Новости за 06.11.2019

Bayern Munich clinched their place in the Champions League last 16 by beating Olympiakos 2-0 at home on Wednesday thanks to second-half strikes from Robert Lewandowski and Ivan Perisic. Playing their first game since coach Niko Kovac was sacked after the humiliating 5-1 drubbing at Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayern outplayed the...

New outfits designed for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will no longer be made with real fur, Buckingham Palace said, in a move welcomed by animal rights activists. However, while the 93-year-old monarch’s future garments will be made with fake fur, she will not dispose of old outfits adorned in real fur....

Police overstepped the law in issuing a blanket ban on protests by Extinction Rebellion climate activists in October, London High Court judges ruled on Wednesday, in a decision the group hailed as “an immense victory for the right to protest”. In their decision, the judges agreed with Extinction Rebellion’s lawyers...

Waste collection company Green Dot Cyprus (GDC) has published a post on Facebook urging the public to stop disposing of single-use plastics in its rubbish recycling bags, raising questions over how to get rid of items like plastic bags and straws. The non-profit company says it collects only PMD packaging...

Arsenal conceded an added-time equaliser against Vitoria Guimaraes as they once again failed to hold on to a lead and increased the pressure on head coach Unai Emery. Emery’s side looked to have earned an undeserved Europa League victory when Shkodran Mustafi headed home with 10 minutes to go, but...

Impeachment proceedings against U.S. President Donald Trump for pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival will reach a critical stage next week when a Democratic-led congressional committee holds its first public hearings on the issue. In a move that raises the stakes ahead of a presidential election year, Democrats said...

Nine fires broke out in various areas of Paphos after 1pm on Wednesday, mainly burning dry grass and wild shrub. Authorities said the first fire broke out 1pm near Timi and was put out by ground forces helped by water-dropping aircraft. The flames burned some 0.5 hectares of dry grass...

An underwater sculpture of beautifully crafted seashells created by artist, Yiota Ioannidou, is already attracting marine life and settling in well on the Paphos seabed around six weeks after it was put in place, according to officials. The project is the first official snorkeling park in Cyprus and is in...

Cyprus has won two gold medals and four silvers at a European Muay Thai competition held in Marina Di Carrara, Italy. According to Cyprus’ national team coach Master Kyriakos Christophi, Andronikos Evripidou beat his Maltese opponent in the final of the 75kg category, and Panagiotis Stavrou beat his Spanish opponent...

The Department of Fine Arts of Tepak will inaugurate the international art programme, the Library Project that is expected to be implemented every semester. The purpose of the department is to make this programme an experimental art workshop, to attract major visual artists from Cyprus and abroad, and to contribute...

Authorities will file charges against four teenagers aged between 16 and 18 in connection with the death of 16-year-old Panayiotis Stefani from Troulli, Larnaca who died from alcohol poisoning at a party last April, multiple reports said on Wednesday. The four face charges relating to causing death by negligence. The...

All ‘smoke and mirrors ‘ for local consumption . The unions run the country , they have votes to ‘sell ‘ . The teachers unions have a large block of votes on offer , so they can call the ‘shots ‘ . Politicians are only concerned with one thing, getting...

The cabinet on Wednesday extended the deadline for applications for the ‘Estia’ mortgage relief scheme as submissions have so far failed to meet the expectations. According to deputy government spokesperson Klelia Vasiliou, the cabinet extended the deadline to the end of this year. The government had expected around 10,000 applications...

By Nick Theodoulou Cyprus ranked 21 out of 29 European countries for police-recorded intentional homicides in 2017, according to Eurostat figures released on Wednesday. With a rate of 0.8 per 100,000 inhabitants, Cyprus is slightly higher than Greece’s 0.7 but well below Europe’s top country for murders – Latvia –...

They are saying that Low wasn’t wanted for anything when they issued his passport, but anyone who turns up with oodles of cash looking to buy a passport should automatically raise a few eyebrows with any honest individual. I’m reminded of a classic scene from 1980’s sitcom ‘Only fools and...

The leader of small shopkeepers ‘union Povek met with Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis on Wednesday to discuss ways of reducing Cyprus’ carbon emissions. During the meeting, Povek’s Kyriacos Moustakas warned the government about “Cyprus’ inability to meet the European emission standards”. These standards define the acceptable limits for carbon emissions...

By Kristian Grey For most people, ‘healthy eating’ is all about weight loss and looking better than ever before, and it is hard to argue if that is your motivation for making sensible food choices. However, for another group of people, the motivation is slightly different. Only 10 days after...

Turkey has captured a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, more than a week after the former Islamic State leader killed himself during a raid by US special forces. “The United States said Baghdadi killed himself in a tunnel. They started a communication campaign about this,”...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s election campaign launch was marred by the resignation of one of his ministers, a gaffe about the victims of a deadly tower blaze and a doctored video of an opponent released by his party. Johnson called a snap Dec. 12 election in a bid to...

The customer service centres and the offices of the electricity authority (EAC) will remain closed during the strike of the employees from 7am until 3pm on Thursday, it was announced on Wednesday. Staff working at fault reporting centres, and stand-by crews will work normally. The EAC expressed its regret for...

Greek Cypriot twin sisters have been looking for their Turkish Cypriot half-brother for 20 years, a Turkish Cypriot newspaper reported on Wednesday. Yeni Duzen published on Wednesday the story of one of the sisters, Andri Constandinou, talking about her struggle to locate her brother and asking the help of the...

A British backpacker was allegedly strangled to death by a man she met on Tinder, prosecutors told a New Zealand court on Wednesday, in a case that has shocked the Pacific nation. Grace Millane, 22, who was travelling after finishing university, went missing in Auckland on December 1. Police found...

By Nick Theodoulou Negotiations on a trade agreement between the EU and China were finalised on Wednesday which grants Cyprus’ ouzo and zivania protected status. Cyprus is the ‘alpha and omega’ of the list, with zivania leading the inauguration at number one and Cyprus and Greece’s ouzo concluding the list...

Malaysian businessman Jho Taek Low, who acquired a Cypriot citizenship four years ago, is still trying to buy purchase properties in Cyprus under another name, Malaysia’s authorities said on Wednesday. According to Malaysian media reports, the country’s police inspector-general, Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador, said during a press conference that...

The University of Nicosia (UNic) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), 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 world – and crucially the...