Новости за 06.08.2018

Avocados weighing around 1,000 kilogrammes have been reported stolen from an orchard in Achelia, in Paphos on Monday. The owner of the orchard reported that avocados, weighing around 1,000kg, had been cut from 20 trees sometime between Saturday and Monday. The estimated worth of the stolen fruit is €2,000. Police said that it appears the […]

The trial proper in the Focus case was allowed to move forward again on Monday, after Nicosia criminal court ruled – in a trial within a trial – that certain evidence introduced by the prosecution was admissible. The defence had earlier argued that evidence obtained from Greece by Cypriot authorities was not acquired lawfully via […]

Nicosia has reached an agreement with Cairo on a pipeline to connect the Aphrodite gas field in block 12 to Egypt, it was reported on Monday. According to state broadcaster CyBC, the inter-state agreement is expected to be signed in the autumn. The two countries had signed in 2017 a preliminary agreement to transport natural […]

Britain is ready to ask Russia to extradite two men it suspects of carrying out a nerve agent attack on a Russian former spy in the English city of Salisbury, the Guardian newspaper reported on Monday, citing government and security sources. The newspaper said prosecutors had completed the extradition request and it was ready for […]

Russia said on Monday it had summoned Greece’s ambassador to Moscow and told him it was responding in kind to what it called an unfriendly decision by Athens to expel two Russian diplomats. Greece said in July it had expelled two Russian diplomats and barred two other people from entering the country for trying to […]

Beyonce has opened up about the difficult birth of her twins last year and how it changed her body, saying she has embraced her curves and was in no rush to get her old figure back. The fiercely private “Lemonade” singer, 36, who rarely gives interviews, got personal for the September issue of Vogue magazine, […]

A 30-year-old heavily pregnant woman, arrested on Monday after drugs were found in her car, had to be released to go and give birth. The woman, who is known to the police for drug-related cases, was spotted on Monday, during a stake out, collecting eight grammes of cannabis from the side of a Paphos road. […]

By Abhinav Ramnarayan   Italian two-year borrowing costs dropped below one percent on Monday as investors hunted for yield, though some of the bullishness was tempered by government officials’ comments that renewed fears about their commitment to fiscal discipline. Last week’s announcement by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on a 2019 budget framework brought bond investors […]

The Water Development Department (WDD) on Monday urged consumers in the Famagusta district to use water in moderation, as, due to damage to the Dhekelia desalination plant, reduced quantities of water will be available compared to the increased needs of the summer season. Later in the day, Paralimni mayor, Theodoros Pyrillis, said that the damage, […]

  The mayor of Polis Chrysochous on Monday partly blamed government services for an arson attack that prompted the evacuation of 200 people from the popular beach campsite in the early hours of Sunday, saying they had failed to clean up a dry river bed where the blaze was set only 500 metres from the […]

Venezuelan consumer prices rose to 82,766 per cent in the 12 months ending in July, a member of the opposition-run congress reported on Monday, as the Opec nation’s hyperinflation continues to accelerate amid a broader economic collapse. The government of President Nicolas Maduro stopped publishing economic indicators nearly three years ago as Venezuela’s socialist economic […]

  Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated that his nation will protect its ‘rights’ in the Mediterranean sea, announcing plans to purchase a second drillship for hydrocarbons exploration. According to Turkish and Turkish Cypriot media, Erdogan said Turkey will start conducting deepwater and shallow sea drilling in the Mediterranean, stressing that Ankara will show its determination to […]

By Christophe Hadjigeorgiou While some diehard Apoel supporters say they will refuse to register for the new sports ID cards, up to 10,000 other fans have already registered, either digitally or in person, according to the Cyprus Sports Organisation (CSO). The new sports ID card launched last month is a registry of fans wanting to […]

Hundreds of thousands of new homes due to be built in England’s “Green Belt” areas will be out of reach for those struggling to get on the property ladder, a report said on Monday, as housing shortages grip the country. Despite plans to release Green Belt land – areas in the English countryside that are […]

An Iraqi court sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison on Monday for belonging to Islamic State, forging ahead with the trial of hundreds of people – many foreigners – captured after the militant group’s defeat last year. French citizen Lahcen Ammar Gueboudj, in his 50s, and the German, Nadia Rainer […]

A proposed bill by the justice ministry will allow for the detention of young offenders aged 16 and over who have been found guilty of committing an offence. The detention of young offenders in a specially designed area could be ordered by the family court after the adoption of the proposed bill, Justice Minister Ionas […]

A 31-year-old man was remanded for six days by the Limassol district after being accused of transferring the title deed of a property to somebody else, without the home owner’s permission. He was arrested on Sunday. The case was reported to police by the owner of the property, a foreign resident, who did not give […]

A European Union measure to protect European companies from damage done by US sanctions on Iran will take effect on Tuesday, the same day as sanctions are reintroduced, the German foreign minister said on Monday. US President Donald Trump decided on May 8 to revive Iran-related sanctions, including sanctions aimed at Iran’s oil sector and […]

The Famagusta district court found four men guilty on Monday for the attack and injury of Egyptian millionaire, Naguib Sawiris, in a nightclub in Ayia Napa in 2016. The businessman, who is an investor in the Ayia Napa marina project, had reported that he and his entourage had been assaulted in the early hours of […]

Preparations for the 57th Limassol Wine Festival are nearly complete, with the trademark traditional ‘Vraka Man’ statue put in place on Monday at the entrance of the Limassol Municipal Gardens to welcome visitors to the festival, which will take place from August 31 to September 9. According to Limassol mayor Nikos Nikolaidis this year’s festival […]

A group of 210 journalists signed a statement on Monday expressing their concern over the international release of the OSCE’s glossary on suggested words to use when discussing the Cyprus problem and demanding that the Union of Cyprus Journalists (UCJ) take action. The statement also criticises the praise the glossary has received from overseas and […]

Cristiano Ronaldo’s highly-anticipated Serie A debut for Juventus is among the Italian and Spanish league matches to be broadcast live on Facebook this season, Eleven Sports has announced. Eleven Sports has announced a partnership with the social network in the UK and Ireland which will see at least one match from LaLiga and Serie A […]

The cause of death of an eight-year-old child who died in Limassol hospital on Monday morning will be investigated during a post mortem on Tuesday. The health ministry reported to the Cyprus News Agency that the child was brought to the A&E department of the hospital with a high fever on Sunday afternoon by its […]

Joel Robuchon, a world famous chef who at one point earned more than 30 Michelin stars across nearly two dozen restaurants on three continents, died on Monday at his home in Geneva aged 73, his staff said. Named the “chef of the century” by the Gault et Millau cooking guide in 1990, Robuchon was regarded as a perfectionist, […]

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 101km west-northwest off the coast of Polis on Monday morning, according to website ‘earthquake track’. No injuries have been reported. The last earthquake that was reported in Cyprus was a 4.0 magnitude quake around eight months ago south-southwest of Paphos. Monday’s earthquake was at a depth of 43km and the […]