Новости за 27.11.2017

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Monday that the political and militant group Hezbollah must stop interfering in regional conflicts and accept a neutral policy to bring an end to Lebanon’s political crisis. The Iranian-backed Hezbollah, which forms part of the Lebanese government, is fighting alongside Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Syria and in […]

Government plans to create junior ministries for tourist and development appeared to he heading for the shelf on Monday, as parties continued to have differing views over the provisions included in two bills submitted to parliament. The fate of the two bills will be decided during a closed-doors session of the House finance committee, according […]

Greek artist Thomas Tournavitis will present his latest painting exhibition under the name Saints in Carousel on Friday in the capital. Tournavitis presents scenes and people in ways that make them seem very familiar while also creating a sense of the unexpected and unfamiliar. His portraits of people are as if bathed in sunlight. It […]

The House interior committee on Monday accepted the president’s veto on the recently passed sewerage fee bill, and is working on amendments so that a new draft is put to the plenary this Friday. According to Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides, the outcome is essentially that for this year the total fees charged by all district […]

The government will take another swing at fixing the problem of ‘trapped’ property buyers, after a law passed in 2015 failed to adequately address the title deeds mess. In parliament on Monday, land registry director Andreas Socratous said an amending law has been drafted whereby, in order for a bill of sale to be submitted […]

State nurses asked on Monday that their slashed shift allowances are fully restored after the cabinet decision last week to give €500 as a monthly allowance to doctors working in the A&E departments of state hospitals. In an announcement, the nurses’ branch of the civil servants’ union Pasydy, said that following the recent cabinet decision concerning doctors working at […]

The government sold a total of €100m in 13-week treasury bills at an auction on Monday at an average rate of minus 0.1 per cent, the lowest ever, the Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) said. Compared to the previous auction on October 30, the average yield fell by 3 basis points, the PDMO, a division […]

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Erik Lamela is in contention to face Leicester City in the Premier League on Tuesday after more than a year out with a hip injury. The 25-year-old Argentina international has not played since October last year and underwent surgery in April. “Good news that Erik has stepped up and is in contention […]

The government has pulled a bill that would have granted the cabinet the power to decide the sale of idle state land, interior minister Constantinos Petrides told MPs on Monday. The bill is being nixed after it failed to garner the necessary support in parliament. Petrides made the reveal in the House during a discussion […]

The Zaatar Food and Arts venue in Nicosia will once again give plenty to listen to as our nights out wining and dining are jazzed up with a spot of live music. Under the name Beat and Pieces, flute player Eleonora Roussou will join Loizos Pafitis on guitar on Friday to perform beloved jazz compositions. […]

A government bill aiming to regulate media operations is underway which would help also tackle the spreading of fake news, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Monday. During a conference on the issue, Christodoulides said that the dissemination of fake information greatly affects politics, journalism and social life. He said that the government bill, which […]

TransCanada Corp’s existing Keystone pipeline has leaked substantially more oil, and more often, in the United States than indicated in risk assessments the company provided to regulators before the project began operating in 2010, according to documents reviewed by Reuters. The Canadian company is now seeking to expand the pipeline system linking Alberta’s oil fields […]

The central government had €1.5bn deposited at its account at the Central Bank of Cyprus at the end of October, less than a week before a partial repayment of its debt to the bank supervisor, the latter said. On November 6, the government repaid €614.9m to the central bank plus €6.3m in interest against its […]

  Scientists from the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute have announced they are conducting research to help Cyprus secure future halloumi exports. According to the institute, the project aims to boost milk from sheep and goats, which currently does not fulfill demand, by designing selective breeding programmes for the animals. “Halloumi makes an important contribution […]

Formula One unveiled a new logo at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday as the first step in a rebranding of the US-owned sport. The design, described as symbolising the look of a Formula One car with a ‘modern-retro feel’, replaces one introduced three decades ago by former commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone. Managing director Sean Bratches […]

On Wednesday, September 20th, 2017 Baker Tilly in South East Europe organized a seminar entitled “Current Developments on Transfer Pricing in Cyprus”. The conference was held at the Hilton Cyprus.   The seminar was attended by prominent personalities of the business community of Cyprus, who had the opportunity to be informed on the transfer pricing, […]

An agreement for the exchange of classified information was signed on Monday between the defence ministers of Cyprus and Serbia. Defence Minister Christoforos Fokaides and Serbia’s Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin signed the deal in Nicosia after holding talks at the army’s general staff headquarters. Fokaides said Cyprus and Serbia had mutual bonds of respect and solidarity and […]

State officials on Monday said they have no information of authorities in the north reporting to the United Nations an alleged ‘violation’ of the regime’s airspace by a Republic police helicopter last week. According to Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris, a helicopter AB-142 belonging to the “Greek Cypriot Police”, violated on November 21 at 08.40am the […]

Ireland‘s prime minister and opposition leader resume efforts on Monday to resolve a political crisis that could result in a snap election with implications for a Brexit summit next month. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and the head of the main opposition party propping up his minority government are locked in a domestic political dispute that […]

  The American International School in Cyprus with its students of 53 nationalities celebrated the UN’s Universal Children’s Day on November 22 with a wide range of food and activities. The day, which is organised by the Grade 11 and Grade 12 students, starts off with activities to promote concepts of community, collaboration, creativity and […]

Some 1120 graduates from 26 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes received their degrees at the tenth graduation ceremony of the Open University of Cyprus (OUC) for the academic year 2016-2017. At the ceremony, twelve more graduates received the highest academic title, a doctorate. The auspicious event, in the presence of President Nicos Anastasiades and other officials […]

Big-spending AC Milan sacked coach Vincenzo Montella on Monday and replaced him with their fiery former midfielder Gennaro Gattuso. Montella was dismissed one day after a goalless home draw with Torino left Milan, who spent more than 200 million euros ($239 million) on transfers in the close season, seventh in Serie A with 20 points […]

Talks on forming a new German “grand coalition” with the Social Democrats (SPD) may not begin until next year, a top official in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative camp said, potentially prolonging the uncertainty in Europe’s largest economy. Merkel, whose fourth term was thrown into doubt a week ago when three-way coalition talks with the pro-business […]

Indonesia closed the airport on the tourist island ofBali on Monday and ordered 100,000 residents living near a glowing volcano spewing columns of ash to evacuate immediately, warning that the first major eruption in 54 years could be “imminent”. The airport was closed for 24 hours from Monday morning, disrupting 445 flights and some 59,000 passengers, […]

The trailer for Marrowbone is cut fast and scored for maximum dread. It does that thing where the music swells and stretches ominously over shots of people looking frightened, and that other thing where a single chord crashes down, with the awful finality of a bell tolling, over a caption reading ‘From the writer of […]