Новости за 10.01.2018

By Sarah N. Lynch President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort faced a new legal headache on Wednesday after a Cyprus-based company tied to a Russian oligarch sued him and his business partner Richard Gates over allegations they committed financial fraud by misappropriating millions of dollars. Surf Horizon Limited, a company linked in corporate […]

Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis said on Wednesday that the head of the medical association (CyMA), Petros Agathangelou had tried last June to get main opposition Akel to reject the bills on the national health scheme (Gesy) that were to be tabled at the House plenum a few days later. Pamboridis hit back at critics of […]

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration will examine whether U.S. libel laws can be strengthened after a new book questioned his mental fitness to serve as president. “Our current libel laws are a sham and a disgrace and do not represent American values or American fairness so we’re going to take a […]

Kids  from five to ten-years-old will have the chance to be introduced to the world or reggae music on January 27, with musician Elenitsa Georgiou. Georgiou will get the kids involved in musical games that will get their energy levels up as they move to the reggae vibes. The two-hour workshop, under the name One […]

Presidential hopeful Nicolas Papadopoulos is ready to accept an invitation from the UN Secretary-General for a new Conference on Cyprus, but said he would try to change the five-party composition of previous meetings. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, Papadopoulos referred to the new strategy he has announced on the Cyprus issue, noting […]

Supermarket chain owner Christos Orphanides was sentenced to an additional 28 months in jail after being found guilty of issuing bounced cheques worth around €6.4m, it was reported on Wednesday. The court ruling concerned around 60 cases relating to bounced cheques issued by Orphanides’ company. Orphanides is currently serving a 14-month prison sentence after being […]

By Stelios Orphanides Hellenic Bank and Cyprus Cooperative Bank signed a €40m and €25m loan deal with the European Investment Bank (EIB) respectively which will allow them to extend credit to small and medium-size enterprises (SME), the two lenders said. Hellenic Bank, third largest Cypriot lender, said that the deal, the fourth of its kind, […]

Sevilla will report Manchester United to European football governing body Uefa for not offering their fans enough tickets for the Champions League last 16 second leg at Old Trafford, the Spanish club said in a statement Wednesday. The two clubs have been engaged in a price war over tickets which escalated when Unitedinformed their travelling supporters their first […]

California rescuers worked through the night plucking stranded Santa Barbara residents from mudslides that have killed at least 15 people and devastated the coastal community after it was drenched by rain, authorities said on Wednesday. The death toll could go higher still as rescuers continued searching for victims, mostly in the upscale enclave of Montecito – […]

Decisions which set the framework for enhanced cooperation in areas such as maritime cooperation, surveillance in the Mediterranean, research and rescue, counter-terrorism, education and humanitarian operations were taken by the defence ministers of Cyprus and Malta on Wednesday. The topics were discussed during the first official visit of Defence Minister Michael Farrugia to Cyprus and […]

Saloon car registrations rose last year 29 per cent to 36,067, the highest figure since 2009, mainly on increased registrations of second-hand cars, the statistical service said. The number of brand new saloon registrations rose last year 5.2 per cent to 13,118, the highest since 2011, Cystat said in a statement on its website on […]

Germany’s economic research ifo Institut said that it expects the euro area’s economy to grow a quarterly 0.6 per cent and 0.5 per cent in the first and second quarter of 2018 respectively. Economic output in the single currency bloc is forecast to expand an annual 2.5 per cent in January to March and 2.3 […]

Catherine Deneuve and other critics of the #Metoo movement against sexual harassment sound like “the tiresome uncle at the family dinner” who does not understand that the world is changing, leading French feminists said on Wednesday. Deneuve and 99 other women on Tuesday signed a column in the newspaper Le Monde that argued that the #Metoo […]

FIFPro, the worldwide representative organisation for 65,000 professional footballers, went ahead with its ‘threat’ to the Cyprus’ footballers’ association (PASP), and issued a warning to all its members and especially those who either play or intend to continue their playing careers in Cyprus to demand a signed copy of all contracts they agree with a […]

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday gave a green light to the possibility of the north replacing their current political system with a ‘presidential’ one and urged the parties to form a “strong government” as soon as possible. In an interview with Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, Cavusoglu commented on the north’s struggles with forming stable […]

Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn believes the video assistant referee (VAR) system will become a permanent fixture in English football after it was successfully trialled for the first time in Monday’s FA Cup tie between Brighton and Hove Albion and Crystal Palace. Brighton beat Palace 2-1 to advance to the fourth round, with the […]

The theatre scene in the capital has started out strong this year and it seems that it will just get better. As the weekend is the time to get out there and discover new stories, the play opening on Friday promises tragedy. Les Chaises (The Chairs) by Romanian-French playwright Eugene Ionesco will be presented at […]

Rescue crews were forced to retreat from a stricken Iranian oil tanker in the East China Sea on Wednesday following an explosion on the ship as a fire raged for a fourth day after a dramatic collision. The blast happened on board the tanker in the afternoon after rescue crews were dousing the ship with foam in an attempt […]

The dead newborn girl found on Tuesday morning, in a rubbish bag at a recycling plant in Yeri, in the Nicosia district was probably alive when it was born, a post mortem revealed on Wednesday. The post mortem was carried out at Nicosia general hospital by state pathologists Nicholas Charalambous and Angeliki Papetta who were […]

The dead newborn girl found on Tuesday morning, in a rubbish bag at a recycling plant in Yeri, in the Nicosia district was probably alive when it was born, a post mortem revealed on Wednesday. The post mortem was carried out at Nicosia general hospital by state pathologists Nicholas Charalambous and Angeliki Papetta who were […]

The foreign ministry said it was monitoring the situation, following the strong earthquake north of Honduras and was in contact with the embassy of the Republic in Mexico and other authorities. A Press and Information Office announcement said, “on the basis of the information so far, dangerous waves (tsunamis) may follow and may affect the […]

Police have detained three people in connection with the illegal transmission of cable TV content and illegal possession of central servers that were transmitting the TV signal in nine raids carried out on Tuesday evening in collaboration with Europol. This was part of a broader operation, in coordination with Europol, also carried out in another […]

Police arrested three people in connection with the illegal transmission of cable TV content and illegal possession of central servers that were transmitting the TV signal in nine raids carried out on Tuesday evening in collaboration with Europol. This was part of a broader operation, in co-ordination with Europol, also carried out in another three […]

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, battling allegations he illegally tapped European Union subsidies a decade ago, looked certain to lose a parliamentary confidence vote on Wednesday. The billionaire’s ANO party won an October election by a wide margin but lacks a majority and has struggled to gain partners, leading it to form a minority government. […]

The two main pro-independence parties in the Spanish region of Catalonia have agreed to back former leader Carles Puigdemont as candidate for regional head, raising the likelihood of a renewed push for a split from Spain this year. However, the party that won the most votes, which supports the unity with Spain, poured scorn on the plan as […]