Новости за 09.01.2018

The minister of defence of Malta, Michael Farrugia will pay an official visit to Cyprus on Wednesday. The Maltese defence minister will meet his Cypriot counterpart Christophoros Fokaides. The meeting is expected to further enhance cooperation between the two countries to tackle the issues that affect southern European countries, such as illegal migration, illegal arms […]

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has proposed a renewal of the mandate of the Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) for another six months, it was reported on Tuesday. Guterres’ biannual report on Unficyp was unofficially given on Tuesday to Security Council members. In it he proposes a renewal of the mandate of Unficyp until July […]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday upheld an appeal filed against Cyprus by a former trainee pilot of the now defunct national carrier Cyprus Airways for impartial legal proceedings on his dismissal 20 years ago. The applicant, Charalambos Nicholas filed a case against Cyprus Airways in 1998 for unlawful dismissal and defamation. […]

More than 300 plots in Nicosia, Limassol and Paphos will be given to refugees within the next two years, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. The government, the ministry said, is to give a total of 349 plots by the end of 2019 to refugees to build residences on. It said 35 of these plots […]

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he could beat Oprah Winfrey in a presidential race, while one of Winfrey’s closest friends said the media mogul and actress was “intrigued” by the possibility of running but was not considering it now. Speculation about a 2020 White House bid by Winfrey blew up on social media […]

Laiki’s former CFO Annita Philippidou told a court on Tuesday how then-CEO Efthimios Bouloutas thwarted attempts to incorporate into the lender’s financial results a writedown of the its Greek operations in 2011 in the wake of the Greek debt haircut. Philippidou, testifying for the prosecution, said that at a meeting in Athens on July 7, […]

Doctors threatening to quit when they were asked to work in the Nicosia general hospital’s intensive care unit during a time of urgent need was one of the most shocking things he has seen in his time in the post, Health Minister Yiorgos Pamboridis said on Tuesday. Giving an overview of the ministry since he […]

Actress Catherine Deneuve and 99 other French women on Tuesday denounced a backlash against men following the Harvey Weinstein scandal, saying the #Metoo campaign against sexual harassment amounted to “puritanism” and was fuelled by a “hatred of men.” In the aftermath of accusations against the U.S. movie producer, millions of women took to social media […]

The final results for Sunday’s Turkish Cypriot ‘parliamentary’ elections were released in full on Tuesday after the ‘election board’ complained of difficulties in counting certain ballot boxes due to the new electoral system. While there were no major changes to the semi-official results announced on Monday, Serdar Denktash’s Democratic Party regained one seat from the […]

Presidential candidate Nicolas Papadopoulos was again left with egg on his face on Tuesday after it emerged he got his facts wrong concerning the appointment of caretaker interior ministers just prior to national elections. A day earlier, Papadopoulos’ campaign team censured the administration over interior minister Constantinos Petrides’ active involvement in the election campaign of […]

A hunting gun located on Tuesday in a sewerage pit in Oroklini, Larnaca is believed to have been used in the murder attempt against a 46-year-old man last November, police said. The gun was found in the sewerage pit at around 10am, police said, and was sent for lab tests. The 46-year-old man from Nicosia […]

According to one of the greatest minds that ever lived, Albert Einstein, if there were no more bees we would only have four years left to live. The bee crisis is real and perhaps one of the best ways we have of making sure that bees, and us, stick around for a long time is educating […]

The Cabinet on Tuesday decided to gradually increase the age at which children start school to six following research indicating that it is more difficult for younger children to adjust to primary school. According to the education ministry, as of the 2020-2021 school year children entering first grade must be five years and 10 months […]

Presidential hopeful Giorgos Lillikas said on Tuesday that someone from the campaign team of Nicolas Papadopoulos tried to ‘buy him out’ so he would withdraw his candidacy. Speaking on Astra radio, Lillikas said the approach to him personally was made in December, two days before the submission of candidacies for the presidential elections. His aide […]

An extradition process to send a 67-year-old Israeli citizen to Russia after he was wanted by Interpol for 10 years in connection with an organ trafficking ring is set to begin in Larnaca next month. On Tuesday, Turkish born Moshe Harel, who has Israeli nationality, appeared before Larnaca district court where he requested he is […]

Judges, not the government, will be in charge of enforcing French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed new legislation to fight fake news on the Internet, a minister said on Tuesday, dismissing concerns over state control of information. Macron, a target of fake news and of a major data hack during his run for the presidency last […]

A dead baby girl was found on Tuesday morning at a recycling plant in an area of Nicosia, police said. Police said they received information at around 8am that a dead infant was found in Yeri in a rubbish bag on the sorting belt at a recycling plant in the industrial area by a worker. […]

A dead baby was found on Tuesday morning at a recycling plant in an area of Nicosia, police said. Police said they received information at around 8am that a dead infant was found in Yeri in a rubbish bag at a recycling plant in the industrial area by a worker. State pathologist Nicos Charalambous was […]

The Nicosia District Court on Monday extended a temporary order freezing up to $820m (€685m) in assets in the possession of Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov and nine other individuals and entities, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Tuesday. The court gave a February 6 deadline to the defendants to submit their position before the […]

The London-born star has been named alongside Daniel Day Lewis (‘Phantom Thread’), Daniel Kaluuya (‘Get Out’), Jamie Bell (‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’) and Timothee Chalamet (‘Call Me By Your Name’) on the list of nominees for the coveted award, which is to be decided at the Royal Albert Hall on February 18. Oldman, […]

Fashion group H&M apologised on Tuesday for an advertisement featuring a black child modelling a sweatshirt with the slogan “coolest monkey in the jungle” and said it had removed it from all its marketing. The ad was widely criticised for being racist, including by Canadian pop star The Weeknd, who collaborated with H&M, the world’s […]

Syrian rebels under siege near Damascus have resorted to talks with the government’s ally Russia, sometimes meeting in no-man’s land, as they seek to hang on to their enclave. The meetings on eastern Ghouta – the only major rebel bastion around the capital – underline Moscow’s deepening role in trying to shape Syria‘s future after the […]

North and South Korea on Tuesday agreed on negotiations to resolve problems and military talks aimed at averting accidental conflict, after their first official dialogue in more than two years, as Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme fuels tension. In a joint statement after the 11-hour talks, the North pledged to send a large delegation to next month’s Pyeongchang […]

By 2021, Cyprus’ first integrated casino resort will open its doors to the public, in an investment totaling €550m, it was revealed on Tuesday. Presenting the finalised plan to a packed conference hall at the presidential palace, representatives from the Melco-CNS consortium showcased the multi-million project, dubbed City of Dreams – Mediterranean, set to attract […]

Across the globe, people are firmly back in the working groove after all the fun, relaxation and overindulgence of the holiday season. This year, some workers are going to have a far longer shift than others. According to the OECD, Mexicans work the most hours out of any country with 2,246 on average. That’s 467 […]