Новости за 04.02.2020

New loans to corporations and households amounted to €3.19 billion in 2019 marking a slight annual increase attributed to large corporate credit of over €1 million. According to data released on Tuesday, the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC), with the exclusion of renegotiated loans, said new loans in 2019 amounted...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday met Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos, discussing various issues from the Cyprus problem to corruption in football. Speaking after the meeting, Papadopoulos told reporters the meeting was part of the president’s regular contacts with party leaders. “I had the chance with the president to discuss the...

President Nicos Anastasiades has vetoed a phone surveillance law after it was amended by MPs, effectively rendering it unenforceable, it emerged on Monday. In a letter on Monday, Anastasiades referred the law back to parliament, explaining that two amendments passed by opposition parties cause “insurmountable problems in its enforcement.” The...

From excitement to embarrassment to full-on rage, Iowa Democrats who took part in the first of the state-by-state nominating contests in this year’s U.S. presidential race ran the gamut of emotions as their quadrennial moment in the spotlight descended into chaos. Jessica Leonard, who runs a food truck, was so furious about...

The Larnaca district court sentenced two Indian nationals to one year each in jail on Tuesday after police found a large quantity of medicines in their suitcases during a check at Larnaca airport last November. A total of 3,923 pills were found in the two men’s suitcases. The two men,...

The Commissioner for Children’s Rights Despo Michaelidou on Tuesday expressed her concern after students from two schools were banned from taking part in an island-wide vote over whether to go on strike on Wednesday. Pupils at the Nicosia Pancyprian Gymnasium and at the Fotis Pitta Kokkinochoria High School were reportedly...

EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides on Tuesday – World Cancer day – launched an EU-wide public consultation on a Beating Cancer Plan to help shape the plan, identify key areas, and explore future action. By July 2020, specific elements of the plan will be discussed with...

Measures against the coronavirus have been stepped up on both sides of the divide according to World Health Organisation guidelines after the two leaders on Monday agreed to step up co-operation. “Epidemics know no borders,” Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Tuesday and highlighted the importance of the collaboration...

A 33-year-old driver lost his licence on Tuesday, the first to do so after new measures were announced to crack down on serious road safety violations. The road transport department announced on Tuesday that they had revoked a man’s licence after he tested positive for drugs in a narcotest and...

Right in the heart of old Nicosia, The Shoe Factory continues to offer evenings of quality music, usually focusing on the classical genre, and will this month hold a piano recital on Valentine’s Day. Multi-award winning Japanese pianist Tomoki Sakata is the star of the night and he is set...

Taiwan dramatically escalated its war of words with Beijing on Tuesday over the island’s exclusion from the World Health Organisation, saying “vile” China was preventing Taiwan from getting timely information about the coronavirus outbreak. Taiwan is not a WHO member because of China’s objections. Beijing says the island is a...

The administrative court on Tuesday held its first hearing into a petition filed by an ex-supreme court judge who is seeking a ruling that the state is responsible for compensating refugees for financial losses sustained since the 1974 invasion and subsequent division of the island. Filed by former supreme court...

A former bank president found guilty of trying to smuggle a painting by Pablo Picasso out of Spain has had his sentence increased by a Spanish court. The Madrid court announced the decision to raise the sentence against fined ex-Bankinter head Jaime Botin to three years instead of 18 months....

Barcelona’s France forward Ousmane Dembele has suffered a setback in his return from injury after the Spanish club said on Tuesday that tests had revealed a complete proximal tear in his right hamstring. The 22-year-old has not played since Nov. 27 when he hobbled off in tears in the first...

Two individuals were on Tuesday added to the EU’s sanctions list in connection with Turkey’s illegal activities in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone by the European Council’s Working Party of Foreign Relations Counsellors (Relex). The proposal by Relex is set to be approved by the Council at its next session, the...

Famagusta can serve as a bridge for the overall solution of the Cyprus problem and for the reunification of Cyprus, Famagusta mayor Simos Ioannou said on Tuesday. Speaking during a meeting between the Famagusta council with representatives of the diplomatic missions of EU Member States in Cyprus and members of...

By Kristian Gray The day before I sat to write this column, I had a conversation with someone about their acid reflux condition and how they have finally managed to ‘cure’ it by going on medication. They reported that after only two days on the ‘meds’, they were symptom free...

Paris St Germain forward Neymar will miss Tuesday’s Ligue 1 match away to Nantes due to a rib injury, just 48 hours after celebrating his 28th birthday at a nightclub in Paris. He played the full 90 minutes on Saturday when Thomas Tuchel’s side thrashed Montpellier 5-0, but did need...

If the students were at the top of the European league for academic achievement, then they might have some justification for their actions. But alas, they linger at or near the bottom of the league and it would appear they need all the exams they can get to rise out...

Max Verstappen insists he can beat Lewis Hamilton to the Formula One title, saying Britain’s six-time world champion is “not God”. The 22-year-old Dutchman could prove Hamilton’s closest challenger this year, following Red Bull’s strong finish to the end of last season and few changes to the sport’s technical rulebook....

The government said on Tuesday it considered the matter regarding the president’s use of a private jet closed as opposition parties continued to demand answers over the president’s relation with the Saudi owner of the aircraft after a video emerged showing that he had met him before the date claimed...

If you’ve seen the film, you can skip this first bit and get straight to the nudity. But why miss a gentle reminder of the most heart-warming, tear-jerking, based-on-a-real-life plot ever to come out of – wait for it – north Yorkshire?! Calendar Girls is best known as the based-on-a-true-story...

Deluged by misinformation about the new coronavirus on social media, some Asian governments are fighting back with arrests, fines and fake news laws – something free speech advocates fear will entrench measures that can also silence dissent. At least 16 people have been arrested over coronavirus posts in Malaysia, India,...

Flamingos deaths so far this year have reached 59, officials said on Tuesday. The mass death of around 20 flamingos at the Larnaca Salt Lake prompted public reaction on January 25. However, more deaths had occurred earlier in the month and since, Game and Fauna spokesman Petros Anayiotos told Cyprus...

President Donald Trump branded the Democratic Party’s chaotic effort in Iowa to begin choosing an election challenger as an “unmitigated disaster” on Tuesday after results in the state caucus were delayed indefinitely. Hours after voters made their choices at 1,600 schools and other public locations, Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy...