Новости за 10.06.2018

By Bejay Browne AS performances at the newly renovated Markideio theatre in Paphos get well underway, a lack of vital specialised staff has meant that the venue’s high-tech acoustics have yet to be used properly. Evros Loizides, a Paphos municipality councillor told the Sunday Mail that an expert in how to operate the acoustics correctly […]

Rafael Nadal beat Austrian seventh seed Dominic Thiem 6-4 6-3 6-2 to claim a record-extending 11th French Open title on Sunday. The Spanish world number one took his Roland Garros win-loss record to a jaw-dropping 86-2 as he captured his 17th Grand Slam title. Nadal‘s triumph marks the sixth consecutive Grand Slam won by either him or […]

By Evie Andreou ALMOST 11,000 dogs have been sent abroad the past three years for adoption, according to data from the agriculture ministry. The majority of these dogs have been sent to the UK, with Germany and the Netherlands making up the top three destinations. According to data given by Agriculture Minister, Costas Kadis, in […]

Due to an accident on the Paphos-Limassol motorway, at the exit to Limassol General Hospital, the road was closed for around 40 minutes on Sunday evening but was reopened just after 6pm, police said.   One person was slightly injured in the accident, which happened around 5pm.

Eufemia Garcia watched in horror as Guatemala’s Fuego volcano sent scalding ash and gas surging over her home a week ago, burying her children and grandson among 50 of her extended family. She has been searching for their remains ever since. At least 110 people died after Fuego erupted last Sunday, pushing fast-moving currents of […]

By Nicos Rossos The RICS Indicator (The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) which registers the cost of rents, apartments and houses in the central areas of the island’s urban districts shows that there have been considerable increases in prices, which create serious financial problems for the low-income classes of the population. In Nicosia on an […]

The top White House economic adviser accused Canada’s prime minister on Sunday of betraying President Donald Trump with “polarizing” statements on U.S. trade policy that risked undermining the American leader on the eve of a historic summit with North Korea. Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, lashed out at Canadian Prime Minster Justin […]

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow accused Canada on Sunday of making “polarizing” statements about the United States’ trade policy, and said President Donald Trump had to pull out of a joint G7 statement because the Canadian president had “stabbed us in the back.” “He held a press conference and he said the U.S. is […]

By Bejay Browne A NUMBER of artisans and craftspeople are in the process of moving into the historic building of Ibrahim’s Khan in Paphos old town, determined to breathe new life into the recently renovated area and encouraging tourists and locals to visit the site. Municipal officer Doxa Economidou-Barda, told the Sunday Mail: “the municipality […]

Tens of thousands of people from Spain‘s Basque Country joined hands to form a human chain running some 202 kilometres (125 miles) on Sunday to call for the right to hold a regional independence vote. Spain‘s Constitution, created in 1978 after the end of dictator Francisco Franco’s regime, states that the country is indivisible and last-year’s […]

Conservation works at the Ravelin Bastion and the Land Gate, a significant part of Famagusta’s cultural heritage, were completed recently and the bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage plans to mark the event with a ceremony on June 19. The monument was an essential part of the walls of Famagusta, a Turkish-occupied city in Cyprus’ […]

A British woman has made a surprising revelation about her own past whilst reading Lawrence Durrell’s Bitter Lemons of Cyprus and is now on a quest to find a young Cypriot featured in the book. By Nathan Morley AFTER Sue King’s mother died in 2009, she inherited her old copy of Bitter Lemons of Cyprus, […]

A British holidaymaker to Cyprus who was granted £6,000 in compensation after claiming he suffered food poisoning at his Protaras hotel was ordered by a UK court to pay the money back to his tour operator after his ex girlfriend produced evidence of him partyting, UK Metro reported. According to the British website, Liam Royale, […]

By Annette Chrysostomou A SURGE in ticks this year brings with it an increase in the tick-borne Lyme disease which can seriously damage numerous organs in the human body. For years, there has been a steady rise in the number of ticks around the world, and with the season starting early due to mild winter […]

Italy’s new government has no intention of leaving the euro and plans to focus on cutting debt levels, Economy Minister Giovanni Tria said on Sunday, looking to reassure nervous markets. In his first interview since taking office a week ago, Tria told Corriere della Sera newspaper that the coalition wanted to boost growth through investment […]

Centre-right Diko was holding party elections on Sunday in all districts to contest the positions of deputy chairman and three vice presidents. The executive bureau members are also to be elected on Sunday, and members of the provincial committees. Party leader Nicolas Papadopoulos remains in position as there were no challengers when he went to […]

Police tweeted on Sunday that there was heavy traffic in the Pedoulas area due to the number of visitors attending the cherry festival. The road from Prodromos into Pedoulas, in the direction of the latter has been closed to traffic for the moment, an announcement said. Motorists who are in the Pedoulas region and wish […]

A post mortem has found that a Paphos judge aged 49 died from a heart attack, CNA reported on Sunday. Judge Costas Satolias had attended court on Saturday and issued a remand order in a case brought before him. But when he got home, a few hours later, he suffered a heart attack and died. […]

Marine police on Sunday rescued two people who’s small craft was filling with water off Latchi in the north-west of the island, due to strong winds. Police said they got the call that two people, aged 28 and 32, were in trouble at around 9am some 1.5 nautical miles off Latchi. The marine police vessel […]

By Costas Apostolides It is sometime now since an analysis of tourism in Cyprus as a whole has been published, and in view of various alarmist reports south of the Green Line (GL), it is time to examine how the sector is developing in Cyprus as a whole. In 2016 Cyprus as a whole had […]

France and Europe are maintaining their support for the Group of Seven communique and anyone departing from the commitments made at the summit would be showing their “incoherence and inconsistency”, a French presidency official told Reuters. The official was reacting after U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement on Saturday that he was backing out of the […]

Akel leader Andros Kyprianou on Sunday accused the Anastasiades government of being complicit in the deaths of thousands of people in the region, from Gaza to Syria, by remaining silent on the role of the British bases. Kyprianou was one of the main speakers at a protest march on Akrotiri RAF base, organised by the […]

A radical plan to upend Switzerland’s financial landscape by barring commercial banks from creating money when they lend was heading for defeat, according to early projections on Sunday. Some 74 percent of voters had rejected the so-called Sovereign Money initiative according to initial forecasts from Swiss broadcaster SRF. A final result is expected around 1500 […]

Swiss voters will learn on Sunday if their country will be the first in the world to introduce a radical new financial system that would bar commercial banks creating money each time they made a loan. Polls were due to close around 1100 GMT in the nationwide referendum on the Sovereign Money initiative, known as […]

Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides has welcomed ExxonMobil’s intention to accelerate procedures ahead of scheduled offshore drillings in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone. Asked about his recent meeting with ExxonMobil’s Vice President, Tristan Asprey, in the presence of Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis, where they discussed geopolitical developments, Christodoulides said that energy planning was going as planned. He […]