Новости за 11.11.2018

Premier League champions Manchester City stayed two points clear at the top on Sunday with a dominant 3-1 win in the derby against Manchester United. Liverpool, having beaten bottom club Fulham 2-0 at Anfield, will go into the international break in second place after receiving a favour from neighbours Everton, who held Chelsea to a […]

“Entrepreneurs find solutions where politicians stop at a roadblock,” says Steven Stavrou, co-founder of Cyprusinno. He was talking about the success story of the bicommunal startup which he founded together with Turkish Cypriot Burak Doluay, which is about bringing together entrepreneurs across the divide. Stavrou, a Greek Cypriot based in New York, and Doluay, based […]

By Ozay Mehmet If meant sincerely, ‘loose’ federalism, otherwise confederation, is emerging as the latest template for settling the long-standing Cyprus problem.  However, it requires a clear definition to put substance on what it means and illustrate how it might work in practice. There are no iron-clad recipes in state formation. No two federations or […]

The tourist industry continues to be threatened by unlicensed beds, mayor of Paphos Phedonas Phedonos said on Sunday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Phedonos said as a district Paphos receives the largest number of tourists and the unlicensed beds result in unfair competition for hotels and apartment in addition to a loss of […]

Brief contacts with a series of world leaders were made by President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday in Paris while he was attending events to mark 100 years since the end of World War I. On Saturday he reportedly held a brief meeting with Turkish President Tayip Erdogan although the Cyprus News Agency reported that the […]

A Romanian man crashed his car into the front doors of a shopping mall in the Danube river city of Braila on Sunday, injuring seven people including two children, police said. The 20-year-old man from Braila was immobilised by shoppers and arrested within minutes by the local police. The mall’s entrance lies on a pedestrian […]

Two hunters were fined €500 euro by the Game Service working in co-operation with the Kouklia police station for using prohibited methods of hunting. According to the police, the two men were seen on Sunday morning in the area of Mandria using a recording mimicking the sounds of animals, which is prohibited. Police continue to […]

By Luke Baker French President Emmanuel Macron used an address to world leaders gathered in Paris for Armistice commemorations on Sunday to send a stern message about the dangers of nationalism, calling it a betrayal of moral values. With U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting just a few feet away listening […]

When Cypriot students go to the UK to study, they tend to go tribal. The Greek Cypriots seek comfort in Greek and Hellenic societies; the Turkish Cypriots cuddle up to Turkish ones. By themselves for the first time and thousands of kilometres away from home, the students inevitably seek the safety of familiarity. But Cypriots […]

Members of ELAM turned out in force on Saturday night for a demonstration in Dherynia against the opening of any more checkpoints held under the slogan ‘Close all checkpoints NOW’. The event was held a few metres away from the place Tassos Issak and Solomos Solomou were killed during anti occupation demonstrations in August 1996. […]

The French ambassador and the French Consul in Larnaca on Sunday attended a service to honour the war dead held at the Catholic cemetery in Larnaca. To mark 100 years since the end of WWI a soldier then read out a message from French President Emmanuel Macron before wreaths were laid by the consul Sozos […]

  By Elizabeth Piper Prime Minister Theresa May was under growing pressure on Sunday to change her plan for Britain to leave the European Union to avoid defeat in a parliamentary vote. With both Britain and the EU suggesting an agreement is close, eurosceptic lawmakers and a leading member of a small Northern Irish party […]

One of the three fires that broke out in the Paphos area on Sunday all have been brought under control, fore service spokesman Andreas Kettis said. He said that two fire engines from the Stroumbi station has attended one of two blazes in Arodes as had two helicopters. A fire has also been reported in […]

By Selma Karayalcın The recent talk about EU members scrapping daylight savings time has made one woman very nervous. As a Turkish Cypriot teacher at the English School who lives in the north, she has exhausting memories of that six-month period in 2016/17 when the two sides of the island were an hour apart ‘The […]

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy Jane Hol Lute is expected to hold a new round of contacts to agree on the terms of reference that will lead to the resumption of the Cyprus talks, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Sunday. Christodoulides was commenting on the latest meetings President Nicos Anastasides has had with Lute […]

By Stephen Lam Severe hot and dry “devil winds” kicked up on Sunday in fire ravaged Southern California and more winds were expected in the north, fanning the flames of wild fires that have killed at least 25 people, officials said. “This is getting bad,” said meteorologist Marc Chenard, with the National Weather Service’s Weather […]

Starting on Monday, police will launch their seventh road safety campaign of the year; checking for the use of seatbelts and child seats. The campaign aims at increasing awareness of drivers and passengers about the use of seatbelts and special car seats for children, in an effort to reduce the number of serious and fatal […]

An 82-year-old man is being held in police custody for his involvement in a case of trying to destroy property with explosive substances. Three cases are being investigated against him. The pensioner was presented at Paphos District Court on Saturday, where a judge ruled he be kept in custody for three days to help police […]

By Richard Lough and Luke Baker Some 70 world leaders gathered under rainy skies at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Sunday for a solemn ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One. U.S. President Donald Trump, Russia President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and dozens of monarchs, […]

In yet another beloved chamber music concert by the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, musicians will present compositions by JS Bach and F Schubert as the Pallas Theatre will fill once again with classical music lovers on November 24 as four musicians will perform. Ayşe Karaoğlan and Anna Wrobel on the violins, Krzysztof Wrobel on the viola […]

Demonstrating their anger over rising rents in Limassol, The Movement for the Right of Housing held a protest over Saturday night outside the Limassol District offices. Tents in the area were occupied by both the homeless – including a family with three children – and citizens who wanted to symbolicaly show their support, while the […]

By Gwynne Dyer “If they are not remembered, was the sacrifice they made even worthwhile?” asked an American veteran of the Iraq War who named his son after a fellow soldier who was killed there. It’s quite common, actually. My brother-in-law is named after a member of his father’s bomber crew who was killed over the […]

President Nicos Anastasiades is in Paris on Sunday to take part in commemorations to mark 100 years since the end of WWI. The ceremony will be attended by over 80 heads of state and leaders of international organisations from around the world. These will include US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Germany’s Chancellor […]

By Sonali Paul and Alison Bevege Thousands of people attended memorial services across Melbourne to mark the centenary of the Armistice ending World War One, shrugging off heightened security after Friday’s attack in Australia’s second largest city which police branded terrorism. Attendance at Melbourne’s the Shrine of Remembrance was bigger than expected, with visitors determined […]

A 39-year-old from Nicosia was arrested on Sunday, suspected of being behind a bomb explosion at a real estate agent’s office in Limassol on Saturday night. The arrest was made after suspicions expressed by the owner of the agency against his former partner, who was taken from his home in Nicosia for questioning by the […]