Новости за 23.07.2019

Around 50 people held at the Menoyia detention centre went on hunger strike on Tuesday citing unjustified detention and a corrupt system. One of the protesters, Kristin from Bulgaria said he was arrested without been given a satisfactory reason. He said he had served time in prison in the past...

Apoel kicked-off their European campaign with a 1-0 win over FK Sutjeska in Montenegro on Tuesday night. Tomas De Vincenti’s 42nd-minute penalty settled the first leg of the Champions League first qualifying round match, with the Cyprus champions hosting the Montenegrins in the second leg next week.

Three people suspected of being members of a burglary ring were remanded for eight days on Tuesday The three, two men aged 35 and 29 and a 27-year-old woman, all of whom are Romanian nationals, were arrested on Monday night According to the deputy press officer of Limassol police Marinos...

By Moira Warburton The two teenage boys who were first categorized as missing in northern Canada are now suspects in the murder of an Australian tourist and his American girlfriend, as well as an unidentified man whose body was found near the boys’ abandoned flaming car, police said on Tuesday....

By Eric M. Johnson An executive of state-owned EgyptAir said on Tuesday that British Airways’ decision to suspend flights to Cairo, the Egyptian capital, for several days was “without a logical reason.” The vice chairman of EgyptAir Holding Co, Sherif Ezzat Badrous, told reporters at a ceremony marking the delivery...

The interior ministers of Cyprus and Greece on Tuesday announced a a joint initiative on migration to enhance the return policy of irregular immigrants. The announcement of the initiative took place after a meeting between Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides and his Greek counterpart Giorgos Koumoutsakos during an official visit to...

The government on Tuesday said that no vessels associated with illegal Turkish drilling operations in Cypriot waters had either docked at, or approached the harbour in Limassol. Deputy Minister of Shipping Natasa Pilides was responding to local media reports claiming the ship Vos Prime, operated by Dutch company Vroon Offshore...

The Department of Antiquities and the Church of Cyprus have agreed to co-operate over a proposed controversial high-rise project in Geroskipou. The recently uncovered Hellenistic complex in Geroskipou has been hailed as an important find and will coexist alongside the new high-rise development. An antiquities department announcement said that during...

By Simon Carraud and Geert De Clercq Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Tuesday it was ok for some members of the French parliament to ignore her and other children’s warnings about global warming but she implored them to listen to scientists. Ahead of her speech to a group...

The UN Undersecretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix was in Cyprus Tuesday evening in the framework of his regular contacts with peacekeeping missions. He was meeting Elizabeth Spehar, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of the peacekeeping mission (Unficyp). The senior UN official is expected to meet...

Indonesia plans to close its eastern island of Komodo to the public next year in a bid to conserve rare Komodo dragons, the largest living species of lizard, a provincial official said on Tuesday. The island is part of Komodo National Park, a conservation area between the islands of Sumbawa and...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday informed parliament that the two bills recently passed amending foreclosures legislation have been found to be unconstitutional as both he and his finance minister again urged MPs to withdraw the bills as they could cause serious damage to the economy. Armed with the legal opinion...

The government on Tuesday launched the tenders process for a new public transport system for the period 2020-2030. Existing contracts expire in July 2020. The call to tenders seeks to put a new, improved, public transport system in place. According to the transport ministry the aim is to “better serve...

Greek singer and songwriter Pantelis Thalassinos returns to Limassol, this time to the community of Erimi, with a concert with songs about love. The programme includes his own favourite hits as well as songs by other great Greek artists. Cypriot singer Lisa Theophanous will join him on stage in two...

The war in Yemen can be stopped because the warring sides still support a U.N. peace deal brokered in Stockholm last December, U.N. envoy Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday. The four-year war between the Iran-aligned Houthi movement and a Saudi-backed coalition supporting the Yemeni government has killed many tens of...

The supreme court will sit for the state’s appeals against the administrative court’s decisions on civil service salaries will take place on September 30, it emerged on Tuesday. The appeals against the administrative court’s decisions reversing pay and pension cuts imposed on civil servants in 2012, is being heard by...

Name: Bugle (Ajuga reptans) Otherwise known as: Carpetweed, Blue Bugle, Sicklewort Habitat: A perennial member of the Labiatea family growing up to 15cm in moist woodlands and meadows in Europe and the Caucasus, with a creeping rhizome forming slender stems that contain toothed, mint-like leaves and terminate in spikes of...

Dele Alli feels refreshed, renewed and ready to kick on from Tottenham’s Champions League heartache and an injury-hit season that took a mental as well as physical toll. The 2018-19 campaign will live long in the memory for all connected with Spurs after their historic run to a first-ever European...

One of the few occasions where all commenters have the same view…. The Law of Necessity is just a dodge, and everyone knows it. If they cannot reduce the quorum, then the Supreme Court should declare itself unable to rule on this matter, and the decision should be elevated to...

Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said the upcoming official visit of new Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis` as being of the “utmost importance”, saying it was taking place at a crucial period full of challenges. Mitsotakis will visit Cyprus on July 29 and 30. “It is a very important visit in...

The number of Gesy doctors is on the rise with specialists now surpassing 700, it emerged on Tuesday, though acutely understaffed public hospital A&E departments remain overcrowded. By 3pm on Monday, a total of 1,219 doctors were registered with Gesy, of which 702 were specialists, 390 GPs and 127 paediatricians....

Ayia Napa is an U 25s clubbing Mecca , where ‘sleep ‘ is the last thing on the minds of the majority clientele. Ayia Napa is a fairly spread out resort not much noise in the Nissi Beach area and most of the ‘boom boom ‘ noise is around ‘the...

More than 20 people have died from alcohol poisoning in Turkey over the past month, according to Turkish media reports, as steep taxes on alcohol push Turks to consume bootlegged sprits. Broadcaster Haberturk reported at the weekend that a man in the southern province of Adana had died from methanol...

Cyprus participated in Europol’s Viribus III campaign against doping and counterfeit medicine, the largest action of this kind ever with thousands of illegal pharmaceuticals seized, police announced on Tuesday. The pharmaceutical services and the customs department were part of the European campaign, which was coordinated by police. A total of...

The Trump administration today Tuesday will propose a rule to tighten food stamp restrictions that would cut about 3.1 million people from the program, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials said. Currently, 43 U.S. states allow residents to automatically become eligible for food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,...