Новости за 19.09.2019

Apoel suffered a rather unexpected but deserved 4-3 Europa League loss to Dudelange in an action-packed game in Nicosia with the Luxembourgians hitting a late winner. Apoel’s German coach Thomas Doll raised a few eyebrows with his starting line-up by dropping his Jordanian ace Mousa al Taamari and replacing him...

As world leaders begin arriving for a summit at the United Nations on accelerating action to address climate threats, adults are planning to join students in an unprecedented wave of youth-led climate protests on Friday, organizers said. More than 1,000 strikes are planned across the United States and some 5,200 globally in...

LEGISLATORS on Thursday called for an independent study into the potential health hazards of 5G before the cellular network technology is fully rolled out. The matter was discussed during a joint session of the House health and environment committees, also attended by local academics and scientists. “Before issuing licenses [for...

A group of 16 state doctors have threatened to quit their government jobs after promises of increased pay were not met, their union Pasyki said on Thursday. According to Pasyki head Soteris Koumas, all 16 doctors work as general practitioners (GPs) in state health centres in the Nicosia district. In...

David Cameron has caused “an amount of displeasure” in Buckingham Palace after admitting to seeking the Queen’s support during the Scottish independence referendum. The former prime minister acknowledged he had said “perhaps a little bit too much” about his dealings with the monarch, who is meant to remain above the...

EDUCATIONAL reforms can only be implemented by the government and such policies cannot be planned by others, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromos said on Thursday after three teachers’ unions objecting to these changes announced separate strikes for next week. Speaking after a meeting President Nicos Anastasiades had with the heads of...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose Liberals are in deep political trouble after the emergence of a photo of him in brown face, has experienced a number of scandals and missteps since taking power in November 2015. BROWN FACE Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized on Wednesday for wearing brown face make-up...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could suspend parliament again even if the Supreme Court rules that his original suspension, or prorogation, was unlawful, a court document tweeted by an opposition lawyer showed on Thursday. The document, submitted to the court by Johnson’s lawyers, was disclosed as Britain‘s top judicial body was...

Bank of Cyprus, the first entity ever to be advertised in Cyprus, welcomes the Carob Awards, the first advertising awards to be held on the island, and congratulates the advertising agencies who, through their creativity, won the awards but also earned the public’s respect. Thanks to its associates, Bank of...

Huawei launched its Mate 30 smartphone range on Thursday in a challenge to Apple’s new iPhone 11, saying the Chinese firm’s new devices were more compact, their cameras superior and wraparound screens brighter. Huawei‘s top salesman Richard Yu showcased the Mate 30 Pro and Mate 30 phones at a glitzy event...

The government on Thursday said the statements made by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the Cyprus issue were a message about the Turkish side’s tactics. Guterres underlined on Wednesday the importance for the two sides to quickly reach an agreement on the terms of reference, in order to start settlement...

We are living in the past. Its 2019. We can sit here throwing accusations of atrocities to each other about what happened 50’s, 60’s, 70’s or 100 years ago. All that does is hold back the future of all Cypriots. Cyprus is now a multicultural society. There are significant populations...

France and Germany are agreed on a strategy to respond to a global economic slowdown at a time of international trade problems but differ over how fast to move, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday. French policymakers are growing anxious as Germany, Europe’s largest economy, dithers over...

Three women have been remanded for six days after being arrested for the alleged possession of stolen goods in Larnaca, police said on Thursday. Police received information that a 40-year-old woman was acting suspiciously in a clothes shop in Larnaca around 5pm on Wednesday. The woman was arrested after police...

Authorities on Thursday afternoon launched a rescue operation after information for a small boat carrying a group of migrants off Famagusta. There are reportedly 12 people on the boat, mostly men. Reports also said some of them were in the water. A police helicopter and a boat were on their...

By Tracy Roth-Rotsas Sherlock’s Home Bar has already taken Limassol by storm, tucked in at the crossroads of Anexartiseas and Athinon, just a hop, step and a jump from the sea, shopping and sight-seeing districts. The place is a work in progress but in the meantime, we enjoy what is...

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Clashes erupted in a Limassol courtroom on Thursday where the three brothers charged with the murder of 44-year-old Christos Michael in Limassol on January 14 were on trial on Thursday. Reports said clashes broke out between the victim’s relatives and the defendants and police had to intervene. At the trial,...

Student organisation PSEM on Thursday called on pupils to skip school on Friday to take part in a climate protest march. All of the students who participate in Friday’s protest will not be listed as absent if they have a signed consent form from their parents to participate, the education...

Any U.S. or Saudi military strike against Iran would result in “all-out war”, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said on Thursday. “I am making a very serious statement that we don’t want war; we don’t want to engage in a military confrontation … But we won’t blink to defend...

A new study by Cypriot and Greek scientists paves the way for a new drug treatment for cardiovascular disease, it was announced on Thursday. The research, led by Cypriot Professor of Cardiology Charalambos Antoniades and published in the American journal ‘Science Translational Medicine’, sheds light on the relationship between obesity...

Cyprus on Thursday signed a permanent hosting agreement with the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), the first EU country to do so in order to speed up asylum applications. The agreement was signed between Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides and Nina Gregori, the EASO director-general in Nicosia. Petrides described the agreement...

It’s the governments job to get a deal with the EU , it’s Parliaments job to accept or reject that deal. No amount of your bleeting can or will change that. The government has so far completed its task once and is now setting about completing it a second time....

Name: Broom (Spartium scoparium) Also known as: Basam, Besum Habitat: A perennial shrub member of the Leguminosae family, growing to about 3m in dry, stony ground in European and Mediterranean countries. It has erect, green, angled stems bearing small, alternate leaves which produce bright yellow, honey-scented flowers from the axils....

Some years ago the Land Registry valued a plot of land we had bought, they stated it was “worth” €250,000 (way above the Contract value). They wouldn’t give way on this, and we had to pay transfer tax based on this valuation, or wait years for an appeal to get...