Новости за 02.10.2018

Greek and Turkish Cypriot schoolchildren will come together in November as part of the 2018-2019 Imagine project to promote a culture of peace, the head of the bi-communal technical committee on education Michalinos Zembylas said on Tuesday. The meetings will take place between primary and secondary students from both communities and are expected to begin […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that each U.S. senator would get a copy of the FBI report on sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. McConnell repeated that he expected a vote this week in the full Senate on President Donald Trump’s nominee, a conservative federal appeals court judge. “What […]

Manchester City overcame a first-minute setback to relaunch their Champions League campaign with a 2-1 victory at Hoffenheim, clinched by a late David Silva winner, on Tuesday. The Premier League champions and current leaders, urgently needing a win after their opening week Group F defeat at home by Olympique Lyonnais, were rocked by an Ishak […]

Thousands of Greek Cypriots crossed to the north over the holiday weekend that marked the island’s 1960 independence in what Turkish Cypriot media described on Tuesday as ‘a stampede’, particularly on Monday, the official holiday when drivers were waiting on average two hours to cross. According to Bayrak, Turkish Cypriot ‘interior minister’ Ayşegül Baybars said […]

A Turkish court upheld life sentences on Tuesday for prominent journalist Ahmet Altan and five others, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, after they were sentenced in February on charges of aiding plotters of a failed military coup in 2016. Ahmet Altan, his brother Mehmet Altan and four other journalists were previously sentenced to life […]

The government and stakeholders in the finance industry pushed back against a proposal to make it more difficult for lenders to place companies in liquidation/receivership that was discussed by MPs on Tuesday. Under a bill authored by the Greens’ George Perdikis and independent MP Anna Theologou, a company would be able to apply to a […]

Police guided six lost tourists to safety after they encountered car trouble during their trips, authorities said on Tuesday. In the first incident police rescued four British tourists in the Fontana Amorosa area of Akamas after the car broke down on Monday night. The tourists called the police, who arrived at the scene and took […]

French police raided a Shi’ite Muslim faith centre and arrested three of its leaders for illegal weapons possession in pre-dawn swoops on Tuesday that government officials said were prompted by suspicion of links to terrorist organisations. France, home to Europe’s largest Muslim community, remains on maximum alert after attacks in recent years in which Islamist […]

The head of the Turkish Cypriot religious affairs department Mufti Talip Atalay said he supports the return of Greek Orthodox religious artefacts provided a political decision was made on the matter. Turkish Cypriot daily Havadis reported on Sunday that hundreds of religious artefacts worth millions have been kept in unsuitable conditions under lock and key […]

An unknown individual snatched a bag containing €5,500 from an employee of a fast-food chain on Tuesday just before he entered a bank in Limassol to deposit the cash, police said. The robbery took place at around 11.30am outside a branch on Makarios Avenue. The robber fled the scene on foot with the proceeds of […]

By George Psyllides The sale of certain parts of the co-op bank to Hellenic was the best solution, a professional services official told an inquiry on Tuesday, and the €74m price tag was reasonable. Grant Thornton partner Mark Byers said the transaction was the best alternative as liquidation would have caused significant effects. “The haircut […]

Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev is retiring from international football after leading the national side as captain to this year’s World Cup quarter-finals on home soil. The 32-year-old CSKA Moscow player’s acrobatic penalty saves captivated home crowds and helped Russia to their best tournament finish since the collapse of the Soviet Union. “There is a beginning […]

Former British foreign minister Boris Johnson made what was seen as a blatant pitch to replace Prime Minister Theresa May as Conservative leader on Tuesday, damning her Brexit plans while calling for his party to regain its confidence. In a speech which delighted an audience at the Conservative Party conference, Johnson called for no new […]

Ayia Napa is being twinned with the historic Lebanese town on Byblos, the municipality announced on Tuesday. “The first phase of the twinning ceremony between the two cities took place on Saturday, September 29, as part of the events of the 34th International Ayia Napa Festival. The mayor of Ayia Napa Yiannis Karousos and the […]

A spectator hit by a tee shot played by US golfer Brooks Koepka during the Ryder Cup has lost sight in her right eye, AFP reported. The woman was struck when the American’s drive veered wide of the fairway on the sixth hole on Friday, the opening day of the event which Europe went on […]

The National Federation of Cypriots in the UK has launched a survey asking the UK Cypriot community for their views on Cypriot citizenship and on Brexit. In all of 2015, the year before Britain voted to leave the European Union, there were only 30 applications for Cypriot citizenship at the Cyprus High Commission in the […]

A town mayor in the south of Italy, known for  welcoming asylum seekers, was put under house arrest on Tuesday for allegedly favouring illegal migration, angering supporters but pleasing the anti-immigration interior minister. Domenico Lucano, 60, mayor of Riace, a hilltop medieval town in Italy’s poor Calabria region, was put under home confinement by the […]

Two people were killed and two others were injured on Tuesday after a pick-up truck smashed into the back of a lorry on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway, causing a massive traffic jam. A taxi was driving behind the lorry in the left lane at approximately 1pm when one of the latter vehicle’s axels broke, causing the […]

Two people were killed and two others injured on Tuesday in a traffic accident around midday on the Nicosia-Limassol highway. One of the injured is critical condition and the other in serious condition, reports said. According to information, the accident happened between Parekklisia and Agios Tychonas and seven cars were involved. Because of heavy traffic […]

The European Union needs clearer rules to combat money laundering that would apply equally to all EU countries, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Tuesday. The 28-nation bloc is grappling with high-profile cases of money laundering at banks in member states, including Estonia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Malta and Latvia, which […]

Football’s law-making body will look at plans to curb time-wasting in the Premier League after Cardiff City’s home match against Burnley on Sunday marked a five-year low for playing time, The Times and others reported on Tuesday. The ball was in play in Burnley’s 2-1 win for just 42 minutes and two seconds out of […]

  The education ministry’s decision to go ahead with plans to implement exams on a four-monthly basis is threatening to disrupt the return of peace to the sector last week when teachers’ unions agreed to enter a dialogue on the issues. This time students and parents bodies have chimed in to oppose the move to […]

Russia is “the consistent supporter of the achievement of a just, comprehensive and viable settlement of the Cyprus problem in the interests of the entire population of the island,” Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. He said a Cyprus solution would “meet in full the interests of strengthening security and stability in Europe and in […]

  Russia is “the consistent supporter of the achievement of a just, comprehensive and viable settlement of the Cyprus problem in the interests of the entire population of the island,” Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. He said a Cyprus solution would “meet in full the interests of strengthening security and stability in Europe and […]

THEO PANAYIDES finds the owner of the oldest pub in Cyprus to be a quiet extrovert New owner Renos claims he’s inherited a museum, and vows to change it as little as possible. It’ll still be the only pub in town that opens at 11am, and the old football pennants on the walls will presumably […]