Новости за 18.07.2019

THE foreign ministry has congratulated Salpy Eskidjian, executive director of the Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process (Rtcypp) for receiving one of five International Religious Freedom awards announced by the US State Department. Earlier this week Eskidjian attended the second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, in Washington DC, hosted...

INTERIOR Minister Constantinos Petrides called Thursday for the need for a comprehensive solution for effective management of migration flows to the EU, pointing out the disproportionate migratory pressures on Cyprus. Speaking during the informal Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting in Helsinki, Petrides also rejected a Franco-German proposal to create...

Rory McIlroy’s Open Championship hopes were in tatters after a first-round horror show at Royal Portrush on Thursday ended with the home favourite carding an eight-over-par 79. All eyes were on McIlroy as the Open returned to Northern Ireland for the first time in 68 years, but his hopes all...

Europa League 1st Qualifying Round, 2nd leg results: Petrocub 0-1 AEK Aggregate: 0-2 Apollon 4-0 Zalgiris Kaunas Aggregate 6-0

June 2019 was the hottest June in 140 years, setting a global record, according to the latest monthly global climate report released on Thursday by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The report said the average global temperature in June was 1.71 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average of...

Police are asking the public to help locate Eleftheria Koufou, 16, who has been missing from her usual place of residence in Nicosia since Wednesday evening. The girl is described as being about 1.55m tall, of medium build with long chestnut hair. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a...

Police are asking the public for their help in locating a 16-year-old girl who went missing from a medical treatment centre in Nicosia on Thursday morning. Maria Michaella Kyprianou is described as being of slight build, about 1.70m tall, with short black hair. She was last seen wearing jeans, a...

The United States is not currently looking at sanctioning Turkey over its purchase of Russian air defense systems, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday, a day after the White House said the move made Ankara’s presence in the F-35 program impossible. A spokesman for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan expressed...

The ministers of defence of Cyprus and Greece, Savvas Angelides and Nicos Panagiotopoulos, will discuss Turkey’s activities in Cyprus` exclusive economic zone (EEZ) during their official talks on Friday in Nicosia. Panagiotopoulos will also represent the Greek government at the events organised on the occasion of the anniversary of the 1974...

The future head of the European Commission said she would be minded to grant Britain an extension to talks on its exit from the EU if London gave good grounds, adding that an orderly departure was important to launch future ties on a good footing. In an interview with a...

The construction works for the tallest residential tower in Europe are progressing fast and soon ONE, will reach 170 metres, be visible from every point in the city. The highly impressive time-lapse video prepared by Pafilia shows the progress in the project’s implementation. Construction works for the tower’s basement have...

Police on Thursday afternoon urged drivers to be careful due to the presence of goats on the Nicosia to Limassol motorway. According to a police announcement a number of goats were walking on the motorway near the Kalavasos/Chirokitia exit in both directions. The animals were said to be unattended. The...

The Living Color Music & Arts Festival has been bringing together the world’s best Electronic Dance Music (EDM) DJs for the last three years since it first began in Ayia Napa. This August, it is set to continue its legacy with non-stop live music and art expression for one night...

The German captain of a charity rescue ship, under investigation for aiding illegal immigration, said on Thursday she hoped the new EU Commission would work to let boat migrants enter Europe unhindered. Carola Rackete, who piloted the Sea-Watch 3 into port on the Italian island of Lampedusa last month with...

The Paphos Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced 35-year-old Demetris Ilidzides to two and a half years in prison for causing the death of father-of-two Robert James (Charlie) Birch, 39, through reckless driving last year in Peyia. He was also sentenced to one year in prison for injuring Birch’s friend. Both...

Rapidly-growing financial services firm confirms UAE acquisition Terms and conditions of buy-out agreed with Mondial (Dubai) LLC Move marks ‘exciting new era for company’ – CEO Sean Kelleher Woodbrook Group Holdings Ltd, one of Europe’s largest international firms of financial consultants, today confirmed it has established its first base in...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has seized a foreign ship smuggling fuel in the Gulf, state television quoted Iran’s elite force as saying in a statement on Thursday. “A foreign vessel smuggling one million litres of fuel in the Larak Island of the Persian Gulf has been seized,” the station said, adding...

By Laurie Goering London high-school student Anna Taylor used to lament the lack of protest in Britain over what she saw as the growing threat of climate change – until her friends told her it was time to act. “They said, ‘Instead of complaining, why don’t you actually do something...

Don’t tell me that he didn’t know that raping a woman was not illegal and that the fact that he doesn’t speak English form some kind of defence. Please Cyprus do not bow to Israeli pressure. If there are valid grounds please prosecute and demonstrate to the world that this...

Fifteen illegal migrants were killed and more than 20 injured in a minibus crash in southeast Turkey on Thursday, a local governor said. The minibus carrying the migrants went off the road and rolled into a ditch in the province of Van. Footage from the scene showed the minibus in...

Middleham trainer Mark Johnston on Wednesday offered an impassioned defence of the use of the whip in racing, as debates over its future in the sport continue to rumble on. The emotive subject has made headlines again in recent weeks, after Hayley Turner was handed a nine-day suspension and £1,600...

By Stefanos Marangos An exhibition about the process of becoming that is ongoing in Limassol has been extended until Saturday. Yorgos Stamkopoulos’ solo exhibition As Time Goes By takes a closer look at the work involved in creating a painting. Since the act of painting in itself is the most...

President Nicos Anastasiades said Thursday he was ready to meet Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci to discuss the details and date of an informal five-party conference on the Cyprus problem in the hope that it could lead to the resumption of talks. In a statement, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said...

Measures to try to force the government to report every two weeks on talks to restore the Northern Irish executive would be counterproductive to those negotiations, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday. Lawmakers will vote later on Thursday on a beefed-up proposal to the Northern...

RCB Bank Ltd, today brings its Visa individual and corporate cardholders Apple Pay, which is transforming payments with an easy, secure and private way to pay. With Apple Pay on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and Mac, customers can make fast and convenient purchases in stores, in apps and on websites....