Новости за 06.11.2017

French oil and gas group Total and Italy’s Eni plan to start drilling in a joint exploration block off the coast of Cyprus by the end of this year or early 2018, President Nicos Anastasiades told French daily Le Figaro on Monday. Anastasiades, who is in Paris for an official visit, met Total’s Chief Executive […]

France is free to use the Mari naval base and the Paphos airbase for its peace operations in the Eastern Mediterranean, President Nicos Anastasiades reaffirmed on Monday following a meeting with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris. During his official visit to France with the First Lady and a delegation, Anastasiades held talks with […]

President Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday plans to demolish a culture centre in Istanbul named after the founder of modern secular Turkey, in a move critics see as another attempt by the Islamist-rooted ruling party to roll back secularism. It marks Erdogan’s second attempt to tear down the Ataturk Culture Centre (AKM), named after Mustafa […]

Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis said on Monday that the disputed transfer of a doctor from a rural hospital to Limassol has taken place and challenged the five physicians who had threatened to resign over the move to go ahead and do so. The outspoken minister said his ministry is ready to bear the brunt of […]

The new House of Representatives building will go up on the site of the old Pasydy headquarters in central Nicosia, with the building expected to be completed by 2023, MPs heard on Monday. Speaking at the House finance committee that was scrutinising parliament’s budget for 2018, permanent secretary of the parliament Vasiliki Anastasiades said around […]

The mandate of the Anti-Drugs Council has been expanded to cover not only matters related to illegal and prescription drugs and alcohol but to take on all dependencies including gambling. The change to the organisation’s mandate was passed by the House last Friday but it effectively alters the nature of the body and its current […]

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe fired Emmerson Mnangagwa as vice president on Monday for showing “traits of disloyalty”, his information minister said, abruptly removing a favourite to succeed the 93-year-old leader. Mnangagwa’s removal provides a boost for Mugabe’s wife, Grace, who has been a vocal critic of the vice president and is also seen as a […]

Discussions between authorities and businesses on Misiaouli and Kavazoglou street in Limassol should continue in a bid to ensure plans introducing cycle lanes do not affect local shops, the House interior committee said on Monday. Following the session, Akel MP Giorgos Georgiou said Limassol Mayor Nicos Nicolaides had agreed to three main points during the […]

  The 28th annual Radiomarathon campaign kicked off on Monday with collection points set up in all districts with the aim of collecting as much money as possible for children with special needs. During the two-day campaign, co-organised by state broadcaster CyBC and the Cooperative Central Bank, thousands of volunteers will collect donations in all […]

For the first time ever on the island, Madrid-born DJ Svreca will give the techno scene what for in Nicosia on Saturday, so get your dancing shoes on, it won’t be a night for sitting down. Svreca, who is coming over as part of the TRAP events, will deliver – as always – deep, hypnotic, […]

United States missions in Turkey have partially resumed processing visa applications, the embassy said on Monday, and a Turkish government source said Ankara could follow suit in the first step to ease a diplomatic crisis between the two allies. The move, on the eve of a visit to Washington by Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, […]

Of the €69 million in fines which the Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) has imposed since 2012, €57 million remains unpaid. The main reason for the poor collection rate are the time-consuming appeals lodged against CPC decisions, chairman Loukia Christodoulou told MPs. Until such time as the appeals are adjudged, offenders do not […]

More than 50 of the island’s tourism players, including Minister Yiorkos Lakkotrypis, are taking part in the World Travel Market underway in London this week. There, businessmen, hoteliers and tour operators have the opportunity until Wednesday to present their products and services and cement contacts for the summer season 2018. Lakkotrypis will hold a number […]

A total of 13 trees were chopped down from Akadimia Park in Nicosia on Sunday as part of the ongoing Aglandjia roadworks. In a statement, the Initiative for Akadimia Park, which has in the past organised demonstrations and protests in a bid to protect the trees, said that the forestry department decided to carry out […]

  Education Minister Costas Kadis has apologised to 941 candidates who had their exams for state education teaching posts cancelled on Monday after the material was apparently accidentally uploaded onto the ministry’s website before the exams took place. Although the material was taken down shortly after it was uploaded, the education ministry decided to cancel […]

The education ministry was forced to cancel Monday’s exams for teachers seeking a job in public education after the material was accidentally uploaded onto the ministry’s website before the exams took place. Although the material was taken down shortly after it was uploaded, the education ministry decided to cancel the exams for applicants applying for […]

Everton defender Michael Keane was called up on Monday to replace injured Tottenham Hotspur forward Dele Alli in the England squad for friendlies against Germany and Brazil this month. Alli has been ruled out after he sustained a hamstring injury during last week’s Champions League victory over Real Madrid. Tottenham team mates Harry Kane and […]

Lebanon’s president appealed for national unity on Monday after Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri quit in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia, toppling the country’s coalition government that grouped the country’s main sectarian factions. His resignation exposed Lebanon again to the sharp end of rivalry for Middle East predominance between Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia and Shi’ite Muslim […]

Election centres for the presidential election in 2018 will be staffed by unemployed graduates, the government announced on Monday. Unemployed graduates can declare their interest at aps.elections.moi.gov.cy. The site will be activated by midnight on Monday, December 18, 2017. Only those registered on the electoral roll may apply. They must also have been registered as […]

Chelsea’s Alvaro Morata and Manchester United’s Romelu Lukaku were both going through a barren spell coming into Sunday’s match at Stamford Bridge but it was the Spaniard who won the battle of the strikers as he headed the hosts to a 1-0 win. It had been six games in all competitions since either of the […]

Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court ruled on Monday that no region or province can secede, strengthening the government’s hand as it seeks to prevent a repeat of September’s Kurdish independence vote. The ruling was a response to a request from the central government in Baghdad to put an end to any “wrong misinterpretation” of the constitution […]

The Paphos court on Monday handed down a guilty verdict to a British radio producer and personality, aged 46, on 12 counts of sexually abusing the daughter of his girlfriend in 2015 when she was only 11 years old. The verdict was announced behind closed doors and a mitigation hearing has been set for November […]

The Steppin’ Out Jazz band will lead a tribute to legendary jazz singers in Paphos on Wednesday. The band, Alice Ayvazian on vocals, Konstantinos Efraimidis on clarinet, Dimitris Miaria on piano and Costas Challoumas on double bass, will perform some of the golden oldies by the iconic jazz singer Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sara […]

Lionel Messi is out on his own at the top of the Liga scoring charts, well ahead of the usually prolific trio of Antoine Griezmann, Luis Suarez and Cristiano Ronaldo who all endured another frustrating weekend. Ronaldo is used to having an annual joust with Messi for the ‘Pichichi’ prize for La Liga’s top scorer […]

By Stelios Orphanides The Paradise Papers, the new data leaked from the Bermuda-based Appleby law firm, so far show that Cyprus has played only a limited role in the efforts by world politicians, celebrities, major companies and entrepreneurs to conceal their wealth or avoid paying taxes. The latest tranche of 13.4 million documents leaked on […]