Новости за 10.10.2018

The Russian news website Fontanka named on Wednesday a third GRU military intelligence operative, Sergey Fedotov, as having been involved in trying to kill ex-spy Sergei Skripal in the English city of Salisbury. The website said records show Fedotov visited Britain in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and left the country on March 4 this year, […]

Harsher penalties are needed if we are to show zero tolerance towards sexual harassment, said children’s organisation Hope for Children on Wednesday, following the 12-month sentence imposed on a teacher found guilty of sexually harassing underage female students. Following a lengthy trial of many months, which took place behind closed doors since the case involved […]

Extremely powerful Hurricane Michael crashed into the Florida’s northwestern Panhandle coast on Wednesday, flooding towns and ripping up trees with 155 mile per hour(249 kph) winds and the potential for a devastating storm surge. Michael, which had caught many by surprise with its rapid intensification as it churned north over the Gulf of Mexico, was […]

Pafilia Property Developers proudly announces the launch of two high-end, exclusive projects in the cosmopolitan city of Limassol; namely Vetro Suites and Amathos Residences. The respective developments boast elegant apartments and claim prime locations in the buzzing seaside town, further enhancing Pafilia’s strategic development in the city. The stylish Vetro Suites stand as the latest […]

Cristiano Ronaldo’s new Las Vegas lawyer has said claims that the football star raped a woman are “complete fabrications” and the encounter was consensual. Peter Christiansen issued a statement that does not deny Ronaldo and the woman reached a non-disclosure agreement in 2010. But the statement declared that documents cited in media reports about Ronaldo’s […]

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he has talked to officials in Saudi Arabia at the highest levels about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and wants the United States to get to the bottom of the matter. Khashoggi, 59, disappeared a week ago and was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul […]

The northern Cyprus military court will be issuing its decision on Thursday regarding conscientious objector Murat Kanatli. Kanatli, a member of the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO) and human rights activist, is facing imprisonment due to his conscientious objection to participating in annual military exercises. Due to previous identical cases, where Kanatli was jailed […]

Russian police said on Wednesday they had opened a criminal investigation into Russia internationals Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamayev, who are accused of carrying out violent attacks in central Moscow. The attacks, allegedly perpetrated by Zenit St Petersburg forward Kokorin and Krasnodar midfielder Mamayev on Monday, were captured on CCTV and prompted widespread outrage among […]

Phoenix Leaders welcomed the renowned innovation and strategy expert and one of the world’s leading management thinkers (according to Thinkers50), Professor Costas Markides, to The Club in Nicosia.   In front of a packed room and armed with an array of witty remarks, Professor Markides illustrated just how technology has changed what it means to […]

Three women of unknown origin were found dead on Wednesday on the Greek side of the river border between Turkey and Greece, police sources said, an area known for illegal migrant crossings. The bodies, found in a field by a passerby, lay a short distance from each other near a migration route from Turkey over […]

The European Union is considering screening its own member states to assess whether they should be included in the bloc’s blacklist of tax havens, a senior EU official said on Wednesday. In December 2017 the EU drew up a blacklist of jurisdictions whose tax rules and practices are deemed not in line with its standards. […]

Security guards from private companies and higher fences will be installed in public schools, education minister, Costas Hambiaouris, announced on Wednesday, the possibility of installing security cameras is also on the table. The fencing off of public schools, the installation of intercoms, placing guards in kindergartens and primary schools from 7am to 8am and issuing […]

Cirque du Soleil are to base a new show around the life of Argentina football great Lionel Messi, the Montreal-based group of performing artists said on Wednesy. The show, which will be produced in conjunction with PopArt Music and Sony Music, will tour the world in 2019, although exact dates and venues have not been […]

European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier on Wednesday said an agreement with Britain was “within reach”, calling for decisive progress in the talks in time for a summit of all 28 EU leaders next week. Brexit negotiators from both sides have been locked in intense discussions this week, trying to overcome differences on the biggest […]

Success continues in the months of September and October with the presence of Leptos Estates at International seminars and Exhibitions on Real Estate and Investment in the Middle, Far East and Europe. A large number of buyers and investors were attracted by the company’s latest coastal line projects “ADONIS BEACH VILLAS” and “CORAL SEAS VILLAS” in Paphos , […]

England’s first one-day international against Sri Lanka was abandoned following heavy rains in Dambulla on Wednesday. England managed to score of 92-2 in 15 overs, with Akila Dananjaya and Nuwan Pradeep claiming the wickets of Jason Roy (24) and Jonny Bairstow (25) respectively. Joe Root (25) and Eoin Morgan (14) were scheduled to return for […]

China is waging an unprecedented campaign to influence American public opinion as November congressional elections approach and presents the greatest long-term counterintelligence threat to the United States, US security officials said on Wednesday. Senators on the Homeland Security Committee questioned Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and FBI Director Christopher Wray about President Donald Trump’s assertion […]

  Cyprus, Greece and Egypt on Wednesday called on Turkey to cease all illegal activities within the maritime zones of Cyprus and to refrain from similar actions in the future. President, Nicos Anastasiades, his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras, made the statement following their 6th trilateral summit in Elounda, Crete […]

  Cyprus on Wednesday officially launched the island as a film location at a summit to promote itself internationally to investors, dubbing the incentive plan ‘Olivewood’. The first-ever film summit organised by Invest Cyprus, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation, and the government’s press and information office saw the participation of over 120 delegates including producers and […]

The island’s literature stage will hold numerous events throughout October with readings and festivals happening all around the island and perhaps one of the most high profile is that of Cypriot-Australian controversial journalist and poet Koraly Dimitriades. After the success of her poetry bestseller Love and F–k Poems, Dimitriades is on a short tour of […]

From gender-fluid and non-binary to genderqueer, the world has grappled in recent years with the growing spectrum of how people identify themselves. Now an Australian study has found more than 30 separate gender definitions available on social media platforms or offered by government institutions. These include “pangender”, “poligender”, “transgender”, “androgyne” and “demigirl” alongside the traditional […]

  Opening crossings between the two sides is an insult to those killed during the 1974 Turkish invasion and also helps to economically sustain “the conquerors”, said the organisers of a protest rally to take place next week against the opening of the Dherynia crossing. The rally is organised by family members of Tasos Isaak […]

The Christian owners of a bakery at the centre of the so-called “gay cake” case expressed their “delight and relief” after winning a Supreme Court appeal over a claim that they had discriminated against a customer. Five justices at the UK’s highest court allowed a challenge by the McArthur family, who run Ashers bakery in […]

Pope Francis on Wednesday compared having an abortion to “hiring a “hit man” to eliminate a problematic person, in comments sure to be welcomed by conservative Catholics who have accused the pontiff of not speaking out enough on “cultural war” issues. Abortion is a raging political battle in a number of countries, including the United […]

  Cyprus has again suspended cooperation with Russia, which has been seeking assistance from the government in Moscow’s alleged case of tax evasion against Hermitage Capital Founder Bill Browder, it emerged on Wednesday. Browder’s Cypriot lawyer Christos Pourgourides publicised a letter he received from Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou on Tuesday saying Cyprus would suspend cooperation […]