Новости за 12.11.2017

Sebastian Vettel restored Ferrari pride with victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday while newly-crowned four-times world champion Lewis Hamilton produced the drive of the day from last to fourth for Mercedes. Hamilton, who clinched the title in Mexico two weeks ago, started from the pit lane after changes to his car following a […]

Switzerland scraped into next year’s World Cup, their fourth finals in a row, after being held to a goalless draw at home by a valiant and workmanlike Northern Ireland who came desperately close to forcing extra-time on Sunday. The Swiss qualified 1-0 on aggregate, the tie ultimately being decided by the hugely controversial penalty converted […]

All five presidential candidates said that neither they nor their spouses had any assets in offshore funds or tax paradises, nor did they have savings accounts abroad. According to a questionnaire given to them by the Politis, published on Sunday, the majority of candidates are in favour of euthanasia and for shops to remain closed […]

By Imad Creidi   A country long divided by sectarian conflicts, Lebanon has found a rare point of unity since Saad al-Hariri’s shock resignation as prime minister: Lebanese of all stripes want him to come back from Saudi Arabia and to continue his work as premier. Hariri left Beirut for Riyadh on November 3 and […]

MEP Eleni Theocharous’ personal website was attacked by a Turkish hacker group on Sunday. Visitors to the website – www.elenitheocharous.com – are redirected to a video featuring  speeches of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.  The logo of the Turkish hacker group Aslan Neferler Tim – Lion soldiers team – appears on the video. The same group last […]

Prince Charles led the annual ceremony to honour Britain’s war dead on Sunday, laying a wreath on behalf of 91-year-old Queen Elizabeth to mark Remembrance Sunday as she watched the service from a balcony. Breaking with her usual custom of placing the wreath at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in central London, the queen asked her […]

By Steve Holland and Karen Lema   Leaders from across Asia joined U.S. President Donald Trump at an extravagant gala dinner in the Philippines’ capital on Sunday, a show of amity in a region fraught with tensions that have lurked behind his marathon tour of the continent. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte set the tone of […]

  Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou apologised on Sunday for the distress caused by the Limassol police anti-terror exercise at a sports centre in Polemidia at which some 50 children were present. Neither Nicolaou nor police chief, Zacharias Chrysostomou were happy learning about the drill at the Spyros Kyprianou sports centre from social media and disgruntled […]

FORMER Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said that the result of the presidential elections would indicate what type of Cyprus settlement Greek Cypriots wanted. In an interview with Politis, published on Sunday, Talat said that he believed a true opportunity was lost in Crans-Montana. Regarding the plan B of the Turkish Cypriot side, Talat said […]

By Sam Edwards   Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy urged Catalans to turn out in force in a December election to “restore normality” to a region buffeted by attempts to split from Spain. In his first visit to Barcelona since Madrid imposed direct rule on Catalonia and sacked its separatist leaders, Rajoy said the December 21 […]

An improvement in Greece-Turkey relations could also help efforts to solve the Cyprus problem, President Nicos Anastasiades said in an interview with the Greek newspaper Ethnos tis Kyriakis published on Sunday. If re-elected, Anastasiades said he would continue his efforts to solve the Cyprus problem. The forthcoming visit of Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to […]

The fire service said on Sunday it was investigating the causes of three fires that erupted in the Paphos district, two in the same village, earlier in the day. The first two fires were in Ayia Varvara, the one on a pile of garbage, the other in a different part of the village burned down […]

By Elizabeth Piper   Britain will not offer a figure or a formula for how much it believes it owes the European Union, Brexit minister David Davis said on Sunday, after the EU demanded that London spell out its approach to the final bill to unblock talks. With no movement in the negotiations to unravel […]

Ireland will not threaten to use a veto on Brexit talks “at this stage” over the lack of progress on the Irish border as Dublin is in a very strong position with all EU member states behind it, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Sunday. Brussels wants three issues broadly solved before it decides in […]

Cyprus’ defence mechanism and security is strengthened within Pesco, the Permanent Structured Cooperation of the EU, as provided in Lisbon Treaty, Defence Minister Christophoros Fokaides said on Sunday. Speaking to the press following a memorial event in the Nicosia district, the minister said that the government looks forward to creating the conditions for the presence […]

British ministers rallied around Boris Johnson on Sunday, saying the foreign secretary was doing a “great job” and had no reason to resign over remarks that critics say may prompt Iran to extend the jail sentence of a jailed aid worker. The coordinated defence is part of attempts to shore up the government of Prime […]

Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missiles has been completed but Ankara is discussing a further deal with a European consortium to help it develop its own missile defence system, Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli said. The decision by NATO member Turkey to buy the S-400s from Moscow has been seen by some of its Western […]

Hundreds of British Forces Cyprus personnel paid their respects on Sunday to troops who have fought in conflicts all over the world as part of the Bases Remembrance Day services. Soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians who attended services in Akrotiri, Episkopi, Dhekelia and Ayios Nikolaos, laid wreaths and bowed their heads to remember the ultimate […]

Turkey has dismissed what it said were ludicrous reports that Turkish officials may have discussed a plan to seize a wanted U.S.-based Muslim cleric and hand him over to Ankara in exchange for millions of dollars. In a statement, the Turkish embassy in Washington repeated Ankara’s request for the extradition of the cleric, Fethullah Gulen, […]

Police are investigating an incident concerning shots fired in the air on Sunday morning by a resident of Arodes village in Paphos, aimed at warning hunters to keep away from his property. The shots were reportedly fired by the man early Sunday when he noticed men hunting near his house. The hunters were reportedly in […]

A 28-year-old man, arrested on Saturday in connection with theft from a 37-year-old female tourist in Paphos, was remanded in custody for two days on Sunday. The suspect, who had visited the 37-year-old woman in her hotel room on Friday afternoon, allegedly attacked her as soon as she opened the door. The woman reported that […]

By Samia Nakhoul, Laila Bassam and Tom Perry   From the moment Saad al-Hariri’s plane touched down in Saudi Arabia on Friday November 3, he was in for a surprise. There was no line-up of Saudi princes or ministry officials, as would typically greet a prime minister on an official visit to King Salman, senior […]

  In complications, lie solutions, said two South African politicians who discussed recently during their visit on the island lessons learnt from the reconciliation process in South Africa and how these can be helpful in the case of Cyprus. Former Minister of Defence and Constitutional Issues Roelf Meyer and former MP and candidate for the African […]

By Steve Holland   U.S. President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had insulted him by calling him “old” and said he would never call Kim “short and fat.” Trump made the comment after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam. In a series […]

Having just concluded its seventh and final test session in Morocco, Team Peugeot Total – which locked out the top three places on this year’s Dakar Rally in January – is ‘ready and eager’ to tackle next year’s South American classic from January 6–20. Stephane Peterhansel/Jean Paul Cottret, Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena, Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz and […]