Новости за 13.06.2018

The 61 Syrians whose ship was found floating of the Kato Pyrgos coast on Wednesday evening were taken to the migrant reception centre in Kokkinotrimithia on Thursday morning. Port authority radars picked up the vessel with 60 Syrian men and one woman, including seven minors, at 9.40pm and took them to Polis Chrysochous police station […]

Port authority radars picked up a boat with approximately 70 Syrians floating near Kato Pyrgos and Kokkina enclave area on Wednesday night, police said. The boat was escorted by a port authority vessel to Kato Pyrgos at approximately 10:15pm. The Syrians are suspected to have arrived from Turkey near the port of Mersin, police said […]

Russian women should avoid sex with non-white foreign men during the World Cup because they could become single mothers to mixed race children, a senior lawmaker in Moscow said on Wednesday. Even when Russian women marry foreigners the relationships often end badly, said Tamara Pletnyova, head of parliament’s committee for families, women and children. Women […]

Prime Minister Theresa May defeated the final challenges to her Brexit blueprint in parliament on Wednesday, leaving plans for Britain’s departure from the European Union still largely on track but her authority weakened. Lawmakers supported the government’s position to reject amendments to the EU withdrawal bill that challenged May’s commitment to leave the bloc’s customs […]

Hala Sultan Tekke mosque will be closed to the general public on June 20, due to Ramadan services to be held there, the antiquities department said on Wednesday. A large number of pilgrims will attend Ramadan celebrations at the mosque by Larnaca salt lake on that day, the department said.

The government has issued a notice for the expropriation of land for the EuroAsia Interconnector’s high-voltage direct current (HDVC) converter station, the project’s website has said. The station, set to be built in Kofinou, will be the hub for a 2,000MW 1,518km long subsea cable, planned to connect the electricity grids of Cyprus, Israel, Crete […]

Want to know who will win the first match of the World Cup? The cat’s out of the bag: it’s Russia. At least that’s the prediction of Achilles, a cat in St Petersburg reputed to have psychic powers. Offered a choice of two bowls of food, the white feline hesitated before choosing one with the […]

Wimbledon champion Roger Federer made a winning return to action as he recovered from a set down to beat Germany’s Mischa Zverev 3-6 6-4 6-2 at the Stuttgart Open on Wednesday. The Swiss, who skipped the entire European claycourt swing to concentrate on the grasscourt season, showed signs of rust early on against Zverev but […]

Macedonia’s president said on Wednesday he would not sign a landmark deal reached with Greece on changing his country’s name, dashing hopes of a swift end to a diplomatic dispute that has blocked Skopje’s bid to join the European Union and NATO. In Greece too, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced a barrage of criticism and […]

Nicosia district court has ordered a man, 47, pay an €800 fine and be barred from all Omonia matches for six months, following his arrest before an Aek-Omonia match in March. The man was arrested for attacking a man on March 17, 2018, police said on Wednesday. The court issued their decision on Friday. The […]

The House plenum voted on Wednesday against President Nicos Anstasiades’ referral back to parliament of a bill to grant paternity leave and benefits to unmarried couples. Twenty-nine MPs voted against the bill, while 15 voted in favour and one MP abstained. The bill – tabled by main opposition Akel – had passed by majority, but […]

Video Assistant Referees (VARs) will be making their debut at the World Cup in Russia this month but the technology will not be perfect, FIFA’s director of refereeing, Massimo Busacca, warned this week. The VAR system was approved for use at the tournament for the first time in March. But although it has been used […]

Weekends at this time of year tend to be spent at the beach, near the beach or with a view of the beach. Swimming, building sandcastles and tanning is all good and well for a while but wouldn’t you just love it if there was something more constructive you could do with the kids while at […]

Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill that effectively hands a vacant seat to the Solidarity Movement, which lost it in April after the supreme court annulled the process used to fill it after the 2016 elections. Thirty opposition MPs voted in favour of the proposal while ruling Disy’s 15 present MPs went against. In April, […]

Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill that effectively hands a vacant seat to the Solidarity Movement, which lost it in April after the supreme court annulled the process used to fill it after the 2016 elections. Thirty opposition MPs voted in favour of the proposal while ruling Disy’s 15 present MPs went against. In April, […]

Greek Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias and his Russia counterpart Sergy Lavrov on Wednesday both called for a resolution of the Cyprus issue during a meeting on a broad range of issues in Moscow. Referring to the name deal reached between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Fyrom), Kotzias said it solved a problem […]

To prove their point that air-conditioning is needed in classrooms during the summer, primary school teachers said on Wednesday that thermometers used the previous day recorded temperatures of up to 38C starting as early as 7.45am. Teachers had responded to their union Poed’s call to measure temperatures in what its chairman described a symbolic move. […]

Whether you like an occasional flutter or are a hardcore gambler it is probably time to start scrolling down all the form guides. Let’s have a quick look at the pre-tournament favourites: Smyth’s Favourites: BRAZIL – 9/2 The present favourites are coming good at the right time and have a point to prove and a […]

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was accused on Wednesday of surrendering part of his nation’s identity, as a deal he struck to settle a name dispute with Macedonia prompted a barrage of criticism from opposition politicians and media. Under the agreement announced by Athens and Skopje on Tuesday, the Balkan state known as Former Yugoslav […]

Ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou and a delegation from the party on Wednesday visited police headquarters in Nicosia, receiving a briefing on the police force’s recent clampdown on organised crime from chief Zacharias Chrysostomou. “I have informed the president [of Disy] and the delegation about the strategic objectives and priorities of the police,” the police […]

Lawmakers from the Scottish National Party (SNP) staged a dramatic walkout from the British parliament on Wednesday after their leader was ordered to leave the House of Commons in a row over Brexit. Ian Blackford was thrown out of the chamber by the Commons Speaker because he refused to sit down after demanding a new debate on […]

Banned former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has received an open invitation from President Vladimir Putin to attend the World Cup in Russia and intends to take it up, Blatter’s spokesman Thomas Renggli said. Blatter, who led world football’s governing body for 17 years, was suspended from the sport for six years for ethics violations in […]

A bill to amend the constitution to prevent a president serving more than two consecutive terms in office, and to prevent an MP serving three consecutive terms was tabled to the House legal affairs committee on Wednesday. The bill, presented by Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou would not however prevent someone serving a third term as […]

Europe needs to reduce its carbon emissions by more than currently planned to limit global warming as agreed under the Paris climate agreement, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told the European Parliament on Wednesday. The European Union aims to reduce carbon emissions, which scientists hold responsible for global warming, by at least 40 per cent […]

Cyprus has among the highest number of volunteer blood donors in the world in terms of population, Volunteer Commissioner Yiannis Yiannakis said on Wednesday. “It should be understood by everyone that a blood donation can be one of the most important gifts to our fellow humans and one of the most important acts of love […]