Новости за 09.01.2024

Deputy Culture Minister Vasiliki Kassianidou discussed “opportunities for cultural cooperation” with Japanese Ambassador to Nicosia Yoshio Yamawaki on Tuesday. Writing after the meeting on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, Kassianidou expressed her “joy” at having held the meeting and said “we share common goals for the...

Residents of Lefka on Tuesday demanded that the town’s courthouse and police department be reopened. The demand was made by the Lefka Civil Society Organisations Platform, which asked that arrangements be made for their reopening “as soon as possible”. Lefka was separated from Morphou as a ‘district’ in the north...

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused President Andrzej Duda of obstructing justice after two lawmakers who are due to go to prison appeared at the presidential palace on Tuesday prompting police to search for them in cars leaving the building. The accusations over the two lawmakers – Mariusz Kaminski and...

Residents of the village of Kapouti, north of Morphou, are “at the point of mutiny” due to the large and growing number of stray dogs which inhabit the village, according to Morphou Animal protection association chairwoman Rana Sarro. Sarro said the number of stray dogs in the village has “exposed...

Britain’s foreign minister David Cameron said on Tuesday he was worried that Israel might have breached international law in Gaza, and that the advice he had received so far was that Israel was compliant but there were questions to answer. Asked during a question-and-answer session with lawmakers if Israel could...

Lawmakers on Tuesday called for explicit guidelines governing the installation of agrisolar systems on fertile land, and in a way that does not interfere with crop production.  The matter was discussed at the House agriculture committee, where MPs complained that a ministry directive regulating the use of agrisolar systems was supposed...

All of Cyprus’ requests have been incorporated into the EU action plan on managing migration flows in the eastern Mediterranean, officials said in parliament on Tuesday.  MPs heard that for the 2021-2027 period Cyprus can tap €254 million in EU funds for migration management.  Loizos Hadjivasiliou, director of the interior...

Nikos Christodoulides and Andreas Mavroyiannis exceeded the €1 million legal limit in their presidential election spending, while Disy and Elam failed to be thoroughly transparent in funding during the campaign, an auditor general’s report revealed on Tuesday. According to the findings, the top spenders during the elections were Akel-backed Mavroyiannis...

Nicosia, Limassol and Larnaca are gearing up to host an array of sensational performances this week. From rock and party anthems to acoustic sets and jazzy beats, there is an exciting agenda of live music performances happening soon. Nightlife and music lovers, take note! Adding fun and entertainment mid-week is...

Two men were handed prison sentences for the possession of child pornography by the Larnaca criminal court on Tuesday. One was sentenced to eight years behind bars, and the other to five. The pair were both arrested in 2019 following the receipt of information by the police from Europol. The...

Less than a quarter of gyms are operating legally, the Gym Owners Association (Pasigy) said on Tuesday. It lamented what it described as a “lack of effective control” of the situation regarding the illegal operation of gyms, and said the high rate of illegal gyms is “concerning”. “The matter concerns...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar said on Tuesday there are students from 144 different countries studying at the north’s universities. He was speaking to Turkish online television channel OdaTV and added “within the scope of the works we have been carrying out, everyone has learned that there is a country...

Nicosia on Tuesday again pressed Brussels to review the status of Syria to designate the country or parts of it as a safe zone, allowing for the repatriation there of thousands of irregular migrants, but a visiting EU Commissioner would not commit. Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou also expressed concern at...

The fate of a man ordered to be extradited to Russia to face theft charges for allegedly providing false information for compensation linked to the Chernobyl disaster remained unknown on Tuesday, after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal. Amid numerous appeals, the case came to a close on December 22...

Cyprus’ only geriatric clinic has shut its doors to elderly patients citing financial woes, amid an ongoing dispute with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) it emerged on Tuesday. The management of the Athena Clinic based in Larnaca has already written to parliament warning it would have to close down completely...

Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday called a critical meeting regarding lawyer Akan Kursat who is currently being held in custody in Italy, according to reports. Reports of the meeting surfaced in Kibris Postasi on Tuesday, with the website saying the meeting had been attended by the north’s chief...

By Hanna Yerega The EMERGE project is organising a thought-provoking webinar to examine the immense contribution of think tanks to public discourse and their integral role in policy making. The online webinar will take place on Wednesday January 10, from 6pm to 7pm, in English. The “Empowering Voices: Think Tanks...

Incidents of cybercrime were the leading cause of calls to the police’s 1480 cyber safety helpline during the last three months of 2023, according to the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (Pik). Pik’s report into calls to 1480 during the final quarter of last year showed that the calls related to cybercrime...

Eurolife’s Smart Future Occupational Pension Plan triumphed in the Silver Category Award – Passive Management at this year’s IPE European Pension Fund Awards. According to Awards judges, Smart Future’s “robust approach to creating an efficient and low-cost set of pension arrangements and investment choices in a small market based on...

The Polish government ordered a state-run company that manages more than 7 million hectares of the country’s forests to curtail logging in 10 most cherished forest areas, delivering on a campaign promise following elections last October. “We have decided to stop logging in the most valuable forest areas. It’s time...

By Amel Emric Visitors to the otherwise picturesque historic town of Visegrad in eastern Bosnia are first greeted by the sight of a huge floating waste dump caught in the deep turquoise waters of the Drina river canyon. The tons of floating garbage, mostly plastic bottles, are a threat to...

The Makridakis Open Forecasting Center (MOFC) at the University of Nicosia’s Institute for the Future (IFF) announces the successful conclusion of both the M6 Financial Forecasting Competition and the “Future of Forecasting and the M6 Competition” Conference. Conducted from February 2022 to February 2023, this year’s competition marked the sixth...

As the digital landscape evolves, bloggers navigate a world where securing their online presence becomes paramount. Enter Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs. Not just tools for privacy, they’ve evolved into gateways unlocking global content and fortresses guarding against cyber threats. Let’s embark on a journey through the top VPN service...

Tiger Woods, who has worn Nike apparel since first signing with the company as a newly professional 20-year-old, has parted ways with the sportswear giant, the 15-time major champion said in a social media post. Woods, now 48, signed his first five-year, $40 million contract with Nike in 1996, and...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Tuesday plans are underway to boost the profile of Cyprus’ higher education. Speaking following an interministerial meeting aimed at developing the field, she said the “internationalisation and promotion of the quality of this country’s higher education” is one of four pillars of progress looked...