Новости за 21.10.2019

Britain said on Monday it was reviewing the rules which govern diplomatic immunity arrangements for US personnel at an air force base after a man was killed when his motorbike collided with a car driven by a US diplomat’s wife. Harry Dunn, 19, died in August near RAF Croughton, a...

By Kathy Gray Four large drug companies reached a last-minute $260 million legal settlement on Monday over their role in the U.S. opioid addiction epidemic, striking a deal with two Ohio counties to avert the first federal trial over the crisis. However, drug distributors AmerisourceBergen Corp, Cardinal Health Inc and...

Government departments must do their part and act swiftly if Cyprus is to meet its 2020 targets for reduced carbon dioxide emissions, the energy regulator told lawmakers on Monday. Andreas Poullikkas said the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority (CERA) has already approved permits for the generation of 600 megawatts of power...

By Lisa Lambert and Patricia Zengerle President Donald Trump said on Monday it is a foregone conclusion that the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives will vote to impeach him over his request that Ukraine investigate a political rival as he exhorted his fellow Republicans to rally to his defence. Trump...

Hoteliers on Monday approved a mediating proposal to renew the collective agreement with their staff. In a statement, the two associations, Pasyxe and Stek, said they put the agreement to their members during an extraordinary general meeting who approved it by majority vote. The agreement provides for a pay rise...

Police on Monday issued a missing person bulletin for a 34-year-old Nepalese woman who has been missing from her workplace since last Friday. Shrestha Bisnu Kumari is 1.65m total, medium built, with long black hair. Anyone with information on her whereabouts should contact Nicosia CID on 22802222 or their nearest...

The Limassol court on Monday ruled that three suspects involved in an alleged homeless scam be held in custody for another four days in order to gather more evidence in a case that appears to have cost the state at least €200,000. In a marathon session that lasted from the...

Ronald Harwood’s award-winning play Taking Sides, which shocked audiences and critics, is coming to Cyprus after sold-out performances in Athens and Thessaloniki. Bringing to life the nightmarish memories of Nazi Germany and the devastating effects of the war, the performance will take over Strovolos Municipal Theatre on Wednesday and Pattihio...

By Kylie MacLellan and William James Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s faces a potentially perilous ratification of his Brexit divorce deal in the British parliament after the speaker refused to allow a vote on it on Monday. With just 10 days left until the United Kingdom is due to leave the...

The government said Monday it is drafting a bill giving the Housing Finance Corporation (HFC) access to a bank database with information on non-performing loans. Until now the HFC had access only to ‘Aiantas’, a data-sharing mechanism set up to serve state-run credit institutions – co-operative banks and the HFC....

President Nicos Anastasiades and Diko chairman Nicolas Papadopoulos on Monday discussed the government reform bills currently in parliament as part of an initiative to push the legislation through. Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said the two men met at the presidential palace on the president’s initiative. “The object of their talk...

The deputy ministry of shipping is working ‘intensely’ on a proposal to submit to the European Commission for the establishment of a ferry service to Greece, minister Natasa Pilides said on Monday. Speaking at a news conference to announce a state subsidy for upgrading cruise-ship services, Pilides said the target...

State treasurer Rea Georgiou told the Cyprus Mail on Monday that a public oversight body she chairs would not after all be looking into recent reports of passports being granted to relatives of the current leader of Cambodia, whose government has been accused of human rights violations and corruption. She...

Switzerland’s Greens took aim at the country’s financial services sector after parliamentary election gains which shifted the balance of political power to the left. “We have to hold the financial centre more accountable,” Greens leader Regula Rytz told Neue Zuercher Zeitung, adding that the sector, which accounts for 9% of...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared confused at a London court hearing on Monday, struggling to recall his name and age in his first public appearance in months as he sought to fight his extradition to the United States. Assange, 48, who spent seven years holed up in Ecuador’s embassy before...

A plan is being implemented with the aim of upgrading cruise ships in Cyprus. During a press conference in Limassol, Shipping Deputy Minister Natasa Pilides presented the official plan, which was approved on September 18, to reduce the environmental impact on the sea by upgrading cruise ships. In addition to...

Spain will on Thursday remove dictator Francisco Franco’s remains from the state mausoleum in which he was buried in 1975, the government said on Monday. The ruling Socialists have long sought to exhume Franco’s remains and turn the Valley of the Fallen complex near the capital Madrid into a memorial...

The autumn chills might be here – but your wardrobe can still be sunny-side-up, says LIZ CONNOR Move over burgundy, spiced orange and earthy brown, there’s a new colour that’s set to dominate our autumn style – and it’s inspired by the zingiest shade in the paintbox. Yellow might not...

The plan to upgrade Athalassa hospital, the only state psychiatric hospital in Cyprus, is expected to be completed by the end of October, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday. During a meeting of the House human rights committee, Ioannou referred to a decision taken in 2017 to upgrade four...

The Pentagon is considering keeping some U.S. troops near oilfields in northeastern Syria alongside Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to help deny oil to Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday. U.S. troops are crossing into Iraq as part of a broader withdrawal from Syria ordered by...

The state will support farmers who suffered crop losses due to bad weather, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Monday, after inspecting the widespread damage caused to crops by heavy rain and hail in the Famagusta district. “As one can easily see, the damage is extensive and, in some cases,...

I think the ROC knows exactly what’s going on with Turkey’s invasion of Syria as does the EU and the rest of the international community. Many authoritarian and autocratic regimes have tried the same thing many times before and failed. The path to the Cyprus solution is not by doing...

“Now is the time to buy art with real meaning,” say organisers of an upcoming art charity. The Space Art for Charity promotes artists and as its name suggests, it also aims to raise money for charities in Cyprus. One of the ways to do so is by auctioning art....

People waiting to get their hands on the coveted tickets for the Celine Dion concert in Cyprus were left disappointed on opening sale day as the webpage of reseller SoldOut tickets crashed due to high demand. The company’s Facebook page has since Friday been filled with angry complaints from customers...

Registered Aids cases increased almost threefold in the north of the island so far this year, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Monday. Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeni Duzen said there were 74 recorded cases in the first nine months of this year, compared with 27 in all of 2018. Experts told...