Новости за 06.02.2020

A court on Thursday remanded a 42-year-old man in custody pending trial in March in connection with the attempted murder of a 40-year-old man in Nicosia on November 20, 2017. A second man, a Slovakian national, 41, also faces charges in the same case but he is already in custody...

At least two Palestinians were killed and 16 Israelis hurt on Thursday in a surge of violence in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, where Palestinian anger at a US peace plan is high. The proposal announced by US President Donald Trump would give Israel most of what it has sought during decades...

From the fall of the Berlin Wall and the USSR to the rise of Trump and Orbán – how did we get here? On Thursday 30 January, Phoenix Leaders hosted Dr. Francis Fukuyama, Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and best-selling author, at The Club (Nicosia) marking his first...

To celebrate February 14, telecommunications company Epic and Love FM have invited the beloved Greek singer Kostis Maraveyas for a love-filled concert at Strovolos Municipal Theatre. Basking in the romantic feeling appropriate to the day, the singer, who is widely popular in Greece and Cyprus, will perform several of his...

The UN Secretary-General is closely monitoring the developments in Cyprus’ EEZ with concern, his deputy spokesman Farhan Haq has said. Haq made the statement when asked to respond to comments by Foreign Minister Nicos Chistodoulides where he criticised the UN for not doing more regarding the illegal activities of Turkey...

University is not all that daunting if you follow the rules of ‘time management’, hand in your essays on time , do your research and refrain from the ‘copy/paste from Wikipedia. I went to University at the ripe old age of 55 and got through it undaunted. I followed the...

Ruling Disy and Akel clashed on Thursday about the non-performing loans held by politically exposed persons (PEP) during a televised political debate. Akel leader Andros Kyprianou challenged his opponent, Disy chief Averof Neophytou multiple times to reveal “which politician went to the bank for the loan restructuring for a private...

The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) reported on Thursday that there had been 456 cases of wildlife crime uncovered by their volunteers in the last 30 months, claiming that crimes against wild birds in Cyprus remains out of control. The organisation said the recent data submitted to parliament by the...

Global pioneering wedding tourism platform BookYourWeddingDay.com reached a significant milestone on Sunday, February 2nd 2020, having received its 10,000th wedding booking since its launch! The booking was made at one of global travel agent TUI’s stores in Edinburg, strategic partner of BookYourWeddingDay.com, for Darrel and Jodie who booked their wedding...

Elias Hazou and George Psyllides House president Demetris Syllouris was forced to interrupt a meeting of the watchdog committee on Thursday after a war of words broke out between MPs over a list of politically exposed persons (PEPs) with bad debts. The meeting was attended by Central Bank governor Constantinos...

House president Demetris Syllouris was forced to interrupt a meeting of the watchdog committee on Thursday after a war of words broke out between MPs over a list of politically exposed persons (PEPs) with bad debts. The meeting was attended by central bank governor Constantinos Herodotou who was meant to...

A 22-year-old man was jailed for 20 years on Thursday for the murder of a pensioner last year in Larnaca. Michalis Christophorou was found guilty of murdering 76-year-old Giorgos Mavrommatis on January 27, 2019. Mavrommatis was initially thought to have died after fire broke out in his Larnaca home but...

Premier League clubs have voted to move the closing date of the summer transfer window. At Thursday’s shareholders’ meeting the clubs voted to revert to the traditional date at the end of August/early September after two seasons where the window closed on the eve of the campaign. That means this...

Previously Kinky clothing store, this little gem of a venue in Paphos old town is now Kinky coffee bar and has transformed into a unique place to enjoy a drink or coffee. Kinky is described by patrons, both locals and tourists, as “a great little bar” and a “great find”....

My two girls in the UK, one in her final degree year and the other in her final A level year are doing mock tests every two weeks. Four monthly exams would seem like a ‘luxury’ to most students. These students need to get real and understand that it is...

China’s fast-moving coronavirus spread among passengers of a quarantined Japanese cruise liner on Thursday and dragged down production at more global businesses, as scientists across the world searched for a vaccine. The death toll from the virus in mainland China jumped by 73 to 563, with more than 28,000 confirmed...

The prison service on Thursday rejected allegations by the British teen convicted of making a fake rape claim in the Ayia Napa case about conditions at the Nicosia prison, saying her claims “in no way correspond to reality”. The 19-year-old, who on December 30 was found guilty of lying that she...

The government has prepared the first national action plan to implement a UN resolution to protect women and girls that will cover the period 2020-2024. The UN resolution in question is 1325, which was passed in 2000 and initially focused on the disproportionate impact of armed conflicts on women and...

Nothing beats the art of a handmade artefact, the time dedicated to creating its every inch and that feeling of pure satisfaction (and fatigue) left in the craftsman – or rather, artist – when it’s finally finished. Living in these ultra-technological times however, it’s not a surprise when digital methods...

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has warned that the island faces permanent partition and outlined his hope of reaching a deal under a federal framework. “We need to hurry up. After all these years we have come to a crossroads, a decisive moment,” he said in an interview with the...

Name: Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) Otherwise known as: Red Cole, Great Railfort, Mountain Radish Habitat: An herbaceous perennial of the Cruciferae family growing up to 1m in waste areas near running water in south eastern Europe. It grows from a long, thin, rough, white root and produces large, green, spear- shaped,...

Diko MP Christos Orphanides has accused Britons of hypocrisy for slamming Cypriots over the mass death of around 60 migratory flamingos at the Larnaca salt lake on January 25, which prompted a strong public reaction. The necropsy on the birds revealed the birds could have died from lead poisoning, after...

The sixth smallest country in the world, Lichtenstein is roughly the size of Nicosia and Limassol put together. You could walk (at a leisurely pace) across this pocket-sized principality in about a week. Lichtenstein is also one of the few countries ever to have been invaded by the world’s most...

Only 1.2 per cent of Cypriots work from home, one of the smallest shares of people in EU member states, Eurostat figures published on Thursday show. The percentage is slightly higher than ten years ago, when it was 0.8 per cent, but lower than in the period from 2013 to...

The attorney-general has suspended prosecution of former deputy chief of police Andreas Kyriacou who had been charged in relation with leaking information to the media regarding the assassination plans of an Ayia Napa businessman involved with the underworld. Kyriacou, who had been sacked from the force, was accused of leaking...