Новости за 26.03.2018

The European Union is worried over President Tayyip Erdogan’s adherence to the rule of law at home and his actions in Syria and in the east Mediterranean but will go on offering its support for Syrian refugees, the bloc’s senior officials said. “Our meeting today demonstrated that while our relationship is going through difficult times, […]

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said he will seek the removal at a summit with the EU on Monday of all obstacles to a stalled membership bid, which the bloc however believes are of Ankara’s own making. Criticism from European Union governments of what many view as Erdogan‘s growing authoritarianism at home and his intervention in Syria’s war has […]

Investigators looking into a fire that killed at least 64 people at a busy shopping mall in Siberia said on Monday a security guard had turned off the public address system and exits had been illegally blocked. The fire, one of the deadliest in Russia since the break-up of the Soviet Union, swept through the […]

Apothiki 79 in Larnaca is well known for its unique bazaars, which give us a chance to decorate our homes with items that nonene else has and also buy gifts for those who have quirky tastes. The two-day Easter bazaar during the weekend, will present unique personalised and handmade gifts for everyone, such as holiday […]

Humanitarian aid to the Greek Cypriots enclaved in the Turkish occupied areas of the Reublic of Cyprus can be sent immediately, as long as the announcements of the occupation regime are put into practice, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou has said. In statements, Photiou said that the unacceptable taxes on food and essentials, that the Republic […]

“Cooperation in energy, security, the fight against terrorism and migration management and the EU’s assistance for refugees in Turkey as the EU-Turkey Statement continues to deliver results”, will be the main aspects of the EU-Turkey meeting to take place later today in Varna (Bulgaria), hosted by Prime Minister Borissov, according to a written statement issued […]

European Union governments were set to make good on a threat to punish Russia for a nerve agent attack in Britain they blame on Moscow, with Baltic governments expected to expel Russian envoys on Monday, diplomats said. Moscow has denied it is behind the attack earlier this month on former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal […]

Turkey will ask the European Union to lift all obstacles to its membership and remains committed to the accession process, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday before departing for a summit with leaders from the union in Bulgaria. Erdogan said he would also discuss what Turkey sees as the failure of the bloc to keep […]

France is a friend of the Republic of Cyprus and is in favor of the right solution to the Cyprus problem, the country’s Ambassador to Cyprus Rene Troccaz said on Monday. He was speaking after a meeting with AKEL Secretary-General Andros Kyprianou, in Nicosia, with whom he discussed the latest developments in Cyprus’ exclusive economic […]

Establishing multiculturalism and strengthening the social fabric of the immigrant communities in host countries can be achieved by acknowledging that the protection of human rights is equally important for the refugees and immigrants too, said House president Demetris Syllouris. Speaking at the 138th Assembly of the Inter-parliamentary Union in Geneva, Syllouris noted that discussions around […]

As part of the Medieval Nicosia Festival, architect and art historian Anna Marangou will give a lecture entitled Quest for Ourselves Through Guilio Savrorgnano’s letters (1557-1670) at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation on Thursday. The lecture will draw on the foundation’s new landmark publication Venice and the Defence of the Regno di Cipro that […]

One woman not only runs a dog shelter but also keeps around 20 animals in her own home. THEO PANAYIDES meets a woman so deep into looking after them there is no way out I park outside the sun-bleached, rather neglected-looking house on the road into Tseri, just outside Nicosia, and walk to the gate. […]

According to PIO, in Jordan, the Foreign Minister will have a meeting and will hold talks with his counterpart, Foreign Minister Ayman H.Safadi, to discuss bilateral relations between Cyprus and Jordan, among others, the trilateral cooperation between Cyprus and Jordan – Greece, the Cyprus problem, EU-Jordan relations, developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and regional issues. […]

A few years ago, we had a good thing going here in Cyprus with local designers, photographers, models and fashionistas all enjoying a local Fashion Week. And it was great – not only for those of us who were invited to sit in the f’row, but also for all the local talent – people who […]

By Preston Wilder We’re all the same. That’s always been true, more or less, but it’s even more true for today’s young people, at least in the West. (Are they still millennials? Post-millennials? Who knows.) They’ve all grown up in a globalised world, dominated by the same few conglomerates. They’ve all been raised on McDonald’s […]

The levels of atmospheric dust around the island remain high according to the Labor Inspection Department. As reported at 7.00 am, the average hourly concentrations of inhalable particulates with a diameter of less than 10 μm (PM10) in the atmosphere were increased and ranged between 118 μg / m3 and 387 μg / m3 (micrograms […]

Opinion polls published in the United States and Germany cast doubt over the level of trust people have in Facebook over privacy, as the firm ran advertisements in British and U.S. newspapers apologising to users. Fewer than half of Americans trust Facebook to obey U.S. privacy laws, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday, […]

The planned exercise under the name “Onisilos-Gideon 1/2018” takes place today, March 26th and March 28th, 2018, by the Armed Forces of the Republic of Cyprus and Israel. According to a statement by the Ministry of Defense, the exercise is being conducted within the framework of the annual military cooperation program between the two countries. […]

The music trio The Crew will rock Paphos once more with their very surprising and different approaches to well-known music pieces on Wednesday. The trio – Alexandros Tsangarides on piano and vocals, Christodoulos Dimitriou on double bass and Alex Sofokleous on percussion – have been doing their thing for the past two years. They have […]

The death toll from a fire in a Russian shopping mall has reached 56 people, the Investigative Committee, the state body that handles major crimes, said on Monday. The Committee also said in a statement that 44 people hurt in the fire had sought medical help, and of these 10 people were still in hospital.

At least 53 people were killed and 16 are missing after a fire tore through a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on Sunday, Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said on Monday.

The European Union holds an uneasy summit with Turkey on Monday, when it is likely to provide Ankara with fresh cash to extend a deal on Syrian refugees but deflect Turkish demands for deeper trade ties and visa-free travel to Europe. With the bloc critical of what it considers to be Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s […]

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Tanimbar Islands early on Monday local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, which was initially reported at a magnitude of 6.5, was centered 138 miles (222 km) northwest of Saumlaki in the Tanimbar Islands, the USGS said. There were no initial reports of […]

Saudi air defenses shot down seven ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi militia on Sunday, with debris killing a man in what was the first death in the capital during the Saudi-led coalition’s three-year military campaign in Yemen. Saudi forces destroyed three missiles over northeastern Riyadh shortly before midnight, as well as others fired at […]