Новости за 02.11.2018

A Limassol-based company is part of a Europe-wide project to create an AI-based border control system worth more than €4.5m. R&D company Stremble Ventures Ltd is one of 13 EU-wide participants in the EU-funded project iBorderCtrl, which was set up in September 2016 and is planned to be complete by August 2019. The entire effort […]

Britain and Ireland will seek to hold regular summits between leaders and ministers after Brexit to maintain ties strained by Britain’s decision to leave the EU, senior ministers from both governments said on Friday. Relations between the two have improved markedly since Ireland gained independence from Britain following a bloody struggle almost a century ago. […]

J&P (Overseas) Ltd board member Leonie Paraskevaides-Mavronikola reassured staff of the company on Friday that she would not rest until she found out how the construction giant accumulated the US$750m deficit that led to its demise. In a letter addressed to the staff working on projects of the company in Saudi Arabia Paraskevaides-Mavronikola said she […]

By Jibran Ahmed and Asif Shahzad Muslim cleric Sami ul-Haq, known as the “Father of the Taliban” for having taught some of the Afghan Islamist movement’s leaders, was found killed on Friday in Pakistan, a relative and his deputy said. Unknown attackers killed the cleric, who ran an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan and was […]

A new spider species was discovered by researchers in the north, the Near East University announced on Friday after the news was published in the Arachnological bulletin of the Middle East and North Africa. The spider was found by a team led by scientists from the Near East University, Ege University and the wildlife research […]

The Customs Department on Friday said that in the past two weeks it has confiscated more than 8,000 litres of diesel believed to have been purchased in the north. This quantity concerns three separate cases for which €45,000 in fines in total was imposed. On October 22, police stopped a van in Dhekelia carrying two […]

The United States and Turkey on Friday mutually lifted sanctions on top government officials, a sign of a thaw in relations that had been chilled by Ankara’s detention of an American Christian pastor. The United States had imposed sanctions on Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul and Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu in August to protest the case […]

Tourism brought in a revenue of €428.2m in August this year, recording an increase of 1.1 per cent compared to August 2017, which generated €423.6m, the statistical service said on Friday. A larger increase of 2.4 per cent in tourism revenue was recorded in the first eight months of 2018 compared to the corresponding months […]

Only when using Bank of Cyprus cards, until 30th of November PETROLINA, the only petroleum company in Cyprus which participates in the “antamivi” reward scheme of Bank of Cyprus offers triple points from the 1st until the 30th of November 2018. Specifically, consumers who purchase heating gasoil and automotive fuel over €250 in one transaction, […]

A man suspected of murdering his ex-girlfriend on Wednesday was arrested by authorities in the north on Friday after he was found in the industrial area of Yerolakkos village. Authorities were on the look-out for Fatih Cikrikci, who is believed to have brutally stabbed Gulbahar Ulutan 13 times on Wednesday morning at the house in […]

Raising the amount of money given to political parties from the parliament’s budget to €10.4m last year, a more than 50 per cent raise compared to 2015, has yet to be justified adequately and is not in line with the current financial conditions in the country, the report of the Audit Office on the House […]

Ever wondered what Monet’s house looks like? Or the gardens of Giverny? The Island Club, a non-profit exhibition space, is hosting an exhibition with the works of Thraki Rossidou Jones which were inspired by her visits to these locations. “In 1990, I rang my mother and said, ‘Let’s do France!’ – and off we went. […]

Yemeni children are dying from starvation and disease as trucks with life-saving supplies are blocked in port, leaving medical staff and desperate mothers imploring aid workers to do more, a senior UN official said. Geert Cappelaere, Middle East director for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), described “heart-breaking” scenes of emaciated children in hospitals in the […]

UNIC is the first university in Cyprus to be ranked by QS World University Rankings, placing number 91 in the Emerging Europe and Central Asia (EECA) Region   The 2019 “QS World University Rankings: EECA”, released on 31 October 2018, place the University of Nicosia (UNIC) in the top 100 universities in the region, in which […]

A total of 31,200kg of mixed garbage and 18,600kg of recyclable materials were collected during the Let’s Do It! Cyprus campaign in April, organisers announced on Thursday evening. The event saw 46,185 volunteers take part by cleaning up more than 500 locations around the island. The results of the campaign were presented on Thursday evening […]

Striker Jamie Vardy and his Leicester City team mates will travel to Thailand for the funeral of owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha after Saturday’s Premier League match against Cardiff City. The 60-year-old billionaire died last Saturday with four others when his helicopter crashed next to Leicester’s King Power Stadium. The funeral, likely to last a week, starts […]

An adviser to Turkey’s president has said the team that killed prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul cut up his body in order to dissolve for easier disposal, the newspaper Hurriyet reported on Friday. Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist critical of the Saudi government and its de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, […]

There is still hope for the Cyprus problem but that is not enough, UN special representative and head of mission Elizabeth Spehar said on Friday. Addressing the 14th Economist conference in Nicosia, Spehar said the period since the talks collapsed in the summer of 2017 has been characterised by a deepened mistrust and a tendency […]

Italy’s budget dispute with Brussels is likely to escalate in coming weeks unless Rome revises its free-spending plans, EU officials say, and could lead to fines, a freeze of EU funds and bond-sale monitoring. Last week, the European Commission rejected Italy’s draft budget for next year, saying it was in blatant breach of European Union […]

The Beatles may not be performing any more but their era is certainly not over. The band still has dedicated fans and two of those are Mike Nova and Dean Mack, who also happen to be multi-award winning tribute artists. Calling all other Beatles fans in Cyprus, the duo are putting on a two-night show […]

Virgin Atlantic has secured a court injunction suspending a transport ministry decision to revoke the operating licences of Cobalt Air, which suspended its operations last month. The authorities revoked Cobalt’s licences after it suspended operations on October 17 following its failure to secure the necessary cash to keep it going. Transport Minister Vasiliki Anastasiadou confirmed […]

Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has been ruled out for at least a month after suffering a knee injury against Fulham in the League Cup, British media reported on Friday. The Belgian playmaker was substituted in the 85th minute of City’s 2-0 win over Fulham at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday after opposing defender […]

Four former executives of the now-defunct Laiki Bank who were found guilty of market manipulation were on Friday fined €150,000 and €120,000 by the Nicosia criminal court. Managing director Efthimios Bouloutas was fined €150,000 while vice-president Neoclis Lysandrou, deputy CEO Panayiotis Kounnis and executive board member Marcos Foros were handed a €120,000 fine. The four […]

Four former executives of the now-defunct Laiki Bank who were found guilty of market manipulation were on Friday fined €150,000 and €120,000 by the Nicosia criminal court. Managing director Efthimios Bouloutas was fined €150,000 while vice-president Neoclis Lysandrou, deputy CEO Panayiotis Kounnis, and executive board member Marcos Foros, were given a €120,000 fine. The four had […]

An 18-year-old youth who was arrested last year for hooliganism at a football game was sentenced on Friday by the Limassol district court to 200 hours of community service, and two years’ supervision. The18-year-old Nicosia resident was arrested on 11 December 2017, following clashes that broke out among fans during a football game between AEL […]