Новости за 14.02.2020

A former co-op employee was sentenced to seven years in jail on Friday by the Nicosia criminal court after she was found guilty on 257 charges related to the embezzlement of almost €700,000 from the bank’s Kaimakli branch. The 51-year-old woman admitted to charges related to forgery, circulation of fake...

The report of the independent police watchdog’s investigation into the force’s handling of several disappearances of women who later turned out to be victims of a serial killer is expected to be submitted to the attorney-general on Monday, media reported on Friday. According to media sources, the report was expected...

Manchester City have been banned from UEFA club competitions for the next two seasons and fined 30million euros (£24.9million) after being found to have committed “serious breaches” of financial regulations. The reigning Premier League champions overstated sponsorship revenue in accounts submitted between 2012 and 2016, according to European football’s governing...

Egypt confirmed on Friday its first coronavirus case and said the affected person was a foreigner who had been put into isolation in hospital. The health ministry said in a statement it had immediately informed the World Health Organization (WHO) and had taken all necessary preventative measures. It did not...

Teddy bears were distributed on Friday to the ambulance service and hospital A&Es by road-safety NGO Reaction and the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) as a gift for child patients.  Chara, a white teddy, is the mascot for the Reaction-BoC collaboration. “We want every child on the ambulance or at the...

A 63-year-old man was arrested in Limassol on Friday on suspicion of possessing child pornography. Police investigated the man’s house after they received information from Interpol. A mobile phone with numerous documents of child pornography were found on his mobile phone while police seized three portable hard drives, they said....

Cheesemakers have agreed to prepare a contract with the provisions of an agreement achieved last week during a meeting at the Presidential Palace as regards the milk ratio in halloumi, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said on Friday. He warned however that if stakeholders do not agree, the government would proceed...

The use of drones during the Nicosia Marathon on Sunday is forbidden, the department of civil aviation announced on Friday. Civil aviation issued an official air notice (Notam) to drone pilots. The marathon includes five different marathons. It starts at the capital’s central avenue and the entire route will cover...

The health services have recalled spring roll sheets that contain milk products without listing it as an allergen on the food label, it was announced on Friday. TYJ spring roll pastry contains milk protein, not listed on the package, which is a violation of legislation. Buyers who already purchased the...

Piano, bass and drums make up the Dimitris Miaris Trio and Dimitris Miaris on the piano, Irenaeos Koulouras on bass and Marios Syprou on the drums will be entertaining Paphos audiences next week with their concert on Tuesday at Mare Mare Restaurant. “Exceptional straight-ahead jazz” is what the Trio’s sound...

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he has “the legal right” to interfere in criminal cases, capping a tumultuous week that raised questions about whether he is eroding the independence of the US legal system. Trump‘s criticism of the judge, jury and prosecutors in the criminal case of his longtime adviser...

Bicommunal organisation UniteCyprusNow on Friday condemned what they called “the lynch campaign” against Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. “We would like to remind Turkish officials that Cyprus is the common homeland of Turkish and Greek Cypriots and it is only Cypriots who should decide the fate of their own country,”...

Some FinTech/Mobile banks are now even starting to offer loans. It won’t be much longer before you can do anything online that you could do with a bricks-and-mortar bank in the highstreet. Just look at Germany’s “N26” Bank which offers its services throughout most of the Eurozone, Switzerland and US...

Boris Johnson’s decision to impose tight restrictions on his new Chancellor has been defended as his new-look Cabinet met for the first time. The Prime Minister’s reshuffle was dominated by Sajid Javid’s decision to quit Mr Johnson’s top team after he was ordered to fire his closest aides and replace...

Storm Ciara wreaked havoc at Birmingham airport with gusts crossing the runway at more than 83km/h

The government on Friday said it would take all necessary diplomatic and political measures to prevent any plans by Turkey in the closed-off town of Varosha. According to government spokesman Kyriacos Kousios, though Nicosia did not wish to make the Cyprus problem all about Famagusta, its standing position remains that...

Hundreds of people registered as potential bone marrow donors, including the Cyprus Mail team, after two Karaiskakio volunteers decided to target businesses with the foundation’s latest campaign. Around 750 people signed up as volunteer bone marrow donors from 55 different companies during the ongoing campaign under the title Together from...

There are around 43 new cases of child cancer in Cyprus every year, the Cyprus Medical Association said on Friday ahead of International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) marked annually on February 15. This number has remained roughly the same for the past 20 years, which is seen as a good...

By Liz Connor Some fitness resolutions are still going strong, and many of us are optimistically booking in some early morning strength and cardio sessions. But if you’re turning up to the gym feeling sore, demotivated and like you’d rather crawl back into bed, it might be time to revaluate...

The biggest challenge for Cypriot banks is finding alternative profitable products beyond lending, central bank (CBC) governor Constantinos Herodotou said on Friday, as he urged lenders to speed up transaction clearing procedures to avoid losing business. Speaking at an economic forum organised by main opposition party Akel, Herodotou said in...

French President Emmanuel Macron suffered a setback on Friday when one of his closest lieutenants, Benjamin Griveaux, pulled out of the race to become mayor of Paris after it was alleged he sent sexual images to a woman who is not his wife. “I have decided to withdraw my candidacy...

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg accepts that global tax reforms mean it may have to pay more taxes in different countries, excerpts of a speech he is due to deliver in Germany on Saturday show. Cross-border tax rules are set to be rewritten after 137 states sought last month to avoid...

President Nicos Anastasiades used the private jet of a Saudi businessman who acquired a Cypriot passport for another private trip, long before the controversial trip to the Seychelles some two years ago, reports said on Friday. Following a storm of reactions and accusations he had violated the code of ethics...

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers says he knows the real James Maddison and is ignoring the “narrative” which sections of the media have constructed around the midfielder. Newspapers published photos on Monday of Maddison “partying” in Dubai during the Premier League’s mid-season break ahead of Leicester’s return to action against Wolverhampton Wanderers...

The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) has recovered the remains of one person in Famagusta, it announced on Friday. According to the CMP, excavation at the site will continue over the next few days. “The CMP would like to extend its warmest sympathy to the families of the...