Новости за 17.02.2020

By Gabriela Baczynska and John Chalmers Britain will not be threatened into following EU rules in the future by talk of economic rifts and is ready to trade with the bloc on basic international terms if needs be, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Europe adviser said on Monday. Britain left the...

An aide to ousted Edek cadre and current MEP Demetris Papadakis, said Monday she would be filing a complaint to police over violation of her privacy and that she was reserving all her legal rights. A statement issued through her attorneys, Christophi & Associates LLC, said that Naso Zografou – Papadakis’ MEP aide –...

The European Union will launch a new naval and air mission in the eastern Mediterranean to stop more weapons reaching the warring factions in Libya, foreign ministers agreed on Monday, after Austria lifted its veto. The decision marked a breakthrough after weeks of fruitless negotiations and warnings by EU foreign...

The Spanish police has given Uefa information that could prove that Cyprus’ 2018 football League and Cup were fixed, Spanish online news portal El Confidencial reported on Monday. According to the report, Uefa has asked from the Spanish police to provide all information on match-fixing in Spain so that the...

Rhythm, percussion and colourful Latin sounds are what Batukinio Percussion Band is made of. All of the right ingredients for a lively carnival season and as the annual festivities are about to kick off, Batukinio will stage a series of performances in all of their Afro-Brazilian glory, certain to put...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides is suing Kathimerini newspaper for libel over an opinion piece penned by the daily’s editor-in-chief over the weekend, in what is the latest episode in a long-running spat between the two. The pending lawsuit concerns an item published on Sunday, titled ‘The Lost Odysseas’ and authored by...

A hearing in the appeal against the extradition to the United States of Cypriot national Joshua Epiphaniou has been postponed to February 28. The hearing before the supreme court had initially been scheduled for Monday. Epiphaniou, 20, is being sought by the US government for crimes allegedly committed there, including...

The UN on Monday said they were continuing to monitor developments concerning Varosha while both leaders condemned Saturday’s round-table discussion, attended by Turkish and Turkish Cypriot officials, on the opening up of the fenced-off area arguing that any such move ought to be within international law. UN spokesperson in Cyprus,...

The cost of a Cyprus stalemate increases with each failed rounds of negotiations because foregone benefits are unlikely to be restored at the time of a settlement, a new report on the economic benefits of a solution released on Monday showed. Delaying a settlement would result in increasing the economic...

Centre-right Diko on Monday announced it had formally defined its political positions on sustainable development and the environment, following a lengthy dialogue with civil society, technocrats and academia, it said. The policy paper was presented by Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos during a news conference. The framework will form the basis...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou reassured the public on Monday that his ministry was taking all the necessary measures regarding the threat of coronavirus and was “constantly vigilant” “There is a general concern among states regarding the virus, but without it being translated into panic,” he told a press conference, called...

The ministry of education certainly does not want students to go to schools without heating, Minister of Education Prodromos Prodromou said on Monday on a visit to Vergina gymnasium in Larnaca. The 530 students of the gymnasium started an indefinite strike over problems with the central heating in the morning,...

Facebook warned of threats to innovation and freedom of expression on Monday, ahead of the release of a raft of rules by the European Union this week and in coming months to rein in U.S. tech giants and Chinese companies. The social media giant laid out its concerns in a...

By Prudence Wade No matter how experimental you are with your fashion choices, it’s easy to fall into the trap of wearing the same, basic shoes. After all, surely it’s a cardinal style rule to have your footwear match your clothes? Sticking to blacks, browns and navy generally makes this...

Increased fines for selling alcohol to minors are on the cards, after a proposal tabled by MPs Charalambos Theopemptou and Michalis Georgallas was discussed by the House interior committee on Monday. A proposal to raise the age limit for those eligible to purchase alcoholic beverages from 17 to 18 was...

Greece on Monday acted to placate locals incensed over government plans to build new migrant detention centres on outlying islands, saying it was open to a compromise on their location. The Athens government infuriated residents of five islands – all straddling a key route to Europe used by thousands of migrants...

Paris St Germain have an abundance of talent and the potential absence of Brazilian Neymar does not make them less dangerous, Borussia Dortmund coach Lucien Favre said ahead of their Champions League last 16 first leg on Tuesday. Forward Neymar has been sidelined for weeks with a rib injury and...

By Nick Theodoulou A 38-year-old man was arrested in Larnaca on Monday in connection with Sunday’s gangland shooting in Ayia Napa which left four injured. Police said the arrest came after testimony connected the Greek Cypriot man with the crime. No other details were immediately available. A hooded man ran...

Nicosia municipality may be able to resume shoring up the derelict Spitfire café in the buffer zone shortly, government spokesman Kyriakos Kousios said on Monday. Work had to be called off earlier in the month due to a standoff with the Turkish army, which the government tried to resolve with...

Corruption poses a serious threat to economic development, prosperity, the rule of law and the stability European states given its links to organised crime and the financing of terrorism, Special Representative on Fighting Corruption at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Irene Charalambides said on Monday. Charalambides...

A new exhibition is heading to Nicosia next week as artist Klaudios introduces his latest body of artwork titled 6 Limassol – Lossamil 6 at Gloria Gallery. With a 35-year creative path in America and Germany under his belt, Klaudios is an artist with immense imagination, directing stories that he...

France’s minister for armed forces will meet on Tuesday with President Nicos Anastasiades and Defence Minister Savvas Angelides as the third joint exercise between the National Guard and French forces from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, which is in the region, began on Monday morning. The aircraft carrier is...

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People should use special bins provided by non-profit organisation AFIS Cyprus to recycle their batteries, the organisation said on the occasion of Battery Day, marked every year on February 18. “The special bins are located in electrical stores, supermarket, shopping malls, department stores, schools, public buildings, bank branches and generally...

Legal texts prepared by the European External Action Service (EEAS) on measures against two people included on a list of those participating in Turkish drilling off Cyprus’ EEZ are at the centre of a working group meeting European Council’s Working Party of Foreign Relations Counsellors (Relex) in Brussels on Monday....