Новости за 22.04.2019

  By Lesley Wroughton and Humeyra Pamuk The United States on Monday demanded that all buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or face sanctions, a move to choke off Tehran’s oil revenues which sent crude prices to six-month highs on fears of a potential supply crunch. The Trump administration’s move on Monday […]

  Cyprus, in its troubled past is no stranger to violence and mass killings and in modern times, plenty of murders, but the idea that Cyprus might be seeing its first recorded serial killer has gripped people, with horrified fascination. The biggest question that comes in mind in almost all killings is motive, the ‘why’ […]

Tesla Inc broadcast a web presentation on Monday to update investors about its self-driving strategy as Chief Executive Elon Musk tries to show that the electric car maker’s massive investment in the sector will pay off. Global carmakers, large technology companies and an array of startups are developing self-driving – including Alphabet Inc’s Waymo and […]

The search for more bodies in a mine shaft in Mitsero, from which two adult women have already been retrieved, was postponed for safety reasons on Monday evening after underwater cameras used by search crews showed that the metal beams holding up the structure could collapse. Specialists will be called to repair the dented beams […]

U.S. House Democrats’ views vary on how to proceed after last week’s release of a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday. In a letter to fellow Democratic lawmakers, Pelosi said it is “important to know that the facts regarding holding the president accountable can be […]

  By Sanjeev Miglani Sri Lanka said on Monday it was invoking emergency powers in the aftermath of devastating bomb attacks on hotels and churches, blamed on militants with foreign links, which killed 290 people and wounded nearly 500. The emergency law, which gives police and the military extensive powers to detain and interrogate suspects […]

President Nicos Anastasiades travelled to China on Monday, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, to attend the Second Belt and Road Forum. The president will hold a series of contacts with foreign leaders in China, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou told reporters on Monday that the forum was a […]

The Industrial Turnover Index in January 2019 registered the highest ever point for the first month of the year since data began being collected, according to figures released by the Statistical Service. The index came to 129.0 units (base year 2015 = 100), the highest recorded for a January. For manufacturing, the sub-index reached 124.2, […]

The Nicosia-based Institute of Neurology and Genetics announced on Monday that it would be joining the national health scheme (Gesy). “Faithful to its duty towards the Cypriot society, the institute believes that it must support this important reform, which is essential for the upgrading of the health services in our country,” said professor Leonidas Fylaktou, […]

Five Algerian billionaires, some of them close to former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika who quit over mass protests, have been arrested as part of an anti-graft investigation, state TV said on Monday. They were later brought to court to face charges from the general prosecutor’s office, private Ennahar TV channel said, a legal requirement after an […]

The government is to announce a new housing policy in May in response to spiralling rent prices, which rose in Nicosia and Limassol 33 per cent and 40 per cent respectively between 2015 and 2018. The House interior committee was called on Monday to discuss the spiralling rents across the island and particularly in Limassol, […]

  Given that two of the victims of the Mitsero mine killer had accounts on dating site Badoo, police are to review the online footprints of other women on its list of missing persons to see if they had contact with ‘Orestis’ the internet persona suspected of killing at least two women and a six-year-old […]

Being part of the Greek rock scene for seven years with an EP and two full albums under their belts, Athenian band Puta Volcano will broaden their audience this week with a a concert in Nicosia on Wednesday. Their fan base isn’t the only thing the band is working on expanding as their musical horizons […]

President Nicos Anastasiades is waiting to see how the UN secretary-general’s special envoy Jane Hall Lute will continue to relaunch the negotiations, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Monday. Responding to journalists’ questions on whether there has been any development either with the UN secretary-general’s report or with Lute’s initiative, Prodromou said the report should […]

When comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy strode onto stage on Sunday to claim victory in Ukraine‘s presidential election, he was accompanied by several teammates who could become familiar faces in Ukrainian politics in the coming months. Zelenskiy, an actor with no political experience, defeated incumbent President Petro Poroshenko by a landslide on Sunday, as voters backed his promise […]

Justice minister Ionas Nicolaou was on Monday facing down calls that he step down, on the back of reports that under his watch police bungled investigations into at least two missing Filipino women – since found dead – and following revelations that he disregarded warnings about disappearing domestic workers months ago. Main opposition Akel said […]

Lab owners are complaining that they will be at a disadvantage over other healthcare professionals under the national health scheme (Gesy). One of them is medical laboratory director Pavlos Neophytou, who also says some tests which should be definitely included in a list of services available at low cost under the new health scheme are […]

Coordinated Easter Sunday bombings at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka bore the hallmarks of militant groups Islamic State or al Qaeda, security experts said on Monday, citing the level of sophistication of the attacks. No group has claimed responsibility for the explosions, many of them suicide bombings, which killed 290 people and wounded 500 […]

The Committee of Memory for the Armenian genocide is organising a youth rally next week to commemorate the 104th anniversary of the 1915 events. The group announced that it will commemorate the 104th anniversary of the Armenian genocide with a youth march on April 24 in Nicosia. The march will start at 5.30pm from the […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday appointed former ambassador Leonidas Pantelides as the Greek Cypriot member of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP). Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said that the thinking behind Pantelides’ appointment was that his contacts and acquaintances from his experience in the diplomatic corps would help step up efforts for an even more […]

 “4th Industrial Revolution: Technology and Society”  Faithful to its commitment to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, PwC supported for yet another year, the annual Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum organised by the Centre for Entrepreneurship of the University of Cyprus. The 4th Annual Forum took place on 19 April, at the University of Cyprus, under the title […]

  As information comes out in drips and drabs on the backstories to the apparent murders of two Filipino women, a picture is emerging of police tending to display an alarming insouciance when dealing with cases of missing persons who happen to be domestic workers. Media are reporting that the 35-year-old male suspect, who has […]

A former prime minister and close ally of President Tayyip Erdogan strongly criticised the ruling AK Party on Monday, blaming policy changes and an alliance with nationalists for its poor performance in Turkey’s local elections last month. In his first major public challenge to Erdogan since leaving office three years ago, Ahmet Davutoglu, himself an […]

By Preston Wilder Another week, another film for non-Anglophones – but it’s not like you have to watch Mektoub, My Love in its brief, Greek-subtitled window at the multiplex (it screens till Tuesday, then makes way for Avengers: Endgame). It’s also available on DVD and assorted streaming sites – even if it’s not as high-profile […]

Maestro Yiannis Hadjiloizou returns to the Markideion Theatre in Paphos on Easter Sunday for one more take on a beloved mass, the Mozart Requiem. It was with the same work back in 2012 that he and the Orphean Singers Cyprus experienced their first concert with an orchestra at The Annabelle Hotel. The Cyprus Philharmonic Orchestra, […]