Новости за 18.04.2019

Some quarters are churning the rumour mill, deliberately misleading the public with grossly inflated estimates about the cost to taxpayers from a court decision court reversing civil servants’ pay cuts, trade unions alleged on Thursday. “Public opinion is being deceived that the decision will cost €5bn, coupled with scaremongering that this would amount to a […]

Michaelides spats with German Oncology Centre head By Elias Hazou The German Oncology Centre said on Thursday it may resort to legal action to settle a payment dispute with the government, during a tense discussion in parliament where the centre’s chairman sarcastically referred to Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides as ‘Robin Hood’. The disagreement between the government […]

The East Med Gas Forum (EMGF) will be meeting again in June with the purpose of evolving into an international organisation, energy minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said Thursday. Speaking at the 9th Nicosia Economic Congress, Lakkotryrpis said that he hoped the forum – consisting of Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Territories – […]

The head of Greece’s Nea Dimokratia party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday his own should have taken lessons from Cyprus on how to handle the financial crisis. Mitsotakis, who is on the island on a two-day visit for a series of contacts, met ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou at the party’s offices in Nicosia. Neophytou […]

TWO more persons were arrested Thursday in connection with investigations into the death of a 39-year-old woman from the Philippines, whose body was found in a shaft in Mitsero, while as the day drew to a close an operation to drain the water from the shaft – to determine whether the victim’s missing six-year-old daughter […]

The operation to drain the water from the shaft at a mine in Mitsero where the body of a woman, 39, was found, was called off for safety reasons on Thursday, leaving authorities searching for alternative ways of establishing whether the victim’s missing six-year-old daughter suffered the same fate. At a meeting attended by all […]

A poll for the European Parliament showed that last-minute British participation in next month’s elections to the European Union’s legislature means eurosceptic groups will gain ground but pro-EU parties will keep a majority. WHO’S VOTING AND FOR WHAT? Some 400 million people in the European Union’s 28 member states can vote from May 23 to […]

April 18 (Reuters) – Key reaction to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s long-awaited report on Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election, released on Thursday: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S LEGAL TEAM: “The results of the investigation are a total victory for the President. The report underscores what we have argued from the very beginning – there was […]

The Extinction Rebellion group of climate change campaigners will hold a protest at London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday, the Press Association, a news agency, reported on Thursday, quoting a spokesman for the group. Extinction Rebellion has escalated its protests in recent weeks, blocking locations in central London and staging a semi-nude protest in parliament. At […]

Details of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election were released on Thursday, showing a series of incidents in which President Donald Trump took actions which could be construed that he tried to impede the probe. This raised questions among his detractors whether he committed the crime of obstruction […]

Concerts, seminars, workshops and a unique accordion exhibition will all be part of the second Accordion Festival that’s coming up on May 3 to 5. Yet another festival being hosted in one of the island’s many villages, this one will take place at Pera Orinis, just outside Nicosia. Aimed at all music lovers, accordion fans, […]

U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday offered a spirited defense of President Donald Trump ahead of the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election, emphasizing that it found no collusion between Trump’s campaign and Moscow. Barr, the top U.S. law enforcement official and a Trump appointee, […]

A 54-year-old worker was electrocuted and died shortly afterwards on Thursday while undertaking construction work at a petrol station in Alethriko, a village in the Larnaca district. The victim lost his life after the pump of the cement mixer being used by the construction crew came into contact with an Electricity Authority power line. An […]

The top priority of the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage is to restore the parts of the Nicosia Venetian walls on the northern end of the Green Line, which collapsed recently, the Greek Cypriot head of the committee, Takis Hadjidemetriou said on Thursday. Photos of a second collapsed part of the walls across from the […]

A 37-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday night after walking into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City with two full gasoline cans, lighter fluid and lighters, police said. The incident occurred two days after a massive fire severely damaged the eight-century-old Notre Dame cathedralin Paris, causing global shock and sorrow. The blaze was most likely the result […]

When Ohio University integrative biologist Nancy Stevens peered into a drawer in the wooden cabinets on the top floor of a Nairobi museum in 2010, she saw a chunk of rock containing massive teeth and knew she had come across something important. The overlooked fossils stored at the National Museums of Kenya belonged to one […]

There are great goals, lucky goals, own goals, winning goals and now, in the era of VAR, we have the ‘provisional goal’. No game has so far highlighted the new situation more than Wednesday’s extraordinary Champions League match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur. A late winner from Raheem Sterling sent the Etihad stadium into […]

Alex McLeish has been sacked as Scotland manager after just 12 matches in charge, the Scottish Football Association (SFA) said on Thursday. The decision was taken by the SFA board after Scotland’s disappointing start to their Euro 2020 qualification campaign. Scotland lost 3-0 to Kazakhstan in their opening qualifier and could only beat San Marino, […]

Madeira began three days of mourning on Thursday for 29 German tourists who died after their bus veered off a steep road, as Germany’s foreign minister and a trauma team flew to the Portuguese island to meet survivors. The bus, carrying 55 tourists and one guide, overturned on Wednesday evening in the coastal town of […]

Police on Thursday said they are investigating claims that a 16-year-old boy who died last week in Larnaca while at a party may have been the victim of bullying. Panayiotis Stefanis from Troulli died last Sunday while at a party after reportedly complaining he did not feel well. He had gone outside where he collapsed […]

Police arrested a 24-year-old man for assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest in the Paphos district on Wednesday evening. At around 9.10pm, police officers spotted the man using a mobile phone while also driving without a seat belt. He was asked by an officer to present his driving licence and told he would be […]

The government aims to bring public debt below 90 per cent by the end of 2020 and reduce non-performing loans (NPLs) to single digits, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Thursday, as he reiterated that taking difficult decisions was the only way forward. “The public debt is high but its cost (servicing) is reduced drastically, […]

A big new cement and stone barbecue pit has been constructed by the forestry department on the protected sea turtle beach of the Mavralis state forest, where the department bulldozed and burned around 700 metres of acacia trees a month ago. The grill, constructed with a cement base and lined with stones picked up from the beach located […]

Despite the weather still being a bit grey, Paphos aims to bring brighter days to the town with a series of concerts taking place under the auspices of the Spring Music Festival. Organised by the very active Paphos Music Lovers Association, who spearhead a large part of the town’s live music scene, the festival is […]

UEFA have confirmed the Champions League semi-final dates with Tottenham Hotspur hosting Ajax Amsterdam on April 30 in the first leg at the refurbished White Hart Lane stadium. The return leg will be played at Ajax’s Johan Cruyff Arena on May 8. In the other semi-final, last year’s runners-up Liverpool head to the Nou Camp […]