Новости за 17.07.2019

The final day of practice before the Open Championship at Royal Portrush was hit by steady rain on Wednesday, and forecasts are for showers on the first two days of competition. Strong sea breezes combined with the showers, ensuring the players got a taste of what they may come up...

US lawmakers bashed Facebook on Wednesday over its planned cryptocurrency, after a bruising first bout a day earlier when senators from both parties condemned the project, saying the company had not shown it could be trusted. The social media company is fighting to get Washington on its side after it...

Germany on Wednesday called on Turkey to avoid escalation and refrain from illegal drillings off Cyprus. German foreign ministry`s deputy spokesman Christofer Burger told the press in Berlin: “We have repeatedly stressed that we are monitoring developments in the Eastern Mediterranean with great concern. In particular, the Turkish announcements for drillings...

England right-back Kieran Trippier has signed for Atletico Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur, the two clubs said on Wednesday. Atletico did not say how much they will pay for Trippier, 28, although British media reported the deal was worth 20 million pounds ($25 million) plus variables. Trippier played a leading role...

CYPRUS, currently receiving more asylum seekers per capita among European countries, should not be left alone to deal with this situation, said Unhcr Cyprus Representative Katja Saha, calling for further EU support. Speaking on Wednesday after a meeting in Nicosia, with the general-secretary of opposition Akel, Andros Kyprianou, Saha welcomed...

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has asked UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to call for a five-party informal meeting as soon as possible to clarify if all sides agree to seek a solution based on a bicommunal bizonal federation (BBF). In his letter to Guterres dated July 10, the content...

Boris Johnson has broken the record for the most money raised by a British politician in his bid to become prime minister, winning the backing of eurosceptic financiers after hardening his Brexit stance with a “do or die” pledge. Hedge fund managers, the chairman of a football club, a director...

By Yiannis Kourtoglou “WANTED”, says the poster of a lionfish on the quayside in Larnaca marina. Dead, or fried. Or even grilled, filleted or in a risotto. An EU-funded project has placed Cyprus on the frontline to deal with an invasion of marauding lionfish which have munched their way through the eastern...

Children’s Rights Commissioner Leda Koursoumba said that she had found a number of violations of the rights of two children, one with visual impairment, the other with mobility issues who were denied state aid because their parents are third-country nationals. According to her report on access to social provision schemes...

The Republic’s negative response to Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci’s proposal for a joint committee on hydrocarbons is expected to be sent in about a week and it is unlikely to include a counter-proposal, a senior official said Wednesday. Undersecretary to the president Vasilis Palmas said the term counter proposal...

Cases of Gesy doctors and staff who insist on using old hospital software and practices are “isolated incidents” which the state health services (Okypy) is working towards eliminating completely, Okypy spokesman Charalambos Charilaou said on Wednesday. Responding to complaints by patients regarding certain doctors’ and secretaries’ unwillingness to provide prescriptions...

The Cyprus Institute (CI), in collaboration with the Byzantine Museum of Nicosia, has been tasked by the department of antiquities to digitally document the churches of Ayia Solomoni at Komi tou Yialou, Panayia Pergaminiotissa at Akanthou, Panayia Apsinthiotissa at Syghari, and the Christ Antiphonitis Church at Kalograia, all in the...

A 54-year-old was on Wednesday sentenced to 14 years in prison by the Limassol criminal court which found him guilty in a case involving 64kg of cannabis found hidden in an arcade claw machine found in a Limassol storage unit. The 54-year-old Greek national was arrested on October 31 last...

A book of condolences will be opened in parliament on Thursday for Famagusta Mayor and former House President Alexis Galanos who passed away on Monday. The book will be open on Thursday and Friday between 9am and 2pm. Galanos, 78, died suddenly on Monday while on holiday on the Greek island...

Five exploratory and five appraisal wells will be drilled in the next two years in offshore concessions inside Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Wednesday. The announcement came amid tensions with Turkey over its drilling activities in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone and the censuring of...

Eight in ten Cypriots recycle batteries, president of the NGO Afis, Chris Christodoulou said on Wednesday He said the organisation, set up by the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2007, and which cooperates with Green Dot, was intensifying its efforts aiming at persuading consumers that recycling batteries is...

Joaquin Guzman, the convicted Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, has escaped twice from maximum-security prisons in Mexico, once by digging a mile-long tunnel from his cell. If U.S. authorities have their way, a third escape for Guzman will never happen. A federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced Guzman to...

Dutch airline KLM faced sharp criticism on Wednesday for its “antiquated values” after cabin crew told a breastfeeding woman to cover herself up to spare the blushes of other passengers. Women’s rights campaigners reacted angrily when KLM confirmed the policy on social media, saying the company was playing into stigma...

Boeing Co said on Wednesday it will dedicate half of a$100 million fund it created to address two deadly crashes of its 737 MAX planes to financial relief for the families of those killed, with compensation expert Ken Feinberg hired to oversee the distribution. The announcement of Feinberg’s hiring came...

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Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford were on target as Manchester United registered a comprehensive pre-season win against Leeds in Australia. Just 37 miles separate Old Trafford and Elland Road, but it was Perth’s mammoth Optus Stadium that played host to these sides’ first meeting since September 2011. Marcelo Bielsa’s Sky...

West Ham United have signed French striker Sebastien Haller from Bundesliga team Eintracht Frankfurt for an undisclosed club record fee, the Premier League club said on Wednesday. The 25-year-old joins on a five-year deal with an option of a further year, becoming the Londoners’ fourth signing of the close season....

The UN Undersecretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix is due in Cyprus next week, in the framework of his regular contacts with peacekeeping missions. The senior UN official is also expected to meet with the leaders in Cyprus. Lacroix is expected in Cyprus on July 23 and will meet with...

By Anthony Deutsch and Toby Sterling Amsterdam’s first female mayor has launched plans to overhaul the city’s red-light district and its window displays, in a bid to protect sex workers from gawking tourists. In what would be the most radical revamp of the sex trade there since the Dutch legalised...

A Ryanair flight bound for Cyprus early Wednesday was struck by lightning but made a safe landing at Paphos airport and has since been grounded. A spokesman for Paphos airport told the Cyprus Mail that the flight was hit by lightning shortly after take-off from Riga International airport in Latvia....