Новости за 14.11.2019

Transport Minister Vasiliki Anastasiadou on Thursday inaugurated a bus station in Alambra in the Nicosia district. The new station features a digital panel with bus times, office space, a rest area for the drivers, parking space for passengers, and a cafeteria. The project cost €500,000. “Our aim should be to...

A California high school student dressed in black opened fire on campus on Thursday, killing a 16-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy and wounding three other teens before shooting himself in the head, officials said. The suspect, who turned 16 on Thursday, was in grave condition, officials said. After drawing a .45...

The UN Secretary-General`s report on his mission of good offices in Cyprus will come out on Friday, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday, asking the press to wait for details. Asked to comment on the report and the fact that in the past two reports the SG referred to new ideas,...

Nominations for the 12th annual Cyprus hearts of gold awards that celebrate, humanity, philanthropy and friendship are now open. The popular event will be held on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Palia Ilektriki cultural centre in Paphos and nominees and a guest will be invited to attend a private awards...

Pervasive abuse of women on social media is driving female leaders off the internet and, in some cases, out of a job, a conference heard on Thursday. Two years after the global #MeToo movement began with women finding strength in numbers by sharing stories of sexual harassment, virulent online abuse of women has now pushed some...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday he would be pleased if the Turkish Cypriot side’s constructive attitude was not so much focused on defending their “legitimate rights” but also respect those of the Greek Cypriots. He was responding to Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci’s address on the occasion of the...

A man who had escaped the psychiatric ward of Limassol hospital has turned himself in to police. Kyriakos Georghiou, 39, had been wanted since Tuesday evening. He was a suspect in a serious case of domestic violence, and considered suicidal. Georghiou turned himself in to British Bases police on Thursday...

What makes a chef great often comes down to the simplest things, the humblest recipes. In the brilliant film The Hundred-Foot Journey, Madame Mallory is the owner of a highly-acclaimed French restaurant and, to test new chefs, she simply asks them to prepare an omelette as she believes a good...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday urged members of the coalition fighting Islamic State to take jihadi detainees back to their countries and step up their funding to help restore infrastructure in Iraq and Syria, parts of which were severely damaged by conflict. “Coalition members must take back...

Aglandjia municipality to rename Academia Avenue to Glafcos Clerides Avenue on Saturday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the year of the former president’s birth. Clerides was born on April 24, 1919 and died on November 15, 2013. The ceremony will take place at the junction of the avenue with...

Police are negotiating with a man armed with a hunting shotgun who has made threatening gestures from his apartment in Nicosia, police sources said on Thursday. Police and the riot squad are at the scene in Acropolis along with negotiators. The incident began around 2.30pm. The man was initially reported...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Ersin Tatar announced that the aim was to open the closed-off town of Varosha in Famagusta by the end of next year. According to media reports in the north, Tatar told Turkish TV channel Fox that looking at the human rights aspect, Varosha had to be...

Agostinho Barreto has stowed away his neon yellow vest and stopped occupying road junctions in protest against the burden of high French taxes. But the garage owner still seethes with anger at the mention of President Emmanuel Macron. Fed up with of punishing living costs and the squeeze on his...

By Tracy Roth-Rotsas Sometimes a drink in a posh bar is just what you need and nestled off to the left of reception in the St Raphael Resort in Limassol, is the answer: the Captain’s Bar & Terrace. Renovated in April, it now sports an ArtDeco style of décor, with...

The targeted EU measures against Turkey are a result, and in response to, Turkey’s continued illegal violations of the ROC’s EEZ and their gunboat diplomacy. The ROC became a full member state of the EU and was accepted as a whole, including its EEZ, in 2004. The approach taken by...

Investigators released a series of phone intercepts on Thursday which they said revealed Moscow’s influence over pro-Russian rebels accused of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine five years ago. MH17 was shot out of the sky on July 17, 2014, over territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern...

Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus is determined to get one over on Manchester City team-mates Nicolas Otamendi and Sergio Aguero when they tackle Argentina in Saudi Arabia. The South American giants meet at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh on Friday to renew their fierce rivalry following a 2-0 victory...

Sinister acts will not succeed in preventing the protection of the Akamas, President Nicos Anastasiades vowed on Thursday after 70 hectares were burned the day before. “The malicious acts oblige us to take stronger measures to enforce the conservation and protection of the Akamas area,” he said on Twitter. Seven...

British artist Peter Moore returns to 6×6 Centre for Photography six years after the memorable photography exhibition and book presentation ‘Days We Have Seen’, his follow-up being a solo exhibition of primitive ceramics titled ‘Earth’. The exhibition opens on November 15, and the public will be able to discover Peter’s...

The Bank of Cyprus (BoC) announced on Thursday it would suspend the introduction of new charges for its services due to be introduced in January and offer intensive training to the elderly on how to be able to use electronic banking. The announcement was made by CEO of the bank...

Name: Sumach (Rhus aromatica) Otherwise known as: Sweet Sumach, Staghorn Sumach Habitat: A deciduous shrub member of the Anacardiaceae family growing to about 5m in dry, open scrubland and native to North America. The bark is usually grey and sometimes dull red, with brownish stems carrying opposed lanceolate leaves, terminating...

It is estimated that about 10 per cent of the total population in Cyprus has diabetes, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday, speaking on the occasion of World Diabetes Day marked annually on November 14. The number is confirmed by the International Diabetes Federation, which puts the number of...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Ersin Tatar has dismissed suggestions this week that he cannot travel to any country apart from Turkey over the possibility of him being sought by authorities abroad for his role in the Polly Peck scandal in the early 90s. Tatar was the assistant treasurer of the...

Pro-democracy protesters paralysed parts of Hong Kong for a fourth day on Thursday, forcing schools to close and blocking highways as students built barricades and stockpiled makeshift weapons, setting the stage for campus showdowns. China’s Global Times tabloid, owned by the state-run People’s Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party,...

The Green line regulation stipulates that the Republic of Cyprus must perform an identity control on each person crossing the line (note the “whole line” and thus not only crossings). The regulation also stipulates that the person crossing must have proper visa documentation as per article 2, 1 (a) “possess...