Новости за 15.03.2018

A teenage girl who had gone missing earlier in the week, with authorities treating the case as a possible kidnapping, has returned home. On Tuesday morning Plamena Botrus, 13, went missing from her home in the village of Kokkinotrimithia in Nicosia. She was back home on Thursday evening and in good health, police said. At […]

Six to 10 people were killed when a newly installed pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday, US Senator Bill Nelson of Florida told local TV station CBS Miami. Emergency personnel searched for signs of life amid the wreckage of concrete, twisted metal and that rained from the […]

A pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed on Thursday at Florida International University in Miami-Dade County, trapping people and cars underneath the structure, with local media saying several people were killed. The bridge connects the university with the city of Sweetwater and was only opened days ago, CBS Miami reported. The channel showed […]

The breakaway regime on Thursday called on energy minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis to discuss the issue of hydrocarbons with the aim of resolving the dispute between the two sides and facilitating efforts to reunify the island. Speaking on Bayrak television, the north’s ‘energy minister’ Ozdil Nami said he was ready to talk hydrocarbons with Lakkotrypis under […]

The police force has ‘fully complied’ with the recommendations of the auditor-general and is taking steps to reduce wasteful spending, justice minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Thursday. “Certainly there remain some problems, as it is not possible for everything to go like clockwork. But there is a decisiveness and a will to rapidly address these […]

Greek artist Dimitris Talaganis will return to our island after a 40-year absence to bring us a collection of his work at Gallery Gloria in Nicosia as of Friday. The exhibition will be displayed as part of an international artistic tour with works that reflect the artist’s creative thinking, his philosophy about life, and his […]

Facebook on Thursday said it will roll out the stripped down version of its social media platform, Facebook Lite, to more countries including developed ones, to attract users struggling with slower mobile data connections. Facebook Lite, presently available in over 100 countries, was launched in 2015 targeting developing markets and designed to work in areas […]

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday that timeframes set for the introduction of the National Health Scheme (Gesy) are tight but feasible. The newly appointed minister spoke after his first meeting with the House health committee, where he briefed MPs on the goals and the next steps that must be taken on health sector […]

Foreign minister Nicos Christodoulides on Thursday briefed UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the Cyprus issue and Turkey’s actions in the Republic’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). “Constructive and forward-looking discussion with UN Secretary General,” Christodoulides later tweeted. He said he has told Guterres that President Nicos Anastasiades is willing to resume reunification talks. The meeting […]

President Emmanuel Macron is squaring off against rail unions with most voters on his side, a poll showed, as a labour force with a history of confrontation threatens open-ended strike action over his plan to modernise the state-run company. On Wednesday his government backed a bill to fast-track through parliament the biggest shake-up of debt-ridden state-run operator […]

The United States on Thursday took its most notable action against Russia since Donald Trump became president, slapping sanctions on a group of Russian individuals and entities, including Moscow’s intelligence services, for meddling in the 2016 US election and malicious cyber attacks. Under pressure to act, the administration still deferred making a move targeting Russian […]

World renowned theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astronomer and mathematician Stephen Hawking has passed away at age 76.

Turkish football club Besiktas ended up in trouble with European football’s governing body, UEFA, on Thursday, a day after a cat sneaked on to the pitch during their Champions League match against Bayern Munich. UEFA opened disciplinary proceedings against Besiktas after referee Michael Oliver had to stop play in the second half when the feline […]

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere was recalled to the England squad for the first time in nearly two years while manager Gareth Southgate called up three new faces for friendlies with the Netherlands and Italy. Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope and central defender James Tarkowski were both called up to the squad for the first time. The […]

Turkish Cypriot society was shocked this week after a Kyrenia couple murdered their landlord in the middle of the street. According to media reports in the north, the 53-year-old landlord was held down by the 39-year-old husband while his wife, 36, stabbed him six times. The incident occurred on Tuesday around noon in Karavas, in […]

The government and political parties agreed on Thursday to set up a committee of experts to study proposals designed to tackle non-performing loans (NPLs) and formulate a national strategy to deal with the problem, taking into account all the parties’ interests. Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said there was common understanding as to what had to […]

Britain, the United States, Germany and France jointly called on Russia on Thursday to explain a military-grade nerve toxin attack on a former Russian double agent in England which they said threatened Western security. After the first known offensive use of such a nerve agent on European soil since World War Two, Britain has pinned […]

Adults in many countries lack financial knowledge, and Cyprus is no exception, a new study by the University of Cambridge and University College London has found. “The ability to solve financial problems is critical to the well-being of adults across the world since every day transactions, such as saving, spending and interacting with banks, require […]

Dylan Hartley is back to lead England in their final Six Nations game against Ireland on Saturday but halfbacks George Ford and Danny Care and prop Dan Cole are dropped as coach Eddie Jones has taken radical action following two successive defeats. Hartley missed last week’s defeat by France but has recovered from a calf […]

The 39-year-old star appeared on Heart Breakfast with Emma Bunton – who was known as Baby Spice in the band – on Thursday morning (15.03.18) and used the opportunity to give her a nudge with regards to getting the ‘Spice Up Your Life’ hitmakers on his popular musical segment on his ‘Late Late Show’. When […]

Thousands of Syrians fled a rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta on Thursday and crossed by foot to government territory, a Reuters witness and a war monitor said, as the army pressed its advance into the last major opposition stronghold near Damascus. Men, women and children carrying blankets, bags and suitcases walked along a dirt road […]

A positive change in mentality can help Everton end their poor away run in the Premier League this season, manager Sam Allardyce said ahead of Saturday’s trip to Stoke City. The Merseyside club are on a five-match losing streak away from Goodison Park and have won just one of their 15 away league games this […]

Airports in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq will be reopened to international air traffic on Thursday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadia declared in a statement issued by his office. International flights to and from the region’s two main airports, in Erbil and Suleimaniya, were halted on Sept 29 as part of sanctions imposed on […]

An ‘all Peyia public meeting’ will be held in the centre of the village on Sunday afternoon to present an official briefing to the public concerning a proposed ‘white zone’ suggested by Green party MP George Perdikis and opposed by most of the council. Following public outrage over recent development of the area, Perdikis called […]

Peyia Mayor Marinos Lambrou has called an extraordinary council meeting for Thursday afternoon to discuss development at the sea caves. Peyia councillor Linda Leblanc said the meeting was called at short notice. “The mayor said that the council would be briefed as a result of a meeting held in Nicosia yesterday,” she told the Cyprus […]