Новости за 08.11.2018

MPS on Thursday lashed out at Finance Minister Harris Georgiades, who told the House watchdog committee that if it were up to him he would close down even more Cooperative Bank branches. The minister was invited to the meeting on the closure by Hellenic Bank, that took control of the operations of the now defunct […]

Major General Cheryl Pearce of Australia has been appointed Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp), it was announced on Thursday. She succeeds Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir of Bangladesh, who completed his assignment on October 6. In 2016 Pearce was the Commander of the Australian Joint Task Force Group in […]

Paphos criminal court on Thursday sentenced a 33-year-old man to two-and-a-half years in jail after finding him guilty of unlawful possession of firearms and explosives. The man had been arrested on June 20 of this year after police searched three homes, the suspect’s vehicle, as well as various open-air locations in Paphos. Police recovered a […]

Electricity prices will increase by 4 per cent this month, the Electricity Authority (EAC) announced on Thursday. According to spokeswoman for the authority Christina Papadopoulou, the increase stems from the increase in oil prices internationally. “As long as we rely on the production of electricity from oil, then fluctuations will be passed on to consumers. […]

After many years of parliamentary deliberations and multiple conducted studies, the time is now ripe to press on with a radical reform of Cyprus’ local government structure, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Thursday. “Several studies have been conducted in recent years, which all conclude that the number of Cyprus municipalities is too large,” Petrides […]

Police announced that an emergency and preparedness exercise will take place early on Friday at Larnaca airport. The exercise is organised by the Cyprus Police (Airport Security Division) and the Israeli Air Safety Service, with the support of Hermes Airports, Civil Aviation, Customs and Private Security Company ICTS. The around two-hour exercise, that will start […]

Beneficiaries of the guaranteed minimum income (GMI) scheme have fallen from 40,000 to 25,000, while Cyprus is among the EU member states with the fastest declining unemployment rate, Labour Minster Zeta Emilianidou said on Thursday. The government’s goal with regards to GMI beneficiaries is that people do not remain dependent on benefits but are integrated […]

The Italian government has given its support to a joint bid by Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo for the 2026 Winter Olympics, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Thursday. The two cities, Calgary and Stockholm are the only three definite candidates to host the event, and a decision is due in June. “We are […]

The government has never questioned the notion of political equality of Turkish Cypriots, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides, said on Thursday. Reactions to President Nicos Anastasiades’ proposal on decentralisation of powers in a future federal state were due to misinterpretation, the minister said. Christodoulides, who is currently in the US for contacts, told state broadcaster CyBC […]

Everybody gets excited with Irish culture, whether it’s whisky and Guinness or its fast-paced dancing. Here to give the Cypriot audience an authentic taste of traditional Irish dances is a two-night performance by Celtic Legends, one in Nicosia and one in Limassol. On November 26 and 27 the dance group will bring 100 per cent […]

Theodoulos Gregoriou’s latest artistic work tries to find the balance between two opposite poles, the materialist one and the intangible one. The artist will present this thematic in his exhibition Géographie Mentale opening on November 9. This series of work, is a continuation of the Personal Geography installation created by the artist at the Louvre […]

A US Marine Corps veteran opened fire on a crowd of mostly college students and young adults dancing at a crowded country and western bar in a suburb of Los Angeles late on Wednesday, killing 12 people including a sheriff’s deputy. Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean named the suspect, who was also killed, as Ian […]

Young Cypriot composer George Kallis won the award for composing the best score for a feature film at this year’s Jerry Goldsmith Awards, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Thursday. This is the second award Kallis received for his music for the film The Last Warrior. He was also named Breakthrough composer of the Year […]

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized on Thursday after she fell in her office at the court the night before, fracturing three ribs, a court spokeswoman said. The 85-year-old justice initially went home after the fall, but experienced discomfort overnight. She went to George Washington University Hospital on Thursday morning. Tests showed she […]

The Larnaca criminal court ruled on Thursday that a Larnaca municipal secretary facing corruption charges has a case to answer. The defendant, Lefteris Empedocles, 57, is set to answer on November 28. Until then he will remain in custody at the central prisons. Empedocles is currently on trial for theft, obtaining money under false pretences […]

Cradling a baby in his arms, the Central American man looks up fearfully as he scrambles away from a wall of Mexican police in riot gear. Thousands of migrants, mostly Hondurans fleeing poverty and violence, have been traveling in a caravan towards the United States in recent weeks. On Oct 19, some of them rushed through […]

Former co-op bank CEO Nicolas Hadjiyiannis said they had managed to achieve a substantial reduction of non-performing loans before the lender was shuttered earlier this year but he also said European supervisors had behaved like colonialists. Testifying before an inquiry looking into the collapse of the co-op for the third day, Hadjiyiannis said they got […]

Former co-op bank CEO Nicolas Hadjiyiannis said they had managed to achieve a substantial reduction of non-performing loans before the lender was shuttered earlier this year but he also said European supervisors had behaved like colonialists. Testifying before an inquiry looking into the collapse of the co-op for the third day, Hadjiyiannis said they got […]

Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling apologised to Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai after winning a comical penalty that was clearly not a foul in Wednesday’s 6-0 Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk. With City 1-0 up in the first half, Sterling burst into the area and tripped over as he tried to dig his foot under the ball to chip […]

A woman was found dead in a car that plunged into the sea in the Cape Greco area of Ayia Napa on Thursday. Authorities were alerted by a group of German tourists who had spotted the half-submerged vehicle. Police divers later located and recovered the body of a woman inside the vehicle. The victim was […]

A dead person, possibly female, was found dead in car that fell into the sea in the Cape Greco area of Ayia Napa on Thursday. Police said they had been notified by tourists about a partially sunken vehicle in the Ayioi Anargyri area. The fire service and police went to the scene and located the […]

Winger Chris Ashton will make his first England start for four years against New Zealand on Saturday as coach Eddie Jones made three changes to the side who beat South Africa last week. Ashton, who came on as a replacement against the Springboks but last started in the June, 2014 defeat by the All Blacks […]

The summer festivals and street parties may have come to an end but that doesn’t mean there’s a shortage of musical events. Places like The Shoe Factory organise almost weekly concerts and live performances with established musicians and so the momentum of attending cultural activities that we all yearn for in the more quiet months […]

The Cypriot economy is expected to maintain its strong growth rates in the next couple of years though risks linked with the banking sector remain, the European Commission’s autumn forecasts project. More specifically, according to the EC, “economic activity is forecast to remain strong, driven by domestic demand, unemployment is expected to continue its rapid […]

The Cyprus problem is in fact a European problem and healing this wound would contribute to a stronger Europe, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday. Speaking at the 25th Congress in Helsinki of the European People’s Party (EPP), of which ruling Disy is a member, Anastasiades expressed appreciation for the renewal of EPP support for […]