Новости за 22.11.2017

Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor, pleaded guilty in a Michigan court on Wednesday to seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. In a press statement Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said Nassar had pleaded guilty in Michigan’s Ingham County court to felony criminal sexual conduct related to abuse under the guise of […]

The world is getting brighter, but scientists say that may not be a good thing. Researchers said on Wednesday satellite data showed that Earth’s artificially lit outdoor surface at night grew by about 2 percent annually in brightness and area from 2012 to 2016, underscoring concerns about the ecological effects of light pollution on people […]

Jean Todt is sure to be re-elected for a third term as president of Formula One’s governing body after the International Automobile Federation (FIA) said on Wednesday that no other candidates were standing. The 71-year-old Frenchman took over from Max Mosley in 2009 and won a second four-year term in 2013. The FIA said on […]

Chelsea breezed into the last 16 of the Champions League after being helped to their 4-0 stroll over 10-man Qarabag by the award of a hotly-disputed first-half penalty and sending off in Baku on Wednesday. The match turned decisively in the English champions’ favour midway through the first half when Qarabag’s captain Rashad Sadygov was […]

Six thousand carob trees will be planted on Sunday at Orites, Paphos, the first of 40,000 that will make up the biggest organic carob plantation on the island as part of the University of Cyprus’ Black Gold project. A statement from the university said the land was leased to them by the forestry department and […]

Police on Wednesday arrested a Limassol 35-year-old man in connection with smuggling some five kilos of cannabis through the post. The suspect, reportedly a special education teacher, was arrested after Greek customs found a Cyprus-bound package at the Athens airport last week containing 5.4 kilos of cannabis. After informing police on the island, the package […]

There are some things that go with Christmas without saying. Crackers, turkey, mince pies, carolling and pantomime. This year the Anglo Cypriot Theatre (ACT)’s theme is pirates and hidden treasure when it takes us to Treasure Island for six performances as of Saturday. It all begins with the new lodger at the Admiral Bimbo Inn, the […]

Wigan Athletic winger Ryan Colclough scored two goals for his team before being substituted so that he could get to hospital in time to see the birth of his son. Colclough left the pitch after his brace in Wigan’s 3-0 third-tier League One victory over Doncaster Rovers on Tuesday after finding out at half-time that […]

The United States on Wednesday labeled the Myanmar military operation against the Rohingya population “ethnic cleansing” and threatened targeted sanctions against those responsible for what it described as “horrendous atrocities.” “The situation in northern Rakhine state constitutes ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya,” US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement, using a term […]

The health ministry announced on Wednesday that the cabinet had approved a €500-monthly allowance to doctors working at the accident and emergency departments of state hospitals as an incentive to curb transfer requests to less demanding departments. The cabinet approved the health minister’s proposal, an announcement said, to offer a monthly allowance to doctors working at […]

Cabinet approved on Wednesday a proposal by Transport Minister Marios Demetriades to sign an agreement with the United Kingdom to acquire a piece of land near Vassilikos, in Limassol to construct an industrial and energy port that could be used by the hydrocarbon industry. Following the cabinet meeting, Demetriades said that the approval of his […]

A final agreement on moving the oil-storage facilities from Larnaca’s beachfront, including binding timeframes and penalties for non-compliance, will be signed by the end of the year, Larnaca mayor Andreas Vyras said on Wednesday. In a statement, Vyras said the issue of moving the oil and gas storage facilities was discussed at a meeting of […]

Russia’s Vladimir Putin hosted the presidents of Turkey and Iran to discuss Syria on Wednesday, launching a major diplomatic push to finally end a civil war that has been all but won by the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian opposition groups, meeting in Saudi Arabia to seek a unified position ahead of peace talks, […]

The search for an Argentine navy submarine missing in the South Atlantic for one week reached a “critical phase” on Wednesday as the 44 crew on board could be running low on oxygen, a navy spokesman said. Dozens of planes and boats were searching for the ARA San Juan. Favourable weather meant boats could cover […]

Cyprus has expelled some 40 Israeli tourists who arrived in Larnaca on Monday on their way to northern Cyprus. According to the Times of Israel, the 39 tourists were detained at the airport after they told the authorities they were planning to travel to the north where they would be staying. They flew back to […]

Nicosia municipality on Wednesday sought to dismiss reports suggesting the long-awaited Eleftheria Square was headed for new delays but did concede that technical issues were slowing construction. Responding to a report citing the architect by daily Phileleftheros that the square would not be ready before 2019, project co-ordinator Agni Petridou said work was progressing with […]

  A solution to the Cyprus problem would enhance economic cooperation in the region, Disy leader Averof Neophytou told the ambassadors of Arab countries in Cyprus during a lunch he hosted for them on Wednesday in Nicosia. “Our culture is close to the people of the Middle East and our countries already enjoy relations of […]

Britain slashed its growth forecasts for its Brexit-bound economy and expects to borrow a lot more going into the next decade, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Wednesday as he delivered a gloomy budget statement in parliament. Slower economic growth will mean lower tax revenues for Hammond to spend on the kind of bold moves […]

Wedding tourism contributes €110 million a year to the economy, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) said on Wednesday. The annual number of marriages conducted in the tourism sector is estimated at around 7,500, according to the CTO, which carried out a survey during a seminar held on Tuesday. The seminar presented the results of a […]

  Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides’ presence at President Nicos Anastasiades’ campaign headquarters for a campaign event was meet with harsh criticism by opposition parties on Wednesday, which censured the government for failing to distinguish between the administration and the campaign. Petrides took to the campaign headquarters on Monday night, along with ministry officials, for a […]

France has banned the use of gender-neutral language in official documents, cheering defenders of linguistic tradition and angering feminists who see it as a setback for equal rights. Word declensions in the highly regularised French language mean the ending of many words signals whether they refer to men or women, and so-called inclusive writing had […]

A US Navy transport plane carrying 11 people crashed in the Philippine Sea south of Japan on Wednesday as it flew to the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, the US Seventh Fleet said. Eight people were rescued, with three others missing, it said, adding that all of the rescued personnel were transferred to the carrier for […]

  PAPHOS municipality said on Wednesday it fully supported the Hearts of Gold award initiative which each year acknowledges the contributions by individuals and organisations to the community. The scheme is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. Head of the municipality’s social welfare committee, Charalambos Pazaros, said that the municipality is pleased to support the […]

Eight local government authorities in the Nicosia district won first place for cleanliness as part of a campaign launched by the district administration, it was announced on Wednesday. The Nicosia district administration awarded the villages of Anayia, Analyontas, Apliki, Galata, Mathiatis, Nikitari, Potamia and Psimolofou the first prize for cleanliness as part of this year’s […]

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen accused banks on Wednesday of closing accounts that belong to her and her party, saying she has been the victim of a “banking fatwa” meant to silence her National Front. The 49-year-old is smarting from defeat in presidential and parliamentary elections this year, during which she already accused French banks of being politically […]