Новости за 16.03.2018

US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell stressed on Friday his country’s desire for the resumption of the reunification talks and backed Cyprus’ right to develop its natural resources. Speaking after a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades in Nicosia, Mitchell said the US supports the Republic of Cyprus in its […]

Native River, ridden by champion jockey Richard Johnson and trained by Colin Tizzard, won the Cheltenham Gold Cup after beating 4-1 favourite Might Bite in an almighty duel between the two on Friday. The eight-year-old 5-1 shot led from the start in what turned into a two-horse race, with the rest well beaten. The pair […]

The House plenum on Friday unanimously approved a resolution condemning Turkish provocations in the Cypriot exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and its violations of the law of the sea. The resolution also calls on the European Council to react swiftly and effectively to Turkish violations, provocations and threats. The text of the resolution was agreed by […]

British police said on Friday they had launched a murder investigation following the death this week of a Russian associate of late tycoon Boris Berezovsky. “A murder investigation has been launched following the results of a post mortem into the death of 68-year-old Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov,” London‘s Metropolitan Police said in a statement, adding the […]

If you are serious about photography, then the Trans Europe – Preparatory Training workshop with French photographer Jean-Christophe Bechet on March 31 in Nicosia will appeal. Bechet will be joined by members of the TransEurope photo project team during the day. This project is a new European platform addressed to emerging or mid-career, professional photographers […]

Finance minister Harris Georgiades dismissed ‘baseless’ and ‘irresponsible’ rumours about measures threatening the Cypriot banking system, adding that Cypriot banks were adequately capitalised. The minister, who was commenting in response to a question related to alleged panic among depositors who had withdrawn money on fears of a new bail-in on state radio CyBC, said that […]

Attorney-General Costas Clerides said on Friday there was no reason for confrontation with journalists over the controversial investigation into 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 investigation saw police questioning journalists, prompting an outcry among the media. On […]

Police need to be relieved of a lot of their responsibilities to properly be able to carry out their job of protecting the public, the force said on Friday. In a brief statement, it outlined that police had long ago requested to be relieved of duties such as enforcing the smoking ban, monitoring noise pollution […]

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Friday that it was overwhelmingly likely that Russian President Vladimir Putin himself made the decision to use a military-grade nerve toxin to strike down a former Russian agent on English soil. “We have nothing against the Russians themselves. There is to be no Russophobia as a result of what is […]

Workers slowly broke up a newly built pedestrian bridge that collapsed onto a major roadway in Miami, killing at least six people, with police warning on Friday that more victims could be found in crushed vehicles in the rubble. The 950-ton bridge plummeted onto traffic on one of the busiest roads in South Florida on […]

With Ankara’s support, Turkish Cypriots intend to launch a project to encourage the repatriation of people who emigrated abroad, it emerged on Friday. The intention was expressed by the breakaway state’s ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay during the budget discussions on Wednesday. “We should all understand that the Turkish Cypriots are not a minority and never […]

Police arrested a 17-year-old teenager at Paphos airport on Friday who is wanted by German authorities. The young man is wanted in connection with cases of robbery, assault, causing grievous bodily harm, and illegal possession of a gun, offences committed in Germany between Febuary 23 and March 3 2017. According to police, the suspect holds […]

An Iraqi teenager, who had come to Britain as an asylum seeker, was found guilty on Friday of attempted murder after detonating a homemade bomb on a packed rush-hour London commuter train, injuring 30 people, prosecutors and police said. Ahmed Hassan, 18, was found guilty of trying to murder the passengers on board an underground […]

Averof Neophytou was re-elected on Friday uncontested as president of the right-wing ruling Democratic Rally (Disy) party for another five-year term. Disy member and MEP Lefteris Christoforou was also re-elected unopposed as deputy president. The two men were declared on Friday as soon as the process for submitting candidacies concluded at Disy headquarters in Nicosia. […]

President Nicos Anastasiades’s meeting with party leaders at the presidential palace on Thursday to discuss ways to tackle non-performing loans may have not produced concrete results, but it showed that politicians are beginning to realise the urgency of going after strategic defaulters, a source said. “There was no sudden change of attitude as they know […]

The House transport committee decided on Friday to adopt legislation on cyclists that has been pending for seven years and to put it to vote in parliament in two weeks. During the session the transport committee refused a six-month extension recently requested by the union of municipalities and communities and the legal service to give […]

A group of people burst into the German consulate on the Greek island of Crete on Friday to stage a protest against the Turkish military offensive in Afrin in northern Syria, police officials said. It was not immediately clear why German interests were the target. Turkish forces are fighting the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia in […]

US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell reiterated Friday his country’s desire for the resumption of the reunification talks and backed Cyprus’ right to develop its natural resources. Speaking after a meeting with the President Nicos Anastasiades in Nicosia, Mitchell said “the US supports the Republic of Cyprus in its […]

An outgoing advertising executive ranked his female colleagues by attractiveness in an email sent to his entire office, in the latest episode of sexist behaviour to rock a British workplace. In the email, the executive split staff into a ‘Top Five’ and ‘Bottom Five’, commenting on how many pints of beer he would need to […]

Artist Kelly Norman will show off her artistic talents with a third solo exhibition from Friday in Limassol at the Rouan Art Gallery. Between the Lines is a diverse mixture of paintings and drawings that explore – and take us along as passengers – the landscape and rockscapes that are connected through line and the painting […]

Europa League favourites Arsenal and Atletico Madrid avoided each other in the draw of the competition’s quarter-finals on Friday with the English side paired with CSKA Moscow and the Spaniards pitted against Sporting. Bundesliga side RB Leipzig were drawn against Olympique Marseille and Lazio, Serie A’s only survivors, will take on Salzburg, the surprise package […]

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis is set to announce 20 measures to resolve an ongoing debate over developments near the environmentally sensitive sea caves area in Peyia, it emerged on Friday. A spokesperson for the ministry told the Cyprus Mail Kadis would be announcing the plans next week after he returns from a trip abroad. The […]

Around 3.9 million passengers went through Ercan (Tympou) airport in the Turkish Cypriot north of the island in 2017, which saw some 27,000 flights. According to data obtained from transport authorities in northern Cyprus, 3,962,541 passengers used the airport in 2017, coming and going on 27,075 flights. Ercan saw 13,535 inbound flights and 13,540 outbound. […]

Juventus were given a chance to avenge last year’s Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid when the two sides were drawn together for the quarter-finals of this year’s competition on Friday. The last eight also produced an all English pairing as Premier League leaders Manchester City were drawn against Liverpool, the only team to […]

The 52-year-old musician – whose real name Clifford Price – entered a guilty plea to the court as he admitted to assaulting a security guard at last year’s Glastonbury festival. Goldie is in Thailand on a detox and had initially entered a guilty plea by email. However, this method was not accepted by district judge Lynn Matthews at Bristol […]