Новости за 21.10.2018

With fewer places for the young and the alternative to meet in Nicosia, the old market has provided a temporary reprieve Walking past the old municipal market in the heart of Nicosia’s old town, an artist called Chloe Finn saw the doors of the previously abandoned building wide open. She went in and found a […]

The world must invest $2.4 trillion in clean energy every year from now to 2035 By Charles Ellinas The UN Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued on October 6 a Special Report on the ‘impacts of global warming of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways’. The report, commissioned by […]

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he would make all necessary statements about the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a meeting with members of his ruling AK Party in parliament on Tuesday. His comments are likely to heighten speculation that Turkey may be about to reveal some of the results of its investigations […]

Huge damage was caused in the Nicosia areas of Ayios Trimithias and Paliometocho by a whirlwind that hit homes and electricity supply on Sunday afternoon. According to reports the whirlwind was as high as 200 metres and cut through mainly Ayios Trimithias, damaging everything in its path. There were no reports of injuries but electricity […]

The buffer zone as a site of valuable and endangered heritage will feature prominently in a Europa Nostra conference to be hosted in Nicosia on 23-24 October. Nicosia mayors from the north and south of the divide, Constantinos Yiorkadjis and Mehmet Harmanci, will be among the participants in a panel on the buffer zone, which […]

Though it lacks a conductor, the Cyprus Chamber Orchestra lacks neither spirit nor skill. Going without a conductor is a conscious decision as the bicommunal orchestra’s 20 professional musicians work as an ensemble, an effort that will be brought to stage in its autumn concert on Monday. With selections from Bach, Mozart and Albinoni, the […]

A technical team from the EU Directorate General on Migration will visit Cyprus on Tuesday to meet officials and discuss additional assistance to Cyprus which is facing increased migration flows. The visit comes following the discussions held in Nicosia between Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos with the Cyprus ministerial committee last month as […]

Saudi Arabia’s explanation of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was a “good first step but not enough”, the U.S. Treasury secretary said on Sunday, adding it was premature to discuss any sanctions against Riyadh over the incident. The comments from Steven Mnuchin are the latest from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump that […]

  Claims that pig farms are operating illegally Recent complaints against pig farming have highlighted once again the sluggish enforcement of laws. Concerned Orounda residents on Monday demanded an investigation into what they claim is the operation of two illegal pig farms in the area whose managers, they say, keep breaking the law and are […]

President Donald Trump said Washington will exit the Cold-War era treaty that eliminated a class of nuclear weapons due to Russian violations, triggering a warning of retaliatory measures from Moscow. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, negotiated by then-President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987, required elimination of land-based short-range and intermediate-range nuclear […]

Sheep replaced the usual traffic in central Madrid on Sunday as shepherds steered hundreds of the animals through the Spanish capital to proclaim their right to use ancient migration routes. Every year since 1994, sheep farmers have paraded their livestock through the city, along a route that once cut through undeveloped countryside on their way […]

Ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Sunday that in view of the meeting between the two leaders on Friday, he would continue in the meantime to have contacts with Turkish Cypriot politicians and parties. He was speaking hours after Turkish ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay  revealed he had met recently with Neophytou to discuss the […]

The new political party Dimokratiki Parataxi (Democratic Front) was launched on Sunday and former Diko leader Marios Garoyian was nominated as its president, promising not to be a “leader of old”. Garoyian said he had stepped up cooperation with all political forces in order to strengthen the internal front and ensure the necessary unity of […]

The phenomenon of improper execution of a tenancy agreement is frequent and it affects mainly the rights of the tenant, especially when the tenancy is for a period exceeding one year and its further renewal is provided. The Contract Law provides that contracts relating to leases of immovable property for any term exceeding one year […]

Due to intense rain and hail in many areas of Nicosia, especially in the areas of Kokkinotrimithia, Paliometocho and Archangelos, there is some flooding, roads as slippery and visibility poor, police said on Sunday. They warned motorists to drive cautiously at low speed, keep a safe distance from the vehicle in front and to have their […]

Two employees at Limassol supermarket were remanded for eight days on Sunday by the district court after they were accused of embezzling over €22,000 from their employer. The woman aged 19 and 23, are accused of taking €22,167 between March and October this year. Their boss reported the theft once he discovered that supermarket takings […]

Known for evenings dedicated to techno, tech house and house music, Club State will this week host two party evenings: the first with DJ CJ Jeff (Nikos Zafiris) for the weekly ‘This is my house’ which takes place on Wednesday and a Halloween party two days later – on Friday. CJ Jeff is a Greek […]

At least 18 people died and 160 were injured when a train derailed in northeastern Taiwan on Sunday, authorities said. Several carriages were overturned in the crash, which occurred in Yilan County near the coast on a line popular among tourists. The government said the train had been carrying 366 people, and the Central News […]

A train derailment in northeastern Taiwan on Sunday killed at least 17 people and injured 126, government authorities said. The accident took place on Sunday afternoon in Yilan County near the coast, with several carriages overturned on a railway popular among tourists. “As of 6.30pm there are 17 dead on site and 126 people injured,” […]

The Greek police has suspended an officer and ordered an internal inquiry after a video showed him verbally abusing an elderly woman at a migrant camp, police said on Saturday, amid growing violence towards migrants in Greece. The woman was standing in a long queue waiting for food handout at Greece’s biggest migrant camp in […]

The changed direction of the secretary-general’s new report raises fears of 50 more years of talks By Esra Aygin As revelations suggesting that the Greek Cypriot leadership and Turkey are binning the bicommunal, bizonal federation model, which has been on the table for decades continue, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres signalled this week that the […]

As the count from a crucial Australian by-election dragged into Sunday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison faced the possibility that his Liberal party may have been too quick to concede a contest that would reduce his administration to a minority government. Morrison became Australia’s sixth prime minister in 10 years in August after his predecessor Malcolm […]

The island’s beekeepers are launching a year-long awareness campaign on the importance of pollinators for the survival of mankind and on their protection. The campaign – organised by the beekeepers’ and professional beekeepers’ associations – is to be launched next week at the Limassol agriculture training centre. The campaign is also being supported by the […]

President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States will exit the Cold-War era treaty that eliminated a class of nuclear weapons due to Russian violations, a move an official in Moscow called a dangerous attempt at blackmail. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, negotiated by then-President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1988, required […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday his decision to delay the demolition of a Bedouin village in the West Bank was a brief reprieve while efforts are under way to reach a relocation deal for its residents. Israel’s decision to raze the village of Khan al-Ahmar in Israeli-occupied territory has drawn international concern, […]