Новости за 12.03.2024

A ship carrying 200 tonnes of aid for Gaza left Cyprus on Tuesday in a pilot project to open a sea corridor to deliver supplies to a population that aid agencies say is on the verge of famine after five months of war. While welcoming the project, however, senior U.N....

This week could prove critical for the development of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project at Vasiliko as Energy Minister George Papanastasiou prepares to meet with officials from CPP-Metron Consortium Ltd (CMC), it emerged on Tuesday. Last week, Papanastasiou said that the government has not ruled out walking out...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called for increased international pressure on Israel to ensure more humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza, and said Ankara will increase its support during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Turkey, which has harshly criticised Israel for its military offensive in Gaza and backed...

Bringing together artistic practices and international exchange centring around exile and displacement, the ASSEMBLE programme presents a new exhibition in Nicosia. The group exhibition will take over Goethe-Institut on March 22-24 to present artworks and dialogues that focus on the rights of artists whose practice has been disrupted by forced...

Lawmakers on Tuesday complained that the Natural Gas Public Company (Defa) is being mismanaged and operates with subpar transparency, as the organisation sought parliament’s nod for its 2024 budget. The 2024 budget is the first since Defa changed its legal status from an entity governed by private law to one...

The House labour committee on Tuesday discussed the need for the government to set up a labour compensation fund. “We have sent a request to the labour minister, to determine his ministry’s intentions for the creation of a workers’ compensation insurance fund, and at the same time to contribute to...

A recent judgment of the EU’s Court of Justice (CJEU) could pave the way for thousands of civil servants on fixed-term employment to become permanent workers, Isotita union said on Tuesday. In a letter, which was also shared with the finance ministry, the union calls on the government to take...

The Nicosia military court acquitted the sole defendant in the case concerning the accident that saw 27-year-old Corporal Natali Neophytou die while on military duty, it emerged on Tuesday. The court’s decision on Friday followed its dismissal of 12 out of 14 prosecution witnesses as unreliable. The court found these...

Odds-on favourite State Man won the Champion Hurdle on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday. The Willie Mullins-trained seven-year-old, ridden by Irish jockey Paul Townend, turned on the power over the final few fences to romp home ahead of Irish Point and Luccia. Mullins now has 96 Cheltenham wins. “Paul rode...

A Romanian court approved a request from Britain to extradite internet personality Andrew Tate, but postponed doing so until Romanian trial proceedings finish, it said on Tuesday. The court also ruled that Tate and his brother Tristan should be released from police custody immediately. The Tates had been detained for 24 hours pending a...

By Renju Jose Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been hit by a major coral bleaching event, with the results consistent with patterns of heat stress that have built up over summer at the biologically diverse site, a government agency said last week. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA),...

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undermining Israel with his approach to the war in Gaza and urged the country to change course or lose even more international support. U.S. President Biden said on Saturday that Netanyahu was “hurting Israel more than helping” by conducting the...

The Famagusta Tourism Board (Etap) and businesspeople of the district were at the “ITB BERLIN 2024” international tourism exhibition, held last week, in an effort to promote bookings in Germany. Giorgos Kafkalias, Etap’s official stressed the importance of the German market for Cyprus tourism, as it is the largest market...

Microplastics, including bottle caps and a Halloween toy, were found in the stomachs of 135 loggerhead turtles washed up or killed on the shores of northern Cyprus, research showed on Tuesday. Led by Dr Emily Duncan from the university of Exeter, a group of scientists analysed the guts of dead...

The Cyprus economy has showcased its strong resilience, in a particularly difficult period recording, “comparatively one of the highest growth rates in the European Union,” said Dr Giorgos Mountis, CEO of Delfi Partners. This was all the more remarkable considering the concerted efforts to contain inflation through strategic monetary policy...

A 60-year-old Limassol resident has lost €55,000 in an online scam, police said on Tuesday. According to the police report, the man made a complaint to Limassol CID that between 2020 and 2021, he received a text message through a messaging app, from a woman residing abroad. The woman allegedly...

Larnaca district court on Tuesday handed a seven-year prison sentence to a 30-year-old man found guilty of child sexual abuse. A police report said that “according to the evidence gathered during the investigation of the case, the offence was committed in August 2023, in Larnaca”. The 30-year-old was found guilty...

Liverpool have to fight in every game in their bid for the Premier League title in a race between the top three, manager Jurgen Klopp said after his side fell to second place in the standings following Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City. The point shared at Anfield left Liverpool...

President Nikos Christodoulides will meet the UN Secretary General’s personal envoy for Cyprus Maria Holguin on Saturday, government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. The meeting follows one that took place between the two of them on Monday as part of the second round of contacts she is holding on...

Finance minister Makis Keravnos expressed satisfaction with the eurozone’s fiscal policy orientation for 2025, as Cyprus’ conservative fiscal approach was already in line with it. He added that the joint statement “finds us in agreement and satisfies us because it first of all validates the policies we have been pursuing...

Eurozone finance ministers decided to gradually phase out energy support measures in 2024 in favour of fiscal prudence, aimed at reducing government deficits. The gradual abolition of energy support measures was emphatically stressed at Monday’s Eurogroup meeting of finance ministers, who said in a statement that “we will continue to...

Spring is a busy season for concerts, performances and events and the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra has plenty in store for both the music lovers and the musicians of the island and beyond. Apart from a series of concerts all around the country, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra Foundation has another exciting...

Wildfire management decisions were made on Tuesday during a high level meeting at the presidential palace ahead of the summer season, when fires increase. Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said the discussions “focused on wildfire management and natural phenomena”. The meeting was chaired by President Nikos Christodoulides and also included the...

A teen has contracted measles and is in hospital at Limassol general, it emerged on Tuesday, hours after two toddlers with the disease were released after completing treatment. According to a report in daily Politis, the teenage girl has been placed in quarantine with a fever. Doctors however do not...

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to win enough delegates on Tuesday to clinch their respective parties’ nominations, formally kicking off the first U.S. presidential election rematch in nearly 70 years. Four states are holding elections, including Georgia, the battleground where Trump faces criminal charges for his efforts to overturn the state’s...