Новости за 27.12.2018

A man was said to be in serious condition on Thursday after being rescued from the sea by a passing container ship. The man was spotted in an area 15 nautical miles northeast of Cape Greco. According to a defence ministry press release, at 4.45pm the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (Jrcc) at Larnaca received an […]

EAR, nose and throat (ENT) doctors of the private sector said on Thursday they do not intend to join the national health scheme, joining the ranks of several other private practices who have decided to opt out. In a statement, the Cyprus Society of Otorhinolaryngology called on its members not to register with the national health scheme […]

Authorities in the north are under fire following the arrest of a Turkish Cypriot cameraman was after he posted a picture of women in Islamic dress on his social media account with a comment calling it ‘a spectacle’. Hasan Cagda, who according to media reports works for Kibris TV, was arrested and detained for four […]

Facebook Inc’s photo-sharing social network Instagram said on Thursday it has fixed a bug that led to a temporary change in the appearance of its feed for a large number of users. The bug led to a small test being distributed widely, the company said. As part of the test, some users had to tap […]

Consumption of motor fuel in 2018 fell by around 2 per cent on the previous year, owing to no small part to more and more Greek Cypriots buying their fuel in the north, the head of the petrol station owners association said on Thursday. Most purchases of fuel from the north by Greek Cypriot motorists […]

THE Animal Party has announced that it would name and shame any local authority that would offer a live animal as raffle prizes during the festive season. The party said in an announcement that according to the law on animal welfare, it is forbidden for animals to be given away as a raffle prize. Any […]

An Inter Milan fan has died following clashes with Napoli supporters outside San Siro Stadium ahead of a Serie A football match which was also marred by racist chants. Milan police chief Marcello Cardona said investigators believe the 35-year-old fan, Daniele Belardinelli, may have been fatally struck by a van or SUV during the clashes on Wednesday. […]

Hermes Airports has acquired Level 3 of the ACA Certification for the reduction of its carbon dioxide emissions, just one year after the acquisition of the ACI Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 2. According to an announcement, ACA (Airport Carbon Accreditation) is issued by the ACI (Airports Council International) and focuses on efforts to map, calculate, reduce, […]

Struggling to fill its ranks, Germany‘s military is drawing up plans to recruit nationals from other European countries as part of a drive to beef up the armed forces. Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen wants to recruit Poles, Italians and Romanians, magazine Der Spiegel said, citing a ministry document. The German military, or Bundeswehr, has […]

Essay writing is usually an overwhelming task for the majority of working students these days. The workload is monumental and the study time is on the rise to make sure the curriculum is fully taken care of. For young students who have plenty of time, they’re saying that they have no skills to create a […]

President, Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday announced the appointment of Savvas Perdios as the new deputy minister for tourism. Perdios, 38, will be officially appointed as deputy minister next week at a ceremony at the presidential palace. According to Government Spokesman, Prodromos Prodromou, Perdios will, as of the beginning of the new year, start working on […]

Cyprus’ creditworthiness is expected to be evaluated eight times in 2019, according to the next assessments scheduled by credit rating agencies. Among the four credit rating agencies, Moody’s is the only one that maintains Cyprus’ creditworthiness in “junk” (Ba2), two grades away from investment grade with a stable outlook, unlike the rest of the rating agencies […]

Security forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fired live rounds and tear gas on Thursday to scatter demonstrators who burned tires and attacked Ebola centres in protest at their exclusion from the presidential election. The electoral commission (CENI) announced on Wednesday that it was cancelling voting in Sunday’s election in the cities of Beni, […]

Cyprus’ creditworthiness is expected to be reviewed eight times in 2019, according to the next assessments scheduled by credit rating agencies. Among the four credit rating agencies, Moody’s is the only one that maintains Cyprus’ creditworthiness in ‘junk’ (Ba2), two grades below investment grade with a stable outlook, unlike the rest of the rating agencies […]

Shock back-to-back defeats for Manchester City over Christmas have coincided with the absence of Fernandinho, who seems to be truly irreplaceable in Pep Guardiola’s side. Guardiola has international players competing for places all over the pitch, but there is nobody who has yet shown they can do what the Brazil midfielder does. Both John Stones […]

President Nicos Anastasiades suggested Thursday Greek Cypriots would be at a disadvantage if the island was reunited under the current provisions of a federal model, as there were no signs in sight of a resumption any time soon of negotiations that broke down amid acrimony in 2017. Speaking during a visit at a military camp […]

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will be hosted by England and Wales from May 30, 2019, to July 14, 2019. This global cricket event will feature the leading ten cricketing countries clashing for victory. The participants are England, India, Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and the West Indies. The […]

Rescuers have been searching through the night for a British cruise ship entertainer who went overboard on Christmas Day. The alarm was raised about Arron Hough, 20, when he did not report for work on the Harmony of the Seas. The vessel, run by Royal Caribbean, was 267 miles north-west of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, at […]

Germany would strongly oppose any move to station new medium-range nuclear missiles in Europe if a key Cold War-era arms control treaty is scrapped, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told DPA. “Under no circumstances should Europe become a stage for a rearmament debate,” the German news agency quoted him as saying in an interview published on […]

West Ham United manager Manuel Pellegrini intends to rotate his squad to cope with a growing injury list and get back to winning ways in the Premier League at Southampton on Thursday. Pellegrini’s side claimed four straight league victories before a 2-0 defeat by Watford put them back in the bottom half of the table. […]

Once, long ago and in a land before time, there was no Netflix. The DVD hadn’t yet been invented, and VHS existed only as a glint in the eye of a developer with a dream. It was a different era; a time in which we relied on local channels for content: gathering round the telly […]

Britain launched a consultation on Thursday on its plans to double the charge for single-use carrier bags from 2020 and extend the scheme to cover all shops in a bid to cut plastic waste. Since October 2015, large retailers in England have been legally required to impose a charge of 5 pence for plastic bags, a measure which the […]

Bank workers’ union Etyk cancelled a two-hour warning strike at Hellenic Bank on Thursday, which had been planned to protest against the management for supposedly separating workers into two categories after the integration of parts of the co-operative bank. The stoppage had been scheduled between 12.30pm and 2.30pm but a statement issued just after the […]

A woman reported to police that her home was broken into and jewellery and old coins worth some €40,000 were stolen while she was away during Christmas. The woman said the thief or thieves took a safe that contained the valuables. Investigators found that the wooden shutters and the door to a room in the […]

A stoppage time goal from substitute Lautaro Martinez gave Inter Milan a 1-0 win over Napoli who complained about racist chanting aimed at their Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly, one of two players sent off in a stormy finish to Wednesday’s game. Koulibaly was dismissed in the 81st minute after he was first booked for a […]