Новости за 29.08.2018

Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has resigned from the Scottish National Party days after he faced allegations of misconduct, prompting him to take action in court against the administration he once ran. Salmond, the driving force behind Scotland’s 2014 independence referendum and still a popular figure in the country, said he was taking the […]

A TUS Airways aircraft with 100 passengers on board made an unscheduled landing at Larnaca airport on Wednesday due to a technical problem. The aircraft had departed from Tel Aviv and was headed to Crete when it asked to land at Larnaca airport at around 7pm due to a technical fault. State radio CyBC said […]

  The chairman of the committee probing the demise of the Co-op said on Wednesday that it may fail to complete its work within the deadline after it emerged that key witnesses have been ordered not to reveal sensitive information. Giorgos Aresti was speaking after the first witness from the central bank to appear before […]

Following his release by a court-martial where he was charged with possession of illegal arms, police on Wednesday re-arrested a 47-year-old National Guard master sergeant in connection with a case of possession of explosives found 12 years ago in Limassol. The non-commissioned officer was re-arrested after authorities matched his DNA with genetic material collected from […]

French and British fisherman pledged talks to quell a high-seas dispute over access to the scallop-rich seabed in the Baie de Seine after French vessels chased their rivals out of the zone, hurling projectiles and insults. French vessels rammed British scallop dredgers on Tuesday off the coast of Normandy in an attack English fisherman Ciaran […]

Industrial unrest has been brewing in the north as unions enforced a work-to-rule in response to the Turkish Cypriot’s administration decision to stop paying public workers overtime. On Tuesday evening, flights were disrupted at Tympou (Ercan) airport after flight controllers joined other unions and refused to work overtime. The action affected 18 arrivals and 16 […]

The organisers of Nostalgia Parties are at it again, starting the new musical season with three events at some of the most unique locations around Cyprus. The first is set for Sunday at the legendary Forest Park Hotel where DJs Claudio, Mr Fox and Angeliki will go back to the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s […]

The Animal Party announced on Wednesday it received a complaint, accompanied by video footage, over the cruel treatment of racehorses. “It’s not enough that the horses at the race-track have to work and race for bets, certain people, rather than respecting and caring for them, beat and mishandle the race horses instead,” the party said. […]

A nine-year-old boy has been admitted to hospital after he was bitten by a dog in Paphos on Wednesday morning. The boy’s injuries were not serious but doctors decided to keep him under observation at Paphos general hospital as a precaution. Police said the incident happened at 10am after the dog apparently broke its chain […]

The Nobel Peace Prize to Aung San Suu Kyi will not be withdrawn in the light of a United Nations report that said Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings of Muslim Rohingya, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday. On Monday, U.N. investigators said Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes with “genocidal […]

How hot is too hot was the subject up for debate at the US Open on Tuesday after brutal conditions took their toll. Four men were unable to complete their matches because of the effects of the heat and humidity, while Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic was also in trouble before recovering to beat Marton Fucsovics. […]

Dutch police have arrested a 26-year-old man suspected of threatening to attack far-right politician Geert Wilders over his plan to hold a contest of cartoons depicting Islam’s Prophet Mohammad, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. The man, whose nationality has not been determined, was taken into custody on Tuesday at Central Station in The Hague, […]

  Andreas Charalambous, the second senior finance ministry official and board member to testify at the Co-op committee, on Wednesday said that the state-owned bank may have performed better if it had secured expertise from abroad. If the Cyprus Co-operative Bank had utilised the experience of bankers from abroad, as was the case in other banks, […]

Canada has three days to tackle contentious issues when it resumes talks with the United States on Wednesday to salvage the trilateral North American Free Trade Agreement amid signs Ottawa was open to taking a more conciliatory approach. After more than a year of talks, Mexico and the United States announced a bilateral deal on […]

Following a huge protest march the previous day, the government on Wednesday invited teachers and parents to intensive talks on series of education issues with a set timeframe, as proposals were submitted by parties in a bid to break the protracted impasse. “The government’s intention is to secure the smooth start to the new school […]

  Following a huge protest march the previous day, the government on Wednesday invited teachers and parents to intensive talks on series of education issues with a set timeframe. “The government’s intention is to secure the smooth start to the new school year, which as a matter of fact, is decisive for the implementation of […]

France’s beloved bread loaf, the baguette, may be about to lose some of its bite, with politicians looking into the health risks of additives set to propose legislation forcing bakers and processed food makers more generally to slash salt content. After months of investigation and hearings, a parliamentary committee has come to the conclusion that […]

The drugs squad, Ykan, said on Wednesday that a drugs’ ring has been dismantled after police seized over two kilogrammes of cannabis and arrested four men on Tuesday. Ykan spokesman, Stelios Sergidis, said that following a tip-off that a large amount of cannabis was about to be moved the suspects were put under surveillance – […]

More than 50,000 people have evacuated their homes in central Myanmar after part of a dam failed on Wednesday, inundating communities and damaging a bridge on a major highway, officials said. The incident spotlights safety concerns about dams in Southeast Asia following last month’s collapse of a hydroelectric dam in neighbouring Laos that displaced thousands of people […]

Britain is ramping up efforts to tackle sex trafficking of girls and gangs’ use of children as drug mules amid concerns that cases uncovered by police are just “the tip of the iceberg” with modern slavery ever-evolving, experts said on Wednesday. Britain this week announced a 2 million pound ($2.6 million) scheme to help authorities […]

  Accept-LGBT Cyprus have said they are satisfied the proposed bill on legal recognition of gender identity  is moving along, but are disappointed that the age component has been set at 18. “We hope that the proposed bill will move forward, but with slight adjustment. We’re quite disappointed with the part of the outcome that […]

Germany coach Joachim Loew said he was snubbed by Mesut Ozil after the midfielder abruptly retired from international duty following the furore over a photo with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan prior to the World Cup in June. The 2014 world champions were left humiliated after they were condemned to their earliest World Cup exit in […]

The annual Aphrodite festival in Paphos has now gained a permanent place on the cultural map of Europe, the town’s mayor Pheodonas Phedonos said this week, adding that 640 more tickets had been sold for this year’s festival than last year. Around 7,000 tickets have now been sold for the three performances of Gioachino Rossini’s […]

It is too soon to say that an outbreak of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo is stabilising even if new cases are emerging at a slower rate, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. “There is a decline (in new cases)… but still, considering the accessibility and red zones, we cannot […]

An Islamist party in Pakistan called for the expulsion of the Dutch ambassador on Wednesday as it launched a protest against a far-right Dutch politician’s plan for a cartoon competition featuring caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. Hundreds of activists gathered in the eastern city of Lahore for the demonstration organised by Tehreek-e-Labbaik, a party […]