Новости за 12.07.2018

Pilots in Ryanair’s home country Ireland on Thursday announced two more one-day strikes, increasing pressure on Europe’s largest low-cost carrier to improve conditions to stave off a wave of industrial action across Europe. Around 100 of Ryanair’s 350 Irish pilots held their first-ever strike on Thursday to demand a more transparent system of pay, promotions […]

Prime Minister Theresa May made a determined pitch to Donald Trump for a post-Brexit trade deal with the United States on his first trip to Britain on Thursday, just hours after the American president questioned her plans for leaving the European Union. Invoking the spirit of Winston Churchill as she addressed Trump and business leaders at the British World […]

A goal by Stumbras’ Matcharashvilli in the first minute of added game gave the Lithuanians a slender 1-0 over Apollon in their first qualifying round, first leg match of the Europa League. The game was interrupted in the 28th minute due to a waterlooged pitch after heavy rainfall but play resume almost an hour later. […]

Apollon’s Europa League match in Lithuania against FC Stumbras was abandoned due to torrential rain on Thursday night. The first qualifying round, first leg match was called off in the 28th minute with the game goalless. Anorthosis were also in action, beating Albanian side KF Laçi 2-1 at an empty Antonis Papadopoulos stadium in Larnaca. […]

By Evie Andreou Foreign Minister, Nicos Christodoulides expressed hope on Thursday that the visit later this month by UN envoy Jane Holl Lute would yield such results so as to allow the continuation of the settlement talks from where they left off last summer. In his statements to journalists at the presidential palace after the […]

The Fengaros Festival is for Cyprus what the Glastonbury Festival is for Britain, only without the mud and rain. Fengaros 2018 has announced its line-up for the three-day festival and we must say the organisers have really outdone themselves this year. A number of international artists will perform on the Fengaros stages at the Journalists’ […]

Nicosia shall not remain idle in the face of possible Turkish provocations within Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), president Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday. “We shall not sit idly by should Turkey engage in new provocations in our EEZ,” Anastasiades told CyBC in an exclusive interview with the public broadcaster. “We have a series of […]

Stormy Daniels, the porn star who has said she had an affair with U.S. President Donald Trump, was arrested while performing at a strip club in Ohio’s capital early on Thursday in what her lawyer called a politically motivated setup. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was accused of touching three customers who were undercover […]

HBO’s medieval fantasy series “Game of Thrones” led nominations on Thursday for the Emmy awards, the highest honors in television. “Games of Thrones” got 22 nods, including for the top prize of best drama series, followed by NBC sketch show “Saturday Night Live” and HBO’s sci-fi series “Westworld” with 21 nominations each, and Hulu’s “The […]

An Italian coast guard ship is in the waters off Sicily awaiting permission to disembark its 67 migrants, some of whom are accused of mutiny and threatening their rescuers if they were taken back to Libya. Interior minister Matteo Salvini has vowed to identify, jail and prosecute the “criminals” rescued over the weekend by a […]

US President Donald Trump arrived in “hot spot” Britain on Thursday after casting doubt on Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans for leaving the European Union and with protests planned across the country where he says the people like him a lot. After a Nato summit where he provoked a crisis session to force allies to raise their […]

Almost nine in 10 businessmen in the north have received bribes or have themselves bribed someone, according to a survey conducted in the north on corruption carried out by the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce, it was reported on Thursday. The survey was based on the Transparency International agency’s standards. According to the results, 89 per […]

A man lost his life in Limassol after being crushed by a van on Thursday. Dimitres Zinonos, 56, was backing into a warehouse in Kapsalos, Limassol, to park the van of an acquaintance. When the van stalled while he was reversing downhill he got out to check under the vehicle which, under conditions which are […]

By Andria Kades President Nicos Anastasiades joined the bandwagon on Thursday voicing his opposition to a glossary which its authors have described as an innocuous tool that Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot journalists could opt to use in a bid to avoid inciting tensions when reporting on the Cyprus problem. The fanfare over the very […]

Former president Demetris Christofias, 71, underwent surgery at Nicosia general hospital on Thursday. According to a statement from the health ministry, the operation – which had been scheduled – was a success. “The operation concluded successfully and his post-surgery condition is normal,” the statement added. No further details were given.

Firefighters on Thursday managed to bring under control a blaze that broke out in Ayios Athanasios, Limassol. Several fire trucks were deployed, as well as five water-dropping aircraft. The blaze, which burned through wild vegetation, was contained by 5.30pm. The fire broke out in a location northeast of the German Oncology Centre, at one point […]

Parliament’s decision to pass a law establishing an underministry for tourism was welcomed by Cyprus’ casino consortium, according to a statement released on Thursday. “The goals of the new deputy ministry are fully aligned with our efforts to offer top quality hospitality and entertainment, and to transform Cyprus into a year-round destination. To this end […]

Germany’s Angelique Kerber proved too solid for error-strewn Latvian Jelena Ostapenko as she reached her second Wimbledon final with a 6-3 6-3 victory on Thursday. The 30-year-old was gifted point after point as Ostapenko’s aggressive game backfired in a blaze of unforced errors. A tight tussle looked in store at 3-3 in the first set […]

Cyprus has the third highest number of beachfront hotels among Mediterranean islands according to the specialised hotel search engine www.travelmyth.gr. Sicily has the highest number, 735 hotels located directly next to the beach, followed by Crete with 677. With 309 beachfront hotels, Cyprus comes third, closely followed by Majorca where 301 were built. Some 22.5 […]

For a small island, we get our fair share of big names from the DJ circuit, but this month will really hit the ball out of the park when superstar DJ Snake performs in Larnaca. DJ Snake, or William Sami Etienne Grigahcine as his mum likes to call him, is a record producer and promoter […]

EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said the European Union would review the British government’s latest proposal on Thursday for trading arrangements after the country leaves the bloc. “We will now analyse the #Brexit White Paper (with) Member States & EP, in light of #EUCO guidelines,” he tweeted, referring to the European Parliament and his own […]

England’s 2018 World Cup dream ended with defeat in the semi-finals against Croatia, and thoughts now turn towards what is next for Gareth Southgate’s young squad. Here, Press Association Sport takes a look at some of the future issues for the Three Lions to tackle when they return from Russia. On the pitch England will […]

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was not sure if Britain’s new approach to Brexit was what the people had voted for, adding that Britain was in a “pretty hot spot” after two major resignations from Prime Minister Theresa May’s government. Asked about his views on Brexit just hours before he was due […]

France are determined not to make the same mistakes they did two years ago in losing the Euro 2016 final when they take on Croatia for the biggest prize in football, midfielder Paul Pogba said on Thursday. France face the Croats in the World Cup final at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday, but they are […]

Police arrested a 20-year-old man in Paphos on Thursday on suspicion of the theft and arson of a vehicle. The €4,000 vehicle, property of a construction company, was parked in Geroskipou when it was taken. The arson took place in a field in the area of Peyia. The offences, for which the suspect denies all […]