Новости за 01.08.2019

Police are asking for the public’s help to find two women who have gone missing. Ecaterina Chilaru, 36, a Moldavian national, has been missing from her home in Paphos since Wednesday morning. Anyone with information on her whereabouts should contact the Peyeia police station at 26806360, their nearest police station,...

It was mostly a good night for Cyprus’ Europa League representatives in the second qualifying round on Thursday. In the most exciting game, Apollon beat Irish side Shamrock Rovers 3-1 in Limassol to seal a 4-3 aggregate win. The match went to extra time after the scores were locked at...

THE head of Pasyki, the state doctors union, has again warned that public hospitals will face a dangerous shortage of specialist physicians, lured by higher pay offered in the National Health Scheme. Soteris Koumas described the situation at public hospitals like a ‘powder keg’ ready to blow. Over the past...

POLICE are suspecting foul play regarding a fire that burned down the premises of a sports club in Nicosia on Thursday morning. The incident occurred around 4.30 am, when flames engulfed the premises of the Aris Thessalonikis local fans sports club. Preliminary inspection of the scene points to arson, police...

CENTRAL Bank of Cyprus (CBC) governor Constandinos Herodotou on Thursday met with the chief officers of banks licensed in Cyprus, mainly discussing lenders’ approach to borrowers with non-performing loans. It was Herodotou’s first gathering with the banks since taking office. It would be the first in a series of regular...

Arsenal have signed forward Nicolas Pepe from French club Lille for a club-record fee, the Premier League side said on Thursday. Financial details of the transfer were not revealed but British media reported it was around 72 million pounds ($87.39 million), eclipsing the 56 million pounds paid to Borussia Dortmund...

OWNERS of skip waste containers and the mayors of the greater Nicosia area on Thursday called for solutions to the waste management problem with the former warning that they will go on strike if they are not allocated a collection centre with sensible prices. The association of licensed skip owners...

CYPRUS-based Intership Navigation said on Thursday they had no reason to believe any of its crew was involved in drug trafficking after one of the vessels under its management, the MV UBC Savannah, was detained in Altamira in Mexico with 225 kilogrammes of cocaine found in one of its holds, under...

A 17-year-old man from Nicosia is in a critical condition after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a car. The accident happened around 12.45 on Thursday in the Nicosia suburb of Dali. Police said the driver of the car is also a man, aged 29. The 17-year-old was rushed...

THE Water Development Department (WDD) on Thursday condemned the assault and serious injury by the owners of a property in Ayia Napa of one of its inspectors who had gone there to check the bore hole. The WDD inspector, former Anorthosis goal keeper Michalis Pamboris, is in hospital with multiple...

European governments widened their search for a new head of the International Monetary Fund, extending a deadline to 1800 GMT on Thursday so that Britain can put forward a candidate. EU finance ministers, having failed to reach a consensus, will also hold a series of votes from Friday morning to...

From September 25 to October 4 Salamis Cruises will raise anchor and set sail for the Greek islands, Montenegro and Italy on board the welcoming Salamis Filoxenia. The unique 9-night cruise will make ports of call at Symi, Chania, Kefalonia, Kotor (Montenegro), Bari (Italy) Igoumenitsa, Gythio and Rhodes. This attractive...

The independent police watchdog said on Thursday it has granted a three-month extension to investigators probing the way the police handled the disappearances of several women and two girls who became the victims of a serial killer because of the volume of material gathered in the case. The investigators are...

Following the tremendous success of Quality Property Expo 2019, Quality Group has developed the monthly special prices platform, offering properties at extremely low prices, starting from 1st of August. For the entire month of August, Quality Group offers three properties, with very competitive prices starting from €43.500. In particular, the...

Two men were remanded for seven days by Paphos district court on Thursday on suspicion of illegally possessing cannabis. The remands follow the arrests on Wednesday of the 29-year-old and 23-year-old men after drug squad officers found 233 grams of cannabis in the possession of the 29-year-old in a car...

Thailand plans to distribute about 10,000 bottles of cannabis oil next week for hospital patients, a government official said on Thursday, the first official use of medical marijuana since a law legalizing it came into effect this year. The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) will deliver 4,500 5ml bottles of cannabis...

Italy’s Culture ministry on Wednesday barred the construction of a McDonald’s fast-food restaurant next to the ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome, with Mayor Virginia Raggi saying “the wonders of Rome must be protected”. Culture Minister Alberto Bonisoli announced his decision in a Facebook post after the municipal administration loudly protested against...

Iran accused the United States on Thursday of “childish behaviour” driven by fear after Washington imposed sanctions on its foreign minister, escalating tensions between two foes at loggerheads over Gulf shipping and Iran’s nuclear programme. Fears of a Middle East war with global repercussions have risen since the United States...

Chemicals used in swimming pools should be treated with caution and those handling them need to mix them correctly, the labour inspection department warned on Thursday. The warning was issued after a recent incident where fumes threatened the lives of hotel staff and pool users, the announcement said. “Unfortunately, despite...

Name: Monstera (Monstera deliciosa) Otherwise known as: Swiss Cheese Plant, Mexican Breadfruit Habitat: A perennial vine member of the Araceae family growing up to 20m in tropical America. From a thick root it sends out aerial roots that climb the nearest tree. The dark green, lobed leaves may have a...

Attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Wednesday he had ordered an investigation into highly controversial comments made by Morphou Bishop Neophytos about homosexuals, as a war of words broke out between top clerics over the matter. In a statement, Clerides said he has instructed the chief of police to launch a...

At 2.4 per cent, Cyprus has among the lowest rate of teenage mothers within the EU, Eurostat reported on Thursday. The EU average for first births by women under the age of 20 was 3.7 per cent in 2017. The highest percentage of young mother was recorded in Bulgaria and...

Of 23 European countries, Cyprus sells the second most expensive milk but fares quite well when it comes to other items. On average, a litre of milk costs €1.40, while the cheapest is available in Turkey, for a third of the price (€0.59). Customers pay most for milk in Norway...

A toddler who was bitten by a viper earlier this week is still in intensive care in Nicosia’s Makarios hospital but is in stable condition, his doctor said on Wednesday. The two-year-old boy was hospitalised on Tuesday after being bitten by a snake at home in his village near Nicosia....

This is both an island and a dog. Yes, Hokkaido refers to either the northernmost prefecture of Japan – a roughly diamond-shaped island that’s the 21st largest in the world (nine times bigger than Cyprus) or a canine. Right on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Hokkaido is a pretty seismic...