Новости за 09.12.2019

Parliament on Monday kicked off the three-day discussion on the state budget, which as is customary, delved into the Cyprus problem, among others, as the opposition sought to score political points against an administration that has suffered quite a few blows in the past year across the board. Main opposition...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday called Greece’s expulsion of the Libyan envoy  an “international scandal” and said Greece would pay the price for its actions internationally. In a TV interview, he also said Turkey and Libya could carry out joint exploration operations in the eastern Mediterranean after the two...

British Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith said he supports the desire of his Turkish Cypriot constituents for direct flights to the north of the island. According to media reports on Monday, Smith, Conservative Party MP for Chingford, expressed regret that UK Turkish Cypriots could not fly directly to their homeland....

Police on Monday issued a missing persons bulletin for two Somali teenagers who have been missing from their place of residence in Larnaca since the previous day. Police said Hussen Ali and Mahamad Siraad, both 17, were last seen on Sunday morning. Anyone with information on their whereabouts should contact...

A midnight blue velvet gown that Princess Diana wore when she danced with John Travolta at a 1985 White House state dinner failed to sell at auction on Monday, though two of her other dresses went for above their estimated prices. The off-the-shoulder bodiced Victor Edelstein frock, which flares up...

The U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog said it found numerous errors but no evidence of political bias by the FBI when it opened an investigation into contacts between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia in 2016. The report by Inspector General Michael Horowitz was likely to give ammunition to both...

Well-known Cypriot singer Alexia Vasiliou pays tribute next weekend to some of the greatest female voices of Jazz. Think Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter, Anita O’Day, Abbey Lincoln, Felicia Sanders and many others. She will shed light on who they were, and how they felt about everything...

Larnaca public buses company Zenon has threatened to stop its service if it does not receive its state subsidy of €250,000. “We’ve had issues with the government since the start of our operation,” said Zenon chairman Pantelis Pantelides. “The government has an obligation to help us, but so far we...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under fire on Monday for his response to being shown a photo of a sick child lying on a hospital floor ahead of the Dec. 12 election. Later during a campaign visit, he was taken to task by a voter who challenged his Conservative Party over a...

Unficyp on Monday announced the clearance of nine suspected hazardous areas each on both sides of the island, amounting to a total area of 210,882 square metres. This confidence-building measure was agreed upon by both leaders on February 26, 2019 as part of their commitment towards a mine-free Cyprus, a...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday said reactions to the proposed bill on municipality mergers were respected but that the priority was on the ultimate benefits of the reform. In his address at the annual general assembly of the Union of Municipalities (UoM), Anastasiades said that between €30m and €50m would...

An Italian brand of slightly concentrated tomato juice has been withdrawn from the market for illegal tampering with the expiration date, the health ministry announced on Monday. The health ministry along with the Italian authorities investigated the brand Sara on suspicion of tampering with the expiration date of their concentrated...

The Greek Cypriot father of wife killer Christopher Panayiotou was shot dead early on Monday outside a fast-food restaurant in Uitenhage town, South Africa. The 67-year-old father of Christopher Panayiotou, who is serving a life sentence for uxoricide, was shot dead before 2am on Monday outside the Bambi Snack Bar...

President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci will attend a UN event on Tuesday at the Ledra Palace hotel in Nicosia. The event will be hosted by Unficyp chief Elizabeth Spehar to mark the end of the year. Along with the two leaders, politicians, diplomats, and other personalities...

The outcome of talks between Cyprus and Israel over a dispute regarding the offshore border with Israel’s Yishai gas field will not affect development of the island’s Aphrodite gas field, Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Monday. “First, development of the Aphrodite reserve is going on as planned, and second,...

Israel will not consent to the development of Cyprus’ Aphrodite offshore natural gas field until the dispute over the border with Israel’s Yishai gas field is settled, reports said. According to Israeli business news portal Globes, Israel’s Energy Ministry director general Udi Adiri told consortium Shell, Noble Energy and Delek...

By Katie Wright While floaty floral dresses – and a certain spotty frock – dominated summer, now that autumn is in full swing, we’ve got the perfect solution if you’re looking to switch up your style. Corduroy is a major trend for AW19 and there’s one item we’re loving more...

The Cypriot economy grew by 3.4 per cent in the third quarter of this year on an annual basis, data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service on Monday showed. According to the official data the GDP growth rate in real terms during the third quarter of 2019 is estimated at...

Finland’s new prime minister – the world’s youngest premier – will have a finance minister two years her junior in a new women-led coalition cabinet after a political shake-up, party officials said on Monday. Sanna Marin, 34 from the dominant Social Democrats, was nominated on Sunday. Centre Party chief Katri...

The first game of the second round of the Cyprus football championship proved costly for Thomas Doll and Imanol Idiakez of Apoel and AEK respectively as they were fired by their clubs on Monday. German Doll was appointed by Apoel last August, replacing Italian Paolo Tramezzani, with the Cyprus champions...

Reform has already (sort of) started – even if only slowly. The article bemoans that “the criminally negligent, waiting-list appointment system […] is only gradually being phased out”. There’s so much that needs changing – and as swiftly as possible – with teacher recruitment policies (along with induction support for...

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday Cyprus should not follow the course of action of provocation sought by Turkey. Reacting to a comment by a journalist that Turkey has been increasing the tension he said he wishes to ask for restraint. “Let us not follow the course of action sought...

State doctors’ union Pasyki confirmed on Monday its members were going on a three-hour work stoppage later in the week after seeing no change in the stance of the state health services organisation (Okypy) on the dialogue over incentives for specialists’ services in Gesy. Union leader Soteris Koumas said the...

New Division hosts DJ sets and live music performances weekly yet come December with all its festive madness the locals’ favourite bar drops a back to back programme. 25 DJ sets and three live performances are scheduled for December, pumping up the agenda for the last month of the year....

On an exciting day’s cricket at Ypsonas, Nicosia Tigers and Moufflons upset the form book to progress to the final of the 2019 CCA #MoneyGram T20 Cup. Both had finished second in the group stage, but overcame group winners Punjab Lions and CTL Euro College in the semi-finals. The match...