Новости за 15.05.2020

Nikita Efremov, 31, who was arrested on April 9 for attempted murder against a 34-year-old in Paphos, will go on trial on June 11 before the Paphos criminal court. The victim was found stabbed outside at complex on Tombs of the King’s Avenue at around 5pm with injuries to his...

By Robin Emmott There is no agreement yet between European Union countries on how much of the bloc’s proposed new coronavirus recovery fund should be handed out as grants to member states and how much in loans, a senior EU official said on Friday. The official spoke on condition of...

The EU27 member states expressed their full solidarity and support for Cyprus’ sovereignty, as the condemned Turkey’s illegal actions within the island’s EEZ, according to a statement adopted today by the Council of Foreign Ministers (FAC), which convened by teleconference. “Following the latest decision by Turkey to dispatch a drilling...

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. government was working with other countries to develop a coronavirus vaccine at an accelerated pace while preparing to distribute a vaccine once one is ready. At an event in the White House Rose Garden, in which...

By Andria Kades and Nick Theodoulou The stage appeared set on Friday for the implementation of phase two of lifting Covid-19 restrictions as scientific experts gave the president the green light, they said and as schools reopening is to go ahead, barring the first and second years of lyceums, and...

Police said Friday Ana Maria Tudorache, 22, from Romania, who was missing from her residence since the previous day was found and was in good health. Earlier, police put out a missing person bulletin for Tudorache who was last seen on Thursday afternoon.    

A dog and three cats in the Netherlands have been infected with the new coronavirus, authorities said on Friday, the first confirmed cases involving house pets in the country. The dog was believed to have been infected by its owner, Agriculture Minister Carola Schouten said. “It’s important that owners of...

The Met service has issued an extreme temperature warning for Saturday between 12.30pm and 5pm. According to a statement, maximum temperature inland is expected to reach 41C. The service warned that the heat could affect vulnerable groups of the population like children and the elderly.

By Padraic Halpin Ireland will begin the partial and gradual reopening of its economy as planned from Monday, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday, calling for increased discipline from the public if a further relaxation is to be triggered in three weeks’ time. The government also advised people for...

The reproduction rate of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom is now somewhere between 0.7 and 1.0, government scientific advisers said on Friday, a slight rise on figures given last week. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said last week the rate was 0.5 to 0.9. The government has said it will...

The Famagusta Municipality on Friday called “unacceptable” statements by Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Ersin Tatar that reviving the closed-off area of Varosha was still on the table. The municipality said in a written statement that actions concerning Famagusta which are not in line with the UN resolutions and other international organisations...

The health ministry on Friday announced three  new confirmed cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 910. Describing the results as satisfactory, virologist Leontios Kostrikkis said the scientific team recommended a further relaxation of the measures, in effect allowing phase two to go ahead as planned though stressed that the...

The Nicosia waterboard said Friday it has repaired ahead of time a malfunction to a pipeline that forced the interruption of supply in certain areas. In a statement, the board said it had repaired the fault and restored the supply in Engomi, Strovolos, and Lakatamia by 3.30pm. Initially, it had...

Bank of Cyprus is going ahead with the sale of €144m worth of unsecured non-performing loans to B2Kapital, it was reported on Friday. The benefit for BoC would be €6m from the reversal of provisions and there will not be any impact on the lender’s capital, the Cyprus News Agency...

The health ministry on Friday issued the guidelines for beauty salons, which are to reopen on May 21, to limit the risk of Covid-19 infection. According to an announcement by the health services, salons will be solely operating with appointments and a copy of their diary must be kept for...

Despite last-ditch efforts by Anorthosis and the Pancyprian Footballers Association (Pasp), the current football season has been definitively cancelled. The cancellation was confirmed during a Cyprus Football Association (CFA) meeting that took place on Friday, in which clubs took on board the government’s feedback, following consultations between all parties at...

Lionel Messi believes he is better off not thinking too much about the risk of being infected by the coronavirus as Spanish football clubs step up their return to activity, saying he looks forward to getting back to playing matches. Messi and his Barcelona team mates have been back at...

Virgin Atlantic will not be able to resume passenger flights until August at the earliest if Britain introduces a 14 day quarantine for travellers, according to a source at the airline. British government ministers have said they plan a quarantine for most international travellers in the coming weeks, though they...

Private hospitals association (Pasin) on Friday said they found unfair a unilateral decision by the government to reduce by six per cent the rates agreed on earlier this year concerning their participation in the second phase of Gesy. The new proposal was expected to be delivered to Pasin by the...

Right at the other end of the isolation scale than how we have been existing for the last few weeks we’ve got the conurbation of Manila: a place so thronged with human life, it holds over 22 million residents. The capital of the Philippines, Manila has a population density of...

An illegal intervention at a Paphos beach was spotted by members of the public and reported to the Paphos Greens on Friday. Local representatives of the party visited the site in the Kerati area close to Coral Bay, immediately and found that an illegal ‘ramp’ was being created at the...

Spain started imposing a quarantine on incoming overseas travellers on Friday and added new restrictions to international traffic to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as the country’s daily death toll drops. From Friday, people arriving from abroad must spend two weeks self-quarantined at home. Additionally, the authorities extended existing...

Selective inspections will be carried out in sectors where weaknesses have emerged, the head of the labour inspection department Anastasios Giannakis said on Friday. The fresh inspections follow a first round of checks during which a large number of shops were visited by inspectors. “In the retail sector, there is...

A red alert for forest fires was issued by the forestry department on Friday after the met office warned of extreme high temperatures over the weekend. With inland maximum temperatures expected to reach almost 40C, the forestry department asked that the public refrain from any activities that may cause forest...

Seasonally adjusted GDP decreased by 1.3 per cent in Cyprus during the first quarter of 2020, compared with the previous quarter, according to a Eurostat, report published on Friday. However, despite the gloomy outcome, the country fared better than the EU average, which was estimated at 3.3 per cent, making...