Новости за 15.11.2018

A fourth person was arrested on Thursday in connection with a case involving obtaining of money under false pretences. Police placed under arrest a 38-year-old man from Paphos in connection with the sale of fake antiquities. The three other suspects had been arrested on October 9, following a complaint filed by the buyer. The suspects […]

  By Tom Finn and Saikat Chatterjee Sterling tumbled on Thursday after a series of resignations rocked British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government and threw into doubt her long-awaited Brexit agreement just hours after it was unveiled. The pound slumped nearly 2 per cent against the dollar and euro and was set for its biggest daily drop […]

Central African mountain gorillas came off the ‘critically endangered’ species list on Thursday following a rare and dramatic recovery in numbers over the past decade. A survey this year found numbers had jumped to 1,000 individuals, from 680 in 2008, enabling scientists to reclassify them as ‘endangered’. “Even though the rise of the mountain gorilla […]

Famagusta district court on Thursday remanded in custody for eight days the four suspects arrested in connection with the November 1 murder of Gary Boris Christodoulou, found dead with two bullets to his head near the motorway just outside Ayia Napa. Following a tense remand hearing, the court accepted there was enough evidence creating a reasonable suspicion that the […]

Thousands of Syrians are trapped by battles or face hard choices about returning home even though relative calm has held in the northwest for two months, the United Nations said on Thursday. Seven and a half years of war have left most remaining rebel forces boxed into northwestern Idlib province. Neighbouring Turkey and Russia hatched […]

  By Elizabeth Piper, Kylie MacLellan and William James Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to fight for her draft divorce deal with the European Union on Thursday after the resignation of her Brexit secretary and other ministers put her strategy and her job in peril. Just over 12 hours after May announced that her cabinet […]

Japan‘s recently appointed cybersecurity and Olympics minister has told parliament he has never used a computer in his life, though he is responsible for overseeing cybersecurity preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. Yoshitaka Sakurada, 68, was named to the two posts last month by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, having never held a cabinet position […]

The administrative court this week rejected a group appeal by some 200 police officers and firemen against cuts in shift allowances during the economic crisis. The same court ruled in favour of seven mental health nurses who were among the applicants, as it was deemed that, in their case, the termination of one of their […]

  The father of the nine-year-old girl who was stabbed and killed by her 13-year-old brother last week in Larnaca said on Thursday that authorities were fully aware of his son’s mental illness but did nothing to avert the tragedy, despite his warnings that his son needed help. Almost 10 days after the tragic event, […]

The US Treasury will announce on Thursday sanctions on 17 Saudis for their role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a source familiar with the administration’s plans. Those to be sanctioned include Saud al-Qahtani, a former top aide to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as well […]

The Premier League has agreed to pay its outgoing boss Richard Scudamore a leaving gift of £5million in recognition of his “outstanding work”. In a statement, the league said the golden handshake was made by its audit and remuneration committee and “supported and endorsed by the clubs”, whose bosses were in London on Thursday for […]

A new hip hop dance theatre platform hits the island and aims to showcase the talents of Cyprus. Breakalign Grounds is the first platform of its kind and is set to give a louder voice to the artists concerned while supporting them with the required knowledge and help from trained professionals. The initiative to create […]

Britain’s Environment Secretary Michael Gove will only accept the position of Brexit minister if he can renegotiate Prime Minister Theresa May’s draft deal and scrap the Nov. 25 EU summit, the Telegraph’s deputy political editor tweeted. Steven Swinford said that Gove was still weighing up whether to quit May’s cabinet, following the resignations of two […]

The head of Bangladesh’s refugee commission has said plans to start the repatriation of 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to Burma were scrapped after officials were unable to find anyone who wanted to return. The refugees “are not willing to go back now”, refugee commissioner Abul Kalam said on Thursday, adding that officials “can’t force them to […]

Trees which are hundreds of years old are being cut down for firewood and making furniture in Lefkara local officials say. The cut trees include olive and carob and the authorities are determined to take action to combat the illegal logging. The municipality of Lefkara on Tuesday convened a meeting at its offices with the […]

Premier League clubs have agreed in principle to introduce video assistant referees (VAR) from the start of next season, they said on Thursday. The top leagues in Spain, Italy and Germany are already using VAR, which allows disputed incidents to be reviewed with the use of video replays, and the technology was used at the […]

  A series of protests and events were held on Thursday to condemn the 35th anniversary of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state with the government calling on the leadership in the north to abandon its separatist aspirations. Earlier, shortly after midday, Turkish military jets boomed over the capital […]

LeBron James took another milestone in his stride as he passed Wilt Chamberlain to become the fifth most prolific scorer in National Basketball Association (NBA) history on Wednesday. James blew past Chamberlain by scoring 44 points for the Los Angeles Lakers in a 126-117 home victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. Next in James’ sights […]

Pupils of the Paphos Apostolos Pavlos high school together with members of research centre Akti and the Peyia municipality on Wednesday collected 16 kilos of rubbish at Coral Bay beach. Of the rubbish the children collected, separated and recorded, 65 to 70 per cent were cigarettes, which contain microplastics, followed by straws, lids from plastic […]

The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) has started two excavations this week to locate remains of Turkish Cypriots missing since 1964 and of Greek Cypriots since 1974, it was reported on Thursday. According to the Cyprus New Agency (CNA) an excavation started on Thursday in Sysklipos, a military area in Dikomo in the north, to […]

MPs invited by a Swedish medical cannabis company to visit their facilities in Zurich were forbidden to go by House president Demetris Syllouris on Thursday,on the grounds the trip may influence their vote on the upcoming medical cannabis bill. The invitation for the all-expenses-paid trip to Zurich on November 19-21 was sent to the House […]

Attorney Michael Avenatti, who represents adult film star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles with US President Donald Trump, was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday on suspicion of domestic violence, a police spokesman said. Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Jeff Lee said no further details were immediately available, but he said Avenatti was released on bail after […]

Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five out of 11 suspects charged in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in a case that has strained the kingdom’s ties with key Western allies, his office said on Thursday. Khashoggi, a prominent critic of Saudi policy, was killed in the country’s Istanbul consulate […]

A different kind of music event is coming on Saturday, enticing fans of the psychedelic music scene. Hoping to make the most of the surprisingly still warm weather, Polymorphic Productions are organising an outdoor music gathering at Camelot Park in Nicosia, hosting Ixapunktata & Friends. Ixapunktata is a new underground psychedelic trance label emerging from […]

By the beginning of next year, the issue of local government reform should be finalised, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Thursday. “It is now a matter of political will,” the minister said following a meeting with opposition Akel leader Andros Kyprianou whom he briefed on the issue. “We are ready to bridge the differences […]