Новости за 16.12.2018

Thousands of people marched in Brussels on Sunday against a U.N. pact aimed at fostering cooperation on migration, eclipsing a smaller demonstration in support of the deal, the signing of which brought down Belgium’s government last week. Police said some 5,500 people marched in the bigger protest, organised by Flemish right wing parties in the […]

LIVERPOOL 3 MANCHESTER UNITED 1 Dec 16 (Reuters) – Two second-half goals from substitute Xherdan Shaqiri gave Liverpool a 3-1 Premier League win over Manchester United on Sunday as Juergen Klopp’s side regained top spot with a pulsating performance in the North West derby. Liverpool roared out of the traps at Anfield and took the […]

Turkey and other world powers would consider working with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if he won a democratic election, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a conference in Qatar on Sunday. Turkey supported the opposition to Assad in the Syrian civil war that broke out in 2011 and continues to support rebel fighters who control […]

Not feeling like snow, tinsel or fat white men in red suits? Tired of grandma’s fruit cake? Bored of sitting around the fire with your in-laws watching CyBC? Do the sunny December skies just kill you? We feel you, says Write Cy introducing another creative Open Mic Night. As an organisation cultivating minds by encouraging […]

It is important that the USΑ no longer approaches the Republic of Cyprus on the basis of developments in the Cyprus issue or their relations with Turkey, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. He was commenting on the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell’s interview with daily Kathimerini, […]

Iranian authorities have confirmed the death of a social media activist jailed on security charges, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday, after Western rights groups said he had died following a 60-day hunger strike in prison. “The political prisoner Vahid Sayyadi Nasiri, on hunger strike since October 13, 2018 to protest the denial […]

Animal rights activists stripped naked and covered themselves in fake blood in Barcelona on Sunday in a protest against the use of fur and leather. Dozens of activists lay naked and motionless in the busy Plaza Catalunya square, one of Barcelona’s main shopping and tourism destinations, besides a sign reading “How many lives just for […]

Like other member states, Cyprus has signed up to Pesco which critics say means nations are effectively sub-contracting their militaries out to the EU, thus ceding their sovereignty By Elias Hazou A year ago, when the European Union was rolling out its Permanent Structured Cooperation (Pesco), some commentators cautioned that we were witnessing the birth […]

By Dan Williams Israel signalled displeasure on Sunday with Australia’s recognition of West Jerusalem as its capital, with a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying it was a mistake to gainsay Israeli control over the whole city. The premier, for his part, stayed silent on Canberra’s move at a weekly Israeli cabinet meeting that […]

House President, Demetris Syllouris, said on Sunday that the efforts made by the Greek Cypriot side to negotiate with the Turkish Cypriot leader “who has been acting as the mouthpiece of the government in Ankara” constitute an extremely difficult process. In his address at a memorial service for the policemen and volunteers killed during the […]

President Nicos Anastasiades has expressed Cyprus’ full support to the Finnish Presidency of the European Council during the second half of 2019. Anastasiades had on Sunday a meeting and a working lunch with Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä, at the Presidential Palace in view of the Finnish EU Presidency. He said in a post on […]

By Hyunjoo Jin and Josh Smith   North Korea on Sunday condemned the U.S. administration for stepping up sanctions and pressure on the nuclear-armed country, warning of a return to “exchanges of fire” and that disarming Pyongyang could be blocked forever. The North’s stinging response came after the United States said on Monday it had […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that Washington is working on extraditing a U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed Turkish coup in 2016, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Sunday. “In Argentina, Trump told Erdogan they were working on extraditing (Fethullah) Gulen and other people,” Mevlut Cavusoglu said, referring […]

A poacher from Limassol caught setting up traps for hares in Akamas was slapped with an on-the-spot fine to the tune of €10,500, police said on Sunday. The man was arrested on Saturday following a coordinated action by the police and the Game and Fauna Fund, after being caught setting up traps for hares in […]

By Antonis Loizou FRICS VERY few people read let alone understand the small print when they take out insurance for property. Even if you insure a building for ‘all purposes’ including acts of God (rain, floods etc) be sure that the insurance company has its back covered to avoid a reduction to your claim. Recent […]

A 50-year-old man who is in critical condition at the Nicosia general hospital after being found heavily injured in the parking lot of an apartment building, is believed to have fallen off a tree, reports said on Sunday. The man was found heavily injured in the parking lot of an apartment building in Paphos at […]

The response to the bishop of Thessaloniki’s recent comments have highlighted yet again the sorry state of religious education in schools By George Koumoullis JUST ONE day after the robotic ‘seismologist’ InSight arrived on Mars on November 26, and started recording the wind on our neighbouring planet, the Bishop Anthimos of Thessaloniki mocked this news […]

By Nina Chestney, Bate Felix and Agnieszka Barteczko Nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions late on Saturday to agree on rules for implementing a landmark global climate deal, but critics say it is not ambitious enough to prevent the dangerous effects of global warming. After two weeks of talks in the Polish city of Katowice, nations finally reached consensus on […]

Britain’s government is not preparing for a second referendum on Brexit, ministers said on Sunday, sticking to the script that Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal could still pass through parliament with a few changes. May delayed a vote last week on her agreement to leave the European Union because she was set to lose in […]

British education minister Damian Hinds said on Sunday the government was not planning for a second referendum, denying reports that ministers were looking at such a vote to break the deadlock over Brexit. Asked if the government was preparing for a vote, Hinds told Sky News: “No, a second referendum would be divisive. We’ve had […]

A new production of one of the funniest plays in English, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, will be broadcast live to cinemas from the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End on December 19, including Nicosia. Wilde’s much-loved masterpiece throws love, logic and language into the air to make one of theatre’s most dazzling […]

Government Spokesman, Prodromos Prodromou, said  on Sunday critical consultations are underway as regards the Cyprus problem following an around two-hour meeting between President Nicos Anastasiades and the UN Secretary General’s special envoy on Cyprus, Jane Holl Lute. Lute, who is on the island  for consultations with both leaders with a view to clinching an agreement on the […]

President Nicos Anastasiades is having a meeting on Sunday morning with the UN Secretary General’s special envoy on Cyprus Jane Holl Lute, who is visiting the island to hold consultations with the two leaders in the framework of the UN effort to clinch an agreement on the terms of reference that will pave the way […]

Two minor earthquakes were felt early Sunday in Limassol, the geological survey department said. The first one, a 3.6 magnitude, was recorded at 3.30am and was felt in the wider area of ​​Limassol. According to an announcement by the Department of Geological Survey, the earthquake was centered in the area of ​​Ayios Athanasios at a […]

EVEN Manchester United’s reliable last line of defence David De Gea has struggled for form this season but the Spanish keeper will need to be at his best in Sunday’s clash with bitter rivals Liverpool at Anfield. Last season’s Premier League Golden Glove winner has not looked himself since some uncharacteristic mistakes undermined Spain’s World Cup campaign […]