Новости за 03.10.2019

Ecuador‘s President Lenin Moreno declared a state of emergency on Thursday as protests broke out nationwide over the end of decades-old fuel subsidies as part of a $2 billion government fiscal reform package. “Down with the package!” protesters shouted, referring to measures enacted this week as Moreno sets the Andean...

Manchester United‘s lean goalscoring form continued as they were held to a 0-0 draw at AZ Alkmaar in their second Group L match in the Europa League on Thursday. For most of the evening on the plastic surface of the Kyocera Stadium in The Hague United never looked like scoring and failed to...

Despite winter closures, around 12,000 tourist beds in Paphos will remain available to accommodate 250,000 visitors between December and March, according to the Paphos regional board of tourism. “The Paphos district will have several thousand full-service beds available and will offer a wide range of accommodation with the capacity to...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s bid to win reelection next month appeared trickier than ever on Thursday after a campaign debate that was dominated by a powerful regional opponent. The televised event, on Wednesday night, took place in the powerful and predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec, where Trudeau’s Liberals are...

Bank employees’ union Etyk has called a 24-hour strike at Hellenic Bank for next Friday, accusing the company of reneging on prior commitments made to staff. In a statement, the union said the bank is refusing to pay employees automatic wage increases as well as Cost of Living Allowance, despite...

By George Psyllides and Elias Hazou A TURKISH drillship, the Yavuz was on Thursday headed to an area inside Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to carry out natural gas exploration. Cyprus called on the Yavuz and its supporting vessels to “immediately cease illegal actions” in the island’s EEZ and continental...

A former Bank of Cyprus executive asked the Nicosia criminal court on Thursday to acquit him of all charges on the grounds that his right to a fair trial was being violated. Nicolas Karidas, one of the remaining defendants in the third criminal trial against the bank, argued that he...

The bee protection campaign will finish at the end of this month after it successfully ran for a year, the head of government press and information office, Sophie Michaelidou on Thursday. The campaign to protect the bees started in October 2018 by the Cyprus Beekeepers’ Association, the Cyprus Beekeepers Professional...

Reading Prison – a forbidding Victorian jail turned LGBT landmark – is for sale, Britain said on Thursday, offloading a deserted site best known for housing playwright Oscar Wilde for the “gross indecency” of gay sex. Campaigners had hoped to turn the austere brick prison, which lies just west of...

Cyprus one of the many countries that will have the opportunity to enjoy it. In a historic move, Saudi Arabia is opening its doors to international visitors for the first time. Visitors seeking unexplored heritage sites, an authentic cultural experience and breathtaking natural beauty will be surprised and delighted to...

The European Commission will quickly start work on a tax on foreign polluting firms, the nominee for the EU’s economic and tax commissioner said on Thursday, a move that could hit U.S. companies and deepen a trade war with Washington. In his confirmation hearing before EU lawmakers, Italy’s Paolo Gentiloni...

The education ministry is moving to install CCTV cameras in kindergartens and primary schools after it proved unable to find security guards willing to take on the job, it emerged on Thursday. Placing security guards in kindergartens and primary schools from 7am to 8am was included in a three-part safety...

England manager Gareth Southgate named Chelsea youngsters Tammy Abraham and Fikayo Tomori on Thursday in his squad for Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Bulgaria. Abraham turned 22 on Wednesday, scoring the opener in a 2-1 Champions League victory at Lille, and has yet to make a competitive debut...

A good start for a solution of the Cyprob is to give people a common identity, something to share and have in common, to become Cypriots. Get rid of Greece, get rid of Turkey, get rid of the UK, remove all military arms from the island. That’s the way to...

Tents have been raised opposite the presidential palace by a protest group demonstrating against “injustice, corruption, and dictatorship”, with the group stating that they will not go home until their nine-point list of demands is met. An open-ended protest was initiated by the Pancyprian Protest Group against Injustice and Expensiveness...

Four people have been killed in an attack on the police headquarters in Paris on Thursday, a police source told Reuters. The attacker was also killed. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo confirmed that “several people” were fatally wounded. There was no word on the motive for the attack, which took took...

By Gina Agapiou A Zonkey is a cross between a zebra and a donkey found in US zoos. They appear almost magical and funky, so does the Zonkey Bar. Against the norm of dark bars on Cyprus, Zonkey writes ‘All animals welcome’ at the entrance although this should probably not...

The island’s first bicommunal LGBTI festival will be held in Nicosia on Saturday under the slogan United by Colours. Organised by Accept LGBTI and the Turkish Cypriot Queer Cyprus Association in the north, it will be held at the Home for Cooperation from 6pm, with music and dance. The festival...

Facebook can be ordered to police and remove illegal content worldwide, Europe’s top court said on Thursday, in a landmark ruling that rights advocates say could allow authoritarian regimes to silence critics. The ruling came just a week after the same court told Google that it does not have to...

The University of Nicosia (UNIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) in August 2019. The ACU is an international organisation dedicated to building a better world through higher education. International collaboration is central to this ambition: by bringing universities together from around the...

My dear friend (referring to ET, see below) I wholeheartedly wished this was the case. However, you will soon come to realise that Odysseas is just another part of the establishment and you should not have high hopes in him. Before you rush to disagree just pause for a second...

Belfast’s High Court ruled on Thursday that Northern Ireland’s strict abortion laws are incompatible with the United Kingdom’s human rights commitments, in the latest of a series of legal victories for abortion rights campaigners in the region. British-ruled Northern Ireland has some of the tightest abortion restrictions in the world,...

The confirmation ceremony of the new commissioners for law and children’s rights took place on Thursday in the presence of President Nicos Anastasiades. Luisa Christodoulidou Zannettou is the new law commissioner while Despo Michael Livaniou has been appointed as children’s rights commissioner. Speaking at the ceremony, Anastasiades said the two...

The A. G. Leventis Gallery is holding a lecture on October 9, in the context of its monthly Wednesday Lectures, the subject being fashion designer Christian Dior – or, as the title puts it, ‘Christian Dior, The Story of a Myth’. (‘Myth’ presumably meaning ‘legend’, unless the implication is that...

Name: Lapacho (Tabebuia avellanedae) Otherwise known as: Pau d’arco Habitat: A deciduous tree member of the Bignoniaceae family native to South America and growing to about 30m in the Andean regions. It has lanceolate leaves and displays clusters of pink to purple flowers but although not cultivated it has been...