Новости за 25.03.2020

Authorities finally succeeded in getting the SMS service back in operation, 24 hours after it crashed because of heavy use. Kyriakos Kokinnos, deputy minister for innovation said that the system was back at 7.30 pm The SMS system was set up by government as one of three ways for people...

Eight more confirmed cases of coronavirus were announced on Wednesday, bringing the total to 132 in the government-controlled areas. Three people have died in Cyprus since the outbreak. The total of 132 cases includes three on the British bases. Two of the new cases were people who returned from EU...

The Pancyprian Confederation of Parents’ Associations for Primary Education expressed their concerns on Wednesday over distance learning that has been imposed to prevent spread of the coronavirus. In a statement, the association said many parents were not sufficiently prepared to implement the measure and said it could potentially widen the...

By Sophie Goodall I recently found my first eye wrinkle at the grand old age of 25 – panic-buying anti-ageing eye products suddenly went straight to the top of my to-do list. I began extensively researching everything to do with the skincare industry, reading top tips, poring over specialist eye...

The finance ministry announced on Wednesday that Citizens Service Centres as of Thursday can only be visited by appointment or reached by phone in order to restrict random visits. The public should also only contact the centres for absolutely necessary services such as applications for ID cards, applications for the...

Spain registered an overnight jump of 738 deaths from coronavirus on Wednesday, pushing the death toll above that of China, where the disease originated, for the first time as the country struggles to cope with soaring numbers of infections. With 3,434 fatalities, Spain now has the second-highest number of deaths...

President Nicos Anastasiades took a tour of the capital Nicosia in a state limo on Wednesday morning to check that the lockdown procedures he announced on Monday were being implemented. Government spokesman Kyriakos Kousios told Cybc that the president went to various areas of Nicosia “to see the situation first-hand”...

Staff, students and the board of management of the English School were delighted that the School’s success in placing students in some of the world’s most competitive universities has won international recognition. This happened shortly after the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate had published an extensive report which concluded that ‘Learning and...

European Union states need 10 times as much personal protective equipment and other medical devices, such as ventilators, to tackle the coronavirus than traditional supply chains can provide, an internal EU document showed on Wednesday. The 27-nation bloc has been scrambling for weeks to acquire crucial equipment, like face masks,...

By Richard Dickenson For this year it is more or less over for Cyprus, but in UK, and viruses permitting, it is still open season. Any Sunday you can spend a happy hour watching the casualties. For a really exciting spot of blood, gore, crimson-stained bandages, limping, be-crutched, be-plastered and...

Twenty confirmed cases of coronavirus are currently being treated at the Famagusta general hospital, two in the ICU, it was reported on Wednesday. One patient who was being treated for Covid-19 was due to be released Wednesday after testing negative following treatment. The hospital has also set up a ‘drive...

The revised package of support for the economy from the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic is headed to the cabinet on Thursday, followed Friday morning by discussion via teleconference among members of the House finance committee, and from there briefly to the plenum later in the day. The measures concern...

When President Nicos Anastasiades announced the lockdown on Monday night, most people’s thoughts were on how their lives were about to change in ways they could not have believed possible just a few weeks ago. For the thousands of Cypriot students stuck in the UK and banned from coming back,...

Three repatriation flights depart today from Larnaca airport to take people back to Russia, Greece and Serbia. At around 2pm a Ural Airlines flight departs for Moscow carrying 235 people, an Aegean flight departs at 5.25pm ​​to Athens and a flight to Belgrade at 11.15pm. There is also an Aegean...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos stepped in on Wednesday to back House President Demetris Syllouris who has said the budget for the building of a new parliament would go to the fight against the coronavirus. Last week Syllouris, said on social media that he intended to propose the postponing for the...

 Gunmen and suicide bombers raided a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, killing 25 people before security forces killed all of the attackers, the government said. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement. Sikhs have been the target of...

Prince Charles, the 71-year-old heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus but is in good health and is now self isolating in Scotland. Charles, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth, is displaying what Clarence House said were mild symptoms but remains in good health and has been working...

Socialist Edek has become the first political party to openly request the repatriation of all overseas Cypriot students. In a statement on Wednesday, the party called on the president to draw up a plan for the gradual repatriation of all Cypriot students, especially due to worsening situations in Greece and...

President Nicos Anastasiades and presidential-palace staff have tested negative for Covid-19, reports said on Wednesday. The president and his staff were tested two days ago as a precaution. Cabinet members were also to be tested in the coming days. Government spokesman Kyriakos Kousios said: “Those of us who took the...

How we comprehend and interact with cities doesn’t often come to mind. It happens unconsciously – or so we think – yet there is a lot of thought and planning that goes into constructing a city, which later impacts how citizens interact with it. One local artist is working on...

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci announced Wednesday that false accounts have been opened on social media using his name. In a post on his Twitter account , Akinci said that sending false messages from fake accounts, even during such a period of crisis, was driven by political interests. He added...

The Digital Security Authority (DSA) on Wednesday issued a general alert via SMS to mobile phones in Cyprus warning people against fake news or requests for donations over coronavirus. “These [messages] are infected with malware and may lead to fraudulent payments,” DSA said in its text.

Istanbul prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday it had prepared an indictment against 20 suspects deemed to be involved in the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. It said the indictment accuses former deputy head of Saudi Arabia’s general intelligence Ahmed al-Asiri and former royal...

A new decree was issued by the health ministry on Wednesday with immediate effect banning car sales but offering exemptions from the lockdown in a few other instances, including for divorced parents.. The decree stipulates that from 6am Wednesday to 6am on April 13, the sale of all motor vehicles...

A doctor at a third private hospital in Paphos is one of the new confirmed coronavirus cases, CNA reported on Wednesday. The Iasis and Evangelismos hospitals both announced one confirmed case each among staff last week. The third instance involves a confirmed case of a doctor at the Blue Cross...