Новости за 24.04.2018

Liverpool took a big step towards the Champions League final with a 5-2 win over AS Roma in their semi-final, first leg at Anfield on Tuesday. Two late Roma goals, however, will give the Italians, who came back from 4-1 down to beat Barcelona in the previous round, some hope of an upset in the […]

Customs police in the Famagusta area seized approximately €20,000 worth of imitation items from four different stores in the region on Tuesday, police said. According to authorities, in a joint raid by officers from police HQ and the district officers, 3,680 items were seized, including clothing, bags, sunglasses, wallets, hats, and other items. The items […]

Turkey continues to deny their responsibility in the crime committed against the Armenians, House President Demetris Syllouris said on Tuesday at a ceremony marking the 103rd Remembrance Day of the Armenian Genocide. Cyprus, he said, was one of the ports-of-call for Armenian refugees, who began to arrive on the island in the late 19th century […]

A letter written by German composer Richard Wagner that underscored his anti-Semitism was sold to Jewish collector from Switzerland at auction in Israel on Tuesday for $34,000, the auction house said. The letter, written on a yellowing double-spread sheet of paper, was penned by Wagner in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1869. It was apparently intended for […]

Despite the economic recovery, Cyprus cannot afford to get complacent in regard to necessary structural reforms, a senior European Commission official told local MPs on Tuesday. “Cyprus is in a comfortable position, with high growth, new jobs, the fiscal position is under control, non-performing loans remain at high levels but are declining. But the next […]

US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday to try to resolve US-European differences on Iran but Trump gave no clear signal about whether he would carry out a threat to abandon an international nuclear deal with Tehran. After lengthy talks at the White House, Macron told a joint news conference […]

A post-mortem conducted on an 80-year-old woman found dead in Aglandjia on Monday was inconclusive, police said on Tuesday. The examination was conducted by state-pathologists Nicolas Charalambous and Angeliki Papetta at approximately 3pm. According to authorities, the pathologists are awaiting lab results to determine the exact cause of death. Charalambous and Papetta had also examined […]

Farewell message from High Commissioner to British expats Farewell message to British expats and update on #Brexit from High Commissioner Matthew Kidd who completes his tenure in #Cyprus today. Posted by UK in Cyprus – British High Commission Nicosia on Tuesday, 24 April 2018

Greek Cypriots dodged a bullet by rejecting the Annan plan in 2004, the more hardline parties on the Cyprus issue said on Tuesday, the 14th anniversary of the simultaneous referendums on both sides in which Turkish Cypriots voted yes. Diko, whose founder Tassos Papadopoulos was president in 2004 and led the charge against accepting the […]

By Peter Apps   For much of the last few decades, powerful speakers on the South Korean border have blasted propaganda to nearby North Koreans, everything from Korean pop songs to news about the number of cars in the affluent South. On Monday, they stopped – the latest step in a high-stakes diplomatic dance.   […]

The Israeli government said on Tuesday it was abandoning a plan to forcibly deport African migrants who entered the country illegally. The government had been working for months on an arrangement to expel thousands of mostly Eritrean and Sudanese men who crossed into Israel through Egypt’s Sinai desert. “At this stage, the possibility of carrying […]

The state’s consultants appear to have inflated their cost estimates for the operation of the waste processing facility at Koshi, a government official said in court on Tuesday. Kyriacos Kapris of the Audit Office was testifying for the prosecution in the ongoing trial concerning the landfills in Koshi, Larnaca and Marathounda, Paphos. Both contracts were […]

Increased European scrutiny of a police investigation into the killing of a journalist in Malta reveals the degree of international concern about the rule of law on the Mediterranean island, one of the journalist’s sons said on Tuesday. Anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb in October near her house. Maltese […]

If there is anyone who knows about art and collecting it, then it is Executive Director of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR) Dr Rita Severis, who will talk about building bridges between the past and the future during a lecture on Thursday. The lecture, which will take place at the Bank of Cyprus […]

A counter-terrorism drill will take place on Wednesday at the marina of Limassol, police said in a statement. The drill, named Tritonas 2018, will take place from 8.30am to 12.00pm. Taking part in the exercise – which will involve the firing of blanks – will be police, marina personnel, ambulances and the fire department. The […]

Fire experts were trying to determine the cause of a blaze in Limassol on Tuesday that destroyed the basement warehouse of a shop selling electrical appliances and furniture on Makarios Avenue. No one was hurt during the fire. The fire service, located nearby, responded immediately but due to the location, it took some time to […]

By Bejay Browne VISITING MP’s, government officials and members of other bodies were greeted by two simultaneous demonstrations that took place in Peyia on Tuesday, one in support of the development of the protected sea caves area and a second against it. Local councillor Linda Leblanc, a member of the Peyia coalition of Independents, said […]

Former France manager Henri Michel, who guided the national team to an Olympic gold medal and third place in the World Cup, has died at the age of 70, the French Football Federation announced on Tuesday. Michel managed the team that won gold at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. Under him, France made the […]

Cleaning and other staff at Limassol hospital said they will be staging a 12-hour strike on Wednesday to protest problems created by lack of staff at the state facility. Unions had planned a strike for last Tuesday but eventually called it off after talks started with the health ministry. Negotiations however, did not yield any […]

Germany on Tuesday submitted its official bid book for Euro 2024, saying the tournament would offer ‘perfect’ organisation and an atmosphere to match as it looks to land its first major soccer event since the 2006 World Cup. Turkey is the only other country bidding but Germany is seen as the clear favourite to stage […]

Cypriot exports have been on an upward course in recent years, recording a 16 per cent rise in 2016 spearheaded by pharmaceuticals. The value of Cypriot exports in 2016 reached €963m compared with €832m the previous year and last year they reached €1.25bn. The biggest share in 2017 was held by pharmaceuticals with €436m, up […]

By Annette Chrysostomou Around 80 per cent of litter in the sea originates from land-based sources, Xenia Loizidou from Akti research centre said on Tuesday during an event aimed at fighting pollution from plastics. “The plastic from bags never disappears,” she said, “it just turns into microplastics. They slowly fill the stomachs of marine animals […]

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he was expecting to hold a campaign rally in a European city next month ahead of June elections despite a ban by some Western countries on Turkish politicians campaigning abroad. “God willing, in May, we will hold our first meeting in a closed sports hall in Europe in […]

Turkey will pursue its interests “from Cyprus to the Aegean, from the Black Sea to Thrace and everywhere”, its president Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. Speaking at meeting with members of his ruling AK Party (AKP) in Ankara Erdogan said: “We will implement the appropriate policies for the interests of our country and our people.” […]

Europe has experienced large waves of human migration in recent years and, as a result, our island has taken on a multicultural character. In light of this, the Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre presents a symposium that will concentrate on how arts and cultural practices can be tools towards inclusive societies. The symposium, which will take place […]