Новости за 07.02.2018

Manchester United forward Alexis Sanchez pleaded guilty to two counts of tax fraud dating from when he played for Spanish team Barcelona and accepted a 16-month suspended jail sentence, his agent Fernando Felicevich said on Wednesday. In a statement issued by the Barcelona prosecutor and seen by Reuters, Sanchez was accused of defrauding the Spanish […]

The neighbours don’t get along but you’re still obliged to invite them all to the party. So where do they all sit? That’s the question facing South Korean President Moon Jae-in with less than 48 hours to go before the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. At any other Games, seating your top guests […]

European Union leaders are so discomfited by their relationship with Turkey these days that they relegated their summit next month to Varna, a Bulgarian Black Sea port, rather than hold it in Brussels. But despite their wariness over President Tayyip Erdogan, who has cracked down hard on critics at home and lashed out at the West, […]

The island’s divided communities have a different perception of the current parameters of reunification, and as long as this continues resuming negotiations will lead nowhere, Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay said on Wednesday. In his first interview after assuming office in northern Cyprus, Ozersay said a bizonal, bicommunal federation based on political equality has […]

Russia’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday any allegations that Russian hackers have attacked infrastructure connected to the Pyeongchang Olympic Games are unfounded. “We know that Western media are planning pseudo-investigations on the theme of ‘Russian fingerprints’ in hacking attacks on information resources related to the hosting of the Winter Olympic Games in the Republic of […]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday admitted he should not be making stupid jokes in public after a quip last week prompted the scorn of conservative commentators in the United States and elsewhere. During a town hall in Edmonton, Trudeau interrupted a woman after she used the word “mankind”, saying he preferred “peoplekind”. Critics […]

Omonia scored two late goals to leave Anorthosis shell-shocked in the Cyprus football championship on Wednesday at the Antonis Papadopoulos stadium in Larnaca. With the hosts leading 1-0 through a 54th minute goal from Sekou Cisse, Omonia turned the match on its head when Matt Derbyshire equalised with five minutes remaining and the Englishman was […]

Omonia scored two late goals to leave Anorthosis shell-shocked in the Cyprus football championship on Wednesday at the Antonis Papadopoulos stadium in Larnaca. With the hosts leading 1-0 through a 54th minute goal from Sekou Cisse, Omonia turned the match on its head when Matt Derbyshire equalised with five minutes remaining and the Englishman was […]

African National Congress (ANC) leader Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that he was holding direct talks with Jacob Zuma over a transition of power, the strongest indication to date that the South African president will step down after years of scandal. Zuma, in power since 2009 and beset by corruption allegations, has been in a […]

  Egypt on Wednesday warned Turkey against any infringement of its economic rights in the eastern Mediterranean under a maritime border demarcation agreement signed in 2013 with Cyprus that allows exploration for gas in the area. The discovery of the massive Zohr gas field in 2015 has spurred a race for exploration in the eastern […]

West Ham United have signed former Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra on a short-term contract, the Premier League club said on Wednesday. The 36-year-old Frenchman has been without a club since he left Ligue 1 side Olympique Marseille by mutual consent in November after kicking one of the club’s fans before a Europa League match. […]

European Union lawmakers rejected a proposal on Wednesday for pan-EU lists of candidates for seats in the European Parliament but French President Emmanuel Macron said he would continue to press for such transnational lists. The proposal, with 368 against and 274 in favour and 34 abstentions, failed after the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) said […]

A 35-year-old man from Polis Chrysochous was remanded on Wednesday for three days for allegedly setting on fire the car of a 27-year-old mechanic, following a scuffle that landed the two and the 27-year-old’s brother in hospital, one of them in serious condition. The suspect is also being investigated for causing severe bodily harm to […]

A 21-year-old British Cypriot, Antonio Chiakka, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison on Tuesday after being found guilty for the death of a 49-year-old man with a single punch outside a nightclub in London. Chiakka was found guilty of manslaughter at the Old Bailey. The victim was a 49-year-old tourist from […]

World number one Rafa Nadal will return to this year’s Queen’s Club Championships in what will be the 10th anniversary of his memorable triumph that served as a prelude to his maiden Wimbledon title. Nadal came into the 2008 event on the back of his fourth French Open title and beat Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in […]

Three new ambassadors to Cyprus were accredited on Wednesday to represent India, Cuba and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), all pledging to boost ties with the island and expressing support for a Cyprus settlement under UN auspices. The new High Commissioner of India Dr RK Raghavan also referred to the fact that four Indian police […]

The Nicosia court on Wednesday sentenced Malkit Singh, 26, to life in prison after convicting him of a premeditated murder committed in Nicosia last August. Around 4am on August 27, 2017, a 25-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman, both foreign nationals residing in Nicosia, were rushed to Nicosia hospital with multiple knife wounds. The injured […]

Exclusive concert with special guest PENÉLOPE CRUZ, the brand’s face also for 2018 An important event with solidarity in mind is what Carpisa wanted for Tuesday 23 January: indeed, the brand supported an exclusive concert by the Children’s Orchestra of the Quartieri Spagnoli in Naples, the charity which has the aim of channeling the energy […]

A 46-year-old man was sentenced by the Paphos district court to two months in prison on Wednesday for driving while his licence was revoked and with no insurance. The breathalyser given to the man at the time indicated he had 26 microgrammes of alcohol in his system, 4 mg over the permitted level. The offences, […]

A spate of car break ins has been reported over the last few days, one in Larnaca and five in Oroklini. According to the police, a woman who lives in Larnaca reported that, sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning, someone broke the windshield of her car that was parked outside her house and stole […]

  A British bride, who was rushed to hospital in a blood-soaked wedding dress after a freak accident at her Paphos wedding last year, has spoken out about the trauma in the UK press to encourage others to seek professional help after suffering anxiety following the accident. The Independent reported on Tuesday that Kaileigh Moreton, […]

A Russian diplomat cautioned Israel on Wednesday over a proposed law that would formally recognise the deaths of millions of Ukrainians under Soviet rule as a genocide. “This is not a good time to discuss such a proposal,” Leonid Frolov, Russia’s deputy ambassador in Tel Aviv, told Israel’s Army Radio. “It will be bad. It […]

Former state pathologist and Diko deputy Marios Matsakis on Wednesday joined current and other former MPs at the House for a meeting followed by a social gathering organised by Speaker Demetris Syllouris who, along with Disy leader Averof Neophtou, cut a vasilopita to mark the new year. Also in attendance was former health minister and […]

Heavy snowfall across northern France overnight caused widespread travel disruption on Wednesday with hundreds of motorists spending the night in their cars and around 700 travellers sleeping in two Paris train stations. French authorities set up makeshift shelters at roadsides across the Paris region, near Orly airport to the south of the capital and at […]

The use of plastic money rose 9 per cent in January to €227.1m compared to the respective month of 2016, the payment processing joint venture of Cypriot banks, JCC Payment Systems Ltd said. Last month, the use of local cards for transactions and cash withdrawals abroad rose an annual 13 per cent to €141.8m, JCC […]