Новости за 09.08.2018

Hate crimes against Muslim women in Britain could jump after former foreign minister Boris Johnson likened burqa-wearers to “letter boxes” and “bank robbers”, activists said on Thursday. Anti-hate crime groups said the comments by Johnson, who resigned last month, would encourage Islamophobic and sexist abuse at a time when attacks were already on the rise. “This […]

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino said he was happy with his squad despite not signing any players in the transfer window. The Argentine appeared at the end of last season to call on the club’s owners to make some signings after Spurs finished in the Premier League top three for the third consecutive season. Their […]

Turkey‘s boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest for including gay and transgender performers, such as bearded Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst, was criticised on Thursday as an attempt to “erase the LGBT community” in the country. Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) head Ibrahim Eren said Turkey was unlikely to take part again next year because the spectacle […]

Names of 983 Cypriots are included in the microchips that are on their way to Mars aboard the NASA InSight mission. The InSight Mars lander took off in May and will reach the red planet in November, after a six months’ trip. Last year, NASA invited members of the public to send their names to […]

A 44-year-old Russian tourist was found dead in her hotel room on Thursday, police said. According to a police bulletin, the woman and her 19-year-old daughter were vacationing in Paphos. They had gone to bed the previous night, but by noon on Thursday the woman had still not awoken. An ambulance was called to the […]

Everton have agreed to sign Barcelona’s Colombia centre-back Yerry Mina for an initial 30.25 million euros and have also taken the club’s midfielder Andre Gomes on loan, the Spanish champions said on Thursday. Minutes before the English transfer deadline closed on, Everton also announced the signing of Brazil playmaker Bernard on a free transfer from […]

Authorities identified and confiscated thousands of counterfeit products on Thursday in Paphos. Customs officers and Paphos police said they investigated four stores, three of which were selling counterfeit products worth up to €10,000. According to police, a total of 2,073 pieces of clothing and accessories, ranging from footwear and handbags to hats, wallets, belts and […]

By Evie Andreou As teachers announced they would go on a protracted strike in September after the education minister refused to give in to their demands, the audit office on Thursday issued a statement slamming their sense of entitlement. “It is obvious that the so-called defenders of the public school, prioritise little work and increased […]

German companies are increasingly suffering from US President Donald Trump’s policy of sanctions – including those against Iran – and the tariffs he is pursuing in an escalating trade war with China, business associations said on Thursday. Washington said on Wednesday it would also impose fresh sanctions on Russia by the end of August after […]

Technopolis 20 Cultural Centre in Paphos will put on another great jazz evening on Friday when the newly-formed jazz trio Jazz the 3 of Us will perform at the venue for the first time. The three friends that make up the band, Loukas Louka on the keys, Stefanos Pontos on the bass and guitar and […]

The Greek navy ship Chios has arrived at Limassol port on Thursday and will be open for visits from members of the public, the defence ministry said. The ministry said that the vessel, which is part of the training of navy cadets, will be open to the public on Friday and Saturday between 5pm and […]

Police on Thursday said they were still looking for the whereabouts of 37-year-old Evanthia Christodoulou who allegedly stole thousands of euros from customers for whom she had booked holiday packages. Christodoulou was suspected to have fled the country. She has been put on a stop list. According to police, between October 2017 and last week, the […]

Cyprus Mail photographer Christos Theodorides was on the spot Thursday to capture a number of turtles hatching on Lara beach in the Akamas, a protected spot for them                

Cyprus Mail photographer Christos Theodorides was on the spot Thursday to capture a number of turtles hatching on Lara beach in the Akamas, a protected spot for them                

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy for six years, is considering an offer to appear before a US Senate committee to discuss alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US election, his lawyer said on Thursday. WikiLeaks published a letter from the US Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday which asked Assange to […]

The met office issued a yellow warning for Friday as the temperature is expected to rise to 40C inland. The warning is for the time period between 1am and 5pm. In the other areas, temperatures are expected to reach 32C in the west, 35C in the other coastal areas and 30C in the mountains. The […]

Memorial events will mark the crash of the Helios flight 13 years ago north of Athens both in Cyprus and in Greece over the next few days. Relatives of the 121 people who died in the crash on August 14, 2005, will conduct a modest ceremony in Larnaca on August 11 at 8pm. During the […]

Turkey needs to halt the sharp slide of the lira quickly, credit rating agency Fitch said on Thursday, warning the country’s situation had worsened since its downgrade just a month ago. The lira slumped to a record low in Istanbul, as a US move to impose sanctions on Turkey over a jailed American pastor compounded […]

The manager of an Ayia Napa nightclub and two of his staff were fined €2,000 each on Thursday for attacking and injuring Egyptian billionaire, Naguib Sawiris, in 2016. Another man involved, was sentenced to four months imprisonment suspended for three years. The four had been found guilty earlier in the week for the attack and […]

Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah joined regulars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on UEFA’s shortlist for the best forwards who played in Champions League last season, soccer’s European governing body announced on Thursday. Ronaldo, who won the award last year, topped the scoring charts with 15 goals in the competition as Real Madrid won a third consecutive […]

Apoel’s Europa League match in Israel on Thursday was going ahead, following uncertainty earlier due to rocket attacks from Gaza, it was announced. At around 5.45pm a post was published on Apoel FC’s official Twitter account. It read: “Following a briefing from Uefa, the match will proceed as scheduled. The team will soon be departing […]

Apoel said on Thursday its Europa League match later in the evening against Hapoel Beer Sheva in the Israel city of Beerheaba was up in the air and the team was waiting for a briefing from UEFA as to whether it would go ahead. It was possible the match would be postponed, the club said. […]

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Saudi-led coalition air strikes on Thursday killed dozens of people, including children travelling on a bus, in Yemen‘s Saada province, Yemeni medical sources and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said. The Western-backed alliance fighting the Iranian-aligned Houthi group in Yemensaid the air strikes targeted missile launchers used to attack the southern Saudi industrial city of […]

Spanish NGO boat Open Arms arrived in the southern port of Algeciras on Thursday with 87 migrants the crew said they had rescued off the coast of Libya. The charity Proactiva Open Arms operates in the sea between Libya and southern Europe in a mission aimed at aiding migrants who have found themselves in trouble […]