Новости за 14.02.2018

By Bernie Woodall A 19-year-old gunman returning to a Florida high school where he had once been expelled opened fire with an assault rifle on Wednesday, killing 17 people and wounding more than a dozen others before he was arrested, authorities said. The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, a placid, middle-class […]

A person opened fire at a Florida high school on Wednesday afternoon, injuring multiple people and sending hundreds of students fleeing into streets as law enforcement officers searched for a shooter who remained at large. Shortly before students were to be dismissed for the day, the sound of gunfire ripped through the air, school officials […]

Human Rights Watch has said world football’s governing body must tackle rights abuses in Russia’s Chechnya region now that one of the teams in this year’s World Cup in Russia has chosen Chechnya as the location for its base camp. Rights groups and Western governments allege that the authorities in Chechnya repress their political opponents, […]

By Stelios Orphanides The non-governmental organisation (NGO) Transparency International has denied official membership status to its Cypriot branch due to fundamental disagreements regarding anti-money laundering work, prompting anger from members in Cyprus. “The affiliation of Transparency International Cyprus was ended in August,” said Stan Cutzach, member of the ethics and governance committee of Transparency International in an emailed statement. […]

Only six per cent of a sample of 880 Cypriot students were able to respond successfully to a questionnaire put to them as part of a study on financial literacy carried out by the Technological University Tepak, it was announced on Wednesday. The study concluded that financial illiteracy was a problem among students in Cyprus […]

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Ten artists will join forces on Friday at the Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre for the opening of their group exhibition entitled The Presence of Absence, or the Catastrophe Theory. The artists from Albania, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, along with a British artist of Turkish Cypriot origins will present videos, photographs and installations. These works will […]

There is no prospect of Northern Ireland’s main parties agreeing to restore devolved government, the leader of the largest unionist party said on Wednesday, calling on Britain to take further financial control of the region. The British province has been without a devolved executive for over a year since Irish nationalists Sinn Fein withdrew from […]

It will be no more mister nice guy when Tiger Woods tees up at the Genesis Open starting at Riviera on Thursday, the 14-time major champion said. After spending the past couple of years more a calm and cuddly mentor than a ruthless competitor as he dealt with a potentially career-ending back injury, Woods is […]

South Africa’s ANC unveiled plans on Wednesday to sack President Jacob Zuma via a parliamentary no-confidence vote, hours after armed police raided the luxury home of his friends, the Gupta brothers, as part of an anti-corruption investigation. In his first response to an avalanche of pressure from the African National Congress (ANC) for him to quit, Zuma – who […]

Formula One fans will have the chance to be driven around race circuits in supercars this season by the likes of McLaren’s double world champion Fernando Alonso and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. The ‘Pirelli hot laps’ programme, announced on Wednesday, will start at the Bahrain Grand Prix in early April and feature at nine other […]

Police on Wednesday published photos of three individuals wanted in connection with the murder of 47-year-old Ernest Leonides in Limassol last week. Four people have been arrested so far and police are searching for six more suspects: a 29-year-old Russian, Sergo Aslanishvili, 28, a 57-year-old Greek national of Georgian extraction who was having lunch with […]

By Evie Andreou The House legal affairs committee on Wednesday launched discussions on setting a €10,000-ceiling for the cash purchase of vehicles, precious stones and metals, works of art and antiques. The ban on cash sales for items more than €10,000 is aimed at harmonising national legislation with the EU Directive on restrictions on payments […]

Because of the honesty of an Osel bus driver an elderly man still has his life savings of €10,000. According to daily Phileleftheros driver Costas Tanos, a 54-year-old resident of Lakatamia, Nicosia, had completed route 200 from the Arediou bus station in Nicosia to the general hospital and Makarios stadium and was about to have […]

By Stelios Orphanides Cypriot banks need to do more to tackle non-performing loans after already making “commendable” efforts and achieving “measurable progress” in recent years, a Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) official said. Despite the efforts made and the progress they achieved, “additional and persistent efforts are still required to ensure further progress in the reduction […]

Strong economic growth in Cyprus and the expectation of policy continuity after the outcome of the recent presidential elections “should underpin” improving public finances, Fitch Ratings believes, adding however that very weak asset quality in the banking sector remains a risk to recovery. In a commentary on Cyprus, the international rating agency also notes that […]

  A 36-year-old man was jailed for seven years on Wednesday for sexually abusing his stepdaughter. Nicosia criminal court found him guilty on a total of 22 charges, 11 for sexual abuse and 11 for indecent assault over incidents which took place in 2016. The girl was aged between 12 and 13 at the time. […]

Take advantage of the special fares until the end of March   With more than 300 sunny days a year and surrounded by clear blue waters, Malta is the ultimate destination for a long weekend. Should you want to take a short break for your daily routine now is the best time to book you […]

The Achna community council has put off to a decision regarding the opening of a crocodile park in the district. “The community council decided unanimously to ask the head of district administration in Famagusta, Giorgos Chrysafinis, to convene a meeting of all the relevant state services, in the presence of the company that wants to […]

Britain’s foreign minister Boris Johnson showed little sign on Wednesday of softening his tough stance on Brexit in a speech billed as aiming to soothe concerns among voters about the economic impact of leaving the European Union. Johnson is among those pushing for a harder Brexit which would move Britain away from EU rules and allow it to sign […]

A group of North Korean cheerleaders were briefly wowed by the apparent, sudden arrival of their leader, Kim Jong Un, at a Winter Olympics ice hockey game on Wednesday. Some cheerleaders immediately averted their gaze as the impersonator, who later only identified himself as Howard, smiled and waved to crowds who came to watch a unified Korean team […]

Tens of students from schools in occupied Rizokarpaso were received by the Commissioner of Humanitarian Affairs and Overseas Cypriots, Mr. Fotis Fotiou at the Ministry of Finance on December 20th, 2017. Mr. Fotiou distributed 45 tablets to the students for their school needs, a contribution of the digital library READ by MTN.   The event […]

By Stelios Orphanides Cyprus’s economy expanded 4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to the respective three-month period last year, the statistical service Cystat said citing a flash estimate. The fourth quarter economic output expanded a seasonally adjusted 3.9 per cent, Cystat said in a statement on its website. Compared to July […]

Hourly-paid cleaners at Nicosia’s Archbishop Makarios III hospital will stage a 12-hour strike on Thursday, from 6.15am. They said they were protesting against the many problems they face at the hospital, which have, according to their unions, not been resolved. Trade unions Oekdy Sek and Pasyek Peo announced the decision on the work stoppage was […]

By Stelios Orphanides The Cyprus Cooperative Bank (CCB) said that it will issue covered bonds of €1bn or more through Barclays Capital in an attempt to have its share listed on the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) in Dublin. The bank’s head of strategy and communication Yiannos Stavrinides said that the decision to seek a listing […]