Новости за 11.12.2019

President Donald Trump told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during their meeting that Moscow’s meddling in America’s elections is unacceptable, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, contradicting Lavrov’s account that the two didn’t discuss elections. Trump on Tuesday met with Lavrov at the White House, a visit...

PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades expects “clear positions” from Cyprus’ EU partners as regards the agreement between Turkey and Libya on the delimitation of maritime areas, government spokesman Kyriacos Koushios said on Wednesday, as the bloc’s leaders are expected to pronounce the deal void. Anastasiades arrived in Brussels on Wednesday to participate...

Manchester City striker Gabriel Jesus netted a superb hat-trick as they came from behind to beat Croatian title holders Dinamo Zagreb 4-1 away in an entertaining Champions League Group C clash on Wednesday. City, who had already secured the group’s top spot, finished with 14 points from six games, seven...

The replacement of state cars was deemed necessary due to the age of existing ones and high emissions, the transport ministry said on Wednesday after parliament withheld €4m earmarked for the purchase as part of the budget for next year. The money can be released after permission from the House...

Duncan Ferguson will remain as caretaker manager of Everton for Sunday’s Premier League match away to Manchester United. Ferguson guided the Toffees to a 3-1 win over Chelsea last weekend after replacing Marco Silva, who was sacked following their 5-2 loss to rivals Liverpool in the Merseyside derby. Former Everton...

A biennial tournament that has struggled for relevance under a heavy weight of American supremacy will roar back into life when Tiger Woods returns to the Presidents Cup as a playing captain at Royal Melbourne this week. The 15-times major champion missed the 2015 tournament and was a non-playing assistant...

Cyprus has signed bilateral air services agreements with eight countries as part of plans to increase the island’s air connectivity, the transport ministry announced on Wednesday. According to the ministry, during the ICAO Air Services Negotiations Conference held last week in Aqaba, Jordan, Cyprus signed Memorandums of Understanding with Chile,...

Airlines face significant problems if the return to service of the Boeing 737 MAX drags on for months longer, the head of the International Air Transport Association said on Wednesday. IATA Director General Alexandre de Juniac told Reuters many airlines could cope with the latest delay in the plane’s return...

THE House plenum on Wednesday passed the state budget for 2020 with 29 votes in favour and 23 against, but also with the approval of a number of amendments for withholding funds earmarked for several projects and purchases. Ruling Disy, Diko and the Solidarity Movement’s MPs voted in favour of...

More Christmas productions are coming up and composer Kostas Kakogiannis along with the Diastasis group will present a musical evening entitled Ay Vasili Vasilia later this month. Larnaca will experience the production first on December 20, later Limassol on Christmas Eve and finally Nicosia on December 28. The title of...

There is a problem with drugs in the national guard, Defence Minister Savvas Angelides admitted on Wednesday. He spoke about the issue at the end of a Pancyprian Military Championship football match at the AEK arena in Larnaca under the slogan “we say no to addiction, take control into your...

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg accused world political and business leaders of being more concerned with their own image than taking aggressive action in the fight against climate change at a United Nations summit on Wednesday. Delegates in Madrid are wrangling over how to implement a 2015 agreement in Paris to avert...

The met office on Wednesday issued a yellow warning until Thursday afternoon. Rain and at times isolated thunderstorms are expected to affect the island with total rain accumulation expected to exceed 50 millimeters in a six-hour period. The warning covers the period between late Wednesday and 4pm Thursday. The met...

Police are looking for Md Habibur Rahman, 29, from Bangladesh in connection with a number of criminal offences. The man has eight charges issued against him related to fake documents, conspiracy to commit a felony and money laundering. Anyone with information to help locate the suspect should contact CID HQ...

BirdLife Cyprus, the Game and Fauna Service, Terra Cypria-The Cyprus Conservation Foundation, and the Vulture Conservation Foundation have joined forces to provide a lifeline for the threatened Griffon Vulture through ‘LIFE with Vultures’, a new four-year project aiming to prevent the extinction of the species in Cyprus, it was announced...

Nurses working at state hospitals’ A&E departments on Wednesday went on a two-hour work stoppage after one of their colleagues in Limassol ended up with a broken arm after being pushed by a man fed up with waiting for his elderly sick father to be seen. No problems were recorded...

A Polish traveller, Natalia Albinowska was left stunned on Wednesday when she registered as the three millionth passenger to pass through Paphos airport this year. Albinowska scanned her boarding card and passed through a security gate to departures where members of the Cyprus media, dignitaries from airport operator Hermes and...

A painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt that was stolen in 1997 might have been discovered, hidden in a wall of the Italian gallery where it was taken from, officials said on Wednesday. Workers discovered the painting, a portrait of a young woman completed in 1917, when they cleared ivy off...

In the few winter days, if it’s cold outside, there is no better place to be than in front of a cozy fireplace; crackling wood, dancing flames and tiny embers that create feelings of warmth and comfort that are hard to beat. With that in mind, the Architects of Leptos Kamares Village...

The importance of integrating refugees into local communities, in particular in the early stages of their transition to Cyprus was the focus of Wednesday’s conference organised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) entitled ‘Refugees in Cyprus – Opportunities and Challenges’. At the conference, participants had the opportunity...

A major polling forecaster slashed its prediction for Boris Johnson‘s majority in Thursday’s British general election, saying the race has tightened and the prime minister can no longer be sure of victory. YouGov, which accurately predicted the outcome of the last election two years ago with an elaborate survey that estimates...

By Liz Connor Good eyesight is a key part of being healthy, and helps you perform well, whether that’s at work, school or behind the wheel. Unfortunately, many of us tend to put our eye health last on the list of priorities, as our eyes usually don’t hurt when there...

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday rejected accusations of genocide committed against her country’s Muslim Rohingya minority as “incomplete and misleading”, and said the case should not be heard by the UN’s highest court. The Nobel Peace laureate, speaking during three days of hearings at the International Court of Justice, challenged...

Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho has banned his players from watching replays of their 7-2 Champions League home defeat by Bayern Munich earlier in the campaign as they prepare to face the Germans in the reverse fixture later on Wednesday. Mauricio Pochettino was in charge for the demolition by the...

Manchester City’s talented 19-year-old midfielder Phil Foden is expected to get a rare start in Wednesday’s Champions League match at Dinamo Zagreb and will do so with the words of manager Pep Guardiola ringing in his ears. With City having already secured top spot in Group C, Guardiola is set...