Новости за 26.09.2017

Air-conditioners must be installed in schools but only after diligent study, since the decision touches on several aspects, House Education committee chairman Kyriacos Hadjiyannis said on Tuesday. Speaking after a visit to Limassol schools by a delegation of committee members, Hadjiyiannis was asked to comment on the issue that came up on Monday after 100 […]

A Harry Kane hat-trick relegated Apoel to defeat on Matchday Two of the Champions League at Nicosia’s GSP Stadium on Tuesday night. Apoel had a number of good chances in both halves but were ultimately put to the sword by the lethal English striker, who led Tottenham Hotspur to a 3-0 win. Spurs monopolised possession […]

Kevin De Bruyne’s perfectly-struck 48th minute goal and a late Raheem Sterling effort gave Manchester City a 2-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in their Champions League Group F game on Tuesday to make it two wins out of two for Pep Guardiola’s side. But City’s Argentine striker Sergio Aguero missed a chance to equal the […]

The association of cancer patients (Pasykaf) kicked off its annual fund-raising campaign across Cyprus on Tuesday, which will lasts until the end of October. Under the slogan ‘With your support you give hope to their dreams’, the association sends the message that every cancer patient has the right to a reasonable quality of life throughout […]

The communications and transport ministry announced on Tuesday a list of 50 Wi-Fi hotspots located in government buildings in all districts through which members of the public can connect free of charge to the internet. The 50 hotspots are located in buildings housing state services such as the post office, health centres, district administration offices, […]

Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, state media said, ending the conservative Islamic kingdom’s status as the only country where that is forbidden. The royal decree ordered the formation of a ministerial body to give advice within 30 days and then implement the order by June 2018, according […]

Main opposition Akel and its presidential nominee Stavros Malas on Tuesday accused President Nicos Anastasiades of sabotaging the Cyprus talks in pursuit of re-election. Their remarks followed those made by negotiating team member Toumazos Tsielepis who claimed a real chance for a solution was missed in Crans Montana last July. Anastasiades came under fire in […]

An average of 2,000 people die every year of heart disease in Cyprus, while a total 40,000 undergo some heart-related treatment, the Cyprus Society of Cardiology announced on Tuesday to mark World Heart Day. Recent epidemiological studies in Cyprus showed that 27.8 per cent of adults are obese and 36.1 per cent are overweight, while […]

The European Court of Justice could cut costs and speed up verdicts by letting judges speak English rather than only in French, an EU audit showed on Tuesday – but a plan to let them has been stymied by Brexit. The Luxembourg-based court is a bogeyman for British critics of the EU and negotiations on […]

MPs on Tuesday decided to begin drafting legislation ensuring that money currently allocated to the Welfare Lottery Fund continues to be disbursed to disabled persons in the event the fund is scrapped. The Welfare Lottery Fund was set up to provide additional support to disabled persons but since 1997 the lottery itself is not being […]

A Libyan coast guard vessel fired shots and boarded a humanitarian ship in the Mediterranean on Tuesday, demanding that the migrants on board be handed over to them, a spokesman for the Mission Lifeline charity said. “The Libyan man said: ‘This is our territory,'” said Axel Steier, a spokesman for the German-based charity that performed […]

The Larnaca municipality announced on Tuesday it will charge households a €25 levy for the next 10 years to be used for the maintenance and operation of the new cemetery in Tersefanou. According to a statement, the levy will be charged on each household within the local authority’s boundaries for 10 years starting in 2017. […]

Britain’s opposition Labour Party is drawing up a plan to counter capital flight and a run on the pound if it is elected to run the country, the party’s economic policy chief has said. Labour is holding its annual conference three months after an election in which its left-wing programme found unexpected support among an […]

The Larnaca municipal council announced on Tuesday that it would take legal action against the irregular renewal of the permits for energy giant Nobel and oil and gas services company Medserv to continue to use storage facilities at the town’s port. It said when the two companies had their permits to use Larnaca port facilities […]

BirdLife Cyprus will present, for the second time, the documentary Wings on the Wind on Thursday to introduce us to the wonder of bird migration and the threats birds face. After the success of the first screening in Nicosia, the documentary will now be shown to a Limassol audience. The 20-minute documentary tells all about bird […]

An operation to remove illegal advertising signs and billboards got underway in the centre of Paphos on Tuesday, according to a municipality spokesman. “This move is part of an ongoing operation to clean up Paphos and remove any signs which are illegal,” he told the Cyprus Mail. This particular operation is part of a wider […]

James Dyson, the billionaire inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, said his company was building a “radical” all-electric car for launch in 2020, with a commitment to spend £2 billion on solid-state battery technology and vehicle design. Dyson said a 400-strong team of engineers had already spent two and a half years working on the […]

The Spanish government said on Tuesday regional police will take control of any voting booths before a Catalan referendum on independence this weekend which it deems illegal. For its part the Catalan regional government said the vote will go ahead and it sent out notifications to Catalans to man polling booths. The row has plunged […]

University of Cyprus (UCy) rector Constantinos Christofides has hit back at detractors who accuse him of seeking to ‘abolish democracy’ through a proposal changing how the university’s top executives are elected. Christofides has proposed two ways of altering the process to elect the university’s rector and two vice-rectors. The first would reduce the weighted vote […]

A 40-year-old woman was remanded for three days on Tuesday after caught working as a beautician in a Limassol spa without any professional licence, while police found in her possession injectable substances that can be administered only by doctors. The woman, police said, had placed a Facebook ad that she would perform plastic, reconstructive and […]

The foreign ministry on Tuesday warned Cypriot citizens in Bali or aiming to travel there to be alert as the possible eruption of the Agung volcano could affect flights to and from Indonesia. Following the warning issued by the Indonesian authorities that Bali’s Mount Agung could erupt soon following seismic activity, the ministry urged all […]

A female UN Marine has become the first woman to complete the Corps’ notoriously gruelling infantry officer course, seeing off dozens of male candidates who failed the selection training. The physical and mental tests include hikes carrying loads up to 69kg, swimming, obstacle courses, land navigation and weapons assembly. Typically a quarter of Marines who […]

The trial of a Syrian man accused of people smuggling got underway at Paphos district court on Tuesday. The man is facing charges of human trafficking, aiding and abetting migrants to illegally enter the Republic, unsafe transportation of people, and conspiracy to commit a felony. He is accused of transporting 142 people – Syrian nationals […]

US President Donald Trump ramped up with his fight with the National Football League on Tuesday, calling on the popular league to ban players from kneeling in protest at games while the US national anthem is played. “The NFL has all sorts of rules and regulations. The only way out for them is to set […]

England all-rounder Ben Stokes was arrested early on Monday after an incident in Bristol and will miss the fourth one-day international against West Indies, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said. “He was held overnight and released under investigation, without charge, late on Monday and will not join the team in London,” the ECB […]