Новости за 26.02.2018

  By Michael Holden Britain faces a new and significant threat from organised far-right terrorism, the UK’s most senior counter-terrorism officer said on Monday as he revealed police had foiled four plots by right-wing extremists in the last year. “The right-wing terrorist threat is more significant and more challenging than perhaps public debate gives it […]

Isnotgallery in Nicosia will celebrate 10 years of offering rich art in poor times as of Friday with a group exhibition. The gallery’s aim is not to sell cheap art, but to offer a place for artists to showcase their pieces based on their artistic value and not on the monetary value. This is what […]

Police investigating the death of a 46-year-old Bulgarian woman in Paphos last week have also turned their attention to packs of stray dogs roaming the area, reports said on Monday. Petrana Milkova was found seriously injured in a potato field in Yeroskipou last Thursday lunchtime and died on her way to hospital. According to the […]

MPs on Monday called on the government to step up and improve conditions at the reception centre for asylum seekers at Kofinou in Larnaca. Members of the House human rights committee, accompanied by the interior ministry permanent secretary, Kypros Kyprianou, Children’s Rights Commissioner, Leda Koursoumba, the community leader of Kofinou, Despo Charalambous, and members of […]

Lawmakers on Monday jumped on official data regarding the number of people acquiring Cypriot nationality through the citizenship-through-investment scheme, claiming the programme has spun out of control. Interior ministry officials were informing MPs that, from 2008 to the present day, naturalisations granted to persons through the investment scheme came to 3,336. Of these, 1685 cases […]

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for a new global effort to get rid of nuclear weapons but said many states still wrongly think they make the world safer. Officials and experts told Reuters earlier this month that Guterres was planning such an initiative, but a U.S. official said at the time that […]

The Housing Finance Corporation (HFC) said on Monday it was poised to lower lending rates while also announcing the imminent roll-out of three new financing schemes. The HFC’s director-general Andreas Georgiou told lawmakers the organisation planned to reduce its lending rates due to competition from the private banking sector. The organisation would be cutting lending […]

Police in Paphos on Monday arrested the parents of a three-month-old baby who died from head injuries last week after suffering a fall. The 29-year-old parents had said that the baby had fallen off the sofa three days before they sought medical assistance, but police are now investigating whether he had been hit before. The […]

Citing problems of understaffing, the Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has asked parliament to release more funds to enable it to hire 18 additional persons. Speaking in parliament on Monday, CySec chairwoman Demetra Kalogirou said the organisation cannot cope with the workload with its current staff. She said the market watchdog’s tasks have expanded due […]

The state-run port of Larnaca is projected to earn revenues of at least €9.5m this year due to increased cargo traffic related to hydrocarbons activities, MPs heard on Monday. The House finance committee, discussing the 2018 budget for the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA), heard from officials that Larnaca’s port is currently operating at maximum capacity. […]

The bill on the decimalisation of abortions does not aim at facilitating terminations but at giving women the right to choose and access to safe medical procedures, the head of the House human rights committee, Stella Kyriakides said on Monday. MPs, who were meeting to discuss the bill proposal which aims to give women the […]

Russia will establish a humanitarian corridor and implement a five-hour daily truce in Syria’s eastern Ghouta, it said on Monday, after a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire across the entire country. Over the past week Syria’s army and its allies have subjected the rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta near Damascus to one […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to President Donald Trump, requiring his administration to maintain protections he has sought to end for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought illegally into the United States as children. The justices refused to hear the administration’s appeal of a federal judge’s Jan. 9 injunction that halted […]

Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku believes he has nothing to prove to his critics and deserves more respect for his goal-scoring record. Lukaku cancelled out Willian’s opener and set up midfielder Jesse Lingard to score the winner in Sunday’s 2-1 Premier League victory over champions Chelsea at Old Trafford. The Belgian international has scored 13 […]

Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU) on Monday approved a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), bringing conservative leader Angela Merkel a step closer to a fourth term as chancellor of Europe’s biggest economy. The CDU conference in Berlin follows Merkel’s announcement of her picks for a new, younger cabinet intended to rejuvenate the party […]

Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU) on Monday approved a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), bringing conservative leader Angela Merkel a step closer to a fourth term as chancellor of Europe’s biggest economy. The CDU conference in Berlin follows Merkel’s announcement of her picks for a new, younger cabinet intended to rejuvenate the party […]

Authorities said on Monday they did not find any visible signs of foul play, as an early morning fire caused extensive damage to one of the buildings housing the district and criminal courts in Nicosia. Fire service and police investigators said no signs of foul play were detected initially but have not ruled out anything […]

A fire caused extensive damage to one of the buildings of the Nicosia district court on Monday forcing authorities to suspend all hearings for the next week, as investigators tried to find the cause of the blaze. Fire service chief Marcos Trangolas said no visible signs of foul play have been found so far but […]

Ensuring the ideas and perspectives of women are a part of climate policy decisions will deliver greater successes and unique solutions to one of the greatest challenges we face. But barriers must be overcome to ensure that women have a voice in these discussions. Our era is a moment of both grave threat and great […]

Few Greek bands really know how to rock a song and a stage, probably because most of them are more on the pop sides of things. But even if there were lots of Greek rock bands to choose from the band Mple (blue) would still have a fan base that any would be jealous of. […]

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane is hoping Paris St Germain forward Neymar recovers from injury for the return leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on March 6. The world’s most expensive player was seen crying as he was carried off towards the end of PSG’s 3-0 win over Olympique de Marseille on Sunday, meaning […]

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is off and running and his English trophy collection could go on to compare with his hauls at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, the club’s midfielder Kevin de Bruyne said after they won the League Cup on Sunday. The Spaniard’s first season at the City helm was a false start as […]

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 hit 194 km (120 miles) northwest of Ambon in eastern Indonesia on Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake was recorded at a depth of about 39 km, according to the USGS website.

  The Greek Cypriot side keeps turning a blind eye to a clear reality in spite of warnings from the Turkish Cypriot side and Turkey, the spokesman for Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Monday. Baris Burcu was responding to comments by government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides on Sunday that the Turkish Cypriots were throwing […]

Jersey failed in its bid to join UEFA on Monday when its application was rejected by the annual Congress of European football’s governing body. Forty-nine out of 55 delegates at the Congress raised symbolic red cards when asked to vote on Jersey’s application. “Jersey is not admitted as a member of the UEFA association,” said […]