Новости за 09.01.2019

By Richard Cowan US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he has a right to declare a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border if no deal with Congress can be reached on funding the project, but Democrats plan to test Republicans’ resolve on the issue. On the 19th day of a […]

Reports on Wednesday said a Greek Cypriot man wanted for attempted murder was arrested in the Famagusta area in the north in possession of a pistol. Iosif Iosif, aka Sifis, 40, was taken into custody at around 5pm. He is expected to be brought before a court in the north on Thursday. Iosif is being […]

By Herbert Lash The Chrysler Building, an Art Deco masterpiece that has been a defining image of New York City’s skyline for decades, has been put up for sale, a minority owner of the building and a broker hired to market the property said on Wednesday. The 77-story stainless steel-clad skyscraper, briefly the world’s tallest […]

  By Elizabeth Piper, William James and Kylie MacLellan British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered an early defeat to her Brexit plans on Wednesday when parliament demanded the government come up with a plan-B within days if she loses a vote on her deal to leave the European Union. With less than three months before Britain is […]

Police on Wednesday issued a missing person bulleting for Mohamad Sulaiman, 15, who was last seen on Tuesday at noon. The teenager is 1.70m tall with normal to slim built, short brown hair and brown eyes. When last seen he was wearing blue jeans, a green sweatshirt, and black trainers. Police said he took all […]

By Michael Martina and David Lawder US-China trade talks ended on Wednesday with negotiators focused on Beijing’s pledge to buy “a substantial amount” of agricultural, energy and manufactured goods and services from the United States, the US Trade Representative’s office said. In a statement that gave no specific details on the outcome of three days […]

The Cyprus Medical Association (CyMA) announced on Wednesday that it would investigate whether it was unconstitutional for the government and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) to forbid doctors to practise medicine privately and still be part of the National Health Scheme (Gesy). Meanwhile, the HIO said on Wednesday that over 100 doctors, both general practitioners […]

Greek authorities have broken a drugs ring importing narcotics into the country as dehydrated ‘superfood’ berries implanted with cocaine, police said on Wednesday. Police in Athens said they had confiscated 36 kg of acai berries, which could have as much as 18 kg of cocaine extracted from them in a rehydration process. Six people were […]

Cyprus climbed five places to 30th in the Reporters Without Frontiers (RSF) press freedom index, which noted, however, the influence exerted by the church and political parties over the media. “Political parties and the Orthodox Church exercise a great deal of influence over the media,” RSF said it its report. “The church controls part of […]

Four birds that were part of a recently installed bronze statue ‘the girl with the sparrow’ in a square in Paphos old town have been stolen, much to the dismay of the creator of the piece, artist Yiota Ioannidou. One of the birds was reported as ‘disappearing’ on Tuesday and the remaining three were taken […]

A woman has been fined €800 after being found guilty of spreading racist and xenophobic material online for describing a couple as ‘idiots’ on Facebook for adopting children from Asia, it emerged on Wednesday. This is the first time someone in Cyprus has been found guilty for making racist comments online. The woman was taken […]

Four stories wrapped in one fable: a comedy in mime and words for eight animals and one queen comes to Limassol on Sunday and is set to entertain families, elders and everyone in between. This multi-awarded performance from Israel has travelled all over the world and has been described as “a virtuous combination of words […]

Eleni Skarpari and Odysseas Toumazou return to Prozak café in Nicosia for a special music-filled evening with mellow and moody songs. The two musicians will be joined by Marilena Zakcheos who will open the night with a Grendel Babies solo performance. Going by her artistic name Echo Wants Her Voice Back, or simply Echo, Eleni […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will urge Greece to press on with tough economic reforms and maintain strict fiscal discipline when she visits Athens on Thursday for the first time in nearly five years. Merkel, whose insistence on austerity measures during Greece’s debt crisis made her unpopular among Greeks, will also encourage Greek politicians to support […]

A Cambodian court jailed a man on Wednesday for three years for insulting the king in Facebook posts, the second known conviction under a new lese majeste law enacted last year, which rights groups fear could be used to stifle dissent. “The court announced a verdict against Ieng Cholsa which sentenced him to 3 years […]

The 40-year-old man suspected of killing Yiannoula Hadjiyianni, who was found stabbed to death in her car last November in Ikos Marathasas in the Nicosia district, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the charge of premeditated murder. The accused’s lawyer told Nicosia criminal court that he had filed a request with the attorney-general for the […]

The transport ministry called on the Paphos bus company (Osypa) on Wednesday to call off strike measures, noting that the ministry is prepared to take legal action to restore public transport in Paphos. Bus drivers in Paphos went on an indefinite strike on Wednesday morning because they still have not received their December salaries. According […]

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu  believes it is not realistic to restart Cyprus talks before the European parliament elections in May, he said on Wednesday. Speaking during a briefing to the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s foreign affairs committee, he expressed the view that a new process in Cyprus seemed unlikely taking into account the fact […]

Christian Dior is bringing forward its men’s fashion show in Paris to avoid “yellow vest” protesters who have fought police, torched cars and smashed up shops over recent weekends, a source familiar with the decision said. Dior, part of the LVMH luxury goods conglomerate, wrote to guests to reschedule a menswear catwalk show initially planned […]

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Wednesday he wants his country and Poland to join forces to reshape Europe in his quest for a eurosceptic alliance ahead of elections in May. “Poland and Italy will be part of the new spring of Europe, the renaissance of European values,” he said at a press […]

The Larnaca criminal court on Wednesday jailed a 37-year-old man for three years after he was found guilty of blackmailing and spreading nude photographs of a 33-year-old Larnaca resident. The case took place between August and September 2017, when the defendant, through a fake profile on Facebook, promised to pay for nude photographs of a […]

With residents of increasing numbers of villages around Troodos and Paphos waking up to white surroundings on Wednesday, many decided the most sensible course of action was to stay at home by the fire. In Platres, most places were closed because of the snow. “We had no newspapers, no supermarket, and the bank didn’t open […]

Airport operators need do more to counter the illegal use of drones after flights were disrupted at Heathrow and Gatwick, Prime Minister Theresa May’s de-facto deputy said on Wednesday. Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington said the government would consider toughening laws that ban the use of drones near airports but that operators could also invest […]

To fight the post-holiday blues, get out of the house and discover Nicosia’s 2019 cultural scene. Out Cry theatre performances are here to fill your Wednesday and Thursday nights until January 17, if a bit of on-stage drama is what you are looking for. Presented by Theatre AntiLogos, Out Cry is considered a “rare masterpiece” […]

Nigel Clough recognises the gulf in class between his Burton side and Manchester City, but believes their fighting spirit can count for a lot in the Carabao Cup semi-final. Clough will take his League One side north to the Etihad Stadium to face Pep Guardiola’s Premier League champions on Wednesday night, having not even dared […]