Новости за 12.01.2020

Broadcast from London’s West End, Ian McKellen’s “extraordinarily moving portrayal” (The Independent) of King Lear will reach Rialto Theatre on January 21. Chichester Festival Theatre’s production received five-star reviews for its sell-out run, and it transfers to the West End for a limited season. Jonathan Munby directs this contemporary retelling...

A ceasefire in Libya initiated by Turkey and Russia saw a lull in heavy fighting and air strikes on Sunday, though both warring factions accused each other of violating the truce as skirmishes continued around the capital Tripoli. Libya, which has been mired in turmoil since the toppling of strongman...

A medical emergency on Friday highlighted the absurdity of the authorities’ demand that a section of the main Paphos to Polis road which collapsed following the heavy rains remain closed for two months, a local official has said. Only strong protests by residents of Giolou village and the surrounding area...

Ireland’s Prime Minster Leo Varadkar said on Sunday he had made a decision on the timing of a general election, with many media outlets and politicians predicting a Feb. 7 poll. Speaking to national broadcaster RTE, Varadkar said he would meet his cabinet on Tuesday before announcing the date. He...

A volcano near the Philippines capital spewed ash up to 15 km (nine miles) into the sky on Sunday, prompting the evacuation of thousands of people, the cancellation of flights and warnings of a possible explosive eruption and volcanic tsunami. Taal volcano, one of the country’s most active, is in...

Andrekos Varnava starts his latest book ‘British Cyprus and the long Great War, 1914-1925: empire, loyalties and democratic deficit’ with a quote which sums up the British attitude to its colonised population. In June 1919, the new British governor to Cyprus Malcolm Stevenson remarked that “all classes of the community...

State attorney Eleni Loizidou who made headlines two years ago after thousands of her emails which were published indicated an excessive zeal from her part in pursuing extradition requests against Russian nationals, is reportedly seeking an additional €2m in damages from daily Politis, it emerged on Sunday. Loizidou secured an...

Developments in the region, EU – Turkey relations and the Cyprus problem are expected to be discussed, among other issues, during a meeting tomorrow between the foreign ministers of Greece and Cyprus, with the aim of making “certain very specific moves in the immediate future,” Cyprus’ Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides...

Cyprus Defence Minister Savvas Angelides is set to travel to Italy on Monday to meet with his counterpart Italian Defence Minister Lorenzo Buerine and discuss recent developments in the Eastern Mediterranean region including Turkey’s illegal activities within the Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). During the meeting,  “the two ministers will...

Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday, piling pressure on the leadership after the military admitted it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner at a time when Tehran had feared U.S. air strikes. “They are lying that our enemy is America, our enemy is right here,”...

By Peter Apps Iran’s Major General Qassem Soleimani would have been devastated to learn his surviving colleagues at the top of Iran’s government considered the firing of 20 missiles at US bases a “proportionate response” to his assassination. Whether Tehran’s military response is truly complete, of course, remains uncertain –...

The small dam at Ayia Marina Chrysochous overflowed on Sunday, making it the seventh in Paphos to go over its capacity. According to Marios Theocharous, community leader at Ayia Marina Chrysochou the dam overflowed at around the same period last year, on January 17. The dam has a capacity of...

By Prometheus The war of confrontational declarations rages on in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea littoral states: statements and counter-statements, arguments and counter-arguments are exchanged on a daily basis between Turkish officials and their Greek and Greek Cypriot counterparts. Occasionally, Israeli counterparts enter into fray. In the world of politics much...

Lebanon’s central bank is seeking extra powers to regulate and standardise controls which commercial banks are imposing on depositors, the governor said on Sunday, saying his intention was to ensure “fair relationships” between banks and customers. Seeking to prevent capital flight, commercial banks have been tightly controlling access to deposits...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will likely visit Cyprus in the spring, according to diplomatic sources it was revealed on Sunday. According to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides and US Acting Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker had a telephone conversation on Friday...

A 16-year-old girl has been reported missing from her Nicosia residence, police said on Sunday. Viviana-Gabriela Boros was missing from her Nicosia home since Saturday afternoon. She is about 1.60m tall, average built, with long brown hair. Anyone that has any missing information can contact Nicosia CID at 22-802222, the...

The cause of a fire at a Paphos dry cleaner’s was attributed to an electrical problem, a spokesman said on Sunday. The fire service arrived at the scene on Eleftheriou Venizelou at around 11pm on Saturday and managed to put out the flames before it spread. According to the owner...

I did not want to write about high priests, patriarchs and ethnarchs again, but then by chance, the other day, I happened to watch the fantastic film The Two Popes (produced 2019, directed by Fernando Meirelles) that I am certain will win a host of awards in 2020. Circumstances often...

A number of drivers were caught driving drunk, under the influence of drugs or without a licence police said on Sunday. According to a police bulletin, one driver, while trying to start his vehicle ended up losing control of it and ended up driving into the front porch of a nearby...

Despite staggeringly high levels of gun ownership, gun crime remains rare. Even so, the EU wants us to tighten our antiquated laws   Winter in Paphos and the hills and hiking trails are alive with the sound of gunshot. The crack of shotguns and hunters hollering is as much a...

Snow levels reached 86cm in Troodos on Sunday morning as the weather forecast outlined a cloudy day with some rain. The temperature is expected to reach 17C inland and 8C in Troodos. In the evening, the temperature is set to drop to 7C inland, around 10C at the coast and...

Two candidates, Deputy Mayor Christos Zannetou and Municipal Councillor Emilia Evangelou Xydia, are seeking to be elected to the post of Ayia Napa Mayor in a by-election, this Sunday. The by-election is held in the coastal resort after former Mayor Yiannis Karousos resigned following his appointment last December as Minister...

Sergio Aguero stands on the brink of another milestone as Premier League champions Manchester City head to Aston Villa this weekend. The prolific Argentina striker needs just one more goal to equal Thierry Henry’s record 175 for a foreign player in the competition. Aguero reached 174 with City’s opener in...

European Council President Charles Michel has reiterated the EU`s position on Turkey`s unauthorized drilling, where “the EU stands in full solidarity with Cyprus,” during a meeting he had on Saturday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in Constantinople. According to a written statement issued by the Council after the meeting,...

At least 10 people died, more than 1,000 flights were canceled and hundreds of thousands were without power in five states on Saturday as a massive winter storm system dumped snow, freezing rain and hail from Texas to Michigan. Hurricane-force wind gusts, golf-ball-sized hail and 2 to 5 inches (5-13...