Новости за 13.05.2018

PEO union on Sunday called on the state to properly staff the department of labour inspection following the death of a 25-year-old woman in a workplace accident on Saturday in Nicosia. Odyssea Iacovou was, an employee at a restaurant in Nicosia was killed when some shelves fell on her in a storeroom in the restaurant […]

Cypriot sailor and Olympic winner, Pavlos Kontides, 28 was crowned European Champion on Saturday at the Laser European Championships in La Rochelle, France this weekend. According to an announcement, it was a only title missing from his collection. He became , World Champion last September and a year ago won the Hyeres World Cup, for […]

Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix in a commanding Mercedes one-two on Sunday to stretch his Formula One lead over Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel to 17 points. The victory, from pole position in a race that stayed dry despite the threat of rain, was the Briton’s second of the season, 64th of his career and […]

The state doctors’ union Pasyki on Sunday questioned why two medics were targeted for punishment for the death of a boy aged 10 on Friday due to alleged negligence while no on was pointing the finger at the health ministry for its failings within the system. Stavros Giorgallis, 10, died from a skull fracture, pathologist […]

The state doctors’ union Pasyki on Sunday questioned why two medics were targeted for punishment for the death of a boy aged 10 on Friday due to alleged negligence while no on was pointing the finger at the health ministry for its failings within the system. Stavros Giorgallis, 10, died from a skull fracture, pathologist […]

White House National Security adviser John Bolton on Sunday said U.S. sanctions on European companies that do business with Iran were “possible, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he remained hopeful Washington and its allies could strike a new nuclear deal with Tehran. Bolton’s comments, in an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union, […]

Sanctions on European companies that do business with Iran after the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal are “possible,” White House National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. “It’s possible. It depends on the conduct of other governments,” Bolton said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” U.S. President Donald Trump’s pullout from the 2015 […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she could be trusted to deliver Brexit, but that it could not be done without compromises on all sides — a possible warning to cabinet ministers who are deeply split over future customs arrangements. The divisions inside her government over the customs issue were laid bare on […]

“When they hear our female voices, they tremble with fear,” says the heroine of “Girls of the Sun”, a feminist war movie that captured the zeitgeist at a Cannes Film Festival dominated by the issue of women’s rights. Based on the true story of Iraqi women who took up arms against Islamic State after escaping […]

A police officer injured in a shootout in Limassol last weekend and who is being treated at a hospital in Israel is showing a steady improvement, the health ministry said on Sunday. An announcement said that according to information received by Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou the police officer has started to regain consciousness. “His condition […]

The demand for equality, freedom and security for Turkish Cypriots under a Cyprus solution is not exaggerated, but fundamental, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Sunday. Akinci said the Turkish Cypriot side wants a structure where they will feel safe, have effective participation in decisions, a rotating presidency, political equality and where one side […]

A Cypriot film about a man who tries to smuggle his lost dog across the buffer zone has just won an award at a major film festival By Andria Kades A working knowledge of the Cyprus problem most certainly helps in understanding the cinematic possibilities of a film featuring two Greek Cypriots, a Turkish Cypriot, […]

Storms and torrential rain caused power cuts in 13 communities across the Limassol district on Sunday afternoon, which the EAC said it had rectified within an hour. According to the website of the electricity authority, the interruption of electricity affected the communities of Ayios Konstantinos, Kalo Chorio, Louvaras, Ayios Mamas, Trimiklini, Kapelio, Zoopigi, Korfi, Pera […]

By Bejay Browne A unique, quirky charity initiative will see two men and their wheelbarrows walk from Paphos to Limassol and back in a bid to raise as much cash as possible for a local charity. Kevin Foster and Mark Smith – ‘Two boys and their barrows’ – are raising funds for the Cancer Patients […]

South Africa‘s national government is taking over the running of its troubled North West province, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) said on Sunday. Last month President Cyril Ramaphosa cut short a visit to a Commonwealth summit in Britain to travel to the province in an effort to calm tensions after crowd protests over poor public […]

New fissures roaring like jet engines and spewing magma have opened on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, piling lava as high as a four-story building as the U.S. Geological Survey warned that more outbreaks were likely. A crack in pasture land on Kilauea’s east flank was the 16th recorded since the U.S. volcano, one of the world’s […]

Ankara’s reluctance to give the green light for the arrival of Jane Holl Lute in Cyprus, as the Secretary-General’s personal envoy to probe the potential resumption of settlement talks, is causing frustration at the United Nations, CNA has learnt. According to a well-informed source, Greece and Great Britain already gave their go-ahead for the mission, […]

Cyprus will be among the issues to be discussed between British Prime Minister Theresa May and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan when they meet in London on Tuesday, it was reported on Sunday. Reports from Ankara said Erdogan in a statement prior to departure at the airport said: “With the British Prime Minister we will discuss […]

Plates, teaspoons, mugs and anything with pictures of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are flying off the shelves in Los Angeles as the city’s own California girl prepares to marry into Britain’s royal family. At Ye Olde Kings Head gift shop, next to a traditional British pub in the beach city of Santa Monica, demand […]

The first wedding in the Greek Cypriot enclave in Rizokarpaso in the north-east corner of the island in 27 years will take place next Saturday, CNA reported on Sunday. It will take place at the Ayios Synesiou church. The couple, Christos Achilleos, who comes from the largest family in Rizokarpaso, being one of 13 brothers, […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that, if its interests were protected, Tehran would remain committed to its 2015 nuclear deal, which his foreign minister hoped could be redesigned without Washington. Tuesday’s U.S. withdrawal from the accord was a “violation of morals”, Rouhani said in remarks carried by state television. “If the remaining five […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated on Sunday that Tehran would remain committed to its 2015 nuclear deal if its interests can be protected and said the U.S. withdrawal from the accord was a “violation of morals”. “The U.S. withdrawal … is a violation of morals, the correct way to carry out politics and diplomacy and […]

Tessa Jowell, a former British government minister who was instrumental in bringing the Olympic Games to London in 2012, died on Saturday after a brain haemorrhage, her family said. Jowell, who was 70, was diagnosed with brain cancer in May last year. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair led the tributes to Jowell, saying she had […]

Greece is luring foreign filmmakers with tax incentives. Cyprus is poised to do the same. Hollywood cinematographer Steven Bernstein explains how it could work By Theo Panayides Steven Bernstein is a man with a plan – or a man with a dream, as they say in the movies. His dream is indeed movie-related, hoping to […]

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s list appears to be leading in Iraq’s parliamentary election, followed by influential Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s alliance, an election commission source and a security official told Reuters on Sunday. The sources cited unofficial initial results. Iraqis voted on Saturday in the first election since the defeat of Islamic State militants inside […]