Новости за 27.10.2017

IMPRISONED former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas, serving a six-year term after admitting to bribe-taking in the Paphos Sewerage Board (Sapa) trial, took the witness stand for the prosecution in the ongoing trial of the Koshi and Paphos landfills on Friday, saying he wanted to serve his sentence with dignity. Vergas had two more years slapped […]

EIGHT Diko members, including one from the party’s central committee, resigned on Friday citing disagreement with chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos. The resignations follow that of vice chairman Christos Patsalides last week. On Friday, central committee member Andreas Iatropoulos said he was resigning for the same reasons Patsalides did. He was followed shortly afterwards by seven other […]

THREE individuals were arrested by Paphos police in connection with stealing large quantities of walnuts and almonds, a police report said on Friday. According to the report, a large quantity of walnuts and almonds was found following a search prompted by a tip on Thursday. Police spotted the three individuals, two of whom are a […]

THE Treasury said on Friday it would seek the advice of the Attorney-general over an agreement between the state and betting giant Opap, which the state auditor says is costing the state up to €12m in lost revenues. The Greek-based company, meanwhile, said it would no longer tolerate the “slander campaign” which had been launched […]

POLICE have detained a 29-year-old Larnaca man on suspicion of extortion, threat of violence, and a series of other possible offences allegedly committed earlier this week. On Wednesday, police said, a 41-year-old businessman from Larnaca reported that in the early hours of the day he had been threatened by four men into paying them large […]

TRADE unions at the semi-state power company EAC will decide on Tuesday on the measures they will take to protest the government’s policy, which they claim is aimed at weakening and dismantling it, union reps announced on Friday. At a joint news conference held by the four unions, rep Marios Pappoutis lambasted the government, arguing […]

DATA Protection Commissioner Irene Loizidou called on presidential candidates on Friday to respect the privacy of citizens and said that the €2,200 in fines she imposed on the election campaign centre of Diko head Nicolas Papadopoulos for unsolicited calls and SMS, was a message that this practice needed to stop. Loizidou said that she slapped […]

The European Capital of Culture Pafos 2017 has not been known so far to repeat itself, but for the Remote Paphos event which firstly took place at the end of September, it is making an exception. The unique event, co-organised with the embassy of Switzerland in Cyprus, is a tailor-made creation in which all those […]

The Spanish government moved to impose direct rule over Catalonia on Friday, stripping the region of its autonomy less than an hour after its parliament declared independence in a stunning show of defiance to Madrid. Although the Catalan declaration appears to be a doomed gesture, both sides’ moves take Spain’s worst political crisis in four decades to […]

A policeman seconded for years to the guard of Akel leader Andros Kyprianou was found dead in the party’s headquarters, it emerged on Friday. Police were informed of a gunshot heard at Akel’s headquarters in down-town Nicosia early on Friday afternoon. At the scene, a person was found dead and police sources told the Cyprus […]

THE Cyprus problem, bilateral relations, issues of military cooperation, relations between the European Union and Lebanon, and regional developments will be on the agenda of talks between President Nicos Anastasiades and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who is scheduled to arrive in Cyprus on Saturday on an official visit, a government source told the Cyprus […]

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is experiencing deja vu after another successful start to the season and is concerned that his team do not fall away like they did a year ago. Last season City won the first six Premier League games and were being prematurely crowned champions in some quarters before ending up third. This time […]

Continual upgrades on flagship aircraft wow customers across 6 continents Emirates, the world’s largest A380 operator, is set to receive its milestone 100th A380 aircraft on 3rd November. Over 80 million passengers have flown on the superjumbo in the nine years since it first joined Emirates’ modern fleet. Today, Emirates flies the A380 to over […]

It will be time for the acoustic narration in the form of To Skasimon to take to the stage again on Monday, and draw us into its exciting rhythmic twists and turns. Actress Elena Agathokelous and musician Dimitris Spyrou will take to the Rialto theatre stage to tell the story of a roaming soul. Based […]

AUTUMN is finally here, according to the met office, albeit only for this weekend which is expected to be very rainy. Saturday is expected to be partly cloudy with local rain and storms. Earlier in the day, rain is expected in the western areas of the island and later in the day other areas are […]

Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters reached an agreement on Friday to stop fighting in northern Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said, although the status of any ceasefire remained unclear. A spokesman in Baghdad for the US-led coalition against Islamic State earlier said the deal covered all fronts in the conflict, which broke out […]

Chelsea reacted angrily on Friday to newspaper reports that Carlo Ancelotti was set to replace manager Antonio Conte and that former coach Steve Holland has received texts from unhappy players who say they are missing him. A club spokesman described the reports as “absolute nonsense” and denied that any player had contacted Holland, who left […]

FIFTEEN kilos of rolling tobacco and hundreds of pairs of shoes and clothing items bearing fake designer logos were seized in Famagusta and Nicosia, the customs department said on Friday. In a statement, the department said that 1,629 pairs of shoes and 474 clothing items, all bearing fake brands, were found and seized in a […]

The Cyprus-Russia business dinner in Moscow, last Monday, identified potential for developing cooperation in innovation, technology and health

Honorary event for supporters and volunteers and an accountability report of the 3rd Petrolina Charity Festival   With a donation of €26.209, PETROLINA, the Cypriot petroleum company, supports the charity organization ‘Goal in Life’. The amount includes a €15.000 donation by PETROLINA and €11.209 resulting from the sales of food, beverages, commemorative gifts and contributions […]

Catalonia’s parliament declared independence fromSpain on Friday in defiance of the Madrid government, which at the same time was preparing to impose direct rule over the region. Although the declaration was in effect a symbolic gesture as it will not be accepted by Spain or the international community, the moves by both sides take Spain‘s worst political crisis in […]

The regional parliament of Catalonia on Friday voted a motion to begin a “constituent process” to split from Spain shortly before beginning a secret vote on whether or not to declare independence from the rest of the country. Lawmakers from the Socialist Party, the People’s Party (PP) and Ciudadanos left the chamber before the vote in protest, […]

This Sunday the Fifth Mums 2 Be and Baby Day fair in Limassol will provide first time mums with all the information they need to bring their child into the world and also how to take care of them. Aiming to support mums to be and new parents, the fair will help mums prepare for […]

Indonesian police on Friday started questioning the owner of a fireworks factory destroyed in a series of explosions and a fire that killed 47 workers and injured dozens, leaving some with horrific burns covering up to 80 per cent of their bodies. In one of Indonesia‘s worst industrial disasters, many workers were unable to escape the […]

Kenya’s opposition rejected the nation’s election re-run as “a sham” and said on Friday that plans to reorganise voting in its western strongholds where polls did not open risked provoking further violence and should be cancelled. President Uhuru Kenyatta has won over 96 per cent of votes counted so far, according to a local media […]