Новости за 29.12.2017

A Russian court on Friday sentenced British investment fund head William Browder to nine years in prison in absentia after finding him guilty of deliberate bankruptcy and tax evasion, the country’s general prosecutor said. Browder, head of investment fund Hermitage Capital Management, led a campaign to expose corruption and punish Russian officials he blames for […]

The House labour committee on Friday unilaterally decided to accept cabinet’s amendments to the law on guaranteed minimum income (GMI). The bill, prepared earlier this month, concerns people who received a low pension until July 2014, beneficiaries of a complementary pension, also commonly known as the ‘small cheque’, and who did not to file an […]

Police on Friday were alerted after the owner of a Limassol tourism office found a grenade outside his premises. The 46-year-old owner has been the target of similar threats in the past, police said, though the grenade did not explode. It appears to have been left at the entrance to the office earlier this week […]

Government services and now-defunct shoe factory Astrosol were inadvertently responsible for creating a ‘cancer cluster’ for people working in and living near the factory, Nicosia district court ruled on Friday. Class-action lawsuits were filed against Sotiris, Maroula and Fivos Liasis, Astrasol ltd, the official receiver as liquidator Liasis shoelast company ltd, the attorney-general for the […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said he would not comment on Turkey’s announcement that it would begin seismic surveys just northeast of Cyprus’ waters. Issuing a marine notice – or Navtex – 1443/17, it outlined that Turkish research vessel Barbaros Hayreddin Passa would be carrying out seismic surveys starting Friday, December 29 until March next […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday said he would not comment on Turkey’s announcement that it would begin seismic surveys just northeast of Cyprus’ waters. Issuing a marine notice – or Navtex – 1443/17, it outlined that Turkish research vessel Barbaros Hayreddin Passa would be carrying out seismic surveys starting Friday, December 29 until March next […]

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is expected to be available for Sunday’s Premier League trip to Crystal Palace after manager Pep Guardiola said the injury suffered by the defender against Newcastle United was only a minor knock. Kompany, who has suffered a series of injury setbacks over the last two years, was substituted after 10 […]

Iranian police dispersed anti-government protesters in the western city of Kermanshah on Friday, the Fars semi-official news agency said, as protests spread to Tehran and apparently several other cities a day after rallies in the northeast. The outbreak of regional unrest reflects growing discontent over rising prices and alleged corruption, as well as concern over […]

The trial of the three women involved in the death of 70-year-old Andreas Kyriacou at a Limassol nursing home earlier in the month was adjourned on Friday until January 29. The owner and director of the home where Kyriacou died of asphyxiation after an orderly tried to pick him up from the floor by grabbing […]

The audit office on Friday slammed Law Commissioner Leda Koursoumba’s statement that its report on her office mispresented the situation. In a press release, the audit office said Koursoumba’s statement on Thursday was proof ‘of the resistance put up by any person under scrutiny for mismanagement for which they are solely responsible’. “The commissioner is […]

A child playing with a stove may have caused the fire in a New York City apartment building that killed 12 people, including four children, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Friday. The fire, the deadliest in the city in a quarter of a century, broke out a little before 7 pm EST (midnight GMT) on Thursday on […]

Spain‘s prime minister said on Friday that the new Catalan parliament should hold its maiden session on Jan 17, the first step in reinstating local government after Madrid fired the old regional administration for illegally declaring independence. Once the parliament is formed, potential leaders of the regional government will put themselves forward for a vote […]

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) is conducting a nationwide survey to assess the island’s financial knowledge, with results expected to be announced within the first half of 2018, it emerged on Friday. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, the CBC’s director of economic analysis and research George Kyriacou said about 1,000 people […]

A young woman adopted by a Cypriot family was found stabbed to death in London’s Finsbury Park, it emerged on Friday. Friends and family of Juliana Tudos, 22, had been looking for her since Christmas Eve when she went missing. Tudos lived in London and was last seen on December 24 after finishing her shift […]

Everton are keen to recruit strikers in the January transfer window and are interested in signing Turkish striker Cenk Tosun from Besiktas, manager Sam Allardyce said on Friday. Everton, who have scored 24 goals in 20 league matches this season, recorded consecutive goalless draws in their last two fixtures against Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion. Allardyce rescued Everton […]

The government generated a fiscal surplus of €482.1m in the first eleven months of the year or 2.5 per cent of economic output, the statistical service said on Friday. The surplus compares to €88.5m or 0.5 per cent of economic output for the same period in 2016. The improved fiscal results were mainly on a […]

Former President Demetris Christofias said on Friday he would take legal action against daily newspaper Alithia, which reported that he owes the state €48,000. Christofias, who accused the daily of carrying out a campaign to tarnish his character and name and humiliate him, said in a statement that he was being ‘falsely and inexplicably’ accused […]

A 45-year-old man believed to have robbed a confectionery in Frenaros in the Famagusta district on Thursday evening at knife point and stolen €230 in cash was arrested on Friday. The robbery occurred at around 7.15pm when a man wearing a carnival mask reportedly entered the shop wielding a knife and asked the female employee […]

Police are searching for a man believed to have robbed a confectionery in Frenaros in the Famagusta district on Thursday evening at knife point and getting away with €250 in cash. The robbery occurred at around 8pm when a man wearing a carnival mask reportedly entered the shop wielding a knife, immobilized the female employee […]

South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that parliament had failed to hold President Jacob Zuma to account over a scandal related to state-funded upgrades to his home, and must launch proceedings that could remove him from office. The ruling is the latest judicial setback for Zuma, who has faced widespread public demands to step down as president […]

Efforts were underway on Friday to clean used motor oil from the pavement at the north-eastern pier of the Ayia Napa harbour. Famagusta police said they received a complaint early on Tuesday that someone had spilled a large quantity of motor oil, which reportedly damaged more than 30 square metres of pavement stones. Famagusta police […]

Turkey and Russia have signed an accord regarding the supply of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missiles to Turkey, CNN Turk and other media reported on Friday, finalising a deal the two countries have been working on for more than a year. The S-400 deal, reportedly worth about $2.5bn, has caused concern in the West because Turkey […]

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli’s fluctuating form this season is only temporary and he is confident he will be able to replicate the same level of play of his first two seasons with the north London club. The 21-year-old has scored four league goals with two more in the Champions League but has faced criticism […]

A gunman opened fire on worshippers and Egyptian security forces stationed outside a Coptic church in a Cairo suburb on Friday and killed at least seven people before he was wounded and arrested, the Interior Ministry said. Earlier reports by security sources and state media said at least two attackers were involved, and that one was shot […]

Gunmen killed at least nine people including three police in an attack on a Coptic Christian church south of Cairo on Friday, medical and security sources said. The two attackers opened fire at the entrance to the church of Mar Mina in Helwan district, which was being guarded by police in the run-up to Orthodox […]