Новости за 25.03.2018

Limassol has been ranked in 8th place out of 56 European cities for use of methamphetamines, twice as high as Nicosia, according to a study of wastewater samples taken by the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). The sewerage water in the cities concerned was tested in March 2017 for cocaine, amphetamine, […]

At least five people were killed and 32 injured on Sunday when fire tore through a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, the Russian state Investigative Committee said. Seventeen people were missing following the incident in a coal-producing region some 3,600 km (2,240 miles) east of Moscow, according to local officials who spoke […]

A suicide car bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint near Somalia’s parliament and interior ministry in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, and the city’s ambulance service said three people had been killed. Nur Mohamed, a Mogadishu police officer, told Reuters the bomb went off at the heavily guarded Sayidka checkpoint. Abdikadir Abdirahman, director of […]

By Annette Chrysostomou An upcoming international conference at Nicosia’s Filoxenia conference centre promises to address the burning issue of climate change in the region in a comprehensive manner. The event organised by the Cyprus Institute entitled ‘Climate change in the Mediterranean and the Middle East: challenges and solutions’ will take place during two days in […]

By Charles Ellinas Bloomberg reported in February that Shell is in talks to buy Aphrodite and Leviathan gas for liquefaction at its Idku LNG plant in Egypt for export. According to Bloomberg Shell is looking to buy 10 billion cubic metres gas per year (bcm/yr) for 10 years, which incidentally is the capacity of Shell’s […]

Hundreds of friends, family and local officials attended a memorial service in Trebes on Sunday to honour the victims of the Islamist militant attack that killed a gendarme and three other people in southwest France. Gendarme Arnaud Beltrame, 44, who voluntarily took the place of a female hostage during the supermarket siege on Friday in […]

By Andria Kades A group of police officers will now be policing their own, as part of a new internal audit service that began operating this week, aimed at clamping down on corruption. In Cyprus, the force is often accused of nepotism, questionable relations between suspects and officers and having a general air of being […]

By Panayiotis Tilliros Sensing the power vacuum in the Eastern Mediterranean Turkey rushed in to fill it by issuing two illegal and void Navtex on February 2 and March 10 in its efforts to disrupt the Republic of Cyprus’ (RoC) hydrocarbon programme. Ankara met with no resistance and thus managed to prevent the Saipem 12000 […]

Former Catalan secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont was detained on Sunday in Germany by police acting on an international arrest warrant issued by Spain, his lawyer said. Puigdemont had entered Germany from Denmark after leaving Finland on Friday when it appeared police would arrest him there and launch an extradition process requested by Spain. The lawyer, […]

Police have launched their annual campaign against the use of firecrackers by young people coming up to Easter, warning them that they were dicing with death. The purpose of the campaign is to prevent and combat the use, possession and sale of crackers over the holiday period and raise public awarness of the dangers. Lectures […]

By Matt Laslo Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for “mistakes” and “a major breach of trust” after it came to light that the data of millions of Facebook users was compromised by a formerly little known consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica. But if you’re tempted to join the growing chorus of people pledging to boycott the behemoth tech giant, […]

By Evie Andreou Five years ago today – on March 25, 2013 – thousands of depositors in the now defunct Laiki Bank discovered they had lost all their savings over €100,000 overnight. Five years later, those victims are still hoping to see their money returned through legal recourse in Cyprus and abroad. In March 2013, […]

Eric Clapton fans there is something very special coming to Nicosia. For two days, on Wednesday and Friday, the Pantheon will screen the new documentary Eric Clapton Life in 12 Bars. But that is not all. Apart from the screening of the documentary celebrating the life and music of the legend, local band The Zilla […]

Dust levels were still high on Sunday, exceeding the 50 mg/m3 (micrograms per cubic metre) authorities said in an announcement. According to an announcement from the department of labor inspection, at 10am the average hourly concentrations of inhalable particulates with a diameter of less than 10mm (PM10) in the atmosphere ranged between 16mg/m3 and 347mg/m3. […]

Turkey’s obligations towards the EU and to Cyprus will be tested on Monday at the meeting in Varna, Bulgaria, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday. The EU28 on Friday called on Turkey to cease all illegal activity in Cyprus’ EEZ and normalise relations with Nicosia. “…the European Council urgently calls on Turkey to cease these […]

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologised to Britons on Sunday over a “breach of trust”, taking out full page advertisements in British newspapers after a political consultancy got its hands on data on 50 million users. “We have a responsibility to protect your information. If we can’t, we don’t deserve it,” said the advert, signed […]

Steve Smith stepped down as Australia captain on Sunday and his deputy David Warner also relinquished the vice-captaincy amid stunning ball-tampering revelations that have plunged the test team into crisis. Cricket Australia said the pair had agreed to give up their leadership roles following “discussions” with the governing body, with wicketkeeper Tim Paine to take […]

French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his willingness to continue the close dialogue with Turkey on the situation off Cyprus and in the Aegean, a statement released by his office said. Macron, in a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, expressed “concern” over Turkey`s military offensive in Afrin, Syria, telling Erdogan it was vital […]

Interpol rejected an international arrest warrant issued by Cypriot authorities in the past against Maria Efimova, the source of slain Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, as Cyprus’ police insist that the warrant is in place, her Greek lawyer said. “Cypriot authorities in the past attempted to turn an arrest warrant against Efimova into a European […]

President Nicos Anastasiades said that to reduce greenhouse gases, significant changes mainly in the field of energy and transport would have to be made through the use of cleaner fuels, power conservation and increased use of renewable energy sources. Anastasiades was speaking at an event on Saturday night at the presidential palace to mark Earth […]

Sebastian Vettel made full use of the virtual safety car to sneak in front of Lewis Hamilton midway the race before the German held off the frustrated Briton to win the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. The Mercedes engine’s infamous ‘party mode’ that delivered Hamilton a record seventh pole position in the Australian race […]

An easyJet flight from  Manchester to Paphos was diverted to Athens on Friday night and the return flight delayed until Saturday after a group of drunken passengers caused a scene onboard. According to the Manchester Evening News, another passenger who witnessed the four rowdy women being thrown off the flight from Manchester slammed their ‘vile’ […]

Cyprus’ relations with Greece and other countries in the region are not directed against anyone but convey a message of coexistence and cooperation and not threats and use of force, said Greece’s Ambassador to Cyprus, Ilias Fotopoulos. In a message on the occasion of Greek Independence Day, being celebrated on Sunday, he said March 25, […]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his ratings in a slump amid a suspected cronyism scandal and cover-up, apologised again on Sunday for causing anxiety and loss of confidence in his government. Protesters urged Abe to resign, as riot police kept tight security outside the venue of his ruling party’s annual convention, at which the premier […]

Australia’s first direct flight to Britain took off on Sunday from the western city of Perth, cutting flying time roughly three hours by skipping stopovers in Singapore or the Middle East, Qantas officials said. The 17-hour flight, operated by a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, will touch down in London at 5.05 a.m., having covered a distance […]