Новости за 14.04.2020

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou joined his EU counterparts on Tuesday in a teleconference to discuss the most important challenges that education and training systems have to manage as a consequence of the coronavirus epidemic. It was the second teleconference of its kind, convened by the Croatian Presidency and chaired by...

The One Dream One Wish association will gift 1,000 needy families in Cyprus with vouchers, it announced on Tuesday. “In these difficult times and conditions that we are all experiencing, due to the threatening spread of the new coronavirus, the Pancyprian Association for Children with Cancer and Related Diseases, One...

By William Schomberg and Andy Bruce Britain’s economy could shrink by 13% this year due to the government’s coronavirus shutdown, its deepest recession in three centuries, and public borrowing is set to surge to a post-World War Two high, the country’s budget forecasters said. In the April-June period alone, economic...

Swedish ambassador to Nicosia Anders Hagelberg said on Tuesday that Swedish people have more trust in authorities dealing with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, while the country has not enacted any lockdown measures, as Cyprus has. The ambassador added the two cultures are different, and “a comparison cannot be made between...

The goal is to make Paphos general hospital fully operational as soon as possible but only once this is feasible, the facility’s interim administrator said on Tuesday, responding to a group of doctors who are calling for a partial and gradual reopening of the hospital and with enhanced testing for...

The Cannes Film Festival will not take place this year in “its original form” due to the coronavirus pandemic but organisers said they continued to review options for the event. The film festival, one of the largest in the world, was initially due to take place from May 12-23. However...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has flown eight metric tonnes worth of medical supplies to Cyprus for around 10,000 healthcare workers currently fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the official news agency of the UAE reported on Tuesday. “Providing assistance to countries affected by the virus is a humanitarian obligation upon all...

Ricky Gervais is back with a second series of After Life, about a man struggling to come to terms with his wife’s death. The comedian tells Georgia Humphreys why it’s been a cathartic show to write. Ricky Gervais knows full well that some people might be offended by his comedy....

Telecommunications authority (CyTA) on Tuesday said it has replaced a mobile antenna in Ayios Antonios in Limassol that was set ablaze last Saturday by arsonists. The incident took place on Saturday night, with the utility stating that the antenna was there for 20 years, alluding to claims by some that...

Twenty-one Syrian men paid €300 each after they were caught by police playing football in Limassol in violation of the quarantine law. Police caught the men, aged 20 to 35, following a tip off that a football match was on in an open area on Zotimos Street in Ayios Tychnonas....

Cyprus’ GDP is projected to contract by 6.5 per cent this year as a result of measures and policies being taken worldwide to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in its latest World Economic Outlook. Assuming no recurrence of the pandemic next year, the IMF...

The global economy is expected to shrink by 3.0% during 2020 in a stunning coronavirus-driven collapse of activity that will mark the steepest downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. The IMF, in its 2020 World Economic Outlook, predicted a partial rebound...

Pasydy, the civil servants’ main trade union, kept up their attack on Tuesday against last week’s supreme court decision denying them retroactive reimbursement for salary and pension cuts imposed in the wake of the 2012-2013 financial crisis. Union boss Glafcos Hadjipetrou was given plenty of airtime on the state broadcaster,...

The United Kingdom’s death toll from the novel coronavirus could run 15% higher than official figures have indicated so far, according to broader data that include deaths in the community such as in nursing homes. Even before the new figures, the official British death toll was the fifth-highest globally and...

Thirty-three new cases of coronavirus were announced by the health ministry on Tuesday, bringing the total to 695. Announcing the new cases, virologist Leontios Kostrikkis said three cases were part of the testing of 20,000 workers in the public and private sector, ten were from contacts with other cases, one...

Parliament will convene on Wednesday afternoon to discuss and vote on urgent bills, including one allowing kosher slaughter, which animal welfare organisations oppose. The decision to allow the particular method was made to bail out virus-stricken animal breeders by opening up alternative markets. It has also been a long-standing request...

Two thousand Cypriots are expected to be repatriated by next week, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Tuesday as two flights carrying Cypriots arrived Larnaca airport. Commenting on the repatriation scheme in place, Karousos said starting with this week’s flights, they are expecting to bring about 2,000 individuals by next...

A confirmed case of coronavirus has been detected at the deputy ministry for tourism, after which all persons coming into contact with it have been tested, it was reported on Tuesday. According to the Cyprus News Agency, the premises of the ministry were disinfected. The building remained closed on Tuesday....

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) will continue to operate its customer service centres up until April 30. In addition, customers can contact the EAC by telephone or email. Due to the Easter holiday, EAC customer service centres will close from Thursday, April 16 and reopen on Wednesday, April 22....

Former U.S. President Barack Obama will finally endorse his vice president Joe Biden’s presidential campaign on Tuesday, according to two people familiar with the matter, in an effort to bring the Democratic Party together ahead of the election. The endorsement is expected to come in a video to be released...

A 24-year-old was remanded on Tuesday for seven days in connection with a hit and run accident in Limassol. The injured man, 34, had to undergo surgery for a fracture of his right leg at Limassol general hospital. The accident occurred while he was walking on the pavement of Miasiaouli...

The supreme court decided on Tuesday to schedule hearings during the summer in a bid to catch up with the cases that have been delayed in March and April because of measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus. In a statement, the court said it convened to examine ways...

By Prudence Wade Few things are more satisfying than pulling off the perfect manicure. It isn’t the easiest thing to do at home, but what better time to hone your technique? Fashion Week isn’t just about the clothes, we also studied the catwalks closely for the coolest new beauty trends....

A Turkish Cypriot businessman who donated 10,000 medical masks to the Republic’s health ministry said authorities in the breakaway north were preventing him from doing the same there, citing the Green Line Regulation. Olgun Arguden had imported 30,000 much-needed medical masks through the Republic on a special DHL cargo flight....

The Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra will present a live-recorded music biographic documentary on Wednesday about one of the greatest composers of all times – Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The concert took place at the Strovolos Municipal Theatre on December 20, with research, texts and music editing by Vicky Stylianou. Tchaikovsky’s life...