Новости за 28.12.2017

A 51-year-old woman was seriously injured in Limassol on Thursday while standing next to a parked vehicle that was struck by another car. The accident happened around 9.50am, when an 80-year-old driver collided with another car parked on the curb on the left-hand side of the street. The woman was standing close to the car […]

New York City is on track to record fewer than 300 murders in 2017, marking a steep decline since the early 1990s when the annual death toll exceeded 2,000 people. As of Sunday, 284 people were murdered in the nation’s largest city, down from 329 in the same period in 2016, according to New York Police Department (NYPD) data released […]

An otherwise lifeless election campaign was jazzed up on Thursday when during a news programme one politician threatened to slap another in the face. The kerfuffle happened on Sigma’s live televised noon show ‘Mesimeri kai Kati’, one day before the official submission of candidacies for the 2018 presidential elections. The protagonists were Diko MP Zacharias […]

The Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign ministry’ said on Thursday the prospect of negotiating a two-state solution could be on the horizon as an option in the near future. In a statement, the ‘ministry’ said the planned hydrocarbon drillings by the Greek Cypriots ignored the rights of Turkish Cypriots and showed they considered themselves the island’s only […]

Former football star George Weah has defeated Vice President Joseph Boakai to win Liberia’s presidential run-off election and succeed incumbent Ellen Johnson Sirleaf next month, the country’s first democratic transition in over 70 years. With 98.1 per cent of the vote counted, Weah led with 61.5 per cent to Boakai’s 38.5 per cent, National Election Commission […]

Foreign minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Thursday he is opposed to any cuts in the allowances paid to members of diplomatic missions. He was responding to a special report by the audit office, released a day earlier, which called for a recalibration and reduction in the allowances, particularly the general overseas allowance paid to ambassadors […]

Maladministration is pervasive within the office of the law commissioner, with hundreds of thousands of euros being squandered on boondoggles, the auditor-general has found. “Taking into account all the above, and in particular the extravagant amounts wasted on various contracts for the provision of services with non-transparent processes, it is our opinion that there is […]

Italy will vote on March 4 in an election expected to produce a hung parliament, instability and possible market turbulence in the euro zone’s third largest economy. Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s cabinet set the date of the vote after the president dissolved parliament on Thursday, formally opening an election campaign which in practice has already been […]

Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday signed a decree to dissolve parliament, Mattarella’s office said in a statement, in the last step necessary before the government can set the date of new elections. Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s cabinet is due to meet at 18:30 (17:30 GMT) to fix the date of the vote, which is […]

The last few days of the year are expected to be rainy and slightly colder than current temperatures, the met office said on Thursday. According to the met office, light isolated showers are expected on Friday with more intense weather phenomena during the weekend. Saturday is expected to be rainy, while the possibility of storms […]

Hundreds took to the streets of Iran’s second largest city of Mashad on Thursday to protest over high prices, shouting slogans against the government. Videos posted on social media showed demonstrators in Mashad in north-west Iran, one of the holiest places in Shia Islam, chanting “death to (President Hassan) Rouhani” and “death to the dictator”. […]

Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis said on Thursday he is prepared for all possible outcomes of the island’s oil and gas exploratory programme, which includes four test drillings in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) next year. Τhe drillship Saipem 12000 is already at Calypso, the target in block 6 of the EEZ for Italy’s Eni and […]

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it hoped to resume evacuations of critically ill people from Syria’s biggest remaining siege on Thursday after bringing some individuals out of the area near Damascus on Wednesday. The evacuation, which started on Tuesday after a deal between Damascus and a rebel faction, involved letting some […]

Nicosia municipality said on Thursday that contracts have been signed for the construction of an underground two-story parking lot on Homer Avenue, expected to be completed 16 months from the day works begin. According to a statement, contracts for the construction of the €5.1 million project plus VAT were signed this week by mayor Constantinos […]

One of the major concerns about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies was whether they would be considered legitimate forms of payment by businesses and other entities. Traditionally, financial institutions and retailers did not recognize Bitcoin. These past negatives are no longer true. Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) has launched Bitcoin futures with the ticker symbol XBT. […]

The Premier League’s bottom team Swansea City have appointed Carlos Carvalhal as manager until the end of the season with an option of an extension, the Welsh club said on Thursday. Portuguese manager Carvalhal parted company with second-tier Sheffield Wednesday on Christmas Eve after two and a half years at Hillsborough, leading them to Championship […]

Turkey will more than double the number of police officers on duty in Istanbul to 37,000 and ban public celebrations in key districts on New Year’s Eve for security reasons, a year after a gunman killed 39 people in a nightclub, officials said. State media said police had also detained dozens of people for suspected […]

The outgoing president of Austria’s constitutional court has criticised ever tougher legislation on asylum and security measures, days after the conservatives formed a coalition government with the far right. Sebastian Kurz’s People’s Party joined forces with the anti-Islam Freedom Party this month, vowing to increase the power of the security apparatus, to fight illegal immigration […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday condemned an attack on the mayor of Yeri, Neophytos Papalazarou, who was beaten while trying to stop illegal dumping. Papalazarou was admitted to the Nicosia general hospital on Thursday morning after being beaten by a truck driver when he tried to stop him from dumping rubbish in an unauthorised area. […]

The mayor of Yeri, Neophytos Papalazarou, was admitted to the Nicosia general hospital on Thursday morning after being beaten by a truck driver. According to information from the Nicosia district municipality, the incident occurred at around 11.30am when Papalazarou who was returning back to his office after a meeting, saw a truck loaded with rubbish […]

The number of tourist arrivals in November rose 17 per cent to 144,676 compared to the respective month of 2016 as all major markets performed strongly, the statistical service said. The number of arrivals from the UK, traditionally Cyprus’s largest source of tourists, rose last month an annual 18 per cent to 51,263 while those […]

What makes a good drinking house? Award winning cocktails, pints on tap, cosy, quiet, loud, intimate, over-crowded? Today, they come in all shapes and sizes. With new and modern bars popping up every millisecond in the capital, let’s consider something older, Kafeneio 11. Kafeneio 11, a traditional coffee house tucked away behind the Hamam in […]

It’s always important to make sure you talk to your kids about drugs, considering they are young and very impressionable. Sometimes, however, no matter what you say can stop them from using. Their drug use may be caused by reasons that need the help of a professional to figure out. Simply put, drugs in the […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday spoke by phone with Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri. CNA reported that conversation focused on regional developments and the possibility of convening a tripartite meeting with the participation of Greece and Lebanon. Anastasiades and Hariri also exchanged wishes for the New Year.

The flow of water into the island’s reservoirs is the second worst in a decade, and the resulting dried up beds are revealing the extent of the problem of dumping. Reserves in reservoirs are standing only at 13 per cent of capacity, according to data from the water development department (WDD) released on Thursday, and […]