Новости за 05.10.2017

Limassol police on Thursday arrested a non-commissioned officer of the National Guard in connection with a bomb explosion in June 2014. Police believe the man, 40, is linked to an explosion in Limassol that targeted the car of a military officer on June 30, 2014. The suspect is said to be related to the 44-year-old […]

The United Nations Secretary-General’s report on his good offices in Cyprus has been distributed to the members of the Security Council, a UN spokesperson said on Thursday. Speaking at the press briefing in New York, the Secretary-General’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said copies of the report have been handed to the Security Council. “But I do not […]

England qualified for next year’s World Cup finals after Harry Kane’s stoppage time goal earned a 1-0 win over Slovenia on Thursday although his late effort masked a turgid display. The England skipper pounced from close range to convert Kyle Walker’s cross in the 94th minute after a night of frustration for Gareth Southgate’s team […]

A 47-year-old man fell to his death on Thursday while carrying out maintenance work on a building in Limassol. Mohammad Ali, a Cypriot of Syrian extraction, fell from the scaffolding at a height of seven metres. He leaves behind a wife and two children. Labour Inspection department officials arriving at the scene established that the […]

Germany qualified for the World Cup in style on Thursday when superb early strikes from Sebastian Rudy and Sandro Wagner set them on the way to a 3-1 win away to Northern Ireland. Rudy blasted an unstoppable shot past Michael McGovern after two minutes and Wagner scored with an emphatic effort in the 21st as […]

The Cypriot state finds itself at the mercy of private monopolies due to the mishandling of waste management policy over the past few years, auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides said on Thursday. He was referring to a cabinet decision in October 2013 to scrap plans for construction of an integrated waste management facility in Nicosia, and the […]

President Donald Trump is expected to announce soon that he will decertify the landmark international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear programme, a senior administration official said on Thursday, in a step that potentially could cause the 2015 accord to unravel. Trump has been weighing whether the pact, which he has called an “embarrassment,” serves US […]

The National Rifle Association said on Thursday devices that allow semi-automatic rifles to function like fully automatic ones need tougher regulation, and it called on regulators to determine whether the bump-stock devices comply with federal law. “The National Rifle Association is calling on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to immediately review whether […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Saudi Arabia’s King Salman for talks at the Kremlin on Thursday, cementing a relationship that is pivotal for world oil prices and could decide the outcome of the conflict in Syria. King Salman, the first sitting Saudi monarch ever to visit Russia, led a delegation to Moscow that agreed joint […]

A 77-year-old spy, known as Germany’s James Bond for his secret missions during and after the Cold War, was convicted of tax evasion on Thursday and handed a suspended two-year sentence. Werner Mauss, whose career spanned 40 years, says on his website that he was involved in smashing more than 100 criminal gangs and in […]

Environment Commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou announced on Thursday the launch of two new awards for companies and local government aimed at encouraging more initiatives for sustainable development and environment protection. The awards – one for organisations and businesses and the other for municipalities and communities – have been launched by the Cyprus Center for Environmental Research […]

The ninth International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival continues on Sunday with a percussion performance by Shawn Mativetsky, one of the most dynamic performers of Indian Tablas in the world, at the Shoe Factory in Nicosia at 8.3pm. Mativetsky, who is a pioneer in bridging the worlds of Western and Indian classical music, is described by […]

Transport Minister Marios Demetriades said on Thursday there is hypocrisy behind criticism of the government for observing the law on the declassification of church-owned plot in Yeroskipou where antiquities were discovered from an archaeological site, following a ruling from the attorney-general. The government came under fire after a recent cabinet decision to annul a 2014 […]

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey would soon close its border with northern Iraq and shut its air space in response to last week’s Kurdish independence referendum. Erdogan, who held talks in Tehran on Wednesday with Iranian leaders, also said Turkey would decide jointly with Iran and Iraq’s central government in Baghdad whether […]

Turkish Cypriots’ identity and future appear to be in serious jeopardy as a result of Turkey’s assimilation policies, according to a letter submitted to the UN by the government to warn about Turkey’s perceived policy of integration in the northern occupied part of the island. “In this connection, we have witnessed, lately, an intensification of […]

105 teams from 35 countries will pitch their start-up ideas at the Global Grand Final of Climatelaunchpad 2017, the world’s largest, green business ideas competition

Tanzania’s FBME Bank Ltd, the lender US authorities banned from accessing the US financial system, has withdrawn from a joint appeal against the decision citing instructions from the African country’s supervisor leaving the holding company as the single appellant, one of their lawyers said. The appeal challenges the final rule of the US Financial Crime […]

Preparations for next year’s World Cup finals in Russia are on track but lots of work remains to be done, global football’s governing body FIFA said on Thursday. “In general the state of readiness is good, planning is good and on track,” Colin Smith, FIFA’s director of competitions, told reporters. “There is a significant amount […]

Former British prime minister Edward Heath would have been questioned about claims he sexually abused boys if he were alive today, police said on Thursday after a two-year investigation into the allegations. Heath, Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974, who died 12 years ago, would have been interviewed under caution over seven allegations including raping an 11-year-old boy […]

Spain’s Constitutional Court has suspended a session of the Catalan parliament scheduled for Monday in which local leaders were expected to declare Catalonia’s unilateral independence from Spain. The ruling followed a legal challenge by the Catalan Socialist Party, which opposes secession, according to El Pais newspaper.

Iraqi forces have captured Islamic State’s last stronghold in northern Iraq, the military said on Thursday, leaving the militant group holed up in pockets of land by the Syrian border, across which its self-proclaimed “caliphate” once stretched. The town of Hawija and the surrounding areas were captured in an offensive carried out by US-backed Iraqi government troops […]

Election centres will operate abroad in January’s presidential election in Cyprus for voters who are already registered or will register by December 18. The centres will available for the first round of elections on January 28, 2018 and any following rounds. According to an official announcement, a special list is being drawn up with the […]

Kazuo Ishiguro, the British author of ‘Remains of the Day’ , has won the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday. Japan-born Ishiguro won the Man Booker Prize for the 1989 novel that was made into an Oscar-nominated movie. The Swedish Academy hailed his ability to reveal “the abyss beneath our illusory sense of […]

The ‘Stranger Things’ star burst back onto the map with a big role in the Netflix series and admits it has been tough adjusting to fame again. She said: “It’s so overwhelming. I don’t know what it’s like for really famous people … I keep hearing that people are dressing up like me [her ‘Stranger Things’ character Joyce Byers]. […]

The breakaway Turkish Cypriot state’s decision to tax food and other supplies sent by the Republic to Greek Cypriot and Maronite communities in the north was “racist”, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Thursday, and the United Nations could do more on the matter. Unficyp on Wednesday – the first delivery day since Turkish Cypriot […]