Новости за 19.06.2018

Actual Individual Consumption (AIC) per capita in Cyprus stood at 92 per cent of the EU average in 2017, according to Eurostat, the statistical service of the EU. AIC is a measure of households’ material welfare. Based on preliminary estimates for 2017, AIC per capita expressed in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS) varied from 55 per […]

British police said on Tuesday a “small number of people” were receiving medical treatment after what they described as a minor explosion at Southgate underground station in north London. “No serious injuries reported and enquiries continue,” British Transport Police said on Twitter. Earlier, British police tweeted that they were investigating the cause of the explosion […]

Cyprus had the highest increase in road deaths for 2017 out of 23 EU member states, the Road Safety PIN Report, published by the European Transport Safety Council, said on Tuesday. According to the report, the island recorded a 15 per cent increase in 2017, with 53 road deaths, seven more than in 2016. In […]

Russia said on Tuesday it would impose import duties on U.S. road-building machinery, a measure likely to help Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who was hit by U.S. sanctions and controls Russia’s biggest maker of road-building equipment. In the latest move in the war of sanctions between Russia and the United States, Russia plans to impose […]

Main opposition Akel confirmed it has been preparing a number of proposals on ways to boost democracy and transparency and one of them is limiting the term of independent officials such as the Attorney-general and the Auditor-general who currently remain in office until retirement, it was reported on Tuesday. Akel spokesman Stefanos Stefanou told Politis […]

Former world number one Andy Murray’s comeback from a year-long injury layoff was ended by Nick Kyrgios at Queen’s Club on Tuesday but only after the Briton produced a typically dogged display of resistance. The 31-year-old Murray looked on course for a dream return from right hip surgery as he took the first set against […]

The Cyprus Football Association said on Tuesday it opposes a bill that would take away its share from the state’s betting revenues because it would be returned to the government as part of an agreement to repay clubs’ debts. A delegation of the CFA headed by chairman Giorgos Koumas met House President Demetris Syllouris on […]

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley will announce on Tuesday that the United Sates is pulling out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a Trump administration source told Reuters. The United States is half-way through a three-year term on the main U.N. rights body and […]

Cyprus did not violate any human rights conventions by deporting three Sri Lankan nationals in 2011, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday. They had been arrested and remanded in January 2011 after they took part in clashes with a group of other Sri Lankans in a district of Nicosia. Two of […]

 Egypt's talismanic striker Mohamed Salah was named in their starting line-up for their second World Cup Group A match against Russia in St Petersburg that starts shortly.

 Egypt's talismanic striker Mohamed Salah was named in their starting line-up for their second World Cup Group A match against Russia in St Petersburg that starts shortly.

US homebuilding surged to near an 11-year high in May amid an acceleration in both single-family and multi-family home construction, but a second straight monthly drop in permits suggested housing market activity would remain moderate. Higher lumber prices as well as labor and land shortages have left builders unable to meet strong housing demand, which […]

Attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Tuesday he knew his job well and didn’t need encouragement or prompting on whether he would launch a probe into the possibility of wrongdoing at the Co-op bank. The AG was commenting on a letter sent to him by main opposition Akel asking him to investigate the Co-op sale to […]

Attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Tuesday he knew his job well and didn’t need encouragement or prompting on whether he would launch a probe into the possibility of wrongdoing at the Co-op bank. The AG was commenting on a letter sent to him by main opposition Akel asking him to investigate the Co-op sale to […]

The government will next month launch a tender for the purchase of an FSRU (floating, storage and re-gasification unit) and for related infrastuctures at Vasilikos, a project allowing the island to import liquefied natural gas and use it for electricity generation for the first time. The news was unveiled at a workshop in Nicosia on […]

Senegal took full advantage of their opponents' errors to beat Poland 2-1 in their opening Group H match, finally giving Africa something to cheer about at the World Cup as the group favourites failed to fire.

Head of the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce Turgay Deniz and board member Serhan Kombos on Tuesday expressed their support for British Conservative MP Iain Duncan’s initiative to promote direct flights from the UK to the north. Deniz and Kombos also attended the Turkish Cypriot cultural festival in London on Sunday and signed Duncan’s proposal. […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed on Tuesday to create a euro zone budget charged with boosting investment in the bloc and promoting economic convergence between its 19 states. The leaders met to prepare for a summit of European Union leaders on June 28-29, with Macron keen to push through wide-ranging […]

Tourism in Cyprus has not only yielded higher revenues but has also been extended during off peak seasons as the industry remains one of the government’s top priorities, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday. Speaking during the annual general meeting of the Cyprus hotels association (Pasyxe), Anastasiades expressed his wish for a closer relationship with […]

When it comes to theatre and the summer months, we are used to ancient tales of tragedy. Rarely do we get a taste of something new as the season is drawing to an end and the summer holidays are beckoning. But this year the Cyprus Theatre Organisation (Thoc) is going against the norm and will bring […]

Arab coalition troops stormed the airport in Yemen’s main port Hodeidah on Tuesday and captured large areas of the compound in battles with Iran-aligned Houthis, a Yemeni military source, the UAE news agency and local residents said. Residents of the strategic Red Sea city said battles were also raging on the coastal road leading to […]

There will be radical changes in the way justice is served, starting immediately, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou announced on Tuesday. He was speaking after a meeting at the Presidential Palace between President Nicos Anastasiades and Supreme Court judges where a report was discussed on a review of the courts’ civil procedure rules. The government, Nicolaou […]

Military equipment and other findings located at the Makedonitissa military cemetery in Nicosia during excavations to unearth the remains of an aircraft carrying Greek commandos that was shot down in July 1974 were delivered on Tuesday to the National Guard to be donated to museums. In a ceremony at the anthropology lab of the Republic […]

Italy wants Europe’s border agency to stop migrants in transit countries before they board boats rather than working in the Mediterranean, Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli said on Tuesday. His comments come as the new populist government closed its ports to rescue ships, one of which was forced to disembark more than 600 migrants in Spain […]

Contracts were signed on Tuesday for the final phase of the development of the archaeological site in front of the new Nicosia town hall in the old part of town, the municipality said. Following the completion of the around 10-month project, the site will open to visitors. The contracts were signed by Nicosia Mayor Constantinos […]