Новости за 28.06.2018

A gunman fired through a glass door at a newspaper in the Maryland capital of Annapolis and sprayed the newsroom with bullets on Thursday, killing at least four people and injuring several others, news reports said. The suspect has been apprehended and no motive is known for the attack at the Capital Gazette newspaper, local […]

A superb second-half strike from Adnan Januzaj gave Belgium a 1-0 win over England on Thursday to see them top World Cup Group G with a perfect record and consign England to second place, with both sides already assured of going through to the last 16. Belgium now face Japan in Rostov-on-Don on Monday while […]

The fire department said on Thursday that a fire raging in the Tsada area, Paphos, was likely a malicious act. Firefighers, as well as helicopters and aircraft, were deployed to put out the fire which broke out around 3.30pm. A fire department spokesman said that so far the blaze has burned around four hectares of […]

The supreme court on Thursday ruled that a law passed last November, obliging the land registry to personally inform property owners of any significant change in the value of their property, was constitutional. The legislative proposal, an amendment to the retention, registration and valuation law, had been passed by parliament by unanimous vote. It requires […]

Dr Stamatoula Panagakou, a member of the teaching staff of the University of Cyprus has been awarded the 2018 Political Studies Association (PSA) Jennie Lee Prize for Outstanding Teaching. “The prize is awarded to a teacher who has shown evidence of their students actively engaging in learning that challenges and supports them to develop their […]

Nicosia criminal court on Thursday sentenced two Indian nationals to eight years and six years in prison for grievous bodily harm and armed robbery. The sentences will run concurrently. The guilty are Anil Kumar Mal, 33, and Balvinder Singh, aged 28. Both had come to Cyprus as students. They were accused of physically assaulting, injuring […]

A 35-year-old man was caught in Larnaca driving under the influence of alcohol on Thursday with his four children in the car without seat belts on, police said. The head of the Larnaca traffic police Haris Hadjiyiasemis said that Cypriot drivers continue to not abide by the traffic code and not take the necessary measures […]

Police have released without charge a 23-year-old woman who was arrested on Sunday along with her 35-year-old boyfriend on suspicion of premeditated murder and attempted murder of two British tourists in Paphos. No incriminating evidence turned up against the woman, police said. In court on Thursday, the officer investigating Sunday’s apparent hit-and-run incident said police […]

Calling all Fork Food Market lovers, tomorrow will be your last chance of the summer to get your street food fix. The food stands will include The Munchables with their well-known crunchy buttermilk fried chicken breast on a toasted homemade milk bun, topped with honey-butter coleslaw, while The Food Garden will also be there serving mushroom […]

Japan advanced into the knockout phase of the World Cup on Thursday despite losing 1-0 to Poland, progressing from Group H thanks to their lower tally of yellow cards than Senegal. The African side were eliminated after their 1-0 defeat by Colombia despite finishing level with Japan on points, goal difference and goals scored. The Samurai Blue, who […]

The finance minister said that Cyprus is under ‘intense pressure’ created by an increasingly strict banking supervisory framework to once more modernise its insolvency and foreclosure legislation, with banks facing potential fresh losses. The insolvency and foreclosure framework currently in place, enacted three years ago after dramatic negotiations in parliament as it was required under […]

The sight of players regularly hurling the ball into the box from the sideline in Russia is no coincidence as more and more teams are realising the potential of the long throw-in to create havoc, and ultimately goals, at this World Cup. Sweden’s third goal in their Group F win over Mexico was a perfect example, as […]

The European Commission pledged a budget extension of €358,000 to help cover the Committee on Missing Persons’ (CMP) increasing identification costs, it was announced on Thursday. According to a statement, in response to a budget extension request made by the CMP, the European Commission has confirmed to the three CMP Members in Brussels that an […]

A 50-year-old man from Nicosia was sentenced on Thursday to seven years in prison for each of the 68 charges he was found guilty of concerning the sexual exploitation of his stepdaughter. The sentences will run concurrently. The offences took place between 2008 and 2013 when the child was between 10 and 15 and the […]

From Sunday consumers will have to buy plastic bags for five cents or bring their own bags to carry their shopping from supermarkets, Environment Commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou said on Thursday. The new law is in line with a European directive requiring the charge for the bags. Panayiotou added that thin plastic bags such as the […]

  After a two-day investigation police on Thursday announced they had found passports, mobile phones and other items in the Paphos flat rented by a 36-year-old man who was arrested in Germany earlier in the week. Police officers seized 10 passports from various countries, 71 mobile phones, a computer, bronze plates, a number of banknotes, […]

An Israeli-American teenager was found guilty in Israel on Thursday of making about 2,000 hoax bomb threats against Jewish and other institutions in the United States and elsewhere during Donald Trump’s rise to the US presidency in 2016 and 2017. The incidents stoked allegations by some American critics at the time that the Republican contender was encouraging anti-Semitism […]

Customs officials seized 55 kilos of halloumi and nine kilos of Anari cheese on Thursday at the Ayios Dometios checkpoint. The dairy products were found when a Turkish Cypriot attempted to enter the Republic from the north in his car. The driver was arrested and the vehicle confiscated. The director of the customs department later […]

European leaders promised to help Chancellor Angela Merkel tackle a crisis in the bloc’s migration policies on Thursday, offering the weakened German leader vital support before a high-stakes EU summit. Arriving in Brussels, the leaders of Spain, Greece, Finland and Luxembourg all expressed support for Merkel‘s push to curtail “secondary migration” of refugees who arrive at the EU’s […]

The tax department said on Thursday it has upgraded the tax payment section on the JCCsmart website, aiming at making it more user friendly. Four categories have been added to the website, (www.jccsmart.com), to help users choose the type of payment they would like to make. They are withholdings, for taxes and contributions withheld from […]

A sensational Group F victory that saw reigning world champions Germany sent home after the first round has Swedish soccer fans hoping for a repeat of the 1994 World Cup when they came third, displaying many of the traits of the current side. Janne Andersson’s men lost to a stoppage-time goal against the Germans on Saturday, but a 3-0 win […]

Two women accused of murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korea‘s leader must have been trained to carry out “an assassination” using deadly VX nerve agent, Malaysian prosecutors said, wrapping up their case on Thursday. Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese, were charged with having common intent with four North Korean fugitives to kill […]

Nearly 400 refugees started leaving the Lebanese border town of Arsal to cross into Syria on Thursday, a rare case of a return which Lebanon‘s government wants to encourage. People gathered in minivans and tractors in the morning, loading them with mattresses, water tanks and furniture. Lebanese security personnel recorded the names of Syrians as they […]

Any checks at crossing points in connection with fuel bought in the north will only concern prevention of illegal trade, the government said on Thursday, as it became clear that a customs department announcement that it was stepping up inspections, including taking samples from vehicles’ fuel tanks was issued without political authorisation. “The state’s policy […]

Any checks at crossing points in connection with fuel bought in the north will only concern prevention of illegal trade, the government said on Thursday, a day after the customs department said it was stepping up inspections, including taking samples from vehicle fuel tanks. “The state’s policy is for citizens to be able to move […]