Новости за 15.12.2017

An increase has been recorded this year in the numbers of tourists – especially from the UK and Israel – who cross from the government controlled areas to the north for a visit, it was reported in the north on Friday. According to Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen, citing data by the ‘ministry of tourism […]

President Nicos Anastasiades told the EU summit in Brussels that Turkey’s cooperation with the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) is imperative in tackling migration, Deputy Government Spokesman Victoras Papadopoulos said on Friday. According to Papadopoulos, the president informed EU leaders during discussion on the bloc’s migration policy on Thursday evening, that Turkey does not cooperate with […]

President Nicos Anastasiades told the EU summit in Brussels that Turkey’s cooperation with the Republic of Cyprus (RoC) is imperative in tackling migration, Deputy Government Spokesman Victoras Papadopoulos said on Friday. According to Papadopoulos, the president informed EU leaders during discussion on the bloc’s migration policy on Thursday evening, that Turkey does not cooperate with […]

The Tenors of the 21st Century of Moscow will be joined by guest artist Alkistis Protospaltis in Limassol on Wednesday to perform in a gala concert to support the Sophia Foundation for children. As part of the international music programme entitled Without Borders, the musicians will be accompanied by a five-member orchestra while they take […]

A handful of parties that voted in favour of a cycling lane in Misiaouli and Kavazoglou street in Limassol have decided to freeze the budget that would implement the project in a clearly populist move ahead of presidential elections, a municipal councilor said on Friday. Elias Ioakim, councilor for Green Limassol, affiliated with the Green […]

The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR in Cyprus, said on Friday that most asylum-seekers are severely materially deprived because of the low level of social assistance they receive, and called on the government to review its policies. A group of asylum seekers and refugees met with the agency on Friday to discuss the problems they […]

Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to open exploratory talks on forming a government with Chancellor Angela Merkel, party leader Martin Schulz said, providing a chance to end a rare period of political deadlock in Europe’s largest economy. The decision is a painful about-face for the centre-left party, whose members fear it risks losing its identity […]

Investigators on Friday reconstructed the seconds before a train ploughed into a school bus at a level crossing in southern France and killed at least five children, an incident the prime minister described as “horrific”. The collision on Thursday afternoon ripped the bus apart and authorities worked into the night to identify the first victims. […]

A Dutchman wielding a knife was shot by military police on Friday at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport and taken into custody, an official said. There were no reports of other injuries. “The suspect in the incident is a 29-year-old man from The Hague,” police said in a tweet. “The man is known to the police in […]

A man wielding a knife was shot by military police on Friday at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport and taken into custody, an official said. There were no reports of other injuries. “The man threatened with a knife and the military police shot him,” spokesman Stan Verberkt said. “He was injured and has been taken into custody.” […]

When the state puts the real suspects for the collapse of the economy on the stand due decisions will be taken, the defence lawyer for two suspects acquitted of market manipulation said on Friday. Chris Triantafyllides was the defence lawyer for former chairman of the Bank of Cyprus board Andreas Artemi and former head of […]

Israeli troops shot dead three Palestinians and wounded 150 others on Friday, medical officials said, as protests over US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital entered a second week. Most of the casualties were on the Gaza Strip border, where thousands of Palestinians gathered to hurl rocks at Israeli soldiers beyond the […]

Bank workers union Etyk has criticised Finance Minister Harris Georgiades, citing a government pledge to fully recompense provident fund members whose money was affected by the deposit seizure supposedly made weeks after the 2013 banking crisis. But the union has so far failed to back the claim with evidence. Bank workers who took to the […]

Christmas 2017 is expected to see a retail boom, with people’s thirteenth salaries alone pumping around 90 million euros into the local economy. Stefanos Koursaris, president of small shopkeepers’ union Povek, told the Cyprus Mail that there is a change in the overall climate for the better. “The really hard years were 2013-2015,” he said. […]

On 1 December 2017 Elias Neocleous & Co LLC and the Russian Centre for Science and Culture signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to support Russian-speaking people living in Cyprus and promote bilateral cultural, humanitarian and scientific cooperation between Russia and Cyprus, under which Elias Neocleous & Co LLC will provide legal advice to Russian-speaking residents […]

A Turkish man has been handed a two-year prison sentence for illegally returning to north Cyprus to be with his lover. Ayhan Demirci was deported from the north on 4 August for residing illegally, but returned 12 days later using an altered identity card belonging to his uncle. The suspect was found guilty of ‘falsifying […]

An Italian woman who ordered the murder of her boyfriend through a website and paid a hitman in bitcoin digital currency was sentenced on Friday to six years in a Danish jail. The 58-year-old woman ordered the murder – which was never carried out – in March, transferring 4.1 bitcoin, then worth around $4,000, to […]

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was named November’s Premier League manager of the month for his third straight award while red-hot Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah became the first Egyptian to win the player of the month award. Unbeaten City are top of the table with 49 points and defeated Arsenal, Leicester City, Huddersfield Town and […]

By Rachel Kleinfeld That the rich and powerful have gained control of Washington is clear. Their plutocratic rule – geared to the interests of a tiny elite – is eroding US democratic institutions, values and global influence. Now is the time for all good Americans to come to the aid of their democracy. In the […]

Turkey is launching an initiative at the United Nations to annul a decision by the United States to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, President TayyipErdogan said on Friday. Erdogan was speaking two days after a Muslim leaders meeting in Istanbul condemned US President Donald Trump’s decision, calling on the world to respond by recognising East Jerusalem as […]

The sum of €800 was stolen from an elderly woman by her granddaughter in Paphos on Friday. According to police, the 19-year-old granddaughter, together with her boyfriend, 36, went to her grandmother’s home and asked for food. Upon leaving, they allegedly took the money which was in an envelope. Police is looking for the couple […]

Some of the most famous Christmas songs written by jazz composers will make our spirit bright next week in Limassol when soprano Katerina Mina takes to the Rialto stage with a number of jazz musicians. Mina, who is a graduate of Guildhall School of Music & Drama and has been an award winner in Spain’s contest […]

A Russian court sentenced ex-economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev to eight years in prison on Friday after finding him guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from Igor Sechin, the CEO of oil giant Rosneft. Court bailiffs put handcuffs on Ulyukayev and escorted him to a cage in the courtroom after the presiding judge, Larisa Semyonova, had […]

The European Union agreed on Friday to move talks forward with London on Britain’s exit from the bloc as leaders warmed to the British premier, but there was little clarity on trade issues and Austria warned the Irish border issue remained a “riddle”. On the second day of a summit in Brussels, leaders said that […]

The unemployment rate fell at the end of the third quarter to 10 per cent, from 12.9 per cent, in the respective period of 2016, and 10.6 per cent in April to June, the statistical service said citing its quarterly labour force survey. Last quarter’s unemployment rate is the lowest since 2012 when it hit […]