Новости за 28.11.2018

Atletico Madrid clinched their place in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday by beating AS Monaco 2-0 at home while also ensuring that Thierry Henry’s hapless visitors will now even miss out on qualification for the Europa League. Koke scored Atletico’s fastest-ever Champions League goal within two minutes and Antoine Griezmann added a second […]

Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides outlined to MPs on Wednesday the ‘three pillars’ on which Cyprus’ foreign policy is based, which he said serve the ultimate goal of reaching a solution to the Cyprus problem. Following the presentation of the ministry’s budget for 2019 before the House finance committee, Christodoulides said that “the country’s top goal […]

Britain’s Prince William paid a personal tribute to Leicester soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha during a visit on Wednesday with his wife Kate to the team’s stadium where the Thai billionaire was killed in a helicopter crash last month. Vichai, 60, and four others died when their helicopter crashed and exploded outside the King Power […]

The Republic of Cyprus saw a population increase of 1.2 per cent in 2017, despite an increasing death rate and decreasing fertility rate, the statistical service Cystat said on Wednesday. In 2017, the total population in the Republic reached 864,200, marking a 1.2 per cent increase from 2016, with 67.5 per cent (577,574) residing in […]

Greece’s largest public sector union staged a 24-hour walkout on Wednesday, demanding wage and pension increases from a government still bound to keeping expenditure in check by its lenders. The strike by the ADEDY union is the first major strike since Greece exited its bailout programme in August. Greece still has limits on what it […]

MPs on Wednesday called on the government to carry out more checks on businesses selling car tyres as the country is still lagging behind the disposal of used tyres which are all too often dumped in the countryside. The House environment committee announced on Wednesday that they would discuss the issue of collection and the […]

A 35-year-old Limassol resident was jailed for five years by the Limassol criminal court on Wednesday for the possession of 1.73 kilos of cannabis. On 20 August 2017, the drug squad had signalled the 35-year-old to stop while he was driving in a village of the Limassol district, but the driver sped up in an […]

A submission by the Hilton Park hotel in Nicosia to become a five-star hotel is currently under review by the technical services of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO), a CTO official confirmed on Wednesday. The CTO head of the hotel sector Marios Chanakas said that the hotel owners will then have to submit the architectural […]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that downgrading US ties with Saudi Arabia would be a mistake for national security and would not push Saudis in a better direction at home. Pompeo and Defense Secretary James Mattis were briefing the US Senate behind closed doors about Saudi Arabia and the Oct. 2 killing […]

Police on Wednesday said they are looking for the whereabouts of a man who allegedly purchased items from Limassol shops using counterfeit €100 bills. The man is being sought after police received four reports that he purchased items of low value and paid in counterfeit €100 bills. He received change amounting in total to €257,86. […]

Three men were remanded in custody for eight days on Wednesday in connection with what seems to be a failed gangland hit against the life of a 57-year-old man in Nicosia on Monday evening. The three, 34 and 28 and 32, were initially arrested in Nicosia by the drug squad on suspicion of possession of stolen […]

Two men, 23, were remanded in custody for eight days on Wednesday in connection with setting fire to a car in a Nicosia car dealership. The 23-year-olds were arrested on Tuesday after police examinations of the scene where the car arson took place in the early hours of Monday found that the incident was caused […]

Famagusta Avenue Garage, a new grass-roots community-led space in Dherynia, is hosting a ‘Fun day’ for adults and children this Sunday to raise funds to turn an old garage into a space for community projects for intercommunal groups from both sides of the divide. Formerly a car repair garage, the now unused space was donated […]

The criminal court trying the double murder of a Nicosia couple ordered a trial within a trial on Wednesday after one of the defendants claimed he gave police statements while suffering from drug withdrawal symptoms. Loizos Tzionis, 33, considered the mastermind of the botched robbery that led to the brutal murder of the couple last […]

Cyprus’ music scene continues to grow with Zaatar Food Arts in Old Nicosia dedicated to creating artistic nights whether in the form of theatre, dance or music. On Friday it will bring band Trio Levante for a live performance. The band has successfully presented a musical programme for the last three years devoted to pieces […]

Almost 15 per cent of public school students are non-Greek speakers and frequently disrupt the educational programme of local students, chairman of the House education committee Kyriakos Hadjiyiannis said on Wednesday. He said that changes to the system of integrating foreign students are already under way. “A large number of foreign-language students are joining our […]

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday he has been unjustifiably criticised by main opposition Akel over his handling of the reunification talks whose collapse is being pinned on him rather than Turkey’s intransigence on certain issues. The president denied exchanging barbs with Akel, arguing he has been on the receiving end of the party’s criticism […]

The European commission on Wednesday adopted a new annual action programme for Turkish Cypriots amounting to €34.5 million. The money is aimed at facilitating reunification by encouraging the economic development of the community with the view of improving contacts between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots and the EU. According to a press release, priorities of […]

Cyprus is to appoint a military attaché to the Republic’s embassy in Washington in the US as part of enhancing bilateral relations following a cabinet decision on Wednesday. According to deputy government spokesperson, Klelia Vasiliou, the appointment of a military attaché to Washington aims at “strengthening of the bilateral relations between the Republic of Cyprus […]

A Greek appeals court suspended a 10-year jail term imposed on a cleaner whose conviction for lying on her CV about finishing primary school triggered outrage in the country. The 53-year-old woman worked at a publicly funded nursery for 15 years until a 2014 review revealed she had faked a certificate to say she had […]

A rare edible mushroom weighing a whopping 2.5 kilos was found on Tuesday in Stavros tis Psokas in the Paphos district, the Pafos Press has reported. The peculiar looking fungus is a relatively rare find in Cyprus and is more commonly known as the cauliflower mushroom, due to its appearance. It is also often described […]

At least 30 Afghan civilians were killed in US air strikes in the Afghan province of Helmand, officials and residents of the area said on Wednesday, the latest casualties from a surge in air operations aimed at driving the Taliban into talks. Afghanistan’s Nato-led force said Afghan government forces and US advisers came under fire […]

A Famagusta police exercise is scheduled to take place on Thursday morning in the Konnos locality and the surrounding area. A police announcement said that the exercise will take place between 10 pm and noon and that there is no reason for concern. The exercise will also involve the Rapid Response Unit (MMAD).  

Frederick University hosted the second Pancyprian conference of the Cyprus committee of the World Organisation for Early Childhood Education (Omep), with international participation, ‘Art, Play and the Child’. The conference was organised by the committee in cooperation with Frederick University and was under the aegis of the education minister. The committee is a member of […]

Diko chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos said on Wednesday that measures designed to help vulnerable groups must be finalised before the state budget for 2019 goes to the vote in December. Papadopoulos, who proposed certain measures the government was now trying to implement, said they aimed at helping groups of people who had taken the hardest hit […]