Новости за 02.01.2020

Police were on Thursday evening advising motorists to be extra careful if traveling on the Limassol-Paphos highway due to adverse weather conditions. According to a police bulletin, the stretch of road near Aphrodite’s Rock, in particular, was slippery due to the buildup of rainwater. Visibility in the area was limited....

French rail strikes against government plans to reform France‘s retirement system have marked a new milestone of 29 straight days of walkouts, surpassing even the lengths of strikes in the 1980s. The nationwide walkouts against the government’s pension plans started on December 5. On Thursday, they surpassed a 1986-1987 rail strike...

The first commercial deal for the EastMed pipeline was signed in Athens on Thursday between Greece’s Public Gas Corporation (Depa) and Energean, ahead of the intergovernmental agreement between Cyprus, Greece and Israel. Depa and Energean concluded a Letter of Intent (LoI) for the potential sale and purchase of 2 billion...

Lebanon received an Interpol arrest warrant on Thursday for former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, while Turkey launched an investigation into his daring escape from Japan via Istanbul. Ghosn has become an international fugitive after he revealed on Tuesday he had fled to Lebanon to escape what he called a “rigged” justice system...

A Chinese lantern, launched by a 60-year-old mother and her two adult daughters in a New Year’s Eve celebration, caused the fire at a German zoo in which dozens of animals were killed, including eight great apes, authorities said. Police in Krefeld, near the Dutch border, said the three women had turned...

A 60-year-old man died on Thursday, apparently from a heart attack, while driving in the village of Chlorakas in Paphos. The incident occurred around 3pm. According to the police, at one point the driver lost consciousness and his vehicle veered off the road, eventually coming to a stop. No one...

Greece, Cyprus and Israel on Thursday signed a deal to build a 1,900 km (1,180 mile) subsea pipeline to carry natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean’s rapidly developing gas fields to Europe. Although Turkey opposes the project, the countries aim to reach a final investment decision by 2022 and have the pipeline...

THE case of the British teenager found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Ayia Napa by 12 Israeli men, has been the main news story in the UK since the verdict was issued by Famagusta district court on Monday. It was the lead story on the main, BBC and...

Police on Thursday issued a missing person bulletin for 72-year-old Eleni (Elli) Kyriakou who was missing from her home in Strovolos, Nicosia since this morning but later in the day said she had been located and was well.  

Turkey‘s parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill that allows troop deployment in Libya, in a move that paves the way for further military cooperation between Ankara and Tripoli but is unlikely to see boots on the ground immediately. President Tayyip Erdogan, whose ruling party and nationalist allies hold a...

The three suspects believed to have defrauded the state of around €200,000 over aid for homeless people were referred to trial before the Limassol criminal court on Thursday. The trial is set to start on January 23. The three suspects, a 46-year-old man who is the head of an organisation...

A 30-year-old man has been arrested after a fight involving three people in Dherynia during which another person was injured. According to police, at around 1.50am, a 30-year-old man had a heated argument with a 31-year-old woman with whom he lives in Dherynia during which the man allegedly pulled the...

Christian Pulisic has admitted he must sharpen up his finishing after Chelsea threw away a lead at Brighton. The USA forward tormented the Albion defence but spurned three fine chances as Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw on the south coast on New Year’s Day. Cesar Azpilicueta tapped Chelsea...

Rail passengers face “another decade of misery” as fares are hiked by an average of 2.7%, a campaign group has claimed. Some long-distance commuters saw the annual cost of getting to work increase by more than £100 on Thursday despite fewer than two-thirds of trains being on time last year....

Workers at Larnaca’s Zenon bus company will start an indefinite strike on Wednesday, workers unions announced on Thursday. In a statement, the unions said they are going on strike because their December salaries have not yet been paid. “According to the law, every employer is obliged to pay the salaries...

The East Med pipeline agreement between Cyprus, Greece and Israel is not financially advantageous and will not help solve the Cyprus problem, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Thursday. In a written statement, Akinci said that the pipeline, which is planned to extend from Israel “to Southern Cyprus, from...

With 9.1 per cent of total consumption expenditure, Cyprus is in seventh place among EU member states when it comes to spending money on eating out, a new Eurostat report reveals. The figures, from 2018, place Cyprus slightly lower than Portugal (9.2 per cent) and ahead of Italy (7.8 per...

A fifth suspect, a 32-year-old man from Xylophagou, was arrested and remanded for two days on Thursday in connection with the possession of nearly 3.5 kilos of cannabis and a large sum of money. So far, 30 people have been questioned and DNA evidence has been collected to shed more...

Taiwan’s top military official was among eight people killed on Thursday, after a helicopter carrying them to visit soldiers crashed in a mountainous area near the capital Taipei, the defence ministry said. The main portion of the helicopter lay in a northern forest wreathed in mist, its blades shattered, as...

Total deposits in Cyprus banks reached €48.6 billion in November 2019, while outstanding loans stood at €34.2 billion, data released by the Central Bank of Cyprus on Thursday showed. In particular, according to the official data, total deposits in November 2019 recorded a net drop of €84.1 million, compared with...

A 54-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in Paphos for driving under the influence of alcohol and for swearing at and attacking a police officer and resisting arrest. The man, who was stopped for a routine check, initially refused to take a breathalyser test which later showed he had 70...

Hong Kong police arrested about 400 people in New Year’s Day protests after what started as a peaceful pro-democracy march of tens of thousands spiralled into chaotic scenes with police firing tear gas to disperse the crowds. The arrests take the total to about 7,000 since protests in the city...

President Nicos Anastasiades met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens on Thursday morning ahead of a joint meeting with Israel’s PM when an agreement will be signed for the construction of the EastMed pipeline. “Despite the rainy conditions, the weather is always warm when we welcome the president of...

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that up to 250,000 migrants were fleeing from the northwestern Syrian region of Idlib towards Turkey, adding that Ankara was trying to prevent them from crossing its border. Turkey hosts some 3.7 million Syrian refugees, the largest refugee population in the world. It fears...

The mother of the young woman from Britain found guilty of lying about being raped by 12 Israelis last summer, reiterated her call on Thursday to holidaymakers to boycott Cyprus, arguing it is not a safe destination. The woman told BBC radio she supported calls on social media for British...