Новости за 26.01.2020

Retired basketball star Kobe Bryant and four other people died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday morning, the city of Calabasas reported. “It is with great sadness that we learn of the death of Kobe Bryant and four others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas. The aircraft...

Shrewsbury Town 2 Liverpool 2 Premier League leaders Liverpool were given a huge scare by third-tier Shrewsbury Town as they squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 away in a pulsating FA Cup fourth round tie on Sunday. A much-changed Liverpool appeared to be cruising into the fifth round for the first time...

By Dr George Theocharides As most of us are aware, a major trend that has appeared in global markets in recent times is the establishment of a low or even negative interest rate environment. The reasons of course behind this uncomfortable trend have to do with insufficient rates of growth...

For its upcoming concerts next week, the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra has something special planned. It’s not uncommon for the orchestra to collaborate with renowned classical musicians from around the globe, yet for its latest project it’s coming together with a popular Greek singer. Alkistis Protopsalti has had an iconic career...

Britain unveiled on Sunday a new 50 pence coin minted to mark the country’s departure from the European Union, which bears the inscription “Peace, prosperity and friendship with all nations” and the Brexit date of 31 January 2020. About three million of the coins will be distributed from banks, post...

THE WORST advertisement for communism, undoubtedly, was the Soviet Union’s dysfunctional economic system, which apart from offering the very basics for subsistence to its citizens merely reproduced poverty. The low standard of living of its population seemed to be a constant, improvements, if any, slow and barely discernible. Compare this...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the Democratic lawmaker leading the impeachment case against him, Representative Adam Schiff, has “not paid the price, yet” for his actions, a statement Schiff said he viewed as a threat. The vitriol from Trump against Schiff and other Democrats followed days of...

The Green Party on Sunday said they were not convinced by the government services’ explanations that it was lead poisoning and the cold that led to the deaths of around 20 flamingo birds in the Larnaca salt lake. The dead birds were found on Saturday with authorities saying their deaths...

By Christos Panayiotides Could it be, almost 40 years after his death, that the time has come to reassess Archbishop Makarios in an unemotional and detached fashion and to draw lessons from the serious mistakes he committed that led Cyprus on a downhill path? It is the path that most...

By Philip Pullella Pope Francis on Sunday asked the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics to stop for a moment of prayer and reflection on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz and say “Never Again”. The pope mentioned Monday’s anniversary during his weekly noon address...

The Berlin trilateral has yielded a new opportunity as regards a solution, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said, adding he expected that after the elections in the north all sides would contribute to a five-party conference on Cyprus. According to Turkish Cypriot media, Akinci, during a tour in various villages...

Turkish Cypriot imam says they should have been consulted over plans for the Zouhouri mosque area in Larnaca By Evie Andreou THE Turkish Cypriot religious authorities are seeking legal measures against the Larnaca municipality’s decision to revamp the Zouhouri mosque complex area, arguing they should be consulted because all Muslim...

The persecution of Harry and Meghan by Britain’s tabloids By Alper Ali Riza Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are privileged refugees who have been given asylum in Canada. They fled the UK because of a well-grounded fear of persecution by the tabloid press. Newspapers like the Daily Mail disingenuously...

The Cypriot Ministry of Foreign Affairs has until now received a small number of phone calls concerning the issue of the coronavirus, and nothing that may cause concern has come up so far, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Sunday. Persons who called seeking information were either Cypriots who visit...

By Gabriel D. Crossley and Cheng Leng The ability of the new coronavirus to spread is strengthening and infections could continue to rise, China’s National Health Commission said on Sunday, with more than 2,000 people in China infected and 56 killed by the disease. Health authorities around the world are...

The government has proved itself way out of its depth in the gas dispute with Turkey, negated some genuine strategic assets and created possible conditions of war By Makarios Droushiotis People have been stopping me in the street and asking me, genuinely worried, if war is going to break out....

By Brian Lait Companies House forms part of the British government and has strict rules regarding sensitive words and expressions that require the prior approval of the Secretary of State (SoT) to use in a company business or name. Approval of ‘British’ in a company name will depend on how...

Conor O’Dwyer is nothing if not tenacious. The British man has fought a 15-year battle with Cyprus’ justice system By Jonathan Shkurko “Unfortunately, I don’t think I will ever be able to live in Cyprus, not after what’s happened to me,” Conor O’Dwyer told the Sunday Mail this week. “It breaks...

Star Trek: Picard sees one of sci-fi’s most beloved characters – Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard – back on the screen. The legendary Sir Patrick Stewart – who’s reprising the titular role – tells Georgia Humphreys what fans can expect SIR Patrick Stewart’s career may have spanned seven decades but there...

Hellas Direst claim to have redesigned the whole insurance process for the benefit of their clients, as well as their employees. Here’s an inside peek at their thoughts around companies and their workplaces evolving with the modern world.  Firstly, please describe the Hellas Direct setting: the number and average age...

Roads leading to Troodos are congested police said on Sunday also informing excursionists that the Karvounas to Troodos and Trooditissa to Troodos roads are now closed to traffic. According to the police, traffic in the Troodos roads worsened due to the large number of excursionists who decided to visit the...

CEOs predict slower economic growth in every region across the world, As we enter a new decade, CEOs are showing record levels of pessimism in the global economy, with 53 per cent predicting a decline in the rate of economic growth in 2020. This is up from 29 per cent...

A 38-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested on Saturday in connection with a case concerning possession of child porn material. The man was arrested after Cypriot authorities were alerted by Europol that a social media user sent through his account a file with child porn material to another user. During...

Police are looking for the whereabouts of a man who robbed a 31-year-old woman in Paphos on Saturday after hitting her and tying her up. The woman reported that someone had knocked on her apartment’s door at around 10.30pm on Saturday, and when she opened she saw a man she...

MELBOURNE, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Highlights of the seventh day at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Sunday (times AEDT; GMT+11): 2055 BARTY HOLDS OFF SPIRITED RISKE World number one Ash Barty overcame American Alison Riske 6-3 1-6 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals for...