Новости за 11.09.2017

The attorney-general has been asked to provide a legal opinion on whether the government should continue its co-operation with the Nicosia bus company Osel after two of its officials were convicted of fraud relating to their contract with the state, Transport Minister Marios Demetriades said on Monday. Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has suggested that the state […]

Authorities in the north said they will not be changing to winter time unless Turkey decides otherwise, daily Kibris reported on Monday. Turkish Cypriot ‘minister of finance’ Serdar Denktas said “we must be in the same time zone with Turkey, with which we have all types of relationships and cooperation. If Turkey decides to implement […]

The Israeli intelligence minister said on Monday that President Bashar al-Assad was ready to permit Iran to set up military bases in Syria that would pose a long-term threat to neighbouring Israel. While formally neutral on the six-year-old Syrian civil war, Israel worries that Assad’s recent gains have given his Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah allies […]

The acting head of the Turkish Cypriot properties administration service has described a nexus of corruption within the agency, where staff are said to have aided and abetted as well as covered up a host of irregularities over the years. In a lengthy report, the agency’s Makis Economides recounts numerous instances where employees and officers […]

Another German couple is believed to have been detained in Turkey this weekend and one of the individuals remains in police custody, while the other has been barred from leaving the country, a German foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday. Spokesman Martin Schaefer told a news conference that Germany had no official information on the arrests […]

When it came to sewerage charges in the past, owners whose houses were properly valued were subsidising those whose home values had not been updated, MPs heard on Monday. “We finally have social justice with everyone paying what they ought to,” Nicosia sewerage board deputy director Savvas Hadjineocleous said. He was speaking at the House […]

European Union finance ministers will discuss this week a plan to attract more financial-technology companies, in a bid to bridge the gap with global competitors and offset the loss of Europe’s main fintech market after Britain leaves the bloc. The EU fintech market is dwarfed by those in China and the United States. It is […]

The Almyra hotel in Paphos will present a very female affair on Saturday in collaboration with the Karaiskakeio Foundation. The charity event, The Scene of a Woman, aims to present and talk about issues concerning women in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Doctors Andreas Stavrolis, obstetrician and gynaecologist at the American Medical Centre in Nicosia, […]

Polish parliamentary legal experts ruled on Monday that Warsaw has the right to demand reparations from Germany for its actions in the country during World War Two, although Poland’s foreign minister indicated that no immediate claim would be made. The issue of reparations, revived by Poland’s eurosceptic ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) after decades […]

Belonging to a generation of era-defining champions is of greater importance to Spanish juggernaut Rafa Nadal than his long-term rivalry with Roger Federer. World number one Nadal won his third US Open and 16th grand slam title with a 6-3 6-3 6-4 demolition of South African Kevin Anderson, triggering speculations on his chances of surpassing […]

Group D Tuesday, September 12 (GMT) Barcelona (Spain) v Juventus (Italy) (1845) Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) v Sporting (Portugal) (1845) Group C Tuesday, September 12 (GMT) AS Roma (Italy) v Atletico Madrid (Spain) (1845) Chelsea (England) v Qarabag FK (Azerbaijan) (1845) Group B Tuesday, September 12 (GMT) Celtic (Scotland) v Paris St Germain (France) (1845) FC […]

Paphos municipality said on Monday that water prices will increase for the next quarter, bills for which will reach consumers by the end of October. The prices are in line with an EU directive that imposed an environmental tax on water use, which is then passed on by the government to the municipalities. For each […]

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Monday equated the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party with the Nazis who ruled the country from 1933 to 1945, an insult rarely heard in national politics. In an interview with Internet provider t-online.de, Gabriel said many German voters were considering voting for the AfD in a Sept 24 […]

Nine Egyptian policemen were killed and four others were injured when a bomb went off on Monday near a security convoy in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, which is gripped by an insurgency, security and medical sources said. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted by its news agency Amaq. […]

A total of 298 migrants, including 201 men, 25 women, 46 boys and 26 girls, were on Monday being hosted at Kokkinotrimithia reception centre in Nicosia, Civil Defence Commander Andreas Frantzis said. Some 305 migrants arrived in Cyprus overnight on Saturday aboard two boats, one of which was towed to Latchi port and the other […]

Cancer doctors are widening the net for immunotherapy, a hot new class of drugs that enlist the body’s defences in the fight against tumours. The latest research shared with 23,000 experts at Europe’s top oncology meeting shows how medicines that have already delivered durable benefits in metastatic disease can also work well at an earlier […]

A man who led protests against Russia’s plans to annex Crimea from Ukraine was jailed for eight years in the disputed territory on Monday – a move Ukraine’s president called an act of Russian repression. Crimean Tatar leader Ahtem Chiygoz was found guilty of stirring up mass disorder by calling street demonstrations in February 2014 […]

Norwegians voted on Monday on the second and final day of a parliamentary election that remains too close to call between Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s centre-right bloc and the centre-left opposition headed by the Labour Party. Solberg’s Conservatives want to cut taxes in a bid to boost growth if they win a fresh mandate, while […]

Dutchman Frank de Boer was sacked as manager of Crystal Palace on Monday after only four Premier League games in charge, according to Sky Sports sources. De Boer, who replaced Sam Allardyce at the London club, has lost all four league games with his side failing to score a goal – the most recent loss […]

The ‘Devil Woman’ singer spent two years being investigated over historic allegations against him, and admits during the “traumatic” investigation, he barely slept and he still feels his career has been permanently damaged. Cliff – who was never arrested or charged – said: “It was a disastrous time emotionally, so traumatic I don’t think I […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday pledged new government-funded projects of around €35 million for the Famagusta district. Following a meeting with mayors, local council leaders, MPs and other officials from the district, Anastasiades said that €32.2 million was spent for projects in the area from 2013 to 2016, while the 2017 budget included €23.3 million. […]

Cyprus’s trade deficit from January to July widened 5.9 per cent to €2.6bn compared with the respective period last year, mainly on increased imports and stagnant exports, the statistical service said. Total imports rose an annual 3.6 per cent in the first seven months of the year to over €4.2bn while exports rose marginally to […]

After two persons who posed as painters stole €6,000 and some jewellery from an elderly couple on Sunday afternoon police warned the public to be very careful and not let unknown people into their homes. Two persons aged around 30 to 35 approached the couple at their home in the Larnaca district with two children […]

Even if you haven’t seen it, you’ve heard of it. Premiering on BBC Two in August 2010, The Great British Bake Off was an almost instant success, attracting over two million viewers across the nation. Seven seasons later the show is still going strong (even if no longer on the BBC); even those who wouldn’t […]

Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum) isn’t actually lucky. None of his family are, you might even say they’ve been cursed. The Logan family history is a litany of unfortunate accidents, fatally electrocuted uncles and the aunt who won the Lotto, then lost the ticket. It’s enough to make a person turn to crime, in fact that’s […]