Новости за 06.04.2020

Neo Chorio community council has donated more than 50,000 euros to protect medical staff working on the front line in the fight against the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. “A couple of weeks ago, we decided that we wanted to do something to try and help at this terrible time,”...

By Brendan Pierson U.S. prosecutors on Monday announced new criminal charges against two former executives of 21st Century Fox Inc and others stemming from a long-running investigation of corruption surrounding FIFA, soccer’s world governing body. The former Fox executives, Hernan Lopez and Carlos Martinez, were indicted in Brooklyn federal court...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been taken into intensive care in hospital after his COVID-19 worsened, his office said on Monday. “Since Sunday evening, the Prime Minister has been under the care of doctors at St Thomas’ Hospital, in London, after being admitted with persistent symptoms of coronavirus,” Downing...

The economy this year is expected to contract by up to almost 10 per cent, the finance ministry said on Monday, as the government was looking to raise cash via a bond issuance to tackle the economic fallout from the coronavirus situation. In a statement, the finance ministry’s Public Debt...

The pace of new coronavirus deaths in Spain slowed for the fourth day on Monday, but overcrowded crematoria in Barcelona and the death of soccer coach Pep Guardiola’s mother showed the national agony was far from over. Spain has the second highest death toll in the world after Italy, but...

The coronavirus is the European Union’s biggest ever challenge and member states must show greater solidarity so that the bloc can emerge stronger from the economic crisis unleashed by the pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday. Germany and the Netherlands have been criticised by Italy and Spain –...

Any Cypriot citizen stuck abroad and wishing to be repatriated can now apply through the www.connect2cy.gov.cy portal, the foreign ministry said on Monday. They will now be able to file a request on the platform, even if they do not meet the previously announced criteria for repatriation, the ministry announcement...

The independent police watchdog has received 13 complaints against officers accused of abusing power during the enforcement of state-mandated restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus. The alleged violations took place between March 12 and early April. One of the complaints concerns officers using excessive force against a...

The ministry of health on Monday said it has not been apprised of price-gouging practices relating to Covid-19 tests, even as a political party called on authorities to impose a price ceiling citing a number of reports coming in concerning excessive charges. “For the time being, there have been no...

Pep Guardiola’s mother has died after contracting coronavirus, Manchester City have announced. City said Dolors Sala Carrio passed away at the age of 82 in Manresa, Barcelona. “Everyone associated with the club sends their most heartfelt sympathy at this most distressing time to Pep, his family and all their friends,”...

England manager Gareth Southgate has agreed a 30% wage reduction according to British media reports after the FA’s CEO Mark Bullingham said on Monday that its highest earners would take significant pay cuts during the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic has brought English football to a standstill and Bullingham said the...

The attorney-general has said that parliament needs to amend the constitution to enable the MPs to vote remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic, it emerged on Monday. Costas Clerides issued an opinion after House president Demetris Syllouris suggested that the legislature should meet via teleconferencing to diminish the risk of spreading...

Seventy-two people who had been left stranded in various countries were repatriated on Monday afternoon on an Aegean flight from Athens. The flight arrived at Larnaca airport at around 4.30pm, the transport ministry said. On board were 72 Cypriots many of whom travelled to Athens to catch the flight. These...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in hospital undergoing tests on Monday after suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms for more than 10 days, but the government said he was in good spirits and still in charge. Johnson, 55, who tested positive for the virus on March 26, was taken to St...

Nineteen more people have tested positive for coronavirus the health ministry said on Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 465. One of the new cases is a three-month-old baby at the Makarios hospital in Nicosia. No deaths were reported. The infant tested positive after tests were given to...

The education ministry said on Monday it is ready to give out the €750 allowance to Cypriot students stuck abroad for Easter. According to the ministry, to receive the allowance, students who have filled out the application and received confirmation of receipt, will be sent a message to their mobiles...

By Prudence Wade If you’re a woman, you’ll be altogether too familiar with the incredible feeling of wearing a new outfit and discovering it has pockets. This is such a rarity, it fills anyone with delight – finally, somewhere you can actually put your things! Men won’t really understand this...

One of President Nicos Anastasiades’ guards tested positive to coronavirus last week, reports said on Monday. After one of the guards tested positive, the entire group of guards was tested as was the president and his associates. State broadcaster CyBC reported on Monday evening that Anastasiades had already tested negative....

The Pancyprian Footballers Association (Pasp), the union representing players, said on Monday that footballers are currently facing financial difficulties, as most of them have either been paid less than agreed or they been paid at all since February. According to Pasp, players have been expressing their concern to the union...

The strict measures to stop the spread of coronavirus will be extended until the end of April, media reports said on Monday. The reports emerged following the meeting on Monday of the special ministerial committee dealing with the coronavirus which is chaired by President Nicos Anastasiades. According to the CyBC,...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottidou on Monday submitted a document on the treatment of people who are imprisoned and otherwise confined in times of the coronavirus to the justice, health and labour ministers. Confined persons include those in detention centres, psychiatric clinics, nursing homes as well as facilities where people are quarantined...

There may not be enough time, money or political will to make it happen by November report John Whitesides and Jarrett Renshaw U.S. election officials looking to construct a safe voting system in a worsening coronavirus pandemic are confronting a grim reality: there may not be enough time, money or...

All newborn babies at Makarios children’s hospital were being tested for the coronavirus after a male nurse working at the ICU was found positive, a senior doctor said on Monday. The director of the hospital’s paediatric unit sought to allay parents’ concerns, saying the babies were not in danger. “The...

So far, we’ve been pretty lucky with the loo paper. Unlike the States, the UK and Australia, the Big Bog Roll Buyout hasn’t swept across Cyprus! In fact, we’ve been pretty fortunate all round… Recently, Andreas Hadjiadamou, the General Director of the Cyprus Supermarket Association, said there’s no risk of...

The lockdown must continue until the end of April in order to see a real decrease in the number of cases per day, according to epidemiology professor at the University of Cyprus’ Medical School Dr Maria Koliou. “Lifting the lockdown and mitigating the measures before seeing an actual improvement would...