Новости за 04.03.2020

The proportion of pregnancies resulting in legal abortions in England and Wales reached its highest level on record in 2018, official data shows. Just under a quarter (24%) of estimated pregnancies to women resident in England and Wales resulted in a legal abortion, according to the Office for National Statistics...

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Wednesday he would send a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres over the decision of the Greek Cypriot side to temporarily close four checkpoints to the north last Saturday. After meeting with Unficyp head Elizabeth Spehar, Akinci said he expressed his concern to...

Apoel fans, part of Pansyfi group, held a protest at the Ledra Street checkpoint on Wednesday night calling on the government to close all the crossings to the north. Protesters held Greek flags, and a large banner, which said: ‘Yes to closing all the checkpoints’. The group members also chanted...

The global release of the new James Bond film “No Time to Die” was postponed on Wednesday by seven months amid the coronavirus disruption that has closed movie theaters in China and caused widespread headaches for other Hollywood productions. The release of Daniel Craig’s last outing as agent 007, being...

Financial authorities are to issue a decree to scale back on excessive bank charges, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides and Central Bank Governor Constantinos Herodotou jointly announced jointly on Wednesday following a meeting of the House ethics committee. After the meeting, which took place behind closed doors, Herodotou said Petrides would...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said on Wednesday that Charles Michel, president of the European Council, did not make a concrete offer on Wednesday in a meeting to deal with thousands of migrants trying to enter Greece and Bulgaria. “As of today there is no concrete proposition that was laid...

Free guided walking tours will get underway in Paphos from Thursday, organised by the Paphos regional board of tourism. The aim is part of a wider plan to enrich the tourist experience of visitors during off-peak months and the ‘meet the locals’ walk is carried out by a incensed tour...

Billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ended his US presidential campaign on Wednesday and endorsed new Democratic front-runner Joe Biden, whose campaign for the White House streaked ahead with a string of electoral victories on Super Tuesday. In another move that could reshape the race to find the Democrat who will...

It’s probably not what you would expect to land in your inbox from a local handcrafted jewellery brand but nonetheless, Ditale Studio will host a business workshop this month all about discovering entrepreneurial potential. Besides creating simplistic and slow-fashion jewellery, Ditale Studio has recently also undertaken another craft, that of...

A 40-year-old woman was reported missing from her home in Larnaca on Wednesday, police said. The woman, Maria Sian Elnasraoui Norster, is described as approximately 1.72 metres tall, of medium build, having straight blonde hair, and brown eyes.  Police said she drives a silver Toyota Auris with licence plate numbers...

Last year 3 tonnes (one full truck), with the help of 23 volunteers (who did their best) and collected as much as possible. That was not even 10% of the total quantity of recyclables discarded on that day, which means that up to 27 tonnes (or nine full trucks) were...

Disy’s MEPs said on Wednesday they were not convinced by moves from Akel colleagues at the European Parlaiment to submit an urgent question to the European Commission on whether it was notified by the Republic of Cyprus about the decision to temporarily close four crossings. Disy’s Lefteris Christoforou and Loucas...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday conveyed to Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci the Greek Cypriot side’s grave concern over the increasing flow of migrants to the Republic, he said. In a tweet, Anastasiades described the escalating situation as an “organised and increasing illegal flow of migrants to the Republic of...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday conveyed to Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci the Greek Cypriot side’s grave concern over the increasing flow of migrants to the Republic, he said. In a tweet, Anastasiades described the escalating situation as an “organised and increasing illegal flow of migrants to the Republic of...

Italy prepared new emergency measures on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of coronavirus in Europe’s worst hit country, including the possible closure of all schools, universities, cinemas, theatres and most public events. Seventy-nine people had died of the new coronavirus in Italy as of Tuesday, with more than 2,500 confirmed cases...

Cyprus has carried out 49 Covid-19 tests to date and placed five people in quarantine while 400 others have placed themselves in isolation, it was announced on Wednesday. Officials told a news conference that so far 1,343 travellers from high-risk countries were examined at the Republic’s two airports. An action...

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said the new climate law put forward by the European Commission on Wednesday (March 4) to make the EU’s 2050 net zero emissions target legally binding was “surrender.”

The national council will convene on Thursday morning to discuss Varosha, migration, and measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Wednesday. The meeting is scheduled for 10am. The council will be briefed by Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on the measures put in place...

The shipping industry in Cyprus has been negatively affected by the worldwide spread of coronavirus, Deputy Minister for Shipping Natsasa Pilides said on Wednesday after she presented her annual report to President Nicos Anastasiades at the presidential palace. “The virus has had a big economic impact on the industry, not...

THE WAY THINGS ARE By Colette NiReamonn Ioannidou I met two friends in a department store; Dub was sniffing deodorants and Maria passing by to the food end to shop for herself and her menagerie. We stopped to chat. Dub was holding a deodorant and smirking to herself. ‘What d’you...

A police search for a missing man was widened in the area of Erimi in the Limassol district on Wednesday for 31-year-old Syrian national Ahmed Zaidan, who has been missing since February 14. Police believe he might have been abducted and killed. According to Limassol CID’s Ioannis Sotiriades “evidence show...

Greek security forces used tear gas and water cannon on Wednesday against hundreds of migrants trying to cross the border from Turkey, as Athens and Ankara accused each other of lying about what was happening. More than 10,000 migrants have been trying to breach the border since Turkey said last...

A 22-year-old man suspected of bringing over 101 people from Syria to Cyprus by boat from Turkey was remanded in custody for eight days on Wednesday. The boat carrying 101 people, including 43 minors and four pregnant women, arrived in Cyprus on Tuesday having set off from Turkey the previous...

Gareth Southgate believes Harry Kane and Marcus Rashford’s dedication will allow them to win their Euro 2020 fitness race for England. Three Lions boss Southgate suffered a double injury blow at the start of the year, as first Tottenham striker Kane ruptured his hamstring tendon on New Year’s Day before...

‘We had a rotten banking system that did not follow correct lending practices and people ended up with NPLs ‘ . I would have thought that ‘lending practices‘ have been the same since time immemorial, fundamentally if you borrow money you pay it back with interest . Syllouris pulling the...