Новости за 20.05.2020

Some English Premier League games could be shown on a free-to-air basis when football returns after pausing due to coronavirus, culture minister Oliver Dowden said on Wednesday. Dowden said current rights-holders had to be respected but that there was flexibility because rules restricting Saturday afternoon broadcasts of matches would not...

June 9 appears to be the tentative date set for the reopening of Paphos and Larnaca airports and restrictions to and from the north could be revised by early to mid June, CyBC reported late on Wednesday night. Hotels are expected to reopen their doors to local tourists on June...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday a programme to test and trace those suspected of having been in contact with people who have tested positive for COVID-19 would be in place by June 1. Johnson, who himself was hospitalised with COVID-19 earlier this year, has been criticised over...

The World Health Organisation expressed concern on Wednesday about the rising number of new coronavirus cases in poor countries, even as many rich nations have begun emerging from lockdown. The global health body said 106,000 new cases of infections of the novel coronavirus had been recorded in the past 24...

By George Psyllides and Nick Theodoulou Pupil health and safety is the utmost priority of the government, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday, a day before primary schools and the first three classes of high-schools reopen after their closure two months ago to prevent the spread of the coronavirus....

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp revelled in a return to training on Wednesday for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic brought football to a standstill in mid-March. Players and coaches of the runaway leaders of the 2019-20 Premier League season practised in small, socially-distanced sessions at their Melwood training base....

Cyprus may need to decree an energy crisis so that the electricity authority (EAC) can meet the current high demand, which is slated to spike on Thursday when many more businesses reopen and lockdown is lifted amid unseasonably high temperatures that have already pushed consumption to a record for May....

Snack bars and bars with outside areas have now received the go ahead to open from 6am on May 21, as the health ministry updated its regulations on Wednesday. Pubs were originally on the list of businesses approved for reopening, but bars were left out, causing widespread confusion over what...

Two studies in monkeys published on Wednesday offer some of the first scientific evidence that surviving Covid-19 may result in immunity from reinfection, a positive sign that vaccines under development may succeed, US researchers said on Wednesday. Although scientists have assumed that antibodies produced in response to the new coronavirus virus are...

A new proposal on incentives for public sector specialists will be submitted to state doctors’ unions in the coming days, the state health services organisation (Okypy) said on Wednesday as one union threatened measures if no agreement was reached soon. The doctors’ branch of civil servants’ union Pasydy warned earlier...

Rolls-Royce plans to cut at least 9,000 jobs, or more than a sixth of its workforce, in the latest blows to the UK economy and aviation industry dealt by the coronavirus pandemic. The company, which makes engines for planes such as the Boeing 787 and Airbus 350, said on Wednesday...

Four new cases were announced by the health ministry on Wednesday evening, the day before virtually all restrictions on movement were lifted after more than two-and-a-half months of lockdown. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 922. The four new positive cases are a result of 1984 tests....

High temperature and winds might favour fires, but the main cause is the human actions, the fire service said on Wednesday. According to spokesperson Andreas Ketis, it’s rare for a fire to sparked on its own, even in  high temperatures.  “It is not easy for a random event to cause...

Turkish Cypriot ‘deputy prime minister’ Kudret Ozersay signed on Wednesday an agreement with a university in the north to carry out on studies concerning the inventory of the buildings in Famagusta’s closed-off area, Varosha. According to an announcement published in Turkish Cypriot media, Ozersay signed an agreement with the rector...

An Israeli court rejected on Wednesday a request by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be absent from the opening of his corruption trial next week, saying he must abide by the practice of hearing the charges in person. A week after being sworn into office for a fifth term, Netanyahu,...

Revenue from tourism dropped by 73.5 per cent in March 2020, according to the results of the Passenger Survey announced by the Statistical Service of Cyprus. Revenue from tourism reached €25.6m in March 2020 compared to €96.6m in the corresponding month of the previous year. For the period of January...

A debate has risen in the north in the aftermath of a devastating fire near Kormakitis last Sunday over fire detecting cameras installed around a decade ago which have been left unused because staff did not know how to use a computer or operate the software system. The cameras, that...

Shipping company Salamis announced on Wednesday that the scheduled cruises of its ship Filoxenia, scheduled to take place this summer, have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Taking into consideration the current situation that arises from Covid-19 and with absolute respect to the health and safety of both our...

Paphos restaurants are able to apply for permits allowing them to rent additional outdoor space to accommodate more customers, according to the local municipality. Outdoor spaces at restaurants can open on May 21, and other restaurants are slated to reopen on June 9, in line with the current relaxation of...

A fire has broken out on Wednesday afternoon near the Nicosia airport and is burning dry grass and wild shrubs, reports said. The fire has spread into the buffer zone, reports said. It appears the flames are threatening a dog shelter in the area with people making appeals for volunteers...

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin says he is having sleepless nights due to the COVID-19 pandemic with European football’s governing body set to lose “millions and millions” of dollars after the season came to a halt. European leagues and UEFA competitions have either been suspended since March or had their seasons...

AMIDST a slew of grim reports from European banks, Hellenic Bank met analyst expectations this week with solid results for earnings and profit and an improved balance sheet, according to Jonas Floriani of Axia Research. Total net income rose to €404.6 million, up 40 per cent from €289.2m in the...

Defence Minister Savvas Angelides went to Stavrovouni military camp on Wednesday after three videos emerged on social media appearing to show abuse amongst the soldiers. The defence ministry said that initial investigations indicate that soldiers from the same unit were participating voluntarily in the videos. As reported by Phileleftheros, one...

The government’s decision to withdraw a state-backed borrowing scheme to support the economy sparked a bitter war of words on Wednesday with the administration and opposition parties trading accusations over who was to blame. Even the usually composed government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos appeared irked by the opposition’s rhetoric, suggesting they...

Antarctica conjures images of an unbroken white wilderness but blooms of algae are giving parts of the frozen continent an increasingly green tinge. Warming temperatures due to climate change are helping the formation and spread of “green snow” and it is becoming so prolific in places that it is even visible...