Новости за 03.10.2018

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday expressed his commitment to supporting bicommunal initiatives which reflect efforts aimed at reaching a comprehensive settlement. Addressing the Stelios Bicommunal Awards 2018 at the foundation’s premises in Nicosia, Anastasiades praised the winning teams for their efforts in promoting creative bicommunal interaction and cooperation, with the aim of achieving lasting peace […]

A Peruvian judge on Wednesday annulled a presidential pardon granted to former authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori late last year and ordered his immediate capture and return to prison. Fujimori, 80, had been cleared of convictions for human rights abuses by former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on Christmas Eve, three days after Kuczynski narrowly survived an […]

Paris St Germain got their Champions League campaign back on track with a 6-1 home rout of Serbian side Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday as Brazil forward Neymar lit up a lop-sided Group C clash with a hat-trick. Angel Di Maria, Edinson Cavani and France World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe added a goal each as […]

  Drowning was the cause of death of a 67-year-old tourist who was pulled out of the sea off Peyia on Monday, a post mortem has shown. The German national, who was on holiday with his wife, had been pulled out of the water unconscious at 4,20 pm on Monday. He was given CPR by […]

Astronomers have pinpointed what appears to be the first moon detected outside our solar system, a large gaseous world the size of Neptune that is unlike any other known moon and orbits a gas planet much more massive than Jupiter. The discovery, detailed by researchers on Wednesday, was a surprise, and not because it showed […]

Facebook’s lead regulator in the European Union, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), on Wednesday commenced an investigation into a massive cyberattack on the social networking site that the company disclosed last week. Facebook said on Friday that hackers had stolen login codes that allowed them to access nearly 50 million Facebook accounts, its worst-ever […]

Pope Francis opened a gathering of bishops on Wednesday at a time of crisis in the Catholic Church over sex abuse, with one bishop boycotting the meeting and another staying home to deal with the fallout from the scandal. Though the synod’s official title is “Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment,” the worldwide sexual abuse […]

Police were called to the Pennsylvania compound of Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Muslim cleric accused by Turkey of instigating a failed 2016 coup, on Wednesday after a guard fired a shot at a suspected armed intruder, a Gulen spokesman said. The security guard fired a warning shot as the person tried to enter the compound’s […]

Pennsylvania State Police were at the rural compound of Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused by Turkey of instigating a failed 2016 coup, on Wednesday to investigate an unspecified incident, local media reported. Police left a little while later, the WNEP local news channel reported. A security guard at the compound had fired a […]

Two moderate Republicans who could be pivotal in determining whether the Senate confirms US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh criticised President Donald Trump on Wednesday for mocking a woman who has accused the judge of sexual assault. Senators Jeff Flake and Susan Collins were among the lawmakers who took issue with comments Trump made regarding […]

Two moderate Republicans who could be pivotal in determining whether the Senate confirms US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh criticised President Donald Trump on Wednesday for mocking a woman who has accused the judge of sexual assault. Senators Jeff Flake and Susan Collins were among the lawmakers who took issue with comments Trump made regarding […]

A dispute between the main parties over the fact that two Greek F16s took part in the Independence Day celebrations on Monday is totally unnecessary and inexcusable, former House president Yiannakis Omirou said on Wednesday. Akel had criticised the flyover of the Greek aircraft questioning what message it sent to Turkish Cypriots and the international […]

President Nicos Anastasiades called on main opposition Akel on Wednesday to come up with proposals to break an impasse in reunification negotiations instead of criticizing him. Speaking after an event on Wednesday night, the president challenged Akel to tell people what it was he had omitted to do or what it was he ought to […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May appealed to her Conservative Party on Wednesday to unite behind her plan to leave the European Union, warning critics their arguments could put Brexit in jeopardy. On the final day of her party’s annual conference, May sought to rally members by addressing their concerns that the Conservatives are becoming increasingly […]

Cabinet on Wednesday approved last week’s interim agreement between the government and teacher unions on the streamlining of teaching time. According to deputy government spokesperson, Klelia Vasiliou, the cabinet ratified the agreement struck last week between teaching unions Poed, Oelmek and Oltek and the ministerial committee on education. The deal put an end to the […]

Authorities in the Republic know about the hundreds of religious artefacts stored by Turkish Cypriots in the Kyerinia castle, but there is no record of the items or their numbers, an antiquities department official said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, antiquities curator Giorgos Philotheou said the department knew of the artefacts that […]

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called Sergei Skripal, a former Russian double agent poisoned in Britain, a scumbag who had betrayed Russia. Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found slumped on a public bench in the English city of Salisbury in March. Britain says they were poisoned with a nerve agent administered by Russian intelligence […]

Bridging the gap not only between literature and the audience but between literature and other arts as well, the Sardam literature festival is back next week for its sixth edition promising to be both bigger and better. Sardam will also bring together the worlds of literature and the spoken word in a blend of expression […]

  The earliest the Dherynia and Lefka crossings can open is early November if the Turkish Cypriots complete all the work on their side, including the removal of a Turkish military post from the Dherynia area, it was reported on Wednesday. According to the Cyprus News Agency, citing a source, work still needs to be […]

  The earliest the Dherynia and Lefka crossings can open is early November if the Turkish Cypriots complete all the work on their side, including the removal of a Turkish military post from the Dherynia area, it was reported on Wednesday. According to the Cyprus News Agency, citing a source, work still needs to be […]

The energy minister announced on Monday Cyprus will be seeking bidders for a €300m project to facilitate natural gas imports and will also invite energy companies to express interest in another offshore field inside the island’s exclusive economic zone. Yiorgos Lakkotrypis said the cabinet had approved the tender documents for the projects, which will be […]

The government’s donation toward the victims of the July wildfires in Greece will be used to finance the construction of a hospital in the affected area, deputy government spokesperson Klelia Vassiliou said on Wednesday. Following a Cabinet meeting chaired by President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday, Vassiliou said that “after the July 25 Cabinet decision to […]

The United Nations’ highest court has ordered the United States to lift sanctions on Iran that affect imports of humanitarian goods and products and services linked to the safety of civil aviation. The ruling by the International Court of Justice is legally binding but it remains to be seen if the administration of President Donald […]

A 36-year-old year man from Larnaca was jailed for six years by Famagusta district court on Wednesday after being found guilty of a robbery that occurred in August 2017 in Protaras. The 36-year-old was found guilty on September 14 to a series of charges including conspiracy to commit a crime, theft and illegal possession of […]

The public’s cooperation has been crucial in dealing with cases of serial arson that marked this summer’s fire season, according to fire department chief Markos Trangolas. “This summer we had two situations: one involved a constant eruption of fires in certain areas, and these are clearly cases of serial arson by specific individuals,” Trangolas said. […]