Новости за 18.04.2020

Captain Tom Moore, a 99-year-old British war veteran who has raised more than $29 million for the health service by walking 100 laps of his garden, will be a guest of honour at the opening of a new field hospital next week. Moore will praise National Health Service (NHS) workers...

Aradippou mayor is being investigated after footage of him emerged going to church on Easter Saturday to take Holy Communion despite the ongoing lockdown. Footage of the liturgy was aired live in a bid to encourage people to stay home and prevent people from going to church but in it...

Spain’s death toll from coronavirus rose at a slower pace on Saturday but surpassed 20,000 fatalities as the government mulled whether to ask parliament for a third extension of the confinement imposed in one of the world’s hardest hit countries. The number of deaths increased by 565 on Saturday, down...

The health ministry on Saturday announced 11 new cases of coronavirus bringing the total to 761, further highlighting the downward trend after just 15 cases were announced the previous day. The 11 confirmed cases were a result of 3,209 tests. Three were found by contact tracing of 640 confirmed cases,...

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Saturday wished all Christians on the island a happy Easter, sending a hopeful message that the coronavirus pandemic will be overcome with the least damage possible. “I would like to express my heartfelt wishes to all Christians living on our island and to all...

The European anti-fraud office (Olaf) has said a European consortium siphoned off EU funds earmarked for an environmental programme which ended up being pumped into a casino/hotel project in Cyprus. In an announcement released on Saturday, Olaf said that a project that aimed to improve forest fire detection had in...

The European anti-fraud office (Olaf) has accused an unnamed casino/hotel project in Cyprus of siphoning off EU funds earmarked for an environmental programme. In an announcement released on Saturday, Olaf said that a project that aimed to improve forest fire detection had in fact focused mainly on attempting to defraud...

This is the time to resolve and refocus rather than patch up the economy By Erol Riza There is an opportunity in adversity in every country or business. It may seem premature to stress opportunity in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, but leaders have an obligation to look ahead...

A compilation of data since the coronavirus outbreak up until April 16 has highlighted the average age is 47 while Paphos has the highest transmission rate. Of the 735 cases that had been noted by April 16, 29 patients were in intensive care, meaning 3.9 per cent of all case....

Britain’s hospital death toll from Covid-19 rose by 888 to 15,464 as of 1600 GMT on April 17, the health ministry said. “357,023 people have been tested, of which 114,217 tested positive,” the health ministry said.

Where do you live? -Nicosia, Cyprus What did you have for breakfast? Pork Chop Describe your perfect day Get up, Shower, Read a spiritual book, work on my side business, go to Taekwon-Do, finish, enjoy outing with friends Best book ever read? Bhagavad Gita Best childhood memory? Building a treehouse...

By Ella Walker Right now, none of us is able to explore the far reaches of our own town, let alone the far reaches of the continent – however much we might want to. TV viewers though can watch chef James Martin travel from the sandy shores of Northumberland to...

The weather for the rest of the Easter weekend is expected to remain mostly sunny, with temperatures higher than usual for the time of year. Saturday will remain warm and mostly clear with some cloud later on. Easter Sunday is expected to be warm with temperatures reaching 29C inland, around...

The Paphos bishopric is donating an X-ray machine to Paphos general hospital for the Covid-19 clinic, it was announced on Saturday. According to Dr Iosif Moutiris, scientific director of the Paphos general hospital, Paphos Bishop Georgious informed him the bishopric would be purchasing a digital X-ray machine for the clinic...

Three men had their drug related remand orders renewed for another six days on Saturday at Limassol district court. The case began when on April 10, police seized over half a kilo of cocaine and arrested a 42 and 27-year-old. As investigations continued, officers arrested a 38-year-old in relation to...

By Rami Ayyub and Stephen Farrell The holy fire ceremony symbolising Jesus’ resurrection was lit in a deserted Jerusalem on Saturday, without the joyful throng of Orthodox Christian pilgrims who normally attend a spectacle that brings the Easter season to a colourful climax. Bells tolled above a near-empty Church of...

When my dad died, he died in a hospital alone. I saw him the day before. He died overnight after a long struggle following a stroke. But I was not there for him. The same happened with my mother. She died two weeks later all alone and again I was...

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth will not celebrate her 94th birthday in any special way and has asked that there be no gun salutes to mark the occasion because it would not be appropriate while the country battles a deadly coronavirus outbreak. Britain is at or near the peak of an outbreak...

A €1.5m project upgrading traffic lights is set to be completed by the end of June, it was reported on Saturday. The new system should cut energy use by about 70 per cent, according to an article published in daily Phileleftheros. Quoting executive engineer at the public works department Alexis...

In just three weeks, thousands of people have signed up to volunteer with an islandwide group that is offering help and support to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic. Lockdown measures limiting residents to one essential trip a day to buy food or medicine have left many unable to...

A total of 19 patients are currently at the Famagusta reference hospital for Covid-19 cases, it was announced on Saturday. As of 12pm, three of those were in the intensive care unit while two patients were expected to be discharged as their test results for the coronavirus have come back...

Doctors and health workers criticised the British government on Saturday for suggesting that gowns used to protect them while treating coronavirus patients could be re-used, as supplies run low across the country. Britain is at or near the peak of an outbreak of the coronavirus in which more than 14,000...

By Peter Szekely Better-than-expected social distancing practices have led an influential research model to lower its projected US coronavirus death toll by 12 per cent, while predicting some states may be able to safely begin easing restrictions as early as May 4. The University of Washington’s predictive model, regularly updated...

Police arrested three people after they were caught illegally slaughtering goats in Nicosia, it emerged on Saturday. According to a police bulletin, officers on Friday found three people on a farm slaughtering goats and in a parked vehicle nearby found 11 goats which had already been killed. After checking with...

We all need to understand what’s going on and scrutinize the out and out subterfuge being carried out by the state towards the private sector. The government is in effect deceiving its own citizens and short-changing the estimated 220,000 people, the private sector which is the engine of the economy,...