Новости за 04.11.2019

Ukraine plans to fire the prosecutor who led investigations into the firm where Joe Biden’s son served on the board, a central figure in the activity at the heart of impeachment proceedings against U.S. President Donald Trump, a source told Reuters. Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has acknowledged meeting the...

A Turkish court ordered the release of journalists Ahmet Altan and Nazli Ilicak in a retrial on Monday due to the time they have already served in jail, the state-owned Anadolu news agency reported. The court had previously sentenced the two journalists to life imprisonment for aiding the network of...

A second forensic examination on Monday on a baby with a skull fracture showed no signs of abuse, the state pathologist Angeliki Papetta found. According to the results of the examination, the 13-day-old baby girl did not show signs of abuse despite suffering a haematoma. She is being cared for...

Archbishop Chrysostomos and former interior minister Socratis Hasikos both denied reports on Monday that the naturalisation application for a Malaysian businessman – currently a fugitive – was approved within two days due to the intervention of the church. Chrysostomos and Hasikos, who headed up the interior ministry at the time...

The second batch of 15,000 seasonal flu vaccines has arrived, the health ministry announced on Monday. They will be available at the ministry of health’s vaccination centres beginning Wednesday, November 6. The remaining 53,000 vaccines will be delivered in the coming weeks and the process will be completed by mid-November,...

The United States imposed sanctions on nine people with ties to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, including his chief of staff, one of his sons and the head of Iran’s judiciary, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday. The United States also sanctioned Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff, the...

Ireland’s best known television personality Gay Byrne, who hosted “The Late Late Show” for almost 40 years, died aged 85 on Monday, and was hailed by the prime minister as the “most influential broadcaster in the history of the state”. Byrne hosted the first episode of national broadcaster RTE’s flagship...

Authorities should revoke the passport issued in September 2015 to a Malaysian businessman, now wanted by authorities in his country and elsewhere, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday. “Absolutely yes,” Anastasiades told a reporter asking about the case of Malaysian fugitive Jho Taek Low that broke over the weekend. But...

There’s no way, if you live in Cyprus or Greece, you haven’t seen or danced a Zeibekiko. It’s an iconic dance of the Greek culture and a must at any Cypriot wedding or party. The history of zeibekiko goes back a long way and its art requires passion, pain and...

Main opposition Akel leader Andros Kyprianou on Monday cancelled a scheduled meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades on economic reforms after the party said the palace practically accused them of taking the Turkish side’s position. Kyprianou was due to meet with Anastasiades on Tuesday but said the president’s statements “essentially implying...

Another two men were arrested on Monday in connection with a murder attempt early on Sunday morning outside a nightclub in Engomi, Nicosia bringing the arrests to four so far. Officers arrested two suspects, a 44-year-old man from Larnaca on Monday morning and a 50-year-old man from the Famagusta area...

China joined 14 countries on Monday in agreeing terms for what could be the world’s biggest trade pact, but India pulled out at the last minute on the grounds that the deal would hurt its farmers, businesses, workers and consumers. The Sino-U.S. trade war and rising protectionism have given new...

Radiomarathon, the annual fund raising for children with special needs, kicked off on Monday, with volunteers collecting public donations from drivers at major traffic junctions. The fund raiser has collected almost 40 million euros in the three decades since it was launched in 1990. During the two-day fundraising the public...

Tottenham will rally round Son Heung-min as the “broken” South Korea midfielder tries to come to terms with the horrendous injury suffered by Everton’s Andre Gomes after his challenge at Goodison Park. Son was in tears following the incident, having slid in and clipped his opponent, but not recklessly so,...

The U.S. official whose whistleblower complaint led to the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump offered to communicate directly with Republicans on the intelligence committee leading the inquiry, his lawyers said. The action was in response to Republican efforts, led by Trump, to unmask the whistleblower, a member of the...

These are a few of Your Favourite Things – wrapped, not in ‘brown paper packages tied up in string’, but in brown cardboard boxes. And though you’re unlikely to find raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens inside, this perfectly personalised present will be equally delightful. Cyprus’ very first bespoke...

A group of specialist orthopaedic doctors from the Shriners Hospital for Children of Springfield, Massachusetts is on the island to examine more than 200 children with severe orthopaedic conditions. The annual visit takes place in cooperation with the George and Thelma Paraskevaides Foundation. The specialist doctors also examined around 100 children last...

The price of unleaded 95 petrol and other fuels decreased slightly in October 2019, the Cyprus Consumer Association said on Monday. From the end of September to October, unleaded 95 dropped by 2.8 cents per litre, according to the statement. Diesel fuel dropped by 1.1 cents per litre and heating...

High school students are calling for teachers to go on strike to protest against four-monthly exams while student union Psem will meet with the education minister on Tuesday to discuss pupils’ ongoing concerns over the new system of regular assessment. “We will do our best to eliminate the four-monthly exams...

By Prudence Wade Skirts really are the hardest working item in your wardrobe. They can be dressed up or down by swapping trainers for heels, and adding a pair of tights works perfectly for those colder days. Pleated midis have well and truly had their moment, but now it’s time...

Regional instability in the region is one of the biggest setbacks to investment in the Eastern Mediterranean, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday. Regional cooperation on energy, climate and security was at the centre of Anastasiades’ address to the opening of the Economist Conference in Nicosia on Monday. “Instability in...

By Nicholas Theodoulou The deputy auditor-general has asked for a service car and a hefty pay rise which would almost double his salary, it emerged on Monday. Kyriakos Kyriakou has said that he should be paid the same as his boss, auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides, and receive the same benefits. Kyriakou...

Pirates attacked a Greek oil tanker off the coast of Togo in the early hours of Monday and fled after taking four crew members as hostages, the West African nation’s navy said, two days after a similar attack in the waters of neighbouring Benin. Of the missing crew members, two...

President Tayyip Erdogan may call off a visit to Washington next week in protest at votes in the House of Representatives to recognise mass killings of Armenians a century ago as genocide and to seek sanctions on Turkey, three Turkish officials said. Erdogan is due in Washington on Nov. 13...

A well ment article by Mr Panayiotides, but unfortunately to late and with some naive and ignorant statements like “certain marginal Greek Cypriot political forces were acting in a manner that threw them (TC’s) into the arms of Turkey.” With all due respect Mr Panayiotides, the Government and the majority...