Новости за 06.12.2018

Russia must scrap its 9M729 nuclear-capable cruise missiles and launchers or modify the weapons’ range to return to compliance with a key Cold War-era arms control treaty and avert a U.S. pullout from the pact, a senior U.S. official said Thursday. “Either you rid the system, rid the launcher or change the system where it […]

By Bejay Browne A cultural foundation will be established in Paphos to create and promote events in the town, the mayor announced at an event at Palia Ilektriki. Phedonas Phedonos shared his thoughts and ideas for creating such an establishment to an audience made of representatives from various established cultural associations and members of the […]

Greek police clashed with protesters on Thursday after demonstrations to mark the 10th anniversary of the killing of a teenage boy by police, which triggered the country’s worst riots in decades. Hundreds marched peacefully through central Athens in a tribute to 15-year old Alexandros Grigoropoulos who was shot dead in 2008. After the evening march, […]

Music is as much a part of the Christmas season as nativity scenes, snow and Santa grottos. But some seasonal songs are now associated more with causing offence than festive cheer, and last week a U.S. radio station pulled “Baby It’s Cold Outside” from its playlist after objections from listeners. Here are three festive classics […]

Movies about race, politics and music dominated nominations for the Golden Globe awards on Thursday, setting the stage for a lively Hollywood awards season leading up to the Oscars in February. Dark comedy “Vice,” a scathing look at the rise to power of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, led all comers with six nods. […]

By Elias Hazou Police on Thursday denied that any coercion was exerted on one of the defendants in the case of the murder of a couple in Strovolos back in April. The case, being tried at the Nicosia criminal court, relates to the murder of Giorgos Hadjigeorgiou, 60, and his wife Dina Sergiou, 59. The […]

Nicosia district court on Thursday re-remanded in custody for another eight days two of the suspects arrested in connection with the attempted murder of Nicos Rodotheou in Nicosia last month. Re-remanded in custody are a 26-year-old Greek Cypriot and a 37-year-old Palestinian man. A third arrestee, a 33-year-old Greek Cypriot, has since been released. The […]

Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno said on Thursday that there was a “path” for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to leave the South American country’s London embassy, where he has lived for six years under asylum, if he so chooses. Assange has claimed that Ecuador is seeking to end his asylum and hand him over to the […]

The Eiffel Tower will be closed on Saturday due to planned protests in the French capital, the site’s operator said. “The demonstrations announced on Sat. 8 in Paris do not allow us to welcome visitors in safe conditions,” SETE said in a statement. About a dozen museums, including the Grand Palais, cultural sites such as […]

The arrest in Canada of Meng Wanzhou, a top executive at China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and daughter of the founder and CEO, jolted the global business community on Thursday and raised fears that a truce in the US-China trade war could come to a swift end. Meng’s arrest came at the behest of US […]

The Republic has collected the €5m recently awarded to it for legal expenses in a case it won against a Greek investment firm at the International Court of Arbitration, attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Thursday. Clerides said the €5m has been received from Marfin Investment Group (MIG) and deposited into the Republic’s account. Back in […]

Jeffrey Sachs, the UN Secretary-General’s Adviser on sustainable development, is expected to visit Cyprus to promote the international initiative that the Republic of Cyprus will undertake on climate change. In a written statement, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said that following the initiative announced by President Nicos Anastasiades during the international conference on climate change organised […]

December is all about festive concerts, Christmas markets and of course, food feasts. With dozens of family dinners and afternoon teas awaiting, as well as mountains of melomakarona and kourapiedes, enjoying yummy meals is what it is all about. Here to add another feast to your agenda, is an event at the Stone Lion Mediterranean […]

Commerce Minister, Giorgos Lakkotrypis said Thursday Cyprus has reapplied to register halloumi in the UK after losing it due to the ministry’s failure to respond on time to applications filed by a British company, John & Pascalis Ltd, to invalidate or revoke the trademark. Cyprus has already filed a request to re-register the halloumi trademark […]

Political comedy “Vice” led movie nominations for the Golden Globes on Thursday with six nods, followed by musical “A Star is Born,” historical comedy “The Favourite” and road trip movie “Green Book.” Limited series “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” won the most nominations in the television category with four nods. The Golden Globes, chosen by […]

The helicopter involved in a crash which killed the owner of Leicester City lost control after the pilot’s pedals became disconnected from the tail rotor, investigators said. This resulted in the aircraft making an uncontrollable right turn before it spun and crashed, according to a special bulletin by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). The […]

Paphos bus drivers will resume strike action on Friday at 6am, it was announced on Thursday. According to state radio a meeting of bus company Osypa with the transport ministry on Wednesday failed to reach a deal in the ongoing impasse, and the employees including 120 drivers have still not been paid their salary for […]

Britain will suspend its top tier investor visas, which require 2 million pounds ($2.55 million) in investment, as part of a drive to crack down on organised crime and money laundering. From Russian oligarchs and Middle Eastern oil barons to newly-minted Chinese entrepreneurs, the wealthy have flocked to London over the past two decades, snapping […]

A TV spot for the campaign ‘Cyprus says no to plastic straws’ featuring ‘Salina the flamingo’ was launched on Thursday. The flamingo stands for the animals threatened by the use of plastic drinking straws, which the pupils of special school Ayios Spiridonas in Larnaca aim to save. Ayios Spyridonas is at the forefront of the […]

Betting adverts are to be banned during live sports broadcasts, according to a BBC report. The move follows political pressure about the amount of betting advertising on television, with more than 90 minutes of adverts shown during the football World Cup last summer. BBC Sport has reported that the Remote Gambling Association, which includes Bet365, […]

EU lawmakers agreed on Thursday to take a tougher stance against tech giants such as Google , Amazon and Apple in new legislation aimed at curbing unfair business practices. A European Parliament committee voted in favour of beefing up draft legislation to force online giants to set up Chinese walls between subsidiaries and to get […]

Authorities have cancelled this weekend’s football match between St Etienne and Olympique de Marseille – two of France’s biggest teams – as concerns mount that anti-government demonstrations this weekend could turn violent. France’s Ligue 1 body said on Thursday that the match had been cancelled at the request of local police. The cancellation of the […]

Antenna Group and K-Cineplex Cinemas have teamed up to broadcast the Tony award-winning theatrical production of The King and I, directed by Bartlett Sher. The prized musical in a brand new theatrical production at the London Palladium theatre last summer, is coming for a single broadcast at K-Cineplex Nicosia on Saturday. It’s a production by […]

Air traffic to and from Cyprus increased by 14.3 per cent from 2016 to 2017, nearly double the EU average of 7.3 per cent, a Eurostat report published on Thursday revealed. For the first time, the numbers surpassed 10 million in Cyprus, reaching 10,239,000. While 6,811,000 of those travelling to and from Cyprus travelled within […]

By Jared Ferrie Cambodia has released 32 women who were detained while pregnant on charges of human trafficking for acting as surrogate mothers for Chinese couples, a government official said on Thursday. The women, who were detained in July, were freed on bail this week after promising to raise the children themselves, said Chou Bun […]