at Episkopio village, in Nicosia district, the president was asked if he was […]

A train carrying former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili and his supporters was prevented from leaving a railway station in Poland for Ukraine on Sunday, deepening a standoff between Saakashvili and the Ukrainian authorities. Saakashvili intended to return to Ukraine despite being stripped of Ukrainian citizenship by his one-time ally, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and being […]

Greek Cypriot customs officers on Sunday seized a large quantity of cigarettes and tobaccos being smuggled in from the north at a a crossing point in Nicosia. The suspect involved, a man from Limassol was detained. According to customs, the car was carrying 75 cartons of packets 200 cigarettes of various brands as well as […]

Police are upgrading their tech to connect with alarm systems in various premises so they can respond faster to burglaries and robberies, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Sunday. Speaking on the sidelines of a church service for victims of the 1974 Turkish invasion, Nicolaou said the new system is running as pilot program in […]

The Internatioanl Monetary Fund (IMF) should decide whether it will participate financially in Greece’s current bailout programme by the end of the year, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday. “We can live with or without the IMF presence,” Tsipras said during a press briefing in the northern city of Thessaloniki, a day after his […]

Britain could bring in tough new controls on immigration from the European Union without actually having to leave the bloc, former prime minister Tony Blair said on Sunday. Concerns over the impact of high levels of immigration on public services and housing were cited as a factor by many who voted to leave the EU […]

Paphos has been built around myths and history and now with the events of the European Capital of Culture Pafos2017 mythology takes centre stage. On Saturday the mythological figure of Cassandra will tell her tale at Paphos Castle Square. The role will be taken on by renowned French cinema and theatre actress Fanny Ardant, as […]

THE police have adamantly denied accusations from the public that drivers are being fined for offences they did not commit for the sake of meeting internal quotas, especially when conducting high-profile road safety campaigns. In the space of one week last month, the Sunday Mail received complaints from several readers claiming they had been wrongly […]

A fire broke out at around 10.30am in an inaccessible area between the villages of Skoulli and Kato Akourdalia in Paphos on Sunday. Firefighters were still battling the blaze nearly three hours later. According to the fire service, there are seven firefighting vehicles and 20 firefighters from the Polis Chrysochous station and the Peyia and […]

Police carried out an anti-poaching operation early Sunday, seizing 184 limesticks and a number of dead wild birds in the Larnaca district. The operation was carried out around 2am. It was followed by a search at the home of a 54-year-old suspect in a Larnaca village. Police said they found bird-sound devices on the premises. […]

From an argument over dog poo to an alleged anti-Semitic caricature he posted on Facebook, Yair Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister’s 26-year-old son, is courting controversy with his social media activity. The criticism of Netanyahu in Israel is turning into a sideshow to more weighty events: criminal investigations into corruption allegations against his father and […]

Around 100 Turkish Cypriots originally from Limassol revisisted on Saturday night to attend the Wine Festival, at the invitation of Limassol Municipality. The gathering was held as part of the common activities of the Turkish Cypriot Cultural Centre in Kyrenia and the Limassol Cultural Centre. The Turkish Cypriots arrived at the Limassol Municipality where they […]

More than 20,000 people rallied in Sydney on Sunday urging the legalization of same-sex marriage, days ahead of a contentious postal survey on the issue that has divided the country. Organizers said the gathering was Australia‘s largest gay rights demonstration, as a diverse range of people clad in rainbow colours converged on the heart of the […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted a massive celebration to congratulate his nuclear scientists and technicians who steered the country’s sixth and largest nuclear test a week ago, its official news agency said on Sunday. The United States and its allies had been bracing for another long-range missile launch in time for the 69th […]

Around 150 migrants including women and children were brought ashore on Saturday night from a boat off Latchi harbour on the north west of the island. The vessel, with the help of the port and naval police, was towed to the harbour around 10pm. A second vessel with about 120 migrants was expected to be […]

Sloane Stephens stayed composed throughout the U.S. Open final, playing near-perfect tennis to win her maiden grand slam title with a 6-3 6-0 victory against Madison Keys as the future of American women’s tennis seemed assured on Saturday. The 24-year-old, back this summer from almost a year off the courts because of a foot injury, […]

Hurricane Irma was set to make landfall in Florida on Sunday with devastating winds and life-threatening storm surges, prompting one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history, after a destructive march up Cuba’s northern coast. The storm was about 90 miles (145 kms) southeast of Key West, Florida at midnight, with maximum sustained winds near 120 mph […]

The Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) kicks off this week and as usual many car makers have waited to unveil their latest offerings in Germany. Renault showcases the SYMBIOZ, an innovative concept that describes the French manufacturer’s vision of mobility by the year 2030. It addresses “customer expectations in the future related to mobility and lifestyle” […]

  AFTER years of foot-dragging and lame excuses by the parties, the eagerly-awaited law that would allegedly introduce transparency and combat corruption by forcing our politicians to declare full details about their assets was finally implemented this week. It was, as you would expect, a farcical law designed not to achieve either of the above […]

A power struggle is clearly underway in the north, with the Turkish Cypriot leadership divided over how to deal with orders from Ankara to remove the spiritual leader for ties to the alleged plotters who tried to depose Recep Tayyip Erdogan over a year ago. Community leader Mustafa Akinci has challenged the north’s “Prime Minister” […]

NOBODY likes to see people having their houses re-possessed by the bank because of failure to repay loans. It is a terrible and humiliating experience, certain to provoke public sympathy as happened in the case of the family of three whose house in Engomi was put up for auction on Thursday by Hellenic Bank. Only […]