Новости за 18.07.2018

Britain and the US appear to be consulting over the content of a draft resolution for the renewal of Unficyp’s, the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus, mandate, since it has not yet been submitted to the other Security Council permanent members, according to a diplomatic source. The US has put forward a series of criteria […]

President Donald Trump contradicted U.S. intelligence agencies again on Wednesday, saying that Russia was not still targeting the United States, and accused his critics of being deranged. The day after he tried to quiet a political uproar over his failure to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin during their Helsinki summit for Moscow’s 2016 U.S. election […]

A British man was found guilty on Wednesday of a plot to kill Prime Minister Theresa May by first detonating an explosive device to get into her Downing Street office and then using a knife or a gun to attack her. Naa’imur Rahman, 20, of north London, was convicted at the Old Bailey court of […]

Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will miss the majority of the new season and any competitive game time before the end of the campaign would be a bonus, manager Jurgen Klopp said on Wednesday. Oxlade-Chamberlain sustained cruciate ligament damage when going in for a tackle during their Champions League semi-final first-leg win over Italian side AS […]

The last five majors have been won by Americans and Justin Rose believes this week’s British Open offers the ideal chance for Europe to begin addressing the imbalance with the Ryder Cup coming up in September in Paris. Sergio Garcia was the last European winner of a Big Four championship, at last year’s U.S. Masters, […]

“Fight on, don’t despair”: the 12 boys and their soccer coach rescued from a flooded Thai cave complex described on Wednesday how they survived on nothing but dripping water, and even tried to dig their way out. The Wild Boars team were making their first public appearance after the long ordeal, waving, smiling and offering […]

There was a spell not so long ago when Tiger Woods, in the depths of despair over recurring back problems, felt he would never again grace the fairways of a British Open. It therefore comes as little surprise to see the 42-year-old American wearing a smile as wide as the Atlantic when he talks excitedly […]

Bosnian police have seized 665 kg  of a potent form of cannabis known as skunk hidden inside a truck, and arrested one person in one of the biggest drug hauls in the Balkan country, the prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. The stash was discovered during a search of the vehicle in the southern coastal town […]

It is beach season, so what better tribute band for us to go see than one that gives off those summer good vibrations. The band that will get us singing along with good vibrations is the tribute band to the Beach Boys, The Story of the Beach Boys. The five performers, along with their stage presence […]

By Evie Andreou The government and Archbishop Chrysostomos on Wednesday called on teachers unions to cooperate after the latter threatened the school year would not begin smoothly following an inconclusive meeting they had with Education Minister, Costas Hambiaouris on Tuesday. Teaching unions Poed, Oelmek, and Oltek, on the other hand, called on President Nicos Anastasiades […]

A new burger joint named after Donald Trump has been drawing in customers in Siberia, its manager said on Wednesday, amid increased Russian interest in the US president after his summit talks this week with Vladimir Putin. Trump Burger, which opened in the city of Krasnoyarsk in December, is trying to cash in on the […]

The government is determined to combat problems the country faces when it comes to road safety and is ready to implement harsher fines for traffic violations, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Wednesday. Speaking after a meeting with the members of a newly set-up body – the scientific centre for road safety – which came […]

Britain’s former foreign secretary Boris Johnson accused Prime Minister Theresa May of betraying millions of Brexit voters and urged the government to rethink its strategy, adding that the country would never again have the chance to get it right. Johnson, who led the main Brexit campaign in the 2016 referendum, resigned this month over May’s […]

A 60-YEAR-OLD woman died on Wednesday after a small vessel she was in with another four people capsized off the Xylofagou coast near the red cliffs. Niki Christofidi, from Lythrodontas had been on the boat with her husband and son as well as two other relatives, as part of a family outing. They had departed […]

A woman died on Wednesday after a small vessel she was in with another four people capsized off the Xylofagou coast near the red cliffs. According to a statement by the joint rescue coordination centre, they received an urgent call at 2.09pm sounding the alarm over five Cypriots at the coastal area at Xylofagou in […]

New Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri wants to establish a fun atmosphere at the Premier League club in order to achieve his objectives. The 59-year-old Italian replaced compatriot Antonio Conte who was sacked, a year after leading the team to the title, after Chelsea failed to qualify for next season’s Champions League. “My goal is to […]

By Elias Hazou A female dentist has become the first Cypriot citizen to have had removed from state records any reference to her religious creed. Elena Milioti argued that this information constituted sensitive, personal data about herself and that therefore the state should delete this data from all its records. Last month, Milioti was informed […]

By Stelios Orphanides Fitch Ratings said that the sale of the Co-op’s operations to Hellenic Bank and the related increase in government debt will not alter the public debt’s reduction over the medium term from this year. The issue of €3.2bn in government bonds on Friday in favour of the bailed-out lender against an equal […]

Worldwide luxury hotel chain Sofitel is set to build a 5-star resort in Limassol investing some €300m in the island. The hotel, to the east of Limassol’s tourist area will span across some 100,000 square metres with 245 bedrooms. On the same plot of land, two tall buildings 20-floors high will be built with 105 […]

The 12 boys and their football coach rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand recounted details of their ordeal on Wednesday, at their first public appearance, during which they waved, smiled and offered traditional “wai” greetings on a national broadcast. Doctors, relatives and friends, some in yellow traditional garb, greeted the boys, aged 11 to […]

Iran has built a factory that can produce rotors for up to 60 centrifuges a day, the head of its atomic agency said on Wednesday, upping the stakes in a confrontation with Washington over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear work. The announcement came a month after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he had ordered agencies […]

Amazon.com Inc said online shoppers purchased more than 100 million products worldwide during its Prime Day sale, despite glitches on its mobile app and websites that prevented customers from placing orders. The company’s shares rose about 0.5 per cent to touch a record high of $1,858.88 in early trading. The world’s largest online retailer said […]

By Stelios Orphanides The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission notified supervised companies that accepting €10,000 or more in cash payments is considered a criminal offence under the anti-money laundering law and is punishable by up to one tenth the amount of the cash payment. A recent amendment to legislation now adds traders of motor vehicles […]

Real Madrid President Florentino Perez has vowed that his club will make a splash in this summer’s transfer market. European champions Real have had a tempestuous close season with Zinedine Zidane stepping down as coach in May days after his team won the Champions League for the third year in a row. Real’s record goalscorer […]

Cyprus’ Nissi beach is worth £25m (approximately €28m), according to a study carried out by UK based Canvas Holidays. Making its way across British press on Wednesday, the findings showed that out of the world’s 15 most popular beaches, Venice Beach in California topped the list with a value of £2.39bn (approximately €2.68bn). The value […]