Новости за 08.07.2019

Croatia has submitted a formal bid to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM-2), an early stage on the path to membership of the euro currency, the head of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers said on Monday. The move could allow the Balkan country to join the euro...

The agriculture ministry on Monday announced the launch of a four-month free dog microchipping and registration scheme for individual dog owners and animal welfare organisations. The aim to facilitate authorities in locating the owners of abandoned, lost or stolen dogs.  The scheme follows a cabinet decision of last month. According...

The National Guard on Monday handed over to Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos a restored Bedford bus, which had been used to transport resistance fighters from Paphos to Limassol during the July 15, 1974 coup. It was among a number of other vehicles that had moved fighters to Limassol at the...

British trade union leaders linked to the opposition Labour Party have agreed to back a second referendum on any Brexit deal reached by the next Conservative prime minister or a no-deal exit, according to a copy of the agreement seen by Reuters. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn last month supported holding...

Russia said Monday it was following the developments in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone with concern. “We believe that any violation of Cyprus’s sovereignty can only hinder conditions for a durable, viable and fair resolution of the Cyprus issue”, the Russian foreign ministry noted. “We urge all countries to refrain from...

By Sonia Elks A small group of LGBT+ campaigners held a Pride rally in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Monday, weeks after they were forced to call off a march following a wave of political unrest. Organisers said several dozen campaigners held a half-hour gathering in front of the...

Turkish vice president Fuat Oktay who was in the north on Saturday did not meet with Mustafa Akinci, the Turkish Cypriot leader’s spokesman said on Monday. Akinci’s spokesman Baris Burcu, following media reports expressing bewilderment as to why Oktay had broken tradition and ‘protocol’ by not meeting with the Turkish...

The body of a man was found in the trunk of a car in the north of Nicosia on Monday afternoon. The dead man is believed to be Nigerian Adeola Owoyale, 33, who was reported missing from his home on July 1. According to Turkish Cypriot media reports, the victim...

By George Georgiopoulos and Lefteris Papadimas Conservative politician Kyriakos Mitsotakis took office as Greece’s new prime minister and named his cabinet on Monday, after storming to victory on a pledge to create jobs and lure investment to the economically stricken nation. Mitsotakis’s New Democracy party won an outright majority with...

Coco Gauff’s dream Wimbledon run came to an abrupt end on Monday when the consistency of seventh seed and former world number one Simona Halep proved a step too far for the 15-year-old American, who went down 6-3 6-3. After stunning Venus Williams then saving two match points en route...

He was irritated at being seeded third at the grasscourt major despite his status as world number two and he was left exasperated when the draw put him on a second-round collision course with Australian hot-head Nick Kyrgios – a player who thrives on rubbing Nadal up the wrong way....

By Babak Dehghanpisheh and Tuqa Khalid Iran threatened on Monday to restart deactivated centrifuges and ramp up enrichment of uranium to 20 percent purity as its next potential big moves away from a 2015 nuclear agreement that Washington abandoned last year. The threats, made by Tehran’s nuclear agency spokesman, would...

MLB Home Run Derby is one of the most popular professional MLB Home Run Derby entertainment company. It is based out of Baltimore, Maryland, and is a subsidiary of the Sinclair Broadcast Group which is one of the largest television broadcasting companies in the United States. Ring of Honor has...

American financier Jeffrey Epstein was charged with sex trafficking on Monday, as prosecutors accused him of luring dozens of girls as young as 14 to his luxury homes in New York and Florida and paying them for sex acts. An indictment unsealed in federal court in Manhattan accused Epstein, 66,...

Legendary reggae and pop band UB40 are heading to the island next week for a live concert on Friday joined by popular Greek singer Antonis Remos. Limassol’s Tsirio Stadium will host the artists, celebrating the band’s 40th anniversary and tickets are selling out fast. UB40, who have received 4 Grammy...

Shifting to an increasingly automated environment, reduced red tape, and simplified processes, created opportunities for cutting labour cost, an issue that the Bank of Cyprus will be looking into as part of preparing next year’s budget, a senior executive has said. In a letter to staff, deputy CEO and chief...

Greens MP George Perdikis has drafted a bill aiming to ensure that operators do not saturate beaches with sun beds and umbrellas forcing all bathers to rent them. The bill aims to amend the Foreshore Protection Law, under which the term ‘provision of public beach services’ refers to the placement,...

The met office on Monday issued a yellow warning for extremely high temperatures on Tuesday. Temperatures are expected to rise to around 41C inland, 34C on the south and south-east coast, 37C on the west coast and 32C in the mountains. The yellow warning is valid from 11am to 5pm...

In total, 37 women have been killed in Cyprus during the last 19 years, the majority by a former or current partner, but most of these murders could have been prevented MPs heard on Monday at the launch of a discussion on the need for a study into femicide. The...

It was business as usual for Serena Williams as she went back to the day job and surged into the Wimbledon quarter-finals. Andy Murray’s doubles partner is a pretty handy singles player too, as demonstrated by a dominant victory over Carla Suarez Navarro. Williams, who delighted Centre Court alongside Murray...

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative alliance could rule alone if their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners quit the government, said former finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who is now president of Germany’s lower house of parliament. The SPD is plumbing new post-war depths in polls as a result of its decision, deeply unpopular...

President Nicos Anastasiades has been discharged from hospital after undergoing surgery for a fractured hip, and will be recovering at home. Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said in a written statement that the president’s doctor was satisfied with his post-surgery recovery. Anastasiades underwent surgery after fracturing his right hip during a...

Vehicle registrations dropped by 10 per cent in the first six months of 2019, compared with the respective period of 2018, the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) has said. In the period of January – June of 2019 total vehicle registrations declined to 23,449 compared with 26,059 in the respective period...

World number one and French Open champion Ash Barty was knocked out of Wimbledon on Monday after losing 3-6 6-2 6-3 in a ferocious battle with 55th-ranked American Alison Riske. Barty, who had been on a sensational 15-match winning run, was brought down to earth with a thud by Riske,...

By Preston Wilder Marvel goes meta in Spider-Man: Far From Home, now approaching the inevitable phase where everything that happens in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) franchise is also a nudge-nudge-wink-wink reference to the franchise itself. “You don’t want any part of this!” cries Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) in the opening...