Новости за 20.12.2018

BRITISH airline easyJet cancelled all its Gatwick flights on Thursday, including two to Cyprus, after drones flying near the airport grounded flights. The airline said the disruption was expected to continue into Friday. “At this stage, there is no indication of when the airport might re-open and as a result we have cancelled all flights […]

AUTHORITIES in the north have said that the crossing point at Lefka-Apliki will be closed for one hour on Friday due to works in the area. The crossing point will be closed from 11am to noon. Located some 50km from the capital, the Lefka-Apliki crossing was opened to the public on November 12 this year. […]

THE supreme court on Thursday overturned a guilty verdict passed on a 72-year-old who had been previously sentenced to seven years in jail for sexually molesting his granddaughter, finding that the defendant did not get a fair trial. In July 2017 the man was given seven years on 20 counts of sexual abuse of a […]

DISY leader Averof Neophytou said on Thursday that it would be easier for him to reach an understanding on the Cyprus problem with the leftist Turkish Cypriot parties and that he has “political chemistry” with Diko head, Nicholas Papadopoulos. Neophytou was speaking at a press conference where he also took questions from the public via […]

PAPHOS district court decided on Thursday that two men aged 49 and 42, who were arrested the day before in connection with a case of arson, should be released on bail until their trial begins next year. The trial has been scheduled for April 18 and both should appear at a police station three times […]

Doubts are growing about whether the world’s emergency stockpile of 300,000 Ebola vaccine doses is enough to control future epidemics as the deadly disease moves out of rural forest areas and into urban mega-cities. Outbreak response experts at the World Health Organisation (WHO) and at the vaccines alliance GAVI are already talking to the leading Ebolavaccine manufacturer, Merck, […]

A car ploughed into a bus stop in the western German town of Recklinghausen on Thursday and the driver and nine other people had been injured, police said. It is not yet clear what caused the crash, police said. One person was seriously injured. Germany has been on high alert since December 2016, when a failed […]

THE trial proper in the Focus corruption case is to proceed again, after the Supreme Court rejected the latest motions filed by various defendants. To date, three trials within a trial have taken place in the start-stop case, which relates to the alleged bribery of a former central bank governor in exchange for his collusion […]

TWO men aged 52 and 37 pleaded not guilty in Paphos district court on Thursday, denying involvement in the alleged theft of €4,000 from a backpack in a parked car in June. The court scheduled the trial to begin on May 8, and released the two on parole until the hearing. The suspects put up […]

THE private data commissioner has reported the auditor-general to the attorney-general after he refused to provide her with the name of a whistleblower, sparking a war of words between the two independent state institutions. Attorney-general Costas Clerides said Thursday he had received a complaint, which he would examine. Earlier, Irini Loizidou Nicolaidou issued a statement […]

In its tireless quest to promote an appreciation of photography on the island, Fotodos organisation is putting together a screening, along with Cinema Xanthis and Pantheon Theatre, showcasing a documentary about photographer Sebastiao Salgado. This Brazilian social-documentary photographer and photo-journalist is known for having travelled to over 100 countries in order to complete his stunning […]

The highest number of registered first-time asylum applicants in the EU during the third quarter of 2018 relative to the population was recorded in Cyprus, a new Eurostat report has revealed. The number is 2,484 per million inhabitants. Next are Greece and Malta with 1,442 and 1,150 per million inhabitants respectively. In contrast, the lowest […]

Clubs will be lining up to speak to “serial winner” Jose Mourinho after his sacking at Manchester United, his former assistant Steve Clarke has said. United sacked Mourinho on Tuesday after suffering their worst start to a season for 28 years and replaced him with former striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer until the end of the […]

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States of raising the risk of nuclear war by threatening to spurn a key arms control treaty and refusing to hold talks about another pact that expires soon. The United States has threatened to pull out of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) which bans Moscow […]

The foreign ministry neither confirmed nor denied a New York Times report claiming hackers had targeted Cyprus’ diplomats and exposed thousands of EU diplomatic cables by using a ‘run-of-the-mill’ phishing campaign. Ministry spokesman Demetris Samuel told state radio “we don’t want to confirm or deny,” in line with policy not to comment on security matters. […]

The death toll linked to France’s anti-government “yellow vest” protests has risen to nine, the government said on Thursday, as demonstrators kept up major disruptions of road traffic. “There has been a ninth death, this morning in Agen, by a roundabout. It was a ‘Yellow Vest’ who was protesting outside but was not following roadway […]

Amidst the Christmas markets and piano recitals comes a gaming event, adding a slightly different note to the month’s festivities. The island’s gaming show will be a cornucopia of cosplay, e-tournaments and the well-known (in the gaming world) concept of the LAN party. Whether you’ve got no idea what this entails or it’s right up […]

It’s nearly that time of year when businesses need to complete their annual Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax returns. The IRS may decide to audit your tax return, and there seems to be a general negative association surrounding audits and how it means a business will be shut down. This is definitely not the case, […]

Any deal for North Korea to give up its nuclear arsenal must include “completely removing the nuclear threats of the US”, North Korean state media said on Thursday, in one of the clearest explanations of how North Korea sees denuclearisation. US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a statement after a historic meeting in Singapore in […]

During the festive season electricity supply to those who owe money to the electricity authority will not be cut, it was announced on Thursday. The decision is valid from December 21 until January 11 and includes all household tariffs, 01, 02 and 08. Consumers who have been disconnected due to a debt may apply for […]

Cyprus, Greece, and Israel on Thursday reached an agreement on the EastMed pipeline during the 5th tripartite summit between the three countries that is being held in Beer Sheva. According to the Cyprus News Agency, the agreement on the pipeline, which will connect Israel, Cyprus, and Greece, needs the approval of the European Commission first. […]

Danish intelligence said on Thursday that Islamic State may be responsible for killing two women, one from Norway and the other from Denmark, while they were camping in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains. The bodies of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway, were found on Monday in an isolated area near Imlil, on the […]

Electricity was illegally cut before the eviction of some 100 tenants from a rundown apartment building in the old town of Nicosia, and was then reconnected after the incident made headlines, the Electricity Authority Cyprus (EAC) said on Thursday. “The EAC was informed that electricity was cut in the building on the night of December […]

It is a long time since Temple Bar and café in the heart of Paphos gained a reputation for a great night out, a reputation it has managed to keep, fighting off competition from other, newer venues. Temple opened eight years ago and is primarily a music bar, and a huge supporter of local talent. […]

Gatwick Airport said its runway has now reopened but a flight to and from Paphos on Thursday will still be delayed. “The Easy Jet flight U28453 from Gatwick to Paphos, which was due to arrive at 1.40pm is expected to depart at 12pm from London; therefore, there will be a three-hour delay with the aircraft […]