Новости за 12.03.2018

Some €500m in investments need to go towards saving energy and using renewable energy sources in Cyprus by 2019, while efforts to prepare a photovoltaic park in Akrotiri are moving ahead, it emerged on Monday. During a press conference ahead of the 2018 Save Energy exhibition set to take place between March 16-18, Ioannis Economides, from the energy ministry […]

The Greek Cypriot side is waiting for the Turkish Cypriot side regarding a dinner between President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Monday. In an interview with broadcaster Sigma, he said Anastasiades had extended the invitation through UN Special Representative on Cyprus Elisabeth Spehar, which was followed […]

Prince Harry’s American fiancee Meghan Markle on Monday took part in her first official royal engagement with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth since the couple announced they were getting married last year. Markle joined her husband-to-be and Britain’s other senior royals including Harry’s father, Prince Charles, and his elder brother Prince William and his wife Kate at […]

The general secretaries of Akel and Turkish Cypriot party United Cyprus appealed on Monday to President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci to resume talks on resolving the Cyprus problem. After a meeting at Akel’s headquarters they called on the two leaders to pick up where they left off in Crans-Montana and resume […]

  By Alistair Smout and Michael Holden British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday it was “highly likely” that Moscow was responsible for the poisoning in England of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter using a military-grade nerve agent. May told parliament that either the Russian state was directly responsible for the poisoning […]

The father of a three-month-old baby who died from severe head injuries will remain in custody until the trial at Paphos criminal court begins next month while the mother was released on bail. The couple, aged 29 will head to trial on April 18, the court ruled on Monday. The father faces two charges, manslaughter, […]

The father of a three-month-old baby who died from severe head injuries will remain in custody until the trial at Paphos criminal court begins next month while the mother was released on bail. The couple, aged 29 will head to trial on April 18, the court ruled on Monday. The father faces two charges, manslaughter, […]

German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday said Turkey has played an important role in the failure to reach a negotiated settlement on Cyprus. “We have a very large problem when it comes to Cyprus. For years we’ve been striving to find a solution but until today it has not been possible, and Turkey has played […]

German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday said Turkey has played an important role in the failure to reach a negotiated settlement on Cyprus. “We have a very large problem when it comes to Cyprus. For years we’ve been striving to find a solution but until today it has not been possible, and Turkey has played […]

Over the last two years, the Windcraft Music Centre and the Windcraft Loud cultural organisation have entertained us with a whole lot of musical concerts. They have put together seminars, workshops, research programmes and the two-day Windcraft Music festival. All this to present the art of wind instruments in a friendly and pleasant environment. To […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel and her partners met to formally sign their agreement on a new “grand coalition” government on Monday and admitted it was a political necessity, not a “love match”. At a news conference before signing the deal with the leaders of her Bavarian sister party and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), Merkel was […]

A 27-year-old man, the owner of the dogs that allegedly mauled to death a Bulgarian woman last month, is to stand trial on charges of manslaughter and causing death through negligence. On Monday the man was referred directly to a criminal trial. The Paphos district court ordered that he remain in custody until the first […]

  Almost five years after the bail-in, President Nicos Anastasiades is scheduled to meet the leaders of the political parties on Thursday to discuss ways of reducing non-performing loans amid increasingly dramatic supervisory appeals for action, a slowdown in loan restructurings and a labour dispute storm brewing over Bank of Cyprus. “The amount of the […]

Two men were remanded for four days in Limassol on Monday after police arrested them red handed with drugs and weapons in their car. At around 3.50am officers attempted to stop a vehicle for a routine check. Instead of stopping the car sped away and was only immobilised after it hit two police cars which […]

Police arrested two men in possession of narcotics and weapons early Monday morning in Limassol after their car collided with a patrol car during a chase. At around 3.50am officers attempted to stop a vehicle for a routine check. Instead of stopping the car sped away and was only immobilised after it hit two police […]

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has been suspended from his role as a Sky Sports pundit after video footage emerged of him spitting towards a girl in a car, the television company said on Monday. Carragher has apologised for the incident, which took place after Liverpool lost 2-1 to Manchester United on Saturday, calling it […]

Prime Minister Theresa May will bring Britain’s parliament up to date on the investigation into a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy on Monday, and one senior lawmaker expected her to point the finger of blame at Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin brushed off a question about the affair while visiting a grain […]

A 61-year-old man was arrested after he was caught on camera having sex with sheep in a farm. According to police, the man, from Dali, was arrested over the weekend in connection with allegedly sexually abusing animals for a period of six months. The offences came to light when the farm owner, in Chirokitia noticed […]

West Ham United’s owners will be given additional protection at the London Stadium with a larger police presence and barriers to prevent a repeat of the crowd disturbances that marred Saturday’s 3-0 home Premier League defeat by Burnley, British newspapers reported on Monday. Pitch invasions and ugly scenes in the stands, including fans taunting West […]

A new study about to be published gives an insight into the problems of transsexuals in Cyprus. “We asked the Council of Europe and they supported us,” head of Accept LGBT Costas Gavrielides told the Cyprus Mail on Monday, “we have got information about trans people in Europe and elsewhere but needed local statistics.” The […]

Prime Minister Theresa May held a meeting of Britain’s top ministers and security officials on Monday to weigh up how to respond to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy who passed secrets to British intelligence. Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, have been in hospital in a critical condition since […]

Greece indefinitely suspended its Superleague soccer fixtures on Monday after the owner of the club PAOK Salonika was filmed wearing a gun holster as he strode onto the pitch to protest about a disallowed goal. Photographs and footage showed Ivan Savvides, one of Greece’s richest men, joining a pitch invasion in the closing minutes of […]

The official UK number one tribute band to Led Zeppelin, Hats Off to Led Zeppelin, will be entertaining the Savino Live crowd once more on Friday. After the band’s appearance last year, the boys are back to take Led Zeppelin fans up the stairway to music heaven from 7.30pm all the way to morning. The […]

Taking place in July each year, Animafest is a festival which appeals to all ages, crosses all borders and speaks all languages. Since its inception in 2002, it’s grown in leaps and bounds: moving from one small village to a number of locations across the island; flourishing in terms of associated screenings, workshops and masterclasses; […]

The trade deficit narrowed in January by €44.5m to €403.7m or 11 per cent compared to the respective month of 2017, the statistical service said on Monday. The narrower trade deficit in January was on an annual 3.7 per cent drop in imports to €606.1m or by €22.7m and a 11 per cent increase in […]