Новости за 08.01.2020

Over 3,000 people are eligible to vote in the election for the new Ayia Napa mayor on Sunday, the Central Election Service announced on Wednesday. The seat was vacated last month after incumbent Yiannis Karousos was appointed transport minister. In total, 3,334 persons are eligible to vote, of which 2,687...

Cyprus League Apoel 4 Olympiakos 2 Cyprus Cup Round of 16, First Leg EN Paralimni 0 Doxa 2 AEK 3 Karmiotissa 0

Britain’s Prince Harry, the grandson of Queen Elizabeth, said on Wednesday that he and his American wife Meghan plan to step back from their roles as senior members of Britain’s royal family and work to become financially independent. “We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and...

A 71-year-old man was jailed for 12 months on Wednesday after he was found guilty of abusing a minor between 1986 and 1987, when she was 11. The case was reported to the authorities in 2015. The 71-year-old was charged with seven counts of indecent assault. He was given 12...

The government will not suspend plans to tackle the drought despite the heavy rainfall, which is expected to fill water reservoirs to capacity, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Wednesday. Speaking at the island’s biggest dam, Kouris, which has overflowed, along with several others, Kadis said Cyprus’ reservoirs were currently...

The civil registry and migration department announced Wednesday it will no longer accept applications for expedited issuance of biometric passports due to a serious technical problem. The department assured the public that efforts were underway to resolve the matter as soon as possible. A new announcement will be issued when...

Most of us may have been enjoying 2020 for the past eight days but those following the old calendar, Russia included, celebrate it a little later than the rest of the world. Russians have two New Years, one on January 1 and the other on January 14, based on the...

Cyprus’ goal is to be included in the top 30 World Tourism ranking, a list of countries compiled by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation by 2030, Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios said on Wednesday. Speaking after the end of the Council of Ministers meeting, which tabled the national tourism...

Football’s rule-making-body IFAB will not police the way VAR (video assistant referees) is implemented in different leagues, despite continued controversy over the use of the technology in the Premier League. Speaking to Reuters, IFAB secretary Lukas Brud said the organisation is working on current or future VAR usage with over...

The cabinet on Wednesday issued a decree on minimum salaries for a number of professions in the hotel industry. According to deputy government spokesman Panayiotis Sentonas the decision follows an agreement reached between hoteliers and trade unions on the renewal of the collective agreement in the hotel industry. It includes...

Thank goodness the judge showed some mercy in his sentencing and this young woman can return home to family and treatment for her PTSD. My gut feeling about this case having lived and worked as a doctor for 39 years in this largely amazing island, that she was probably raped...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday extended police chief Kypros Michaelides’ term in office by an additional six months as he was due to retire. “The President’s decision to extend my term until June 30 is an honour and a confirmation of his confidence in the work that has been done,”...

Police are investigating further potential victims of Britain’s worst serial rapist as Reynhard Sinaga’s father said his son’s punishment “fits his crimes”. The Indonesian student was jailed for life with a minimum term of 30 years on Monday after being convicted of drugging 48 men and filming himself sexually violating them in...

As fallout from the Ayia Napa rape claim case continues, authorities in Cyprus appear to be cautiously optimistic over the impact of social media’s #BoycottCyprus campaign. “It’s too early to say whether it will affect us or not. There is no indication yet that it has, despite what some people...

The island’s dams have never overflowed so early in the year, the Water Development Department said on Wednesday as two more of the largest reservoirs reached full capacity and water flooded over the dam walls. Kouris and Evretou reservoirs overflowed between Tuesday and Wednesday while Kalavasos residents woke up to...

By Ella Walker You may not have been entirely aware of it, but your diet will have changed at least a little bit over the last decade. Compared to the Eighties, Nineties and Noughties, the food you’ve been eating and the ingredients you’ve been sticking in your trolley at the...

It seems obvious that the Americans view an independent Iran as an obstacle to their control of the Middle East. Probably they fear that their influence would be seriously jeopardised if other nations in the region were to have their own ‘independence revolutions” similar to the one that ousted the...

Police are looking into the sudden death of a domestic worker on Monday in Paphos. The Health Insurance Organisation on Wednesday called for an investigation to determine the circumstances of the 48-year-old’s death after she was examined and sent back home by doctors at Paphos general hospital. The domestic worker...

Cyprus will host a rapid response unit for US diplomatic missions and US citizens in the region if the situation in Iran deteriorates and authorities consider the scenario an emergency. According to a statement released by Government Spokesman Kyriakos Koushios, Cyprus has accepted to act as a temporary emergency response...

It will be “basically impossible” to negotiate all aspects of the future relationship between the European Union and Britain by the end of this year, the head of the European Commission said on Wednesday, adding that both sides must pick priorities. Speaking at the London School of Economics before a...

A section of the Paphos – Polis Chrysochou road near Giolou village will be closed for traffic for about two months to repair part of the asphalt which caved in after heavy rainfall, the department of public works announced on Wednesday. Giolou residents organised a protest on Tuesday morning near...

Teams interested in signing Kylian Mbappe must be prepared to splash the cash for the prodigious Frenchman, with an algorithm estimating that the 21-year-old would cost a staggering 265 million euros. Paris St Germain’s Neymar holds the record after his 2017 move from Barcelona for 222 million euros, considerably more...

Cypriot households spent 14.7 per cent of their income on transportation, the fourth highest in the EU, according to a Eurostat study published on Wednesday. While there were some extremes on the graph – Slovenia spent 16.9 per cent and Slovakia 6.6 per cent – most countries hovered around the...

Apple Inc on Wednesday said its Apple News service has reached 100 million monthly active users versus 85 million a year prior, demonstrating growth in a key services business that is being closely watched by investors as iPhone sales decline. The users come from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada...

Artist Sergis Hadjiadamos returns with a new exhibition in Nicosia at Gloria Gallery this month – Metamorphosis opens Wednesday and will run until the 22nd. The exhibition, as its title suggests, deals with the alteration of objects due to physical deterioration and the metamorphosis of the humans. “This very exhibition...