Новости за 27.05.2019

Search crews at the red lake in Mitsero will require around two more weeks to exhaust every possibility of finding the body of a victim of the 35-year-old suspected serial killer, fire chief Marcos Trangolas said on Monday. “Divers are entering the red lake every day from the morning until...

Serena Williams, chasing a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title, overcame a wobbly start to reach the second round of the French Open with a 2-6 6-1 6-0 victory against Russia’s Vitalia Diatchenko on Monday. The 10th-seeded American peppered Court Philippe Chatrier with unforced errors in an ugly opening set...

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel don’t want to show disagreement over the picking of the next president of the European Union Commission, an official from Macron’s office said on Monday. Macron and Merkel want to get the process done “ideally” in June, the official said, summarizing...

Cyprus is sending three new faces to Brussels, one of them the first-ever Turkish Cypriot MEP but the main takeaways from Sunday’s Euro elections were the more worrying state of voter apathy towards Europe, and a surge in numbers for the nationalist party, despite clear wins for establishment political forces....

Israel moved towards a new election on Monday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to form a government following a national ballot just last month remained deadlocked. In a preliminary vote, parliament decided to dissolve itself. In order to disperse and set an election date, legislators would still have to...

British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced she will quit next month, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power who is likely to push for a cleaner break with the European Union. Below are Conservatives who have either said they are putting themselves forward or are...

An American climber died on the descent from the summit of Mount Everest on Monday, a Nepalese official said, taking the number of dead or missing mountaineers on the world’s highest mountain to nine on the Nepali side during the current climbing season. Christopher John Kulish, 61, scaled the 8,850...

An 81-year-old woman was in critical condition at the Paphos general hospital ICU on Monday, after she was hit by a car driven by a 64-year-old man. The accident occurred at around 10.30am on Ellados avenue in Paphos as the 81-year-old was was attempting to cross the road. The woman...

Aston Villa returned to the Premier League, after a three-year absence, beating Derby County 2-1 in the Championship playoff final at Wembley on Monday. Goals from Anwar El Ghazi and John McGinn put Villa 2-0 up before Martyn Waghorn pulled a goal back for Derby in the 81st minute but...

With former MEP Eleni Theocharous losing her seat in Sunday’s election, Cyprus has no women MEPs for the first time since 2009. Gender Equality Commissioner, Iosifina Antoniou, said on Monday that the failure of any of the 19 female candidates to be elected as one of the six MEPs revealed...

By popular demand, master of blues and soul music Kirk Fletcher returns to the island for two performances next month after sold-out shows last winter. Kirk takes the stage accompanied by local musicians for a night of high quality Blues on June 8 and 9. Nicosia’s DownTown Live will host...

Clay court master Rafael Nadal quickly adapted to his new surroundings at Roland Garros with a 6-2 6-1 6-3 demolition of German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann in the first round of the French Open on Monday. On a revamped Court Philippe Chatrier, the 11-time champion wasted little time in despatching Hanfmann...

Austrian lawmakers voted conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s government out of office on Monday, passing a motion of no confidence days after it became a caretaker administration in the wake of a video sting scandal. The motion was backed by lawmakers from the Social Democrats and the far-right Freedom Party, which...

Turnout in Sunday’s European elections in Cyprus stood at 42.8 per cent, which was 1.17 per cent lower than the European Elections of 2014, and the lowest-ever turnout of voters according to Chief Returning Officer Kypros Kyprianou. The turnout in the 2014 elections was 43.97 per cent, which was the...

The government on Monday raised €75m in a 13-week treasury bills auction, with a weighted average yield of -0.07 per cent. According to the Public Debt Management Office, during the auction tenders for a total nominal value of approximately €139m were submitted, out of which €75m total nominal value have...

A record number of tourists visited the north in 2018, while revenue also went up considerably, ‘tourism minister’ Firki Ataoglou said. More than one million tourists visited in 2018, he reported. According to his statements, the number of beds increased from 20,393 in 2017 to 25,241 a year later. The...

British interior minister Sajid Javid said on Monday he would stand in a leadership race to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, saying he would strive to deliver Brexit. “I’m standing to be the next leader of (the) Conservatives and Prime Minister of our great country,” he said on Twitter, becoming...

Like some of its European counterparts, nationalists, Eurosceptics, and the far-right, the National People’s Front (Elam) saw a surge in voters on Sunday, almost tripling its support compared with the 2014 Euro elections, and doubling its percentage share since the 2016 Cyprus parliamentary elections. Although overall, the party came in...

Malaysia‘s last male Sumatran rhinoceros has died, an official said on Monday, dashing efforts to save the critically endangered species in the country. The rhino, named Tam, was about 30 years old and lived at a wildlife reserve in Sabah state on Borneo island since his capture in 2008, Christina...

The attorney-general’s office (Law Office of the Republic) needs to put mechanisms in place to properly report payments overdue, the auditor-general has said, after it was found that some €2 million in unpaid legal costs awarded to the office had accumulated over a period of 24 years. In a special...

The defendants in the first criminal case brought against a co-operative bank will answer charges in September, the Nicosia criminal court ruled on Monday. During the proceedings, the defence requested more time to study the evidence submitted. As state prosecutors did not object, the presiding judge decided to set September...

Victory for Italy’s League in European elections gives the far-right party a mandate to push through tax cuts and fight for changes to the EU’s budgetary rules, its leader, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, said on Monday. Salvini’s party won 34.3% of the vote at Sunday’s election, doubling the score...

A big fire that broke out on Monday at an oil producing factory in Anglisides was brought under control by the fire service before it could spread into the neighbouring forest. According to spokesman of the fire services Stelios Nestoros the fire broke out at the olive oil factory ‘The...

The first Turkish Cypriot MEP, Niyazi Kizilyurek, has described his victory as hugely important because it was a result of cooperation between members of both communities. Kizilyurek, who was running on main opposition Akel’s ticket, was elected as one of the party’s two MEPs after winning 25,051 votes. Along with...

Chairman of the US Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel sent a veiled message to Russia about staying out of Cyprus’ energy programme, but avoided getting into Turkey’s activities in the island’s exclusive economic zone,  following a meeting he had on Monday with President Nicos Anastasiades Speaking after the meeting,...