Новости за 18.05.2018

German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung said it had ended its decades-long collaboration with cartoonist Dieter Hanitzsch after he depicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu using “anti-Semitic cliches”. Editor-in-chief Wolfgang Krach said publishing the cartoon, carried in the May 15 issue of the daily, was a mistake and he apologised to readers. Krach later said the cartoon […]

More than 100 people were killed when a Boeing 737 crashed soon after taking off from Havana in what appeared to be Cuba’s worst air disaster in nearly 30 years, and there were only three survivors, officials and state media said on Friday. The passenger plane, on a domestic flight to Holguin in eastern Cuba, […]

At least three people possibly survived a fiery crash of a Boeing 737 plane in Cuba on Friday in which a number of the 114 passengers and crew were feared dead or injured, Reuters witnesses and officials said. The aircraft on a domestic flight to Holguin had 105 passengers plus nine crew, Cuban state-run media […]

A Boeing 737 plane crashed on Friday shortly after taking off from Havana’s main airport, Cuban state-run media reported, adding that it was not yet known if there were any casualties. The plane was a domestic flight going to Holguin, carrying 104 passengers, state-run TV said. “It crashed between the locality of Boyeros and the […]

Unite Cyprus Now, a group advocating for a solution to the Cyprus problem, marked its first year anniversary on Friday. Commemorating the event, the group which calls itself a multi communal people’s movement, gathered at the Ledra/Lokmaci crossing. Unite Cyprus Now has actively called for a solution particularly during the talks in Crans Montana which […]

France’s Digital Minister Mounir Mahjoubi has come out as gay, in a rare move for a French public figure that he said would help give gay people more visibility at a time when homophobic acts are on the rise. In a message on Twitter late on Thursday, the international day against homophobia, the 34-year old […]

By Evie Andreou The House plenum on Friday passed a law which puts an end to the monopoly of Opap Cyprus in lottery games and provides for a new procedure of granting exclusive use of this right to the most qualified interested party. The adoption of a law was deemed necessary after a letter of […]

Get an early start on the musical week to come, by planning to attend performances in Paphos and Nicosia that will put you in a good mood for the rest of the week. The first, Piano in 4 at Technopolis 20 Cultural Centre in Paphos, will see the piano duo Clio Papadia and Stephanie Soteriou […]

A convoy of buses carrying 270 migrants in Bosnia to a refugee centre was held up for hours on Friday in a standoff that exposed frictions between regional and national authorities in the multi-ethnic Balkan state. Armed police in a southern, Croat-dominated canton had turned back the convoy without explanation, surprising state migration officers escorting […]

By Evie Andreou Transport Minister, Vasiliki Anastasiadou announced on Friday that a number of important projects concerning the road network would get underway this year including the installation on motorways of charging stations for electric cars. Following her first meeting with the House transport committee, Anastasiadou, said she informed members of her ministry’s plans to […]

Saudi Arabia has arrested at least five people, mostly women who previously agitated for the right to drive and an end to the kingdom’s male guardianship system, rights activists said on Friday. Last year’s decision to end a decades-old ban on women driving cars, set to come into effect next month, has been hailed as […]

The House plenary unanimously approved on Friday a resolution condemning the “violent acts of the Israeli army” in the Gaza Strip. The resolution noted that the use of military force that caused the death of unarmed civilians could not be justified. The House also expressed readiness to contribute to peace efforts, within the framework of its competencies […]

At the invitation of the US Navy and the US Embassy in Nicosia, Defence Minister Savvas Angelides, accompanied by US Ambassador Kathleen Doherty, visited the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman offshore, the American embassy announced on Friday. The Chief of the National Guard Lieutenant General Ilias Leontaris, ministry of defence and foreign affairs officials, […]

By Evie Andreou The House plenum on Friday voted into law two bills extending the right to paternity leave to men who are not married and those who have entered into a civil partnership, amidst warning by some MPs of unconstitutionality due to the increase it would put on the state budget. The proposals, submitted […]

Texas officials charged a 17-year-old student with murder in the shooting of 10 people, including fellow pupils, at his high school on Friday in an attack similar to the massacre at a Florida high school earlier this year. Students said a gunman, identified by law enforcement as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, opened fire in a classroom at Santa […]

A male student who entered a Texas high school on Friday and shot dead ten people, including fellow pupils, had planned to end the attack with his suicide but instead surrendered to police, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said. Students said a gunman opened fire in a classroom at Santa Fe High School shortly before 8 […]

At least eight people were killed on Friday in a shooting at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, and officers had taken into custody a student who was suspected of carrying out the attack, the local sheriff said. The sound of gunshots tore through the air at Santa Fe High School shortly before 8 a.m. […]

Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos will run uncontested for the seat of party leader as no one else submitted their candidacy for the internal elections on Friday. Papadopoulos said he was moved to be running for party leader after heading Diko for the past five years.  No one else ran for his position thus guaranteeing his […]

  By Andria Kades Plans are underway on establishing a station in Cyprus to monitor the effects of climate change, it emerged on Friday as Nicosia hosted the international conference on climate change in the Mediterranean and the Middle East: challenges and solutions. With scientists from 35 countries, the two-day conference aims to address the […]

Caitlin Helms was shopping with her mother in downtown New York when a sign in a store window stopped them in their tracks – “The world’s first gender-free store”. The pitch struck a chord with Helms, who said she had been blurring gender lines with her choice of clothes since age 13. “It’s nice to […]

By Evie Andreou The game service said on Friday that it disagreed with the possible suspension of turtle-dove hunting on the instructions of EU agencies over what Brussels describes as alarmingly decreasing populations throughout Europe. The government however, the game service said,  was against the possible suspension, citing a number of reasons, among them that […]

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos’s goalscoring record in big games shows he is used to being something of a solo act and on Friday he took that one step further by releasing a music single. Ramos, 32, announced debut rap composition ‘SR4’ little more than a week ahead of Real’s Champions League final against Liverpool […]

An impressive inauguration ceremony on Tuesday May 15th marked the official opening of the new ultra-modern Ayia Napa Marina sales offices, in the presence of the Ayia Napa Mayor, Mr Yiannis Karousos and CEO of ΜΜ Makronisos Marina Ltd, Mr. Stavros Caramondanis. Overlooking the deep blue, and within walking distance from the impressive Ayia Napa Marina […]

By Bejay Browne Two events protesting against the dangers of genetically modified organisms – GMOs- will take place on Saturday, one in Paphos and one in Nicosia. According to an announcement from March Against Monsanto (MAM) Cyprus, the events are aimed towards spreading awareness and enlightening the public about the dangers of consuming GMO’s or […]

By Bejay Browne Two events protesting against the dangers of genetically modified organisms – GMOs- will take place on Saturday, one in Paphos and one in Nicosia. According to an announcement from March Against Monsanto (MAM) Cyprus, the events are aimed towards spreading awareness and enlightening the public about the dangers of consuming GMO’s or […]