Новости за 26.10.2018

Israeli forces shot and killed four Palestinians and wounded 232, 180 of them from live fire, during protests along the border with Gaza on Friday, Palestinian medical officials said. The Israeli military responded with air strikes at three positions belonging to Hamas, the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip, an army statement said. It […]

Ayia Napa’s Mayor Yiannis Karousos has sent a letter to President Nicos Anastasiades asking him to intervene over plans to erect two 25-metre high statues on the breakwaters at the Ayia Napa Marina, after the monuments committee denied the municipality’s request. The letter, which was addressed to the president on October 11, said that the […]

  Police on Friday afternoon arrested a 36-year-old man, after he was found driving a petrol tanker with thousands of litres of diesel fuel from the north, authorities said. The man crossed into the Republic from the Pergamos checkpoint in the British base area of Dhekelia, and was stopped by Cypriot authorities on the Larnaca […]

A petrol tanker was taken in for examination after it was found to contain some thousands of litres of fuel at the Pergamos-Pyla checkpoint on Friday afternoon, police said. It was not immediately clear whether the tanker contained petrol or diesel, but police said that the Customs Department was called in to examine the vehicle. […]

Rainfall was estimated to be 175 per cent above the October average the meteorological service reported on Friday. According to the service’s data, total rainfall for October first to the twenty-sixth reached 57.2mm, while the average for the month is 32.7mm. In some areas larger percentage increases were noted, the service added, with Platania recording […]

Four hundred and twenty files out of the more than 5,000 applications from Turkish Cypriots with one Turkish parent who want a Republic of Cyprus passport have been submitted to the interior minister it was announced on Friday. According to Sener Elcil, the head of Turkish Cypriot teachers’ union KTOS, whose union along with secondary […]

  By Zachary Fagenson and Bernie Woodall FBI agents arrested a 56-year-old man in Florida on Friday suspected of sending more than a dozen parcel bombs to high-profile critics of US President Donald Trump days ahead of congressional elections, authorities said. Agents who took Cesar Sayoc into custody in Plantation, near Fort Lauderdale, also hauled […]

FBI agents arrested a man in Florida on Friday suspected of sending at least a dozen parcel bombs to high-profile critics of U.S. President Donald Trump days ahead of congressional elections, authorities said. Two federal law enforcement officials named the suspect as Cesar Sayoc, 56. Two witnesses told Reuters they heard a loud blast as […]

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that news coverage of the suspicious packages targeting high-profile Democratic politicians and critics of the president had slowed momentum for Republican candidates ahead of congressional elections. “Republicans are doing so well in early voting, and at the polls, and now this ‘Bomb’ stuff happens and the momentum greatly […]

  Blue Air, the largest Romanian flight operator, has added more flights to their winter schedule to and from Larnaca airport, the company announced on Friday. The airline, which already has daily flights to various destinations from Cyprus, has added a total of 18 more flights to its winter schedule. From October 28, Blue Air […]

Turkish Cypriot authorities said they have detained a man wanted by British authorities in connection with VAT fraud worth £25m. Reports said Turkish Cypriot Timur Mehmet, 44, had been arrested in Kyrenia on suspicion of possession of cocaine with two other suspects. They were subsequently released on bail. Mehmet is among the most wanted by […]

Defence Secretary Jim Mattis will stress the US commitment to Middle East security at the weekend, officials said, amid Western concern that any loosening of US ties to Riyadh after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder could allow Russia to fill the vacuum. Mattis will give a speech at the annual Manama Dialogue security conference in Bahrain on […]

For the fifth consecutive year, on Wednesday, October 31 the large-scale multinational search and rescue exercise ‘Nemesis’ will take place in the Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone. The purpose of the exercise is to further develop effective cooperation and coordination between all of Cyprus’ relevant services with neighbouring states for the immediate response to emergencies on […]

There have been calls for retail tycoon Sir Philip Green to be stripped of his knighthood after he was named in Parliament as the businessman at the centre of #MeToo allegations of sexual harassment and racial abuse. Former Cabinet minister Lord Hain used the protection of parliamentary privilege to identify the Arcadia chairman as the individual behind […]

In its 20 years of operation, the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre has offered its services to more than 38,000 patients, President Nicos Anastasiades has said. He was addressing an event on Thursday night to mark the centre’s 20th anniversary. The Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre operates as an integrated model centre for the provision […]

The German foreign ministry on Friday said it was providing consular services to a German man who was sentenced by a Turkish court to six years and three months in prison for membership in a terrorist organisation. A defence ministry spokesman said the man, identified in German media as 29-year-old Patrick K., was also sentenced […]

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, denounced on Friday a U.S. decision to leave an arms control treaty that helped end the Cold War, saying it heralded a new arms race which increased the risk of nuclear conflict. President Donald Trump has said Washington plans to quit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty which Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan […]

  Nicosia mayor, Constantinos Yiorkadjis, warned on Friday that there was no magic wand for tackling congestion in the capital and that implementing the master plan to alleviate the problem was being undermined and causing delays. Citing data from the public works department, Yiorkadjis said that there has been a four to 10 per cent […]

Lewis Hamilton feels a fifth Formula One title would be his proudest achievement and he wants to seal it by winning Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver, who is set to equal the title tally of the late Argentine great Juan Manuel Fangio, need finish only seventh to be sure of the world championship […]

Celebrating ten years since it first opened its doors, Nicosia’s Ant Comics is taking a different approach for the day and will host a Halloween party on Saturday from 10am to 6pm. Stacked with comics, graphic novels and merchandise for gamers, Ant Comics is tucked down a side street in central Nicosia but is always […]

Austrian low-cost airline Laudamotion is to commence twice-weekly flights from Larnaca to Vienna, starting from October 28, airport operator Hermes announced on Friday. Ticket prices start at €19.99. “Our routes are attractive because we have the right offers for customers interested in inexpensive flights,” CEO of Laudamotion Andreas Gruber said. “The company’s passenger traffic will […]

It is easy to associate seafood with high restaurant prices but that is not always the case, especially at Jimmy’s Killer Prawns. The name says it all; if you are a prawn fan, the prawns are ‘killer’ and here it is prawns galore. The prawn dishes are varied, and essentially accommodate every taste – and […]

Football’s rule-makers are keen to clamp down on time-wasting tactics, with a ban on injury-time substitutions one of the areas being considered to increase the actual playing time during matches, the Times reported on Friday. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has observed that in a quarter of Premier League matches, changes are being made […]

Rescuers combed the shores of Jordan’s Dead Sea resort area early on Friday to find survivors after rain storms unleashed flash floods that killed at least 20 people, most of them school children on a school outing. Thirty seven people were rescued in a major operation involving helicopters and army and divers searching for survivors […]

Two male penguins entrusted with the care of a fostered egg have welcomed a tiny sub-Antarctic Gentoo chick into the world, Sydney’s Sea Life Aquarium said on Friday. The pair, Magic and Sphen, made headlines around the world this month when aquarium staff gave them the egg, following a successful trial with a dummy egg. […]