Новости за 28.07.2018

Briton Geraint Thomas is set to win his maiden Tour de France after he held on to the overall leader’s yellow jersey in the penultimate stage on Saturday. Barring an accident in the procession to the Champs-Elysees on Sunday, the 32-year-old Welshman will give Team Sky their sixth title in seven years after Bradley Wiggins […]

Formula One world championship leader Lewis Hamilton put Mercedes on pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday after a qualifying session with thunder, lightning and plumes of spray. The Briton’s Finnish team-mate Valtteri Bottas will line up alongside on the front row of the starting grid with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel […]

By Peter Michael ONE thousand boxes of humanitarian aid left on a flight for Greece from Cyprus on Saturday morning, the first flight being sent with donations for people affected by the wildfires outside Athens on Monday that left 88 dead, hundreds injured and some still missing. The first packages, which contained 10,000 kg of […]

Turkey and the United States can save their relationship, President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said on Saturday after President Donald Trump threatened to slap sanctions on Ankara in a deepening of tensions between the NATO partners. The two countries are at odds over a number of issues including Washington’s policy in Syria, Ankara’s quest for the […]

Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, one of the U.S. Catholic Church’s most prominent figures who has been at the centre of a widening sexual abuse scandal. McCarrick, 88, the former archbishop of Washington, D.C., is the first cardinal in living memory to lose his red hat and title. Other […]

– Greece will begin burying the victims this weekend of a devastating wildfire near Athens which killed at least 88 people and raised recriminations over the government’s handling of the disaster. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras took political responsibility on Friday for the tragedy as opposition leaders accused the government of failing to adequately safeguard lives. […]

A fire that broke out after midday in Kato Pyrgos was extinguished later Saturday afternoon, the forestry department said. The fire burnt an area from Kato Pyrgos to Pigaineia for approximately two hours, while members of the fire service, the forestry department, and five aircraft battled the blaze. Specifically, the department said that the fire […]

By Peter Michael A woman opened up for the first time in 44 years about her treatment at the hand of Turkish soldiers and the repeated rape she endured at just age 12, while her family were killed in the next room, during the invasion. According to daily, Politis newspaper, the woman, who remained anonymous […]

European Union leaders will discuss Brexit when they next meet in the Austrian city of Salzburg on Sept. 20, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said after discussions with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. “The summit will also cover illegal migration, and on this the Prime Minister confirmed that the UK will continue to work closely […]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has slammed Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos for his foul on Mohamed Salah in May’s Champions League final, saying the Spanish defender brought down the forward like a wrestler. Salah had a remarkable first season with Liverpool, scoring 44 goals in all competitions and helped the club reach the Champions League […]

S&P Global Ratings said it affirmed its `B/B` long- and short-term issuer credit ratings on Bank of Cyprus Public Co. Ltd. (BoC). The outlook is positive. “We expect that robust economic recovery, recovering property prices, ongoing reforms in the legal and judicial frameworks, and the liquidation of Cyprus Cooperative Bank (CCB) will help reduce the significant […]

Tech firms like Facebook should be made liable for “harmful and misleading” material on their websites and pay a levy so they can be regulated, British lawmakers said, warning of a crisis in democracy due to misuse of personal data. Facebook has increasingly become a focus of the media committee’s inquiry into “fake news” after […]

Moody`s Investors Service, has upgraded the government of Cyprus` long-term issuer rating to Ba2 from Ba3. All senior unsecured bond and programme ratings have also been upgraded to Ba2 and (P)Ba2, respectively. Cyprus`s short-term ratings have been affirmed at Not Prime (NP) and (P)NP. The outlook on Cyprus`s ratings has been changed to stable from […]

An ice cream shop in the village of Lania, Limassol was completely destroyed by suspected arson late Friday night, police said on Saturday. According to police the fire broke out at the ice cream shop, located next to the home of the 42-year-old owner at approximately 11:30pm. The fire service was called to the scene […]

A fast-growing northern California wildfire killed a second firefighter on Friday after high winds drove it into the city of Redding, prompting mass evacuations, destroying 500 structures and threatening thousands of other dwellings and businesses, officials said. Flames raging in California’s scenic Shasta-Trinity area erupted into a firestorm that jumped across the Sacramento River and […]

Facebook Inc and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg were sued on Friday in what could be the first of many lawsuits over a disappointing earnings announcement by the social media company that wiped out about $120 billion of shareholder wealth. The complaint filed by shareholder James Kacouris in Manhattan federal court accused Facebook, Zuckerberg and […]

Red Bull fancy their chances in the heat of the Hungaroring this weekend but given that no driver has won in Hungary and gone on to take the title in the same season since Michael Schumacher in 2004 Lewis Hamilton will not lose too much sleep about that. While the prospect of a Daniel Ricciardo […]

The road network in the tourist area of Kissonerga in Paphos is being repaired and resurfaced after work by the sewerage company Sapa left them in a terrible state, according to the local community leader. Geirge Stylainou told the Cyprus Mail that the council is now suing Sapa. He said that the local council will […]

Deputies returned to the legislature, which was technically in recess, on Friday in order to vote on three laws that President Anastasiades had referred because they were in violation of the constitution. Despite being fully aware of the unconstitutionality of the laws, the opposition parties rejected the referrals of two of them, in a blatant […]