Новости за 01.08.2018

  By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Joe Brock Zimbabwe police said three people were killed in Harare on Wednesday as soldiers dispersed stone-throwing opposition supporters who accused the ruling party of trying to rig Monday’s presidential election. The deployment of soldiers and their beating of unarmed protesters set back President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s efforts to shed Zimbabwe’s […]

Israel would deploy its military if Iran were to try to block the Bab al-Mandeb strait that links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. Last week, Saudi Arabia said it was suspending oil shipments through the strait, on the main sea route from the Middle East […]

The Consumers’ Association said on Wednesday that Greek Cypriots spent over €5.3m in the north last month on purchasing petrol and diesel fuel. According to the association’s fuel retail price observatory, €1m of that amount was taxes. The report said that based on the sale trends of 2016 and 2018, it is estimated that, during […]

England’s Football Association (FA) is carrying out a study into the feasibility of hosting the 2030 World Cup finals, FA chairman Greg Clarke said in a statement on Wednesday. England, who hosted the World Cup in 1966, failed in their most recent attempt to win the rights for the 2018 tournament, which was held in […]

A 27-year-old man is in critical condition after sustaining severe injuries when the motorcycle he was riding in Paralimni on Wednesday afternoon overturned. The accident occurred at around 2.10pm on Ilias Papakyriackou street in Paralimni when the 27-year-old lost control of his motorcycle causing it to overturn. He was initially transferred to the Famagusta general […]

Paralimni municipality has installed a seatrac system on one beach to allow disabled access to the water, while others are to be installed soon, it was announced on Wednesday. Mayor Theodoros Pyrillis said that his municipality will install two seatrac systems at the beaches of Ayia Triada and Louma. The one in Ayia Triada has […]

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) is forging ahead with plans to change the constitution to allow the expropriation of land without compensation. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement late on Tuesday in a televised address to the nation, underscoring the political significance of the move. The following explains some of the issues surrounding […]

The Cyprus-Russia Gala, one of the most prestigious annual events in Nicosia, is getting ready to wow us again in September. The twelfth event of its kind will once again bring together cultural, political and business figures from Cyprus and Russia. The aim of the event is to entertain, provide networking opportunities and to raise […]

The Nicosia municipality on Wednesday signed the contracts for the first stage of revamping the capital’s one-time commercial centre with work set to start in September this year. The contract for the project to overhaul the triangle between Makarios Avenue, Stasicratous Street and Evagoras Avenue, was awarded to Cybarco-Panayides. Work on the first stage is […]

Europe’s migration problems will be the top voter concern in European Union elections next May, drawing out a silent majority of anti-immigration voters, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said. Babis said the problems in the bloc’s border-free Schengen zone were more urgent than those in the euro zone currency group. “Everybody is speaking about the […]

By Lizzy Ioannidou Just days after Politis journalist Costas Constandinou received threats to his life via social media, the newspaper itself was a target of an online threat claiming that they would be ‘burnt alive’. A complaint was filed by Politis newspaper on July 29 against contract soldier Charalambos Zinonos, who threatened to burn them […]

Tesla Inc is looking to raise a portion of the $5bn it needs to build its factory in Shanghai from local Chinese partners, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing a source familiar with the matter. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk last month landed a deal to build the company’s first plant outside the United States that […]

A yellow weather alert has been issued by the Met Office for Thursday August 2. The warning is in effect from noon to 5pm, as temperatures are set reach approximately 40C inland. The office said that vulnerable individuals such as babies, children and elderly people should be particularly careful about being outside during those hours.

The education ministry plans to introduce digital technology lessons as part of the primary school’s curriculum, Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris said on Wednesday. The lessons will include digital skills, internet security and robotics. He was speaking after he attended the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Innovation Conference 2018, which took place in Cairo between […]

Chelsea midfielder Ross Barkley says he feels “better than ever” after recovering from a long-term injury and is relishing the freedom to influence all areas of the pitch under new manager Maurizio Sarri. The England international missed a majority of last season with a hamstring injury and made just four appearances for Chelsea across all […]

As the trial of President Donald Trump‘s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort reached its second day on Wednesday,Trump called for an end to a special counsel’s probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election that spawned the charges. The political consulting work that Manafort did to earn $60m working for pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine is expected […]

The launch of the talks between teaching unions and Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris over streamlining hit an almost immediate a glitch on Wednesday when one union refused to hold consultations while a parents’ group were in the room. The first meeting – between the minister and secondary education teachers’ union Oelmek – took place as […]

The launch of the talks between teaching unions and Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris over streamlining hit an almost immediate a glitch on Wednesday when one union refused to hold consultations while a parents’ group were in the room. The first meeting – between the minister and secondary education teachers’ union Oelmek – took place as […]

Motorcyclists who are members of the Isaak-Solomou Memorial Initiative will set off on Friday on their 22nd annual motorcycle procession along the buffer zone, commemorating Tasos Isaak and Solomos Solomou who were killed by Turkish troops during a demonstration in the Dherynia buffer zone in August 1996. Around 60 motorcyclists, the organisers said, will set […]

Automatic gunfire crackled in the streets of Harare on Wednesday as soldiers stepped in to disperse protesters who had clashed with police after the main opposition leader accused the ruling party of trying to rig the result of Zimbabwe’s election. European Union observers also questioned the conduct of the presidential and parliamentary poll, Zimbabwe’s first […]

  Co-op workers now have two weeks to decide whether to accept the voluntary retirement scheme negotiated by the bank with unions, a union leader said on Wednesday. The scheme, which provides for compensations of up to €180,000 depending on a worker’s earnings and years of service, will allow 900 of its almost 2,700 workers […]

  More than €100,000 has so far been collected during the #StandByGreece campaign organised to help victims of last week’s huge fire in Greece. The campaign culminated in Tuesday’s concert at Nicosia’s municipal park where popstars Anna Vissi and Antonis Remos performed together. Volunteer commissioner Yiannis Yiannakis announced the result on state radio at lunch […]

  More than €100,000 has so far been collected during the #StandByGreece campaign organised to help victims of last week’s huge fire in Greece. The campaign culminated in Tuesday’s concert at Nicosia’s municipal park where popstars Anna Vissi and Antonis Remos performed together. Volunteer commissioner Yiannis Yiannakis announced the result on state radio at lunch […]

By Kristian Chrysostomou Sunbeds and umbrellas were damaged on Tuesday night by unknown individuals on ‘Glyki Nero’ beach in the Ayia Napa area. Workers discovered the damage on Wednesday morning and immediately notified the Paralimni municipality as well as police, who went to the area to investigate. The beds and umbrellas were being offered to […]

The relatives of a woman and a man killed in a wildfire near Athens last week have sued state authorities, the fire brigade and police over their deaths. The authorities could be liable for criminal charges such as involuntary manslaughter, bodily harm, exposure that led to death and arson in what they call a “biblical […]