Новости за 07.09.2018

Poor harvests caused by drought in parts of Central America could leave more than two million people hungry, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, warning climate change was creating drier conditions in the region. Lower than average rainfall in June and July has led to major crop losses for small-scale maize and bean […]

U.S. rapper Eminem scored his ninth consecutive no. 1 in the British album charts on Friday with surprise record “Kamikaze”, making UK chart history. Eminem surprised fans last week when he unexpectedly dropped the album, which saw combined chart sales of 55,000 units in the past week, the Official Charts company said. “(Eminem) now has […]

Canada’s military on Friday unveiled a directive governing the use of cannabis by its troops as the country prepares for the drug’s legalization in October. The directive takes effect on Oct. 17, when pot becomes legal. It prohibits members of Canada’s armed forces from consuming cannabis eight hours before any duty, 24 hours before any […]

By Lizzy Ioannidou The government on Friday urged teachers’ unions to accept the latest proposal in view of the start of the school year and the current uncertainty, reminding them that following implementation, a greater dialogue could then be launched to solve the education crisis. Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said: “The consensual proposal resulting from […]

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Friday said both Cyprus and France and their Presidents want the two countries` cooperation on defence issues to be further developed. In statements after talks on Friday with his Cypriot counterpart, Nicos Christodoulides, Le Drian said that cooperation among the two countries on defence was excellent and based on trust, […]

By Lizzy Ioannidou A portable male urinal in the shape of a bent-over nude woman was slammed on Friday as a sexist, vulgar commercialisation of the female body by Pogo, the women’s wing of Akel. The urinal, called ‘Body Jane the Men’s Jar’, shows how “sexism, vulgar devaluation and commercialisation of a woman’s body and […]

UK born artist Duncan Lamb will showcase over 50 of his latest works in Paphos as of Wednesday, along with a performance by Davey Woodford on the opening night. Lamb, who is a trained designer, illustrator and artist, works in a number of mediums. His style could be described as realistic using mainly airbrush and […]

A 64-year-old lost his life on Friday after he was hit by two waves while swimming in the Sodap area of Kato Paphos. According to police, the man had gone swimming with his wife at around 2pm Friday, and lost consciousness after he was hit by two waves as he was swimming in shallow water […]

People buying medications from the north must sign a declaration assuming responsibility for their action, the health ministry said on Friday, in the wake of a government announcement that residents of the Republic can procure medicines for private use. The government’s move followed the ever-increasing numbers of Geek Cypriots who venture to the north to […]

Germany’s Olympic and world sprint cycling champion Kristina Vogel has been paralysed following a serious crash in training in June, she told a German magazine in an interview. “It is shit, there’s no other way to put it. No matter how you package it, I can’t walk anymore,” Der Spiegel quoted her as saying on […]

Bank of Cyprus has seen a windfall of new business in the past few months due to the uncertainty that was created at the co-op bank in the run up to its acquisition by Hellenic. According to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) in July and August, 24,300 new retail customer accounts were opened at the […]

Iraq‘s most revered Shi’ite cleric called for a political shakeup in Baghdad and a halt to violence against demonstrators on Friday, after days of deadly protests tore through the main city in the south and shut the country’s main sea port. Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the ultimate authority for most members of Iraq‘s Shi’ite majority, placed blame […]

England number one Jordan Pickford insists he would not take the sort of risk which left Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker red-faced. Alisson, signed by Liverpool this summer for a then-world record fee for a goalkeeper, is renowned for being good with the ball at his feet. But the Brazil international cost the Reds a goal […]

By Annette Chrysostomou Turkish Cypriot farmers returned to the ‘ministry of agriculture’ with drums and clarinets after their unsuccessful attempt to cross to the south in an effort to involve Greek Cypriots in their protests against the ‘government’ on Friday. The farmers, angered by the refusal of the authorities to keep barley prices low, were […]

Paphos is in the lead as the most popular district for overseas buyers from Europe and Non-Europeans by 39% in comparison to Limassol which follows with 30%.   Larnaca is 3rd with 15,5% and lastly Famagusta with 10% and Nicosia with just 5.5%. During the first eight months of 2018, a total of 2884 property sale contracts were deposited by overseas buyers, with […]

Tesla’s Elon Musk provoked another twitter storm on Friday by briefly smoking marijuana on a live web show with comedian Joe Rogan. The forty-seven year old billionaire spent two and a half hours on a podcast late Thursday discussing everything from artificial intelligence and its impact on humankind to flame throwers and social media. Taking a puff […]

The run-up to a presidential election in Brazil was plunged into chaos on Friday after a knife attack on far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro put the front-runner in intensive care just a month before the vote. Congressman Jair Bolsonaro, who has enraged many Brazilians for years with controversial comments but has a devoted following among conservative […]

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to announce on Saturday some economic relief for Greeks who have swallowed the bitter pill of austerity during years of financial crisis, in a keynote policy speech that may be overshadowed by protests. The leftist leader must strike the right balance between an angry public that wants to […]

A Turkish filmmaker was convicted on Friday of membership of a terrorist group for a feature film that portrayed President Tayyip Erdogan having a gun pointed at his head as his family lay dead all around him, the state news agency said. Ali Avci was arrested last year after the release of a trailer for […]

More than 20,000 Kimi Raikkonen fans have signed an online petition urging Ferrari to keep the Finnish Formula One driver for another year rather than replace him with rookie Charles Leclerc. The petition, on change.org, argued that replacing the 38-year-old was “not justifiable” and that the team needed him to keep the balance alongside four […]

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local news – in audio form. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this week: Cyprus must be for all Cypriots and no-one else, says Cyprus’ High Commissioner to London ; Euripides Evriviades, who […]

British Airways was forced to apologise on Friday after the credit card details of hundreds of thousands of its customers were stolen over a two-week period in the worst ever attack on its website and app. The airline discovered on Wednesday that bookings made between Aug 21 and Sep. 5 had been infiltrated in a “very sophisticated, […]

The couple have become proud parents to daughter Colette ‘Coco’ Josephine Williams via surrogacy after a “long and difficult” struggle to have another baby. Taking to Instagram, she wrote: “I spy with my little eye an extra little hand … So we have been keeping a very special secret! We are delighted to share with you that we have […]

By Stelios Orphanides Revenue from tourism rose a mere 3 per cent, to €357.7m year-on-year in July as Cyprus managed to attract 8.2 per cent more tourists in that month prepared to spend less, the statistical service said on Friday. However, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO), a government-sponsored agency tasked with promoting and overseeing Cyprus’s tourism […]

Revenue from tourism rose a mere 3 per cent, to over €357.7m year-on-year in July against an 8.2 per cent increase in visitors who continue to cut back their spending, the statistical service said on Friday. In January to July, total revenue from tourism rose 3.9 per cent, to over €1bn, against a 12 per […]