Новости за 29.01.2018

By Sarah Lynch FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, criticised by President Donald Trump for alleged bias against him and in favour of his 2016 Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, has stepped down as the agency’s No 2 official, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. McCabe had been expected to leave the Federal Bureau […]

Turkish Cypriot Democratic Party (DP) has agreed to take part in a four-way coalition ‘government’ leaving out the nationalists and a party formed by Turkish settlers. The decision paves the way for the Turkish Republican Party (CTP) leader Tufan Erhurman, a moderate, to head the ‘government’. CTP, the HP, the TDP and the DP, will […]

Manchester City have a chance to get revenge over Wigan Athletic for their 2013 FA Cup final defeat after being drawn against the third-tier leaders in the fifth round of the competition. Wigan snatched the only goal in the final against City with Ben Watson’s late header to lift the famous old trophy though they […]

Former England captain David Beckham was officially awarded a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise in Miami on Monday. “It is with tremendous pride that we welcome Miami to Major League Soccer,” said MLS Commissioner Don Garber at a public rally on Monday attended by local officials and fans. “We know the right people are in […]

Speed and inexperience were the causes of the road accident that killed a 16-year-old in Axelia, Paphos, on Sunday, police said on Monday. The teenager, Neophytos Tsaggaras, was driving a pick-up truck with his 13-year old cousin on a rural road on Sunday afternoon, when he lost control of the vehicle, sliding off the road […]

Painter Olga Spanou, will present her new work at Gallery Gloria in Nicosia as of Friday. This is Spanou’s 15th solo exhibition and is indicative of her theory that in art it does not matter what you do but how you do it and why and the how do not depend on logic. Her pieces […]

  The Cooperative Central Bank (CCB) indicated on Monday that other than some isolated cases of deposit withdrawals from worried customers there was nothing even approximating a run on the bank. Asked about whether people were taking their cash out, spokespersons for the CCB referred back to the statement made last week by the bank’s […]

  Turkey has issued a new Navtex (navigational warning) by which it has reserved for ‘military training’ a large swathe of sea area off Famagusta Bay extending to within 30km of the location of an upcoming gas drill in Cyprus’ offshore block 3. Navtex 0153/18, issued by the Antalya Station, was effective on Monday. The […]

EXIT POLLS Candidate CyBC% ΑΝΤ1% SIGMA % TVOne % Alpha % Nicos Anastasiades 38-42 34.5 – 38.5  32 – 36 33.5 – 37.5  34.3%-39.3% Stavros Malas 27-31 26.0 – 30.0  26 – 30 26.5 – 29.5  24.7%-29.5% Nicholas Papadopoulos 21.5-24.5 24.0 – 28.0  24.5 – 28.5 25-28  23.5%-28.3% Christos Christou 4-6 5.0 – 7.0  5 […]

Neither President Nicos Anastasiades or Akel-backed Stavros Malas are fit for the presidency, a chief staffer from Diko’s camp that lost the bid for the second round said on Monday. The day after Sunday’s first round found the biggest loser, Diko chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos, contemplating his next move, as a challenge for his position may […]

The two winners of the first round of the presidential elections begun consultations on Monday ahead of the runoff vote on Sunday, as the losers took stock of their defeat. Incumbent Nicos Anastasiades, who finished first but with a narrow margin compared to the 2013 election, said he would wait for parties to complete their […]

What is in a name? Band names should really give an idea of what the band is all about, and the band who will rock Savino Live in Larnaca on Friday have one of those names that just makes you want to see them, hear them and then hear more. Dirty Thrills is an all […]

Despite appeals all day on Sunday from candidates and the election service for people to go out and vote, abstention was the highest-ever in a presidential election on Sunday, reaching almost 30 per cent. Although 550,876 people were registered, only 71.4 per cent of them voted, more than 10 per cent down on the presidential […]

England women’s coach Phil Neville has denied being sexist and is confident he is the right person for the job despite his lack of experience. The former Manchester United defender has been widely criticised since his appointment last week after comments he made on Twitter a few years ago came to light, one of which […]

  Cyprus has been excluded from the 2017 Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI) because it is the only one of the 35 European countries surveyed that does not have a national health insurance scheme. But the annual comparison for assessing the performance of the national healthcare systems published on Monday still raised some serious concerns […]

A combination of factors including budget airlines and ride-sharing have made traveling more affordable than ever. Still, when it comes to finding a place to stay, hotel rooms tend to cost a small fortune. Nowadays, there are solutions for people trying to save money thanks to the rise of the sharing economy, particularly websites such […]

A man died after a shooting incident between relatives of two students at a primary school in Portugal‘s central coastal town of Nazare on Monday, police and local media said. The shooting took place in the school yard during a clash between two family members, according to police commissioner Bruno Soares. The school was closed. The […]

Far-right Elam has named itself as the real winner of the presidential elections after its leader Christos Christou came in fourth in Sunday’s first round, a development he sees as a major boost for a party that was only officially admitted to political life less than two years ago after it won two seats in […]

Paris St Germain forward Neymar left Barcelona in order to escape the shadow of Lionel Messi and increase Brazil’s chances of winning this year’s World Cup, according to club and country team mate Dani Alves. Neymar became the world’s most expensive footballer in August when he completed a 222 million-euro transfer from Barcelona to PSG. […]

Roger Federer savoured the latest chapter of a late-career fairytale that delivered a sixth Australian Open crown on Sunday and a very “special” 20th grand slam title. Federer, a nervous defending champion, survived a second set ‘freeze’ and a late rally by sixth seed Marin Cilic before winning 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 6-1 under the […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May came under further pressure over her Brexit blueprint on Monday, with members of the upper house of parliament saying there were “fundamental flaws” in a law crucial to the departure. The law has also deepened splits in her Conservative Party, which has for years been divided over Britain‘s relations with the […]

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, who has said he plans to retire this summer, is undecided over his future and will meet with club president Andrea Agnelli to talk things through, he told a television programme on Sunday. Buffon’s contract runs until the end of the season and he had initially planned to retire following this […]

Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean’s leader, met a United States national at a Malaysian island hotel days before his sensational killing last February, a police official told a court hearing on Monday. Two women, Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese, have been charged with four North Korean fugitives for […]

The leader of Germany‘s Social Democrats (SPD) played down hopes on Monday for swift progress in coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, an SPD source said, amid continued disagreement over several issues including refugees. Four months after both Merkel’s party and the SPD performed worse than expected in a federal election, they are trying to […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) are close to overcoming a major stumbling block in their talks to form a new coalition government, a senior SPD negotiator said on Monday. The parties are trying to thrash out an agreement on the vexed issue of family reunions for asylum seekers allowed to […]