Новости за 21.11.2018

Emmanuel Macron’s popularity took a further hit in recent weeks, according to a poll on Sunday, as fuel tax protests rumbled on across France in the latest sign of discontent with the president’s economic reforms. Only 25 percent of those questioned in an Ifop poll between Nov. 9 and 17 said they were satisfied with […]

Cyprus needs a new economic model which utilises both the traditional sectors and strengthens the role of young people if it wants to get ahead, the head of the chamber of commerce and industry (Keve) Christodoulos Angastiniotis said on Wednesday. During his speech at the 91st annual general meeting of Keve that was also attended […]

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday strongly defended the federal judiciary a day after President Donald Trump referred to a judge who ruled against his policy barring asylum for certain immigrants as an “Obama judge.” The remarks marked the first public response by Roberts to Trump over the Republican president’s frequent criticism of the […]

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been formally warned by the Football Association over the comments he made about referee Anthony Taylor ahead of the Manchester derby. Guardiola went against FA rules by discussing the suitability of the appointment of the Cheshire official, who is from Wythenshawe, for the clash. Although Guardiola backed Taylor and […]

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides voiced concern on Wednesday over the apparent climate of general financial euphoria that could mislead the country the economic crisis was over and Cyprus could return to the culture of wastefulness and unaccountability. Appearing before the House finance committee, Michaelides said that while the island expected a budget surplus in 2018, his […]

Residents of an area in Dali near two industrial units called on the government on Wednesday to offer compensation to the factory owners to relocate as the air pollution is affecting their health. Four years after first appearing before the House environment committee on the same issue, a delegation of residents of the Constantinou and […]

The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) will recommend a “full and open” review into the structure and operation of the players’ union, chief executive Gordon Taylor said in an open letter to members on Wednesday. Taylor’s letter comes after PFA chairman Ben Purkiss last week sought a review saying the body, which represents players in England […]

A group of European Union governments and companies have called for the bloc to set a path for net-zero emissions by 2050 in its long-term climate strategy next week. In two separate letters seen by Reuters this week, ministers from 10 EU nations and business leaders wrote to the EU’s climate Commissioner urging a more […]

The government is making arrangements to bring back some 200 Cypriot employees of the now defunct Joannou & Paraskevaides Overseas who are stranded in Saudi Arabia, it was announced on Wednesday. According to an announcement by Sek trade union, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides following the intervention of the union, gave instructions to Cyprus’ ambassador to […]

State doctors’ union Pasyki accused the Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday of ‘deploying fireworks’ to divert attention away from the ministry’s plan to hire a university professor rather than a government doctor to head the expected neurological clinic. Earlier this week, Pasyki delivered Ioannou with an ultimatum, allowing the minister until December 10 to […]

A businesswoman and three employees of a former co-op in eastern Limassol were arrested on Wednesday in connection with loans amounting to over €800,000 given by the lender with collateral from non-existent people. Police arrested a 59-year-old businesswoman, another woman, 62, who was the bank outlet’s secretary and two employees of the branch in question, […]

There’s no doubt that we live in highly visual world. Instagram, video courses and video chats are growing bigger and bigger as the idea of the image becomes all more familiar. Using the image as a tool has been around for a time though as photography has long been a respected medium in the news, […]

The House legal affairs will reassess the football fan card in a meeting next month after first division clubs complained that this had led to a 30 per cent decrease in ticket sales, it was announced on Wednesday. The fan card, aimed at cracking down on hooliganism, was introduced last August following a long discussion […]

  The Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign ministry’ on Wednesday accused the Greek Cypriot side of deliberately planning provocations in the buffer zone at Deneia and using the village as a propaganda tool. It was referring to an issue that cropped up on Saturday when a group of Greek Cypriot farmers were stopped by Turkish soldiers from […]

Alphamega hypermarkets and EKO (Hellenic Petroleum Cyprus) have launched a mobile app for a new customer reward programme, named ‘Stick & Win’. The new app was launched this week, the two companies announcing a common customer reward programme offering free products through the app. The new free-of-charge programme enables the customer to acquire these products […]

  By Sanjib Kumar Roy A young American adventurer and evangelist visiting one of the islands in India’s remote cluster of Andaman and Nicobar has been killed by a tribe of hunter-gatherers who live there isolated from the outside world, police said on Wednesday. The North Sentinel Island, which is out of bounds for visitors, is home […]

An American visiting one of the islands in India‘s remote cluster of Andaman and Nicobar has been killed by a group of hunter-gatherers who live there isolated from the outside world, two police officials said on Wednesday. The North Sentinel Island is out of bounds for visitors, and is home to the Sentinelese community, who allegedly […]

State schools will be offering Cambridge University English-language exams such as the IGCSE from the next academic year, the cabinet announced on Wednesday. The programme, which was the proposal of Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris as well as of previous governments, will be piloted for one year, during the 2019-2020 academic year. Deputy government spokesperson Klelia […]

Following Nicosia and Limassol, UniteCyprusNow will be organising its third town-hall meeting in Famagusta on Thursday. The meeting will be held between 6.30pm and 8.30pm at Mağusa Gelişim Akademisi on Ismet Inönü Blvd — Salamis Street — opposite Osman Fazil Polat Paşa Mosque in Famagusta. “Everyone is invited to attend and discuss with us the […]

A UAE court sentenced British academic Matthew Hedges to life in prison on charges of spying for the British government on Wednesday, his family and a state-run newspaper said, in a move described as deeply disappointing by Prime Minister Theresa May. The hearing lasted less than five minutes and his lawyer was not present, his […]

Neymar believes the injury he sustained in Brazil’s 1-0 win over Cameroon was “nothing serious”. The Paris St Germain forward came off in the early stages of Tuesday’s friendly in Milton Keynes due to a groin problem. After the game, Brazil boss Tite would not discuss the injury. Brazil said Neymar would be assessed by […]

The Nicosia criminal court will decide on Friday on a defence motion to annul the charges faced by a woman in the trial of the double murder that took place in Nicosia last April. Sarah Shams, 21, the girlfriend of the main suspect in the case – Loizos Tzionis – claims the charge sheet is […]

The Greek import/export company Diversa appears to be pursuing its interest in acquiring collapsed Cypriot airline Cobalt by making more enquiries with Cypriot financial regulators, reports said on Wednesday. Diversa did not respond to a confirmation query from the Cyprus Mail but according to Politis the company, which is undergoing reorganisation and expansion, sent a […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government is in disarray over Brexit but there is no majority in parliament for damaging the economy by leaving the EU without a deal, the opposition Labour Party’s finance minister-in-waiting said on Wednesday. “We just can’t go on like this,” Labour finance chief John McDonnell, 67, said in a speech […]

Police said on Wednesday they were stepping up patrols in Limassol after yet another burglary at a luxury goods shop in the early hours of the morning. It was the third time in a month expensive items were stolen from shops on Limassol’s beachfront. While on Friday and on October 25 fur coats were targeted, […]