Новости за 27.01.2020

The U.S. Supreme Court gave the go-ahead on Monday for one of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies, allowing his administration to implement a rule denying legal permanent residency to certain immigrants deemed likely to require government assistance in the future. The justices, on a 5-4 vote, granted the administration’s...

The supreme court has upheld the decision by the Nicosia district court to have a 20-year-old Cypriot man extradited to the United States to face hacking charges. The ruling, which was made public on Monday, makes Joshua Epiphaniou the first ever Cypriot to be extradited to the US, according to...

Weather conditions appear likely to come under the scrutiny of investigators probing the helicopter crash that killed former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others near Los Angeles on Sunday, when overcast skies and fog grounded other aircraft. Bryant’s Sikorsky S-76 chopper slammed into a steep hillside outside...

The state expects to generate savings of some €50m over a 20-year period via a scheme where certain civil servants will receive full benefits if they retire early. Legislation drafted for this purpose concerns 4,088 eligible individuals employed by the central government or the broader public sector. These are persons...

In a departure from her usual concerts, classical pianist Tatiana Stupak will play a full piano solo recital on Thursday at the Rialto Theatre. This solo concert promises to be a notable event, with a varied programme of classical music to appeal to many tastes. Net proceeds will be given...

The supreme court on Monday increased a 46-year-old man’s prison sentence from four to seven years, after judging the original sentence for sexual assault was ‘seriously inadequate’. In the process, the court rejected an appeal filed by the man contesting his conviction. The Nicosia criminal court had previously convicted the...

The government will renew for four more years a programme providing funds for revamping areas by the buffer zone in the Nicosia and Ayios Dhometios municipalities. Interior Minister Nicos Nouris announced on Monday that cabinet approved the renewal of the scheme for four more years with a budget of €11...

Interior Minister Nikos Nouris on Monday said the government was preparing a new policy to curb illegal migration to Cyprus where migrants make up 3.8 per cent of the population at a time when other frontline countries have under one per cent. Among the promoted changes are closed reception centres...

The total profits from civil weddings in Paphos in 2019 amounted to €722,000, municipal wedding official Lia Kosti said on Monday. Some 1,342 civil weddings were held in the municipality last year, down by 104 weddings in 2018, when the number was 1,446. She said the decline was mainly due...

Two more dead flamingos were found in Larnaca salt lake on Sunday, following the 20 found on Saturday. Larnaca’s municipality said on Monday it will “collaborate with the relevant authorities and take appropriate measures once they receive the results from the flamingos’ necropsy”. Game and Fauna head Pantelis Hadjiyerou said...

Yeroskipou municipality and the community councils of Konia and Timi announced on Monday they have sent a counterproposal to the interior ministry regarding municipal mergers in a bid to avoid being merged with Paphos. Under the interior ministry’s proposal on local government reform the number of municipalities will be almost...

The cabinet approved a national strategy for Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Communications Minister Yiannis Karousos announced on Monday. If approved by the House of Representatives, it will be implemented by a new deputy ministry of innovation and digital transformation, he said. “The national strategy gives us the opportunity to become...

An aircraft crashed in central Afghanistan on Monday and authorities were trying to locate the wreckage in a mountainous area which is partly controlled by the Taliban, officials said. More to follow.

A committee will be set up to oversee the bicentennial celebrations of the Greek war of independence next year, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou announced on Monday. The cabinet approved the decision to form the committee to commemorate 200 years since the beginning of the revolution in 1821 which led to...

Leading prop-tech company BidX1 recently announced the launch of its catalogue, now live on the BidX1 platform (https://bidx1.com/en/cyprus), for its 2nd digital property auction in Cyprus, which will take place on 19 February 2020. The catalogue includes many residential opportunities in Nicosia & Paphos, with reserve prices starting at 55,000EURO,...

On 22 January 2020, the Instrument of Ratification of the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Matters to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (“the Multilateral Convention”) were published in the Official Gazette of the Republic in Greek and English, (“Multilateral Instrument”). In addition, the MLI Cyprus Position and...

Sweeping cyberattacks targeting governments – including Cyprus’ – and other organisations in Europe and the Middle East are believed to be the work of hackers acting in the interests of the Turkish government, three senior Western security officials said. The hackers have attacked at least 30 organisations, including government ministries,...

Well done Greens. All tests of mud, water etc should be done with transparency and to inform the public. However these birds were found decapitated, maybe caused by a human hand? For over 20 years there have been deaths under suspicious circumstances, and as a massive addition to Cyprus life...

Work to restore parts of the Venetian walls that have collapsed in the north are estimated to reach near €500,000 the head of the Bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage Takis Hadjidemetriou said on Monday. Works started last week following an estimation of the damage by the technical committee. “There...

This year’s flu season has proved milder than last year’s but will last longer the paediatric association said on Monday. In a written statement, the association said that usually, the flu season lasts between six to eight weeks but this year, despite seeing a milder outbreak, it is lasting longer than...

Order of play on the main showcourt on the ninth day of the Australian Open on Tuesday (play begins at 0000 GMT, prefix number denotes seeding): ROD LAVER ARENA 14-Sofia Kenin (U.S.) v Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) Not before 0130 GMT 1-Ash Barty (Australia) v 7-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) Not before...

Omonia Nicosia football club is offering up to €25,000 to whoever comes forward with useful information about corruption in football, club president Stavros Papastavrou announced on Monday. “Until the end of the current season, we are offering a fee starting from €5,000 and up to €25,000 to anyone who will...

The prisons department on Monday announced that a 40-year-old inmate has died from liver failure at the Nicosia general hospital. According to a written statement, the man, a foreign national, was suffering from a chronic illness and was being monitored by the physicians of the central prison. He was admitted...

Highlights of the eighth day at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Monday (times AEDT; GMT+11): 2255 NADAL PASSES KYRGIOS TEST World number one Rafa Nadal withstood 25 aces from Nick Kyrgios to beat the local favourite 6-3 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4). Nadal, the 2009...

Some 9,000 workers at Finnish paper mills will start a three-week strike on Monday after wage talks broke down, their labour union said in a statement, the latest in a series of labour conflicts to hit Finland. Another 6,000 employees at sawmills, plywood mills and other forestry plants had already...