Новости за 14.05.2018

Prince Harry’s office declined to comment on Monday on a report by U.S. celebrity news site TMZ that the father of his US fiancee Meghan Markle would not attend the couple’s glittering wedding in Britain on Saturday. TMZ said on Monday that Thomas Markle had decided not to attend the marriage of his actress daughter […]

Actress Margot Kidder, best known for playing Lois Lane in the “Superman” films in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 69, a funeral home in Montana said on Monday. The Franzen-Davis Funeral Home in Livingston, Montana said on its website that Kidder passed away on Sunday at her home in the […]

Tesla Inc’s <TSLA.O chief executive officer told employees on Monday the company is undergoing a “thorough reorganization,” as it contends with questions over its production schedule and two crashes last week involving its electric, self-driving cars. CEO Elon Musk said in an email that as part of the reorganization it was “flattening the management structure […]

TWO demonstrations protesting against increasing levels of crime in Cyprus took place in Paphos and Limassol on Monday morning. Organiser and Paphos resident, Irina (surname withheld), told the Cyprus Mail that she organised the ‘flashmob against crime’ to encourage the public to stand together and call on authorities to take immediate action. “Crime is starting […]

Spring is in the air and the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra is paying tribute to the season with a performance at the Rialto theatre on Friday. Three works are part of this event. In 1944 American composer Aaron Copland set about writing his Appalachian Spring ballet after being commissioned by choreographer and dancer Martha Graham. Awarded […]

European researchers have found that the popular PGP and S/MIME email encryption standards are vulnerable to being hacked and they urge users to disable and uninstall them immediately. University researchers from Muenster and Bochum in Germany, and Leuven in Belgium, discovered the flaws in the encryption methods that can be used with popular email applications […]

MPs on Monday green-lighted the release of some €600,000 in appropriations for expenses to be undertaken by various government departments. Of the funds, €417,000 is earmarked for the Internal Audit Service. The appropriations are to be used for tenders for the purchase of audit services to be carried out at ministries, government departments and ministries. […]

A Serbian village, inspired by Dracula tourism in neighbouring Romania, is hoping to capitalise on its own vampire legend. As yet, an unmarked grave that could be that of Petar Blagojevic, a peasant who died in 1725, is not quite the spectacle of Bran Castle, which has become known as the home of Dracula and […]

  A total of eight bodies have been found washed up on the shores of northern Cyprus over the past two days, Turkish Cypriot police said on Monday, adding the dead were believed to be Syrian migrants. The bodies were found off Karpasia peninsula, an official at the Rizokarpaso police station said. The boat may […]

There is still no direction on what should be done with the parliamentary seat vacated by former Solidarity MP Giorgos Papadopoulos, it emerged on Monday after a meeting between parliamentary party representatives and the attorney general yielded no results. The debate is whether the constitution should be amended or whether a by-election should be held, […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller     Israeli troops shot dead dozens of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border on Monday as the United States opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, a move that has fuelled Palestinian anger and drawn foreign criticism that it undermines peace efforts. It was the bloodiest single day […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller Israeli troops shot dead dozens of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border on Monday as the United States opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, a move that has fueled Palestinian anger and drawn foreign criticism for undermining peace efforts. It was the bloodiest single day for Palestinians since […]

-Israeli troops killed dozens of Palestinians taking part in mass protests on the Gaza border on Monday as the United States opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem. The U.S. move fulfilled a pledge by President Donald Trump, who has recognised the holy city as the Israeli capital, but it has fired Palestinian anger and drawn criticism […]

Manchester United have concerns about the fitness of Anthony Martial and Romelu Lukaku ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup final against Chelsea, manager Jose Mourinho has said. France international Martial, who has scored 11 goals in all competitions, missed United’s 1-0 win over Watford on Sunday due to a knee injury. Lukaku, United’s leading scorer in […]

By Dan Williams The crowd sported branded baseball caps and Israel’s prime minister wore red, white and blue as the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, delighting Israelis and deepening Palestinian anger. “Our greatest hope is for peace,” U.S. President Donald Trump said in a recorded video message, even as a spokesman […]

Alphamega will be donating five per cent of all its ice cream sales towards supporting the Cyprus Red Cross, in a bid to help families in need. In a press conference on Friday, the supermarket announced its campaign ‘one ice-cream, many smiles’, as a means for Alphamega to share smiles as summer approaches and help […]

A criminal investigation into the death of a 25-year-old woman who died while at work in a Nicosia restaurant is still ongoing, though the shelf that fell on her was not properly screwed into the wall, it emerged on Monday. Head of the labour inspection department Anastasios Yiannakis told state broadcaster that in his 30 […]

The situation in public hospitals cannot be used as an excuse for medical mistakes, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou charged on Monday, as state doctors’ union Pasyki announced a two-hour strike to protest the arrest of two healthcare professionals over the death of a 10-year-old boy. The doctors were suspended pending a police investigation. An initial […]

The situation in public hospitals cannot be used as an excuse for medical mistakes, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou charged on Monday, as state doctors’ union Pasyki announced a two-hour strike to protest the arrest of two healthcare professionals over the death of a 10-year-old boy. A health ministry investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death […]

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will say on Monday at the opening ceremony for the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem that it is possible for both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to gain more than they give in any peace deal. Kushner, the U.S. envoy to the Middle East and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, was […]

Some villages in rural Limassol suffered power cuts for a few hours on Monday, the third day in a row due to bad weather. Power was cut just after 2.30pm in Moniatis, Arsos, Pano Platres, Trimilklini, Vasa Kilaniou, Potamitissa, Pera Pedi and Omodos. It was restored some four hours later. Earlier, an electricity company spokeswoman […]

Some villages in rural Limassol are faced with power interruptions for the third day in a row due to bad weather, it emerged on Monday. Power was cut just after 2.30pm in Moniatis, Arsos, Pano Platres, Trimilklini, Vasa Kilaniou, Potamitissa, Pera Pedi and Omodos. An electricity company spokeswoman said technicians were trying to repair the […]

Australian Steve Plain became the fastest climber to scale the highest peaks in seven continents, taking 117 days for a feat popularly called the “Seven Summits”, after he scaled Mount Everest early on Monday, his expedition company in Nepal said. Plain, 36, from Albury, Australia, reached the 8,850-metre (29,035-foot) peak of the world’s tallest mountain […]

Premier League clubs are set to face a summer of unprecedented upheaval with only a handful of managers likely to still be in position next season as the fight to maintain a competitive edge in the top-flight becomes ever more frenetic. As the season concluded on Sunday, there was no surprise that, as normal, the […]

  Cyprus’s second largest lender, the state-owned Cooperative Central Bank (CCB), said on Monday that it had received proposals for the acquisition of its operations from two prospective buyers. Hellenic Bank, the third largest Cypriot bank, said that it was among the bidders. “The proposals are now under review by the bank’s senior management working […]