Новости за 21.06.2018

When bank technicians in India were finally summoned to investigate why an ATM (automated teller machine) had not been working for days, they began to smell a rat. What they found inside the ATM was almost $18,000 worth of shredded Indian rupee notes and one dead rodent that had somehow eluded the machine’s security camera […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday wished all the best to the 100 police cadets of the class of 2017, during a graduation ceremony in Nicosia. In his keynote address, Anastasiades congratulated the 100 new members of the police, but said their sense of pride should be coupled with a sense of responsibility to uphold the […]

ITALIAN Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday a draft EU accord on migration had been withdrawn after he clashed with Chancellor Angela Merkel over an issue that is splitting Europe. French President Emmanuel Macron said populism was spreading across Europe like a disease that Europeans should fight more vigorously instead of criticising the actions […]

Italy’s anti-immigrant interior minister accused a German charity on Thursday of ignoring coastguard orders when its Dutch-flagged ship picked up 226 migrants off Libya’s coast and he said they should be taken to the Netherlands not Italy. Earlier this month Matteo Salvini pledged to no longer let charity ships offload rescued migrants in Italy, leaving […]

Cyprus has asked neighbouring Israel for assistance to put out a huge fire raging in the northwest of the island. According to fire department spokesman Andreas Kettis, justice minister Ionas Nicolaou late on Thursday asked Israel to assist with the firefighting efforts. Israel appears to have responded positively to the call for assistance, he added. […]

Firefighters were on Thursday evening battling to contain a major blaze that broke out in a forest area near Pano Pyrgos, in the Tyllyria area in the north west of the island. Their efforts were being hampered by the difficult terrain and strong winds. The front was said to be expanding eastward, toward the breakaway […]

Were your teenage years somewhere in the 1980s and 1990s? Did you grow up on Greek pop? If yes, then note that the era is making a comeback on Saturday, with Katy Garbi performing in Protaras and Thanos Kalliris taking a break from his regular slot in Nicosia to give a show in Limassol. We […]

France beat Peru 1-0 with a goal from Kylian Mbappe on Thursday to book their place in the last 16 of the World Cup and crush the South Americans’ hopes of progressing in their first appearance at the tournament for 36 years. Mbappe’s 34th minute goal took him past David Trezeguet’s record (20) as France’s […]

Kylian Mbappe became France‘s youngest scorer at a World Cup when he earned Les Bleus a 1-0 win against Peru in their second Group C game, sending the South Americans out of the tournament on Thursday. The 19-year-old Mbappe tapped in after Olivier Giroud’s shot looped over goalkeeper Pedro Gallese when it took a deflection off a defender […]

Melania Trump, the wife of U.S. President Donald Trump, on Thursday visited children displaced by the country’s immigration crisis in Texas, only a day after Trump reversed course and ordered families to be kept intact when entering the United States illegally from Mexico. According to her spokesperson, Melania Trump decided to visit detention centers housing children because she […]

A lion escaped its enclosure at a Belgian zoo on Thursday and was shot dead by police after attempts to sedate the animal failed, the zoo said, drawing sharp criticism from animal rights groups and politicians. The lion managed to free itself from its enclosure at Planckendael Zoo north of Brussels early on Thursday and […]

Cyprus, Greece and Israel “share values” and are keen on promoting “security and stability” in the region, Greece’s Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said on Thursday. “Cyprus and Greece are jointly building the future of the region. Hellenism has never been aggressive,” Kammenos added after meeting his Cypriot counterpart Savvas Angelides. Kammenos arrived on the island […]

By Evie Andreou Turkey must allow Cypriots to negotiate and reach a settlement for themselves so they can live in peace and security, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday. Speaking at the luncheon hosted by the Bulgarian ambassador in Nicosia, Hristo Georgiev, Anastasiades congratulated Bulgaria for a successful, results-oriented presidency. Referring to the Cyprus problem, he […]

Libya’s coastguard picked up 443 African migrants on Thursday from three inflatable boats in trouble near its western coast, a spokesman said. Libya is a main departure point for migrants fleeing wars and poverty trying to reach European countries, though crossings have dropped sharply since last July due to a more active coastguard supported by the European […]

Fig Tree Bay Beach in Protaras is one of the most popular beaches in the world, according to how many times they have been snapped on Instagram. A research by TravelSupermarket ranks the beach at number 20, with its hashtag #figtreebay used 31,088 times. The Cyprus beach is only one of four beaches in Europe […]

A revolver, a hand gun and 107 live rounds, all in usable condition were located around noon at the Polemidia water reservoir as part of operations to clamp down on organised crime, the Limassol CID chief, Ioannis Soteriades said on Thursday. The items were located following information given to the Limassol police chief, Soteriades said, […]

By Stelios Orphanides The Administrative Court cancelled a decision of the competition watchdog to fine JCC Payment Systems €1.7m and Bank of Cyprus €18.1m, citing the deficient composition of the Commission for the Protection of Competition. The court said that one of the members of the Commission at the time the latter took its decision […]

The Turkish Cypriot administration is still considering bringing electricity from Turkey via undersea cables, it was reported on Thursday. According to Turkish Cypriot daily Havadis, ‘minister’ of economy and energy, Ozdil Nami, said that his ‘ministry’ is continuing to assess electricity for the coming years and monitor production capacity in the north. He said that […]

Christian Eriksen’s superb opener was cancelled out by Mile Jedinak’s penalty as Denmark and Australia drew 1-1 at the World Cup on Thursday to ensure Group C would go down to the final round of matches. Denmark moved on to four points and need at least a draw against France in their last game to […]

SEVENTEEN cases of employers violating maternity legislation were filed last year and three of them ended in prosecutions, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Thursday. Addressing a forum on motherhood organised by the Committee on Gender Equality, Emilianidou said that only one in seven women report discrimination in the work place over violation of their […]

The world’s democracies are facing a severe crisis of public faith, according to the conclusions of a large study published on Thursday. The report by German polling firm Dalia Research, titled Democracy Perception Index 2018, found that trust in governments appears even lower among people in democracies than in states deemed by the firm to […]

Iceland’s players will be allowed to have sex ahead of their World Cup match against Nigeria, as long as it’s with their wives, coach Heimir Hallgrimsson said on Thursday. When an Icelandic reporter asked if sex was banned for members of the squad, Iceland captain Aron Gunnarsson said, laughing: “For the time being, yes.” Hallgrimsson […]

Spain captain Sergio Ramos has responded to a putdown from Argentina great Diego Maradona by making an unlikely declaration of admiration for Lionel Messi, his usual enemy as the talisman of Real Madrid’s arch-rivals Barcelona. Maradona, his country’s 1986 World Cup-winning captain, remarked this week that “Ramos is no superstar, the real superstar defender is […]

Global charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday that it needed to make it easier for staff to report sexual misconduct after a media report said employees used prostitutes in Africa, in the latest sex scandal to rock the aid sector. Eight female ex-MSF employees said in a report by Britain’s BBC that MSF […]

A probe into the events that led to the fire sale of the co-op bank will cover the periods before and after 2013, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday, as the blame game between parties over the fate of the lender raged on. “The investigation the government is asking for concerns what preceded and what […]