Новости за 11.06.2018

  By Sarah N Lynch US President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort will be arraigned on Friday following a third superseding indictment against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller that lodged additional charges on accusations of witness tampering. Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who is presiding over Manafort’s criminal case in federal court in […]

  By Alana Wise and Graham Fahy A United Airlines flight from Rome to Chicago was diverted to Shannon Airport in Ireland on Monday after “a message” was discovered on board, Irish police said. The message referred to a bomb on the plane, a source with knowledge of the investigation told Reuters. The 207 passengers […]

Former tennis champion Martina Navratilova has said she will commentate on the Wimbledon tournament for the BBC this year after criticising how much more the broadcaster paid fellow commentator John McEnroe. Navratilova revealed in March she had discovered McEnroe made at least 150,000 pounds ($200,000) – 10 times more than her – for commentating when […]

The hearing against Larnaca’s municipal secretary began on Monday for corruption charges in relation to €35,000 he allegedly received from a businessman. Lefteris Empedoclis, 55, faces charges of theft and obtaining money under false pretences. Police officer Menelaos Antoniou who headed the investigation took the witness stand at Larnaca criminal court and explained that Empedoclis […]

Parliament is expected by July to vote on a package of legislative proposals granting tax relief to bank debtors. On Monday, the House finance committee continued discussion of four bills which aim to give incentives to people who wish to sell their house as part of restructuring their debt with a bank or to settle […]

It is the season for festivals. Annual festivals, music festivals, cinema festivals, theatre festivals and even festivals that will join the festival carousel for the first time. Once such event, the two-day Sarama Blues Festival, will get its feet wet on Friday and Saturday from 7pm. The festival will feature five bands at the Yurts […]

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has cancelled the presentation on Tuesday of a policy package including stricter migration and asylum rules due to differences within Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition. “The scheduled date for the presentation of the master plan has been postponed,” the Interior Ministry said on Monday. “Some points still need to be […]

The Nicosia criminal court hearing the Focus corruption case decided on Monday that a trial within a trial should be held to determine the admissibility of evidence which prosecutors want to introduce. The ruling means further delays in the case which has been bogged down in one pre-trial objection after another since hearings began in […]

President Nicos Anastasiades and members of his cabinet are no longer contributing part of their salary, a quasi-voluntary measure introduced five years ago to help cut the public payroll amid the 2013 financial crunch. Daily Politis reported on Monday that as of March this year Anastasiades, as well as members of his cabinet who are […]

  Cyprus’ authorities and banks are cooperating with the US in investigation into the activities of Paul Manafort, the former head of President Donald Trump’s election campaign, the government spokesman said on Monday. “The particular case, as I have heard without being particularly familiar with it, concerns some disputed or illegal act carried out by […]

Amid new clashes in Yemen, the United States on Monday called on factions to work with the United Nations to end the more than three-year-old conflict that has pitted Iran-aligned Houthis against other Yemeni forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a statement, said the United States was closely […]

  Police are going to set up a special operations unit that will involve ‘web constables’ able to monitor the internet in real time, police chief Zacharias Chrysostomou said on Monday. Chrysostomou was addressing the opening of the two-day conference in Nicosia on ‘Cybercrime – Trends and Threats’ across Europe. The conference is being attended […]

The work of the Bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, and the EU in Cyprus in restoring monuments on both sides will not be put off track by diplomatic protests emanating from the foreign ministry, representatives made clear on Monday. “We have our programme and we are continuing, and we have the support of the […]

Eight fashion designers will come together to show their latest creations during the charity fashion show Eight with a Purpose in Nicosia on Wednesday. The goal of the fashion show, organised by Gliss, is to support the Karaiskakio Foundation and the Hope for Children CRC Policy Centre. The deisigners taking part are Calia Monoyiou, Complice […]

New York City FC manager Patrick Vieira has left his position to join French Ligue 1 club OGC Nice, both teams said on Monday. Vieira, who took charge of the American Major League Soccer club in 2016, will replace Lucien Favre at Nice, who finished eighth in the French league last season. “Leaving New York […]

  By Steve Scherer and Isla Binnie Spain offered on Monday to take in a humanitarian ship stranded in international waters with 629 migrants aboard, prompting Italy’s new anti-establishment government to claim victory in its bid to get European partners to help more on immigration. Italy and Malta had both refused to let the Gibraltar-flagged […]

Spain offered on Monday to take in a rescue ship that is drifting in the Mediterranean sea with 629 migrants stranded on board after Italy and Malta refused to let it dock. The Aquarius picked up the migrants from inflatable boats and rafts off the coast of Libya at the weekend, and the United Nations […]

When Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday for perhaps the most significant nuclear talks since the Cold War, the American president will have his link to the US nuclear arsenal nearby at all times. As the leader of a newly minted nuclear state, much less is known about how Kim […]

Formula One said it will review its procedures after the Canadian Grand Prix ended in confusion and embarrassment when a celebrity waved the chequered flag a lap too soon. The gaffe did not affect the outcome of the race, which was won by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, but the German said he was left double-checking his […]

  A long-awaited deal was finally signed on Monday between the state and the German Oncology Centre in Limassol that will lessen the shockingly long distances cancer patients from Limassol and Paphos had to travel for treatment. As of June 18, patients will be officially able to get radiotherapy treatment at the centre in Ayios […]

Turkey will drain the “terror swamp” in northern Iraq’s Qandil region, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, a day after the military said it hit more than a dozen Kurdish militant targets in air strikes. Turkey’s army has ramped up operations in northern Iraq, with the aim of destroying Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) bases in […]

The 74-year-old actor – who is a long-time critic of the US President – attended the glitzy ceremony at Radio City Music Hall in New York City to introduce a performance by legendary rocker Bruce Springsteen, but De Niro used the platform to slam the controversial politician. With his fists raised towards the sky, De […]

A 14-year-old boy was in intensive care at Nicosia general hospital on Monday after a road accident in the morning in Livadia village in the Larnaca district. Harris Hadjiyassemis, head of the Larnaca traffic division told the Cyprus News Agency the accident happened around 6am when the teen was a passenger in a vehicle driven […]

Paphos is in the lead as the most popular district for overseas buyers from Europe and Non-Europeans by 40.2% in comparison to Limassol which follows with 29.6%.   Larnaca is 3rd with 14.2% and lastly Famagusta with 10.7 % and Nicosia with just 5.3%. During the first five months of 2018, a total of 1,802 property sales contracts were deposited by overseas buyers, with […]

Cyprus’s trade deficit in the first four months of the year narrowed by €337.8m to €1.3bn or 25 per cent compared to the respective period last year mainly on increased exports, the statistical service said. Total exports rose in January to April 49 per cent to €1.6bn while total imports rose 15 per cent to […]