Новости за 25.06.2018

SPAIN 2 MOROCCO 2 Spain snatched a 2-2 draw against Morocco on Monday to qualify for the World Cup last 16 and take top spot in Group B ahead of Portugal on goals scored. Morocco striker Khalid Boutaib gave the north African side a shock early lead but Isco levelled, blasting high into the net […]

Hellenic Bank said that it signed with the Cyprus Cooperative Bank a business transfer agreement on Monday allowing it to acquire the latter’s healthy part and a subscription agreement with Bravo Strategies III, a fund owned by Pacific Investments Management Company LLC (PIMCO). “Through the acquisition a total balance sheet of €10.3bn of assets (or […]

A five-year-old girl and a 38-year-old man died on Monday in two separate road accidents in Larnaca and Limassol, while a woman and a four-year-old boy, have been seriously injured. The first accident that led to the death of 38-year-old Zacharias Evripidou occurred at around 6.40am near Palodia. The 38-year-old driver was on his way […]

 Iran is banning imports of over 1,300 products, preparing its economy to resist threatened US sanctions, amid rare public protests against the plunge of its currency to record lows. Police patrolled Tehran’s Grand Bazaar on Monday as security forces struggled to restore normality after clashes with protesters angered by the rial’s collapse, which is disrupting business […]

On June 23, ‘Limassol for All’ – an unofficial local group, recently formed following a call for a protest on social media – organised a demonstration outside the Limassol district administration office on Anexartisias Street, protesting against rents in the city which have jumped by around 25 per cent in under two years. The protest […]

After the success of his play Melina The Last Greek Goddess, Paul Lambis will release his book entitled Odd One Out on Wednesday in Paphos. Odd One Out is a book that encourages us to escape all judgements and discrimination and appreciate our own unique perspective. It is a humorous journey of one man’s attempt […]

Prince William began the first official visit by a British royal to Israel and the Palestinian Territories on Monday, facing the challenge of navigating deep political and religious divides in a Holy Land once ruled by Britain. William, a 36-year-old grandson of Queen Elizabeth and second in line to the throne, will see religious sites, […]

Exams results for the national exams have revealed another disappointing year with the average grades in modern Greek being 9.94 out of 20 and core maths just 8.58, the latter more than two and half points lower than last year. Most average grades of the joint high school graduation exams and for students seeking entry […]

Legislators on Monday began reviewing a bill submitted by the government that would gradually restore public sector wages to 2011 levels. Christos Patsalides, permanent secretary of the finance ministry, urged MPs to approve the bill as fast as possible so that it can start being implemented from July 1 this year, in line with the […]

Uruguay comfortably beat World Cup hosts Russia 3-0 on Monday to seal top spot in Group A courtesy of a Luis Suarez free kick, a Denis Cheryshev own goal and a late Edinson Cavani strike. Russia, who had already qualified along with Uruguay for the last 16 after winning their first two games, played much […]

Saudi Arabia managed their first win at the 2018 World Cup by beating Egypt 2-1 with a last-gasp winner that eclipsed Egyptian talisman Mohamed Salah’s 22nd minute goal in Monday’s Group A game between the two eliminated teams. Saudi Arabia finished third in the group standings, scoring their only goals of the tournament and vastly […]

China told France on Monday it would buy more of its farm produce, hinted at future Airbus purchases and pledged to work on market access, shoring up its trade ties with Europe amid the increasing danger of a tariff war with the United States. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe that […]

Main opposition Akel have tabled three bills aiming to boost the protection net around loan guarantors, but a fourth bill proposing to lengthen the time period until a bank moves in on a debtor’s property has been rejected outright by the finance ministry and banks alike. Akel unveiled the bills at the House finance committee […]

The second victim of what appears to have been a deliberate hit-and-run in which a British tourist, 39, was killed in the early hours of Sunday, reportedly told police on Monday the last thing he remembered was the lights of a car coming towards them, and his friend bearing the brunt of the impact. According […]

In Cyprus 16 to 17 per cent of the 758 girls under 18 who have come from countries such as Egypt, Sudan, Iraq and Ethiopia are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM), it was announced at a press conference in Nicosia on Monday. The numbers are the result of a risk investigation on Cyprus […]

Overseas money managers, wary of Turkish assets for months, reckon Sunday’s clear win for Tayyip Erdogan will tempt foreign investment back only when he clarifies election pledges to take a tighter personal grip on economic and monetary policy. Erdogan emerged victorious from his biggest electoral challenge in 15 years, giving him the sweeping executive powers […]

Lawmakers on Monday continued discussion of a government bill aiming to consolidate the large number of municipal authorities into district-based clusters, part of a broader drive to achieve local government reform. So far, the consensus is that each district cluster will administratively comprise of three committees of five members each: a committee for water supply, […]

President Nicos Anastasiades was criticised on Monday by opposition Akel over his defence of comments he made in an interview published on Friday. Anastasiades seemed to suggest in the interview with lifo.gr, in answer to a question about a two-state solution, that the Greek Cypriot political leadership should, given Turkish intransigence and the failure to […]

An 84-year-old man died on Monday while bathing in the sea of Paphos, off Geroskipou. Vasilis Christou, an overseas Cypriot, was seen floating unconscious by his wife who called the lifeguards for help. The lifeguards pulled the man out and administered first aid but could not resuscitate him. He was rushed to hospital where he […]

Thursday will be filled with a Latin/ Jazz feel in Paphos when the popular band Macumba will once again chase our worries away with its Cuban and Brazilian rhythms. The quartet is well-known for its cocktail of Brazilian funk, samba, rumba and Afro-Cuban rhythms, all mixed together with a modern twist. Macumba was formed soon […]

A five-year-old child was killed on Monday after his family’s vehicle, driven by the father, collided with another car and overturned on the Famagusta to Larnaca motorway. The 35-year-old mother and his brother, four, are in critical condition. A third child, nine, was also a passenger in the twin-cab pickup truck. The incident happened at […]

Following their protest outside the attorney-general’s office some 10 days ago, the parents of a 26-year-old man who was found dead under a bridge in Limassol in 2005 while serving in the National Guard, demonstrated outside the supreme court on Monday demanding a new probe to shed light to the death of their child. The […]

A 38-year-old father of two was killed on Monday in a road accident on the Limassol to Platres road. The man’s two children, a boy, six, and a nine-year-old girl, who were passengers in the car suffered slight injuries. Zacharias Evripidou was killed when his car overturned on the road after clipping the side mirror […]

The journalists’ union on Monday condemned a decision by Turkish Cypriot authorities to ban the publication of the Sunday edition of Afrika newspaper on the day that Turkey was holding elections, because it violated the electoral law. The union said the decision is a “monument to the lack of press freedom and an effort to […]

France launched a military force with other countries including Britain outside the framework of the European Union on Monday, as Paris tries to keep London close to European defences after Brexit. After months of negotiations with Germany, which France also wants at the centre of the force, the so-called European Intervention Initiative aims to bring […]