Новости за 22.08.2018

Islamic state leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in his first purported speech in nearly a year, has called on followers to persevere, according to a statement posted on the group’s media outlet. “For the Mujahideen (holy warriors) the scale of victory or defeat is not dependant on a city or town being stolen or subject to […]

Crews are working to put out a fire that is raging out of control in Pano Pyrgos in the Tylliria area, the forestry department said on Wednesday evening. The fire broke out at around 8.15pm in private property in the area of Ayios Andronikos. A nearby National Guard post was evacuated as a precaution.The fire […]

An 1829 Greek Orthodox icon of St. George, looted from the village of Karavas, in Cyprus following the 1974 Turkish invasion, is set to be repatriated, after it was confiscated by the Swiss authorities. The icon was confiscated only hours before going to auction in Koller, an auction house in Zurich. The legal process was […]

Russian tycoon Viktor Vekselberg has no bank accounts in Cyprus, his spokesperson said on Wednesday, commenting on a US Senate hearing the previous day which discussed the US Treasury’s sanctions on Russian individuals and companies. “He never had accounts in Cyprus,” the spokesman was quoted as saying by Russia’s Tass news agency. “Certain companies affiliated […]

By Stelios Orphanides A day after the justice ministry announced its decision to resume cooperation with Russia in the case against Bill Browder, it said on Wednesday that it was still studying the related recent court ruling. “Cooperation with any other country is based on the Hague Convention and in this context, cooperation will continue […]

Powerful Hurricane Lane weakened slightly as it swirled toward Hawaii on Wednesday but U.S. forecasters warned that its heavy rains and life-threatening winds still posed a major threat to the Pacific island chain. The U.S. Central Pacific Hurricane Center downgraded Hurricane Lane to a Category 4, the second-strongest on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of wind […]

A ban on foreigners buying homes in New Zealand is not enough to solve the problems of affordable housing and homelessness, analysts and campaigners said, as the country became the latest to impose curbs on non-residents buying property. New Zealand’s parliament last week passed a law to bar many non-resident foreigners from buying existing homes […]

A couple from Paphos was arrested on Wednesday after being reported by the woman’s mother of allegedly extorting more than €8,000 from her. According to the police, an 84-year-old woman reported on Tuesday that her daughter and son-in-law had been using threats and violence for a period of time to extort her pension and around […]

A toxin inadvertently produced in the manufacture of a widely prescribed medicine but not spotted for years raises questions about regulators’ ability to detect risks in a sprawling global drug supply chain increasingly reliant on factories in China. China’s Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical, which produces bulk ingredients for drugmakers, told its customers in late June it […]

The met office issued a yellow warning for Thursday as the temperature is expected to rise to 41C inland. The warning concerns the hours between noon and 4pm on Thursday. Temperatures in the other areas are expected to reach 33C in the west coast, around 35C in the other coastal areas and 31C in the […]

By Stelios Orphanides Hellenic Bank said that its shareholders had on Wednesday passed a €100m capital increase through a rights issue, part of the bank’s agreement to acquire the healthy operations of the Cyprus Cooperative Bank. The shareholders approved a resolution which will allow Poppy SARL, a company affiliated with Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO) to […]

Crowds gathered around screens outside Zimbabwe’s top court on Wednesday to watch a legal showdown challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s July 30 election victory. Many more around the country were glued to live television coverage of the Constitutional Court hearing to consider opposition leader Nelson Chamisa’s petition that the vote was flawed and should be overturned. […]

By Lizzy Ioannidou Social media users this week hit out at ruling Disy following news that the space where the recently demolished home of the late former President Glafcos Clerides once stood would be used as a parking lot for a private clinic. Coming under particularly heavy fire, Disy, the party Clerides founded in 1976, […]

The Earth as we know it is in danger. Nature faces gradual destruction. Turning a blank sheet and starting fresh, whether in another dimension or in a different reality, thus does sound extremely appealing. Tomorrowland, a Disney movie directed by two-time Oscar winner Brad Bird, which brings together Casey, a smart and hopeful teenage girl […]

President Nicos Anastasiades is to meet with teachers’ unions on Thursday in a bid to alleviate the crisis in public education following a government decision to abolish a number of benefits, which had led to educators threatening strike measures in September when schools open. Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou on Wednesday expressed hope that teachers would […]

President Nicos Anastasiades is to meet with teachers’ unions on Thursday in a bid to alleviate the crisis in public education following a government decision to abolish a number of benefits, which had led to educators threatening strike measures in September when schools open. Meanwhile, unions are scheduled to have separate meetings with Education Minister, […]

Spanish footballers are surprised and indignant that an agreement to stage regular season La Liga matches in the United States has been made without their consent, their union said on Wednesday. La Liga’s organising body announced last week in partnership with multinational media, sports and entertainment group Relevent that it plans to hold Spanish top […]

So far €264,553 have been collected by the #StandByGreece campaign led by the Hope For Children centre in aid of restructuring the infrastructure destroyed by the deadly fire in Greece on July 23 which killed 92 people. A statement by the centre on Wednesday said the amount will continue to grow since more activities are […]

Two of the best 20 hotels in Europe to spend time in September are located in Cyprus, according to The Times newspaper. The paper looked at the best places to book now, when, as they say, “temperatures will still be high but prices are low”. Listed first are hotels in Greece (4) and Cyprus (2), […]

More than 100 African migrants managed to force their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Wednesday when hundreds tried to storm the highly fortified border, a Spanish police spokesman said. Television images showed some of the migrants with bloodied arms and legs, apparently caused by the razor wire that tops the […]

A multiple adapter that is hazardous has been identified and withdrawn from the market, according to the department of electromechanical services. The department said that the product does not conform with the current Low-voltage differential (LVD) safety demands. The distributor has agreed to withdraw it from the market. The electromechanical service urges anyone who knows […]

Former France forward Thierry Henry has agreed to become coach of FC Girondins de Bordeaux, broadcaster RMC Sport reported on Wednesday, citing sources close to the Ligue 1 club. Henry, who enjoyed a stellar club career with Arsenal and Barcelona, had been assistant coach for the Belgian national team. He replaces former Uruguay international Gus […]

Investigators found no wrongdoing in the procurement of five helicopters a decade ago and have proposed closing the case, the attorney-general’s office said on Wednesday. According to a statement, the Legal Service said it agreed with the suggestion of the two investigators to shut the case after no evidence of wrongdoing had been found against […]

Thai police have seized more than 14 million methamphetamine pills worth 1.48 billion baht ($45m) that were bound for neighbouring Malaysia and beyond, authorities said on Tuesday, in one of its biggest ever drug busts. Police said that the orange pills of methamphetamine, known as “yaba” or “crazy drug”, were seized in Ayutthaya province, north […]

Facebook Inc , Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc collectively removed hundreds of accounts tied to an alleged Iranian propaganda operation on Tuesday, while Facebook took down a second campaign it said was linked to Russia. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the accounts identified on his company’s platform were part of two separate campaigns, the first […]