Новости за 17.01.2020

Spain’s Balearic Islands passed a law on Friday to crack down on binge-drinking tourists by banning happy hours and limiting alcohol sales in holiday hot spots. The regulations outlawed “balconing”, where revellers jump off balconies, often into hotel swimming pools – a practice that has killed dozens of drunken visitors...

The Nicosia district court on Friday cleared three police officers who faced charges of causing someone’s death through reckless behaviour. The incident occurred in 2012 when the officers killed a man, Savvas Xenofontos, in a vehicle as he attempted to flee in Marki village in Nicosia. The man was in...

The owners of self-catering accommodation with services such as Airbnb will now have to register with the state under a new law passed by the House of Representatives on Friday. The bill, which covers both new and existing accommodation, was passed by 52 MPs for and two MPs against. The...

The House plenum on Friday unanimously condemned Turkey’s decision to sell arms and dispatch troops to Tripoli in violation of the UN and EU embargo on Libya and called for the UN to take action and sanctions against those responsible. It also called on the government to provide humanitarian aid...

Turkey announced on Friday it would start a new drilling off Cyprus in a new target dubbed as ‘Lefkosia1’. The drilling was announced by Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez. According to the minister, the Yavuz drillship, that completed its operations in ‘Morphou’ target some two weeks ago, is now on...

President Donald Trump is bringing in high-profile legal firepower to help defend him in the Senate impeachment trial, with the addition on Friday of former independent counsel Ken Starr, who paved the way for the impeachment of Democratic President Bill Clinton in 1998, and prominent lawyer Alan Dershowitz. The team...

Archbishop Chrysostomos has said he has decided to keep the Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios mansion in Nicosia as an ethnography museum but insisted that the building belongs to the archbishop and not the archbishopric. In statements to the media, the archbishop said that after consulting with his advisors, he would preserve the...

Akel on Friday questioned the government’s ability to deal with the contractor in charge of building the new ward at Larnaca hospital, following a new deadline extension – the 14th – until March. The government recently announced works will be completed by March 1, instead of the most recent scheduled...

The civil defence has released a video highlighting the areas most at risk of flooding and the counter measures the public can take. The interactive flood maps have been prepared by the water development department. Flooding is one of the dangers facing Cyprus, the civil defence warned, and will become...

Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides on Friday condemned the islamisation of Christian churches and the building of huge mosques in the north, saying the government is making every effort to protect Cyprus’ cultural heritage. “That the gradual islamisation through the conversion of Christian churches into mosques and the continued building of...

Choreographer George Nicolaou has been chosen as the king of the Limassol carnival 2020 in a unanimous decision by the Limassol municipality. Nicolaou has been an active participant in the Limassol carnival parade for 25 years since he was a young boy. ‘Stinky Thursday’, which this year falls on February...

The Cyprus football association (CFA) called off all league games on Friday after referees decided they would not officiate any fixtures following a bomb attack against one of their own in Larnaca earlier in the day. A CFA announcement said it was postponing all scheduled fixtures in all leagues after...

The annual Hearts of Gold awards ceremony which was due to take place in Paphos on Saturday has been postponed to a later date. A spokesman for the popular event, now in its 12th year, explained that this was due to a medical emergency. “We are so sorry that we...

A company in Limassol, Exclusive Capital, has taken the unusual step of offering five extra days of paid annual leave to those who quit smoking. More reminiscent of a Silicon Valley initiative, the forex-trading company has found a novel way into the news while also tackling the smoking culture on...

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said he expects top-scorer Marcus Rashford to miss Sunday’s Premier League game against leaders Liverpool but the striker will be given the maximum time to prove his fitness. Rashford, who has scored 14 league goals this season, picked up a back issue in the...

Lewis Hamilton will next month take the wraps off the Mercedes he hopes will power him to a record-equalling seventh world championship. The 35-year-old Briton is due to get the first taste of his new car in a behind-closed-doors event at Silverstone on February 14. It will mark the defending...

A rare 1937 Edward VIII sovereign coin has been bought by a private collector for 1 million pounds ($1.31 million), making it the most expensive British coin ever. The coin was one of six prepared by the Royal Mint when Edward became king in 1936 and was due to be...

Police are looking for 25-year-old Mohamed Khaled Kamel Elsayed to help with an investigation into an assault and arson case that took place on January 12 in Akaki, outside Nicosia. The suspect is of Egyptian origin and is also wanted on suspicion of carrying a knife and other weapons. The man is described...

With 69 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants, Cyprus ranks sixth among EU countries with the lowest number of prisoners, according to a Eurostat report published on Friday. In 2017 in the EU there were on average 116 prisoners per 100,000 people, the lowest rate since 2000. On average in the EU,...

Initiatives against Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots will never contribute to peace and cooperation in the region, the Turkish foreign ministry said, reacting to the agreement signed by Cyprus and six other countries  on Thursday to formally establish the East Med Gas Forum (Emgf) as an international organisation. In a...

With the slogan “Give and Take for All!” we were introduced to a new application from JCC along with media representatives and bankers at Patio. From now on, our transactions are done instantly, easier than ever, without any charge, by all to all! This was the main message of JCC’s...

Sorry, but this opinion is not well informed. For example, it criticizes the Cyprus courts for banning the publication of material that was accessible elsewhere on the internet. What the article conveniently glances over is that courts all over Europe have taken such decisions. Most famous was the case of...

Emirates brings Cyprus closer to Dubai with an exclusive offer for local travellers. Discover the amazing features of the vibrant city with prices starting from €515. The journey to the ravishing Dubai can be combined with a visit to the world’s biggest retail happenings, the Dubai Shopping Festival. The Festival,...

Police on Friday were investigating a bomb blast that damaged a car owned by a 42-year-old man in Limassol. The improvised devise exploded at 9.40pm on Thursday while the car was parked in the garage of the owner’s residence. The explosion caused extensive damage to the rear of the vehicle...

England captain Harry Kane is unlikely to be fit for Euro 2020, a leading orthopaedic surgeon has said. Kane went under the knife on Saturday to repair a ruptured tendon in his left hamstring and the club have said they expect him to resume training in April. However, his participation...