Новости за 16.10.2017

A New Jersey man was found guilty by a federal jury in New York on Monday of planting two bombs in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood in September 2016, one of which exploded and wounded 30 people. Ahmad Khan Rahimi, a 29-year-old US citizen who was born in Afghanistan, faces a mandatory life sentence in prison after […]

Main opposition Akel on Monday held a protest in Limassol against the municipality’s decision to allow the building of a monument to honour general Georgios Grivas, the leader of the anti-colonial Eoka paramilitary organisation, whom the party considers one of the main culprits for the events that led up to Turkish invasion. The protesters marched […]

Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta‘s best-known investigative journalist, was killed on Monday when a powerful bomb blew up her car, police said. Caruana Galizia, 53, ran a hugely popular blog in which she relentlessly highlighted cases of alleged corruption, often involving politicians from the Mediterranean island of Malta. Police said she was killed as she was driving near […]

Playing in the park is not just for kids, well not when you are an artist with lots of imagination. The artists in question are Cypriot and international visual artists who will come together for the Let’s Play Art in the Park contemporary exhibition, which will be set within the Municipal Gardens in Nicosia. Just […]

The Weinstein Company has entered talks to sell the bulk of its assets to private equity firm Colony Capital, the companies said on Monday, as the film production company looks for stability after the departure of co-founder Harvey Weinstein. The announcement of the deal talks comes only days after co-Chairman Bob Weinstein, Harvey’s brother and […]

US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, accused of endangering fellow soldiers who searched for him after he walked off his combat outpost in Afghanistan in 2009 and was captured by the Taliban, pleaded guilty on Monday to desertion and misbehaviour before the enemy. In court in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Bergdahl admitted leaving his post in Paktika province […]

The sky over London turned an unusual shade of yellow on Monday as Storm Ophelia brought dust from the Sahara and smoke from wild fires in southern Europe that filtered out certain wavelengths of sunlight. Downgraded from a hurricane overnight, Ophelia caused two deaths in Ireland on Monday, where it was the worst storm in half a century. While […]

The government does not directly receive any cash from the citizenship-through-investment scheme, the finance minister said on Monday. “The state does not collect a single euro. The benefit is an indirect one, and has to do with invigorating the economy through a series of investments in various sectors,” Harris Georgiades told MPs. The passport scheme […]

President Nicos Anastasiades has already discussed with the United Nations secretary-general the ‘customs duty’ imposed on government goods sent to Greek Cypriots and Maronites in the north, government spokesman Victoras Papadopoulos said on Monday. “The president has discussed this issue also with the UNSG and has filed in writing our positions and complaints, and will […]

Part of Paphos old town will unfold its memories this week during an exhibition and site-specific performances as part of the Trails of Memories cross-disciplinary events. They focus on the part of the city between the Municipal Gardens and Moussallas, a district that during the early 20th century became the epicentre of Paphos’ immense urban […]

Energy regulators in Cyprus and Greece, have issued a joint decision for the cross-border cost allocation of the electricity interconnection EuroAsia Interconnector between Cyprus and Greece it was announced on Monday. “This is a historic moment for Cyprus as it ends the electricity isolation of the last European Union member state that remains energy isolated,” […]

In 2016, 230,000 individuals, or 27.7 per cent, were at risk of poverty in Cyprus, up from 180,000, or 23.3, per cent in 2008, the European statistical service Eurostat said on Monday. It followed the drop of annual national median equivalised disposable income, after social transfers, to €14,020 from €16,024 in 2008, the service said. […]

Churches in a western Greek region will ring funeral bells every day until Saturday to protest a new law that makes it easier for people to change their legally recognised gender, clerics said on Monday. Greece’s parliament passed a law last week which allows people over 15 to change their gender on official documents with […]

Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling says he is loving playing under Pep Guardiola for the Premier League leaders and admits that his life is also better for having tuned out critics on social media. Sterling has scored six goals in five starts for City this season and has impressed with his overall contribution to Guardiola’s […]

The ‘Shape of You’ hitmaker was reportedly rushed to hospital after the incident, and he’s now admitted his upcoming tour dates may be in jeopardy because of the crash. Sharing a picture of himself with one arm in a cast and the other in a sling, he wrote on Instagram: “I’ve had a bit of […]

Non-performing loans in the Cypriot banking system fell in June by €610.2m in a month to €22.4bn, the lowest since the introduction of the current methodology, the Central Bank of Cyprus said. The non-performing loans ratio in June fell to 45 per cent which was also the lowest since December 2014, when the European Banking […]

US-backed militias battled foreign fighters defending the last pocket of Islamic State’s one-time Syrian capital of Raqqa on Monday, bringing their four-month campaign for the city to the brink of victory. A Reuters correspondent saw smoke rising above the city and heard machinegun and mortar fire, but said the rate of air strikes had lessened from other […]

Cyprus will be given time to close down the illegal landfills in Vati and Kotsiatis, European Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella said on Monday after meeting with agriculture and environment minister Nicos Kouyialis in Nicosia. “With one of them, the one closest to Larnaca, we do not see an issue. We will be giving Cyprus some […]

The 44-year-old actress took to Twitter on Sunday night (15.10.17) to implore anyone who has ever been sexually harassed or assaulted to respond to her message with the words “me too”. She wrote on the micro-blogging website: “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” Alyssa revealed she’d borrowed the […]

At least 30 people died in wildfires raging through parched farmlands and forests in Portugal and neighbouring Spain on Sunday and Monday, officials said. Authorities said they were still battling 145 blazes in Portugal – still recovering from its deadliest fire on record in June – and another 100 in Spain. Portugal’s government asked for […]

Gareth Bale may have scored more decisive goals for Real Madrid than Luka Modric since the pair swapped Tottenham for the Spanish capital, but the Croatian midfielder has proved far more popular to Real fans than his team-mate. Modric will be the only former Spurs player available to the European champions when they host Mauricio […]

Tropical Storm Ophelia began to batter Ireland’s southern coast on Monday, knocking down trees and power lines and whipping up 10-metre waves, as the government warned the country’s worst storm in half a century could cause fatalities. Two people were seriously injured when a tree fell on their car in the south-east of Ireland, state […]

The 47-year-old actor was riding his bike around the city when he was run off the road and had to be treated for his injuries at the scene, before being taken into hospital by paramedics. However, the ‘300’ star is not reported to be seriously injured. A source told gossip website TMZ: “Someone called 911, paramedics came and […]

The European Union vowed on Monday to defend a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers and urged US lawmakers not to reimpose sanctions after President Donald Trump chose not to certify Tehran’s compliance with the accord. Germany and France led a chorus of warnings to the United States, normally the EU’s closest foreign […]

France will be among the top seeds for next month’s World Cup draw after they climbed to seventh in the FIFA rankings published on Monday. The draw for next year’s finals will be held in Moscow on Dec. 1 when the 32 eventual finalists will be divided into four pots according to their position in […]