Новости за 10.10.2017

European champions Portugal qualified for next year’s World Cup with a convincing 2-0 win over Switzerland on Tuesday after an own goal by Johan Djourou set them on their way. The Swiss defender put the ball into his own net four minutes before halftime and Andre Silva sealed the victory in the 57th minute as […]

President Nicos Anastasiades and Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos are the favourites for first and second place in the first round of January’s presidential elections, going head-to-head in the run-off a week later, according to a poll presented by Sigma TV on Tuesday night. The poll said first-round voting would net incumbent Anastasiades 31.7 per cent […]

The Republic of Cyprus will object to the application of Hermitage Capital founder Bill Browder for an emergency injunction filed at the Nicosia District Court requesting the termination of the cooperation of Cypriot legal authorities with Russia in an investigation against the investor-turned-activist, Minister of Justice Ionas Nicolaou said on Tuesday. In a statement, Nicolaou said […]

Kate, Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge, made her first public appearance on Tuesday since it was announced she was pregnant, joining husband Prince William and his brother Harry at events to mark World Mental Health Day. Last month William and Kate announced they were expecting her third child and that as with her two previous pregnancies, […]

The last privately owned Leonardo da Vinci painting and one of fewer than 20 by the Renaissance artist known to still exist is hitting the auction block, Christie’s announced on Tuesday. “Salvator Mundi,” an ethereal portrait of Jesus Christ which dates to about 1500, is expected to sell for about $100 million at Christie’s in […]

Disy MP Stella Kyriakides on Tuesday was elected president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). She will be the 30th President of PACE since 1949, the first Cypriot and the third woman to take up the post. The Cypriot MP was elected during the third round of voting, during the Assembly’s […]

The case for Scottish independence is not dependent on Brexit, but Scots should be able to choose their own future when the terms of Britain’s exit from the European Union are clear, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday. “Scotland should have the right to choose our future when the terms of Brexit are […]

The last concert in the framework of the ninth International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival is set for Friday at the Shoe Factory in Nicosia, when the Lingua Franca Ensemble will perform under the name Soundscapes of the eastern Mediterranean. The final act of the foundation’s musical journey through a number of musical traditions will have […]

Government Spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Tuesday the UN secretary-general’s report on Cyprus sends a message for the need to continue the efforts to reach a solution of the Cyprus problem. “In his good offices’ report, the UNSG, recognising the significant progress achieved for the first time in the history of the negotiations, sends the […]

The Greek parliament passed a law on Tuesday to make it easier for people to change their legally recognised gender, a move that angered the Church but was welcomed as long-overdue by human rights groups. The law will allow people to change their gender on official documents with a court ruling, and without requiring medical […]

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Tuesday he would not stand in a court-ordered re-run of August’s presidential election that is scheduled for Oct 26. Odinga has repeatedly said he would boycott the polls if the election board did not replace officials he blamed for irregularities in August. “In the interest of the people […]

Britain could join a formal trade alliance with the United States, Canada and Mexico if the European Union refuses to clinch a post-Brexit trade deal, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday without citing sources. The newspaper said British ministers were looking at the idea of joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) as […]

Trade unions demanding pay raises for civil servants will stage a three-hour warning strike on Thursday, October 26 after Finance Minister Harris Georgiades refused to even discuss the issue with them, they announced on Tuesday. Following a meeting between reps from all unions at noon on Tuesday they said the three-hour strike will be held […]

TUS Airways will launch direct route from Larnaca to Rome from Winter 2017 Prices start from 70 EUR for one way from Larnaca including full service on board   The Cypriot airline TUS Airways: continues to grow, expanding its operation with new direct route from Larnaca to Rome – capital of Italy.   The new […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday it expects the Cypriot economy’s growth to slow down to 2.6 per cent next year from 3.4 per cent in 2017. Consumer prices are expected to increase 0.8 per cent this year and 0.7 per cent in 2018, the IMF said in its World Economic Outlook. The […]

Catalan police tightened their guard on the region’s parliament on Tuesday where secessionists have threatened to adopt a unilateral declaration of independence from Spain despite warnings from Madrid of swift counter-measures. Regional leader Carles Puigdemont held a meeting of his cabinet to decide how to press an independence drive that has stirred powerful emotions across […]

The number of saloon registrations rose 18 per cent in September to 3,800 compared to the respective month of 2016, the statistical service said. The increase in saloon registrations last month was on a 28 per cent annual rise in the case of second-hand cars to 2,443 – the highest since July 2009 – which […]

EU Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc has called on Turkey to respect Cyprus’ sovereign territorial sea and its rights over its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). She also stressed that Turkey, an EU candidate country, should treat all EU member-states equally. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, Bulc, on the island for the maritime […]

Several hundred suspected Islamic State fighters surrendered last week to Kurdish authorities after the militant group lost its last stronghold in northern Iraq, a security official said on Tuesday. The suspects were part of a group of men who fled toward Kurdish-held lines when Iraqi forces captured the Islamic State base in Hawija, the Kurdish […]

On Friday 29th September 2017, thirty-one experts discussed how two major co-financed projects –Poseidon Med II & CYnergy- could be the stepping stones for turning Cyprus into an energy hub and Eastern Mediterranean marine transportation with a sustainable, eco-friendly profile through the use of LNG.  The Conference entitled “LNG: the meeting point for Marine, Transport […]

Italians are facing next month’s World Cup playoffs with a sense of trepidation after a lacklustre qualifying campaign in which the four-time champions lurched from one mediocre display to another. Although they finished second in European Group G, Italy’s last four games produced a thumping defeat in Spain, a draw at home to Macedonia and […]

Cyprus’s trade deficit widened 2.2 per cent, to over €2.8bn, in the first eight months of the year compared to the respective period of last year mainly on increased imports, the statistical service said. Total imports rose 5.5 per cent in January to August, compared to the respective period of 2016, to over €4.8bn, Cystat […]

Tim Cahill scored twice, including the extra-time winner, as Australia kept their World Cup hopes alive with a 2-1 victory over Syria in the second leg of the Asian playoff on Tuesday. The 3-2 aggregate victory sent the Socceroos into an intercontinental playoff in November against the fourth-placed team in North and Central America and […]

The positive outcome following the kidnapping of four-year-old Marie Eleni Grimsrud by her father, Torkel Grimsrud, is due to the close co-operation of the authorities of Cyprus and Norway since April, police spokesman Andreas Angelides said on Tuesday. In a statement to the Cyprus News Agency, Angelides said eight people were taken to court in […]

Members of the anti-poaching squad on Tuesday morning detected an 82-year-old man who was hunting with the help of equipment mimicking bird voices on a piece of land in the Larnaca district. A mobile phone, a gadget to produce bird sounds and 75 cartridges were seized at the scene. The 82-year-old paid €500 in an […]