Новости за 15.02.2018

POLICE have been questioning reporters from Phileleftheros newspaper over the leaked emails of a senior state attorney who used her personal account to correspond with the Russian attorney-general’s office regarding extradition cases. The email account had apparently been hacked and her correspondence was published by a Russian website and reproduced by daily Politis last November. […]

Germany’s Turkish community plans to bring criminal charges against a senior member of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) for calling Turks “camel drivers” who should return to their “mud huts and polygamy”. Andre Poggenburg, AfD head in the state of Saxony Anhalt who was reprimanded by his party last year for using neo-Nazi slogans, […]

A US federal judge on Thursday set a Sep 5 trial date for Joaquin Guzman, the Mexican drug lord known as “El Chapo” who is jailed in the United States on drug trafficking and conspiracy charges. US prosecutors have accused Guzman, 60, of running a global cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine smuggling operation as the leader […]

Nicosia on Thursday said it was working through diplomatic channels to resolve the current standoff with Turkey in the island’s economic waters, while Ankara reiterated it would not allow Greek Cypriots to ‘unilaterally’ exploit natural gas resources without sharing with Turkish Cypriots. Speaking to reporters, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said Cyprus’ objective remained the same: […]

Larnaca Municipality on Thursday urged volunteers to join in the cleaning of buildings from graffiti and posters. An event is being organised on Sunday by the Larnaca development initiative group (Opala) in cooperation with the municipality and the 23rd Sea scouts troop. Acting Mayor of Larnaca, Iasonas Iasonides, said that the goal is to clean […]

The artistic residency programme The Yard.Residency.18, organised by the Centre of Performing Arts MITOS, is getting ready to present its latest creations in terms of performance next weekend in Limassol. The programme is separated into two categories: ‘Premiere’, which refers to proposals where the centre acts as a co-producer, and the ‘On Stage’ category which includes […]

Cyprus will present its plans for an asset management company (AMC) to the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition as it seeks to boost efforts to reduce the high stock of non-performing loans burdening the island’s banking sector. Government sources told the Cyprus News Agency that plans for an AMC as well as a scheme […]

Greece’s former prime minister Antonis Samaras filed a lawsuit against Alexis Tsipras on Thursday, accusing the current head of government of slander and “a villainous plot” against him over a bribery case. The case involves alleged bribery of Greek doctors, politicians and officials by staff of Swiss drugmaker Novartis . The company said this week […]

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte will rotate his squad for Friday’s FA Cup clash with Hull City, with a tough run of fixtures ahead, but he said a strong cup run was high on his list of priorities for the rest of the season. After the fifth round meeting with Championship side (second tier) Hull, Chelsea […]

The health ministry on Thursday urged the public to report any doctors in state health centres who refuse to see patients during working hours. The Patients and Friends Federation (Posfp) complained that some state doctors working in outpatient clinics stop seeing patients some three hours before their shift ends and after they have examined their […]

A police officer is suing the founder of popular Facebook page CY Police Checkpoints, a place where people can post and find police traffic radar detection locations, for violating his personal data, it emerged on Thursday. The dispute evolved after the officer commented on the creation of the anti-radar Facebook page on another page, “Where […]

Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has made many claims in the course of Italy’s rough-and-tumble election campaign, and on Thursday he added another: he was the key architect behind the end of the Cold War. “When I was in government in 2001, I said publicly that I wanted to end the Cold War, which had […]

A 33-year-old man from Oroklini was remanded on Thursday in connection with the recent spate of car break-ins around Larnaca and Oroklini. In total, 11 car break-ins were reported in Larnaca and Oroklini between February 4 and 11. The man was arrested on Tuesday after seen speeding off in car last Saturday from an area in Oroklini […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation was warned last year about an ominous online comment by the 19-year-old man accused of killing 17 people in his former high school but was unable to locate him, an agent said on Thursday. Authorities said the ex-student, identified as Nikolas Cruz, walked into the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School […]

A 19-year-old man who had been expelled from his Florida high school was due in court on Thursday, charged with 17 counts of murder, after authorities say he unleashed one of the deadliest school shootings in US history. The ex-student, identified as Nikolas Cruz, 19, walked into the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Wednesday […]

Turkey said on Thursday it had demanded that the United States expel a Kurdish militia from the ground forces it backs in Syria, underscoring the widening gulf between the Nato allies since Ankara launched a new Syrian offensive last month. Ties between Turkey and the United States, both allies in a US-led coalition fighting against […]

Liverpool’s 5-0 victory in Porto on Wednesday and Manchester City’s 4-0 stroll alongside the Rhine in Basel 24 hours earlier were a Premier League show of force that reverberated across Europe. The continent’s most wealthy domestic competition has not punched its weight in the Champions League since Chelsea ambushed Bayern Munich to lift the trophy […]

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday Greece would not tolerate any challenge to its territorial integrity, days after Turkish and Greek coastguard vessels collided close to disputed islets in the Aegean Sea. “Our message, now, tomorrow and always, is clear… Greece will not allow, accept or tolerate any challenge to its territorial integrity and […]

A Florida community will join together on Thursday to mourn the 17 victims of a suspected lone gunman as officials seek to discover how the heavily armed teenager managed to mingle with students before one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. The ex-student, identified as Nikolas Cruz, 19, walked into the Marjory Stoneman […]

Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as South Africa’s president in a parliamentary vote on Thursday and pledged to tackle endemic corruption after scandal-ridden Jacob Zuma resigned on orders from the ruling African National Congress. Ramaphosa faces an uphill battle in revitalising growth, creating jobs and stamping out a culture of graft in a nation still polarised […]

Cyril Ramaphosa was elected President of South Africa by parliament on Thursday after Jacob Zuma resigned overnight, heeding orders of the ruling African National Congress to bring an end to his nine scandal-plagued years in power. Ramaphosa, 65, has put the focus on rooting out corruption and revitalising economic growth.

North Korea’s cheerleading squad made an unexpected appearance at the South Korean men’s hockey game against the Czech Republic on Thursday, marking their first attendance at an Olympic event not featuring a North Korean athlete. At least 150 cheerleaders filled an entire section of the Gangneung Hockey Centre arena, directly behind one of the goals. […]

Cypriot banks relaxed their mortgage and consumer credit standards in the fourth quarter of 2017, for the first time since the end of 2014, and are expected to do the same in the current quarter, the Central Bank of Cyprus said. Standards for corporate loans remained unchanged in October to December and are expected to […]

The puppet theatre show Jack and the Beanstalk has been running at Theatro Ena in Nicosia since December, but this weekend the kids who go to see the performances will also be included in a carnival party – so make sure they dress up as their favourite character to be part of the fun. The […]

A 12-hour work stoppage planned by hourly-paid workers at Nicosia’s Archbishop Makarios III hospital was called off on Thursday following the intervention of Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis. The work stoppage – which started at 6.30am – was interrupted after Pamboridis reportedly promised to bring the matter up in next week’s cabinet meeting and suggest hiring […]