Новости за 05.11.2017

French energy giant Total will soon begin operating in block 6 of Cyprus` Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) it was announced on Sunday evening after a meeting President Nicos Anastasiades had in Paris with the company`s Chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanne and Vice President of the Middle East and North Africa division Elias Kassis. Present at […]

A gunman massacred at least 26 worshipers and wounded 20 others at a white-steepled church in southeast Texas on Sunday, carrying out the latest in a series of mass shootings that have plagued the United States, authorities said. The lone suspect, wearing black tactical gear and a ballistic vest and carrying an assault rifle, opened fire after […]

A gunman entered a church in a small town in southeast Texas on Sunday and began firing, resulting in many fatalities and injuries, a county commissioner told Reuters. The gunman was killed several miles from the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, about 40 miles (65 km) east of San Antonio, said Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Sergeant Robert […]

A gunman entered a church in a small town in southeast Texas on Sunday and began firing, resulting in “multiple” fatalities and injuries, local media reported, citing the county authorities. The lone gunman who walked into the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, about 40 miles (65 km) east of San Antonio, was “down,” Wilson […]

GEORGE Papadopoulos, an embattled former campaign aide who advised US President Donald Trump on foreign policy had visited Cyprus three times as a guest of the public information office (PIO), it has emerged. Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty last month as part of a federal probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, had […]

MANCHESTER CITY 3 ARSENAL 1 Premier League leaders Manchester City extended their club record run of wins to 15 in all competitions by beating Arsenal 3-1 on Sunday to open up an eight-point lead at the top of the table. City grabbed the lead in the 19th minute through a low drive from Belgian midfielder […]

Flash floods caused by hours of torrential rain killed at least five people in Malaysia and military forces deployed on Sunday to help rescue thousands of displaced people in the northern state of Penang. About 3,000 people had been evacuated and housed in temporary shelters as nearly 80 percent of Penang was hit by typhoon-like […]

TOURISM stakeholders in Paphos are pushing forward with plans to promote the district abroad as al year-round tourist destination. Head of the Paphos regional board of tourism, Nasos Hadjigeorgiou, told the Sunday Mail that concerted efforts are underway to ease seasonality and include the promotion of Paphos abroad. “We are preparing to participate in one […]

  The car bomb which killed 53-year-old investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta two weeks ago has highlighted the frightening frequency with which explosives are placed under cars and outside homes in Cyprus. So regular have these attacks become that they rarely merit more than a news brief in newspapers. Unlike the tragic death […]

Western intelligence agencies warned former Lebanese prime minister Saad al-Hariri of an assassination plot against him, the Saudi-owned pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported on Sunday. It cited unnamed sources close to Hariri. However, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, head of Lebanon’s General Security, said he had no information about an assassination plot against political figures in […]

EGYPTIAN hijacker Seif Eldin Mustafa never asked to see his former wife during the March 29, 2016, hijacking of an Egyptian Airlines plane, which he diverted to Larnaca to flee Egypt and demand the release of women detained as political prisoners, his lawyer Nicoletta Charalambidou has told the Sunday Mail. According to Charalambidou, Mustafa’s supposed […]

Sacked Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont and four associates turned himself in to Belgian police on Sunday, the Brussels prosecutor’s office said, following Spain’s issuing of an arrest warrant He is wanted by Madrid for actions related to his push for the region’s secession from Spain. Puigdemont’s move comes as two polls suggested pro-Catalonia independence parties […]

The BBC is facing an angry reaction in Afghanistan after it changed the name of one of its local language Facebook pages to BBC Dari, the official name of the Afghan version of Persian or Farsi but one rejected by many local Persian speakers. The Facebook page and other social media sites were bombarded by […]

Yiorgos Lakkotrypis, Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism is to depart for London to attend the World Travel Market 2017. An official announcement said Lakkotrypis will hold a number of meetings with British airline representatives and tour operators. The minister will also lead a business delegation from Cyprus which will take part in a […]

Prime Minister Theresa May’s most senior minister has denied an allegation that police found pornography on one of his computers in the Houses of Parliament in 2008 as the British government struggles to contain a scandal about sexual harassment. First Secretary of State Damian Green said the claims by a former senior police officer in […]

It is not possible to accept any demands by Turkey or present them to the Cypriot people as part of a proposal for a settlement, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday, He also reiterated the readiness of the Greek Cypriot side to immediately resume negotiations, underlining at the same time the need for the international […]

The met office on Sunday issued a yellow alert valid until 2pm due to heavy rainfall and storms in parts of the island. Meteorologist, Panayiotis Georgiou told CNA rainfall was likely to exceed 50 millimetres. He added that until early afternoon Cyprus would continue to experience rain and erstwhile storms in places, but by evening […]

Floods inundated swathes of central and southern Vietnam on Sunday in the wake of a typhoon that left at least 27 dead just days before the region is due to host the APEC summit of Asia-Pacific leaders. Typhoon Damrey, the 12th major storm to hit Vietnam this year, made landfall on Saturday with winds of […]

The efforts undertaken by UNSG Antonio Guterres and his former adviser on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, to convene a Conference on Cyprus, are outlined in the US president`s bimonthly report which covers the period from April 1 to May 31. In the cover note, Charles S Faulkner of the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, notes that […]

Pro-Catalonia independence parties will combine for the most votes in regional election in December though may fall just short of a majority needed to revive the secession campaign, two polls showed on Sunday. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called the Dec. 21 election after firing the previous government and imposing direct rule over the autonomous […]

Pro-Catalonia independence parties will win the regional election in December but are unlikely to take a parliamentary majority, a survey published in La Vanguardia showed on Sunday. According to the GAD3 poll of 1,233 people between Oct. 30 and Nov. 3, pro-independence parties ERC, PDECat and CUP would win the election with between 66 and […]

Almost 43kg of hookah tobacco were seized on Saturday at Larnaca Airport in the lugggae of an Egyptian passenger arriving from Cairo. According to a press release from the Customs Department a “suspicious package” was found in the luggage by scanners. During the physical check of the baggage, 42.7kg of tobacco was found. “The tobacco […]

Australia turned down on Sunday an offer to take 150 asylum seekers being held in an Australian-run detention centre in Papua New Guinea, where U.N. officials have warned a humanitarian emergency is unfolding. About 600 men have barricaded themselves inside the camp on remote Manus island in Papua New Guinea, defying efforts by Australia and […]

Citroën has unveiled the new C4 Cactus, the first model in Europe to feature the brand’s new suspension system with Progressive Hydraulic Cushions™ (PHC), creating what they call a ‘magic carpet ride’ effect. It is also the first vehicle in the world to boast Advanced Comfort seats. Following the successful launch of New C3 in […]

U.S. President Donald Trump ramped up his tough rhetoric against North Korea when he arrived in Japan on Sunday, saying that the United States and its allies are prepared to defend freedom and that “no dictator” should underestimate U.S. resolve. Trump kicked off a 12-day Asian trip and is looking to present a united front […]