Новости за 20.09.2019

By Jan Wolfe The U.S. and El Salvador have reached a joint deal on immigration, the U.S. embassy in El Salvador said on Friday, without giving many additional details beyond those related to asylum claims. Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan is scheduled to discuss the immigration agreement on...

A LAW proposal on the amendment of the Constitution aiming to address the gap found in the event a parliamentary seat is vacated or not claimed before a confirmation, will be tabled to the House plenum next week to vote. Members of the House legal affairs committee said that the...

A bus carrying Chinese-speaking tourists crashed on Friday near Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, killing at least four people and leaving 12 to 15 others critically injured, the state Highway Patrol reported. Circumstances of the crash, which occurred at about 11:30 a.m. local time on State Route 12 just...

The government of Malta, under international pressure, said on Friday it would make a public, independent inquiry into the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Caruana Galizia, who wrote a well-followed anti-corruption blog, was killed by a car bomb outside her home on the small Mediterranean island on Oct....

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis will stop aiming missile and drone attacks at Saudi Arabia if a coalition targeting Yemen does the same, a Houthi official said on Friday, nearly a week after the Houthis claimed a strike on Saudi oil facilities. The Houthis have insisted they are responsible for a devastating...

Britain said on Friday a Brexit deal with the European Union could be reached at a summit next month, but EU member Ireland said the sides were far from agreement and London had not yet made serious proposals. Three years after Britons voted to leave the EU, hopes of a...

State nurses on Friday condemned bullying of a triage nurse by visitors to Limassol hospital’s accident and emergency department irked by delays in being examined by doctors. According to the nurses’ branch of the civil servants’ union Pasydy, patients and their companions forced the triage nurse on duty at the...

Addressing inefficiencies in the justice system in Cyprus is key for improving the business environment and the enforcement of claims, the European Commission said on Friday at the conclusion of the seventh post-programme visit to the island. European Commission staff, in liaison with staff from the European Central Bank (ECB),...

Ryanair pilots based in the United Kingdom have cancelled five days of strikes set for this month, as unions and the low-cost airline gear up for further talks. Strikes set for September 21, 23, 25, 27 and 29 will not go ahead, Ryanair said, as it called on the pilots...

Europe’s top court will rule on Sept. 24 whether Alphabet Inc unit Google must remove links to sensitive personal data worldwide or in Europe only in a case that pits privacy rights against the right of free speech. A second related dispute before the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the...

The pharmaceutical services on Friday recalled every medication containing ranitidine as a precautionary measure over concern of its link to cancer. The detection of low levels of a probable carcinogen called NDMA in ranitidine was announced by the US watchdog FDA last week. Tests on animals showed that a particular...

Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou and his team on Friday answered more than 120 questions from the public on the Cyprus problem, submitted through an online platform. It was part of the government’s aim to appear transparent and to have direct communication with society, the spokesman said. Between noon and 2pm,...

In September 2019, Churchill Hotel Management, owners and operators of the Crowne Plaza Limassol hotel, hosted a cocktail party to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Over 400 guests and members, local business leaders, associates and stakeholders attended the event which took place in the hotel’s renovated ballroom and sea view gardens....

A landmark French trial will from next week seek to settle one of the country’s biggest pharmaceutical scandals, probing whether the company behind a weight-loss drug believed to have triggered killer side-effects covered up the risks. Privately-owned Servier, regulator Agence nationale de securite du medicament (ANSM) and 21 defendants will...

The Turkish drillship Yavuz is due to return to the Karpas area off the northeastern coast after completion of maintenance work off Mersin in southern Turkey according to Turkish media outlet Yeni Safak. Picking up on the uncertainty whether the drillship would even return to Cyprus after it left earlier...

The exploration and exploitation of offshore block 7 is an exclusive sovereign right of Cyprus and does not affect the rights of any third state, including Turkey, the foreign ministry said on Friday. In response to statements on Thursday by the Turkish foreign ministry spokesperson, Hami Aksoy, that the  agreements...

A 72-year-old woman died in Protaras on Friday. Lifeguards at Cavo Maris beach spotted a woman’s body floating in the sea and dragged her out to try to resuscitate her. The tourist, a Swiss national did not respond to first aid and even though she still had a pulse when...

More than 1,000 United Nations employees have called for the global body to reduce its carbon footprint, including through curbs on their own diplomatic perks like business-class flights and travel handouts, a letter obtained by Reuters showed. The United Nations calls climate change the “defining issue of our time” and is hosting...

By Alex Green When Kasabian went on hiatus for the first time in some 17 years, Serge Pizzorno’s three bandmates decided to take it easy and spend some time away from the spotlight. The band’s guitar-wielding songwriter, however, thought it the perfect moment to begin work on his debut solo...

Winger Kotaro Matsushima scored a hat-trick as Japan overcame a severe case of opening-night nerves to give the host nation a winning start to the Rugby World Cup with a 30-10 victory over a spirited Russia side on Friday. The Russians, laid on as sacrificial lambs for the opening party,...

The EU should think twice before giving taxpayers money to just anyone. Ban cars from city centres like most EU cities – end of problem. Nicosia and Limassol are gridlocked, works or not. Don’t blame planning, blame lack of foresight by politicians, car owners and public transport. The motor car...

The U.S. investigation into hundreds of cases of life-threatening lung illnesses related to vaping has turned up a curious abnormality: Many of the victims had pockets of oil clogging up cells responsible for removing impurities in the lungs. Dr. Dana Meaney-Delman, who has been leading the inquiry at the U.S....

By Abi Jackson Want to do more to support your health and the planet by going plant-based, but struggle with energy dips and feeling depleted? The fact is, drastically changing your diet can throw things off balance. This is all stuff we can work through – and the rewards will...

Louis plc on Friday announced the sale of five hotels belonging to its Greek subsidiary, Louis Hotels SA, to real estate funds managed by Blackstone. These hotel businesses comprise the Grand Hotel and Corcyra Beach in Corfu, Zante Beach and Plagos Beach in Zakynthos and the Creta Princess Beach in...

The community council of Neo Chorio removed an illegal camping site near Aphrodite’s Baths in the Akamas in the early hours of Friday. The decision to dismantle the site, which had been there for decades, was taken after a warning from the authorities sent out last week to clean up...