Новости за 28.05.2020

Cyprus is the only country in the EU besides Malta to have tested more than 12 per cent of its population for the coronavirus, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Thursday. To date, in Cyprus there have taken place 106,000 tests for Covid-19, which works out to 12.094 per 100,000...

An enclaved Greek Cypriot was earlier this week laid to rest in his native village of Ayia Triada in the north, some 20 days after he had passed away, due to the refusal of Turkish Cypriot authorities to admit his remains in the north ostensibly due to the coronavirus situation....

Central Bank Governor, Constantinos Herodotou, expects the economy to experience a “serious recession” in 2020 due to the pandemic, he said on Thursday. “The economy’s prospects for 2020 and afterwards are dramatically overshadowed by the negative developments of the coronavirus pandemic,” Herodotou said in an introductory note included in the...

The Premier League season will restart on June 17 provided all safety requirements have been put in place, the league said on Thursday after meeting with all 20 clubs. The season will get back under way on that Wednesday with Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal,...

Eight bids have been received for the engineering supervision contract for building a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal on the island to import the gas for energy generation. The application process closed on May 21, the state Natural Gas Infrastructure Company (Etyfa) said. It would immediately proceed with assessing the...

Passenger boats are allowed to resume operations according to a decree from the health minister published on Thursday in the government gazette. The decree also stipulates that horse racing may resume on June 3 but without any spectators. According to the decree, passenger boats and water sports businesses can now...

Two new cases of Covid-19 were announced on Thursday, bringing the total in the south to 941 since March 9 when the first infection was reported. Both cases were detected among 60 people tested for having had contact with a previously known carrier. Overall, 2,602 lab tests were carried out...

The Volvo SUV lineup continues to impress experts, with the 2020 XC90 midsize luxury SUV and 2020 XC40 compact luxury SUV each earning Consumer Guide Automotive Best Buy Awards. The team at Consumer Guide selected the XC90 in the Premium Midsize Crossover/SUV category for the fifth year in a row,...

The health ministry on Thursday called on doctors to closely monitor coronavirus patients who have heart problems and who might have been prescribed the anti-malarial drug chloroquine. It said the drug’s use should even be discontinued if necessary, citing new research pointing  to unwanted side effects when taken in conjunction...

A 60-year-old man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday by the Larnaca criminal court after being found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm. The crime was committed on August 17, 2019, when the perpetrator assaulted an 84-year-old with a knife at the victim’s house in Larnaca. The...

European football will continue its cautious return to play following the COVID-19 stoppage over the next week as a number of the continent’s smaller leagues restart with some novelties and one team in serious trouble for breaking coronavirus rules. Portugal, Denmark, Poland, Serbia, Austria, Croatia and Ukraine are among the...

The epidemiological team advising the government on coronavirus will recommend the reopening of kindergartens and nurseries in the first ten days of June, Dr Petros Karayiannis said on Thursday. Speaking to TV channel Alpha, he said the epidemiological team reached the decision on Wednesday night during a video conference, adding,...

Papille purrs contentedly as her owner rubs the back of her head, her coat glossy and her eyes a piercing green – back to her old affection-seeking self after recovering from COVID-19. The nine-year-old cat is the first known case of a pet being infected by the coronavirus in France. There have...

Police are seeking 28-year-old Marinos Pavlou, from Limassol, in connection with the 72kg cannabis drug bust which occurred on May 27. “It appears that after the end of the lockdown measures groups engaging in such illegal activities are resuming operations,” chief of the drug squad, Stelios Sergides, told the Cyprus...

There are four times as many migrants at the Pournara camp than there were this time last year and some should have already been transferred to longer-term accommodation, the contractor operating the camp said on Thursday. According to the daily operations manager of the reception centre in Kokkinotrimithia Stefanos Spaneas,...

By Lisa Salmon Britain’s Tea Advisory Panel (TAP) has found 80 per cent of people say tea provides relief from daily problems and stresses. TAP says tea contains natural plant substances, including polyphenols, caffeine, and amino acid L-theanine (a building block of protein) which act on the body and mind....

WIZZ Air is now Europe’s largest airline in terms of seat supply, according to industry data provider OAG, so it is a signal mark of confidence that the Hungarian low-cost airline is establishing its 28th base at Larnaca airport. The airline will base two Airbus A320 aircraft at Larnaca airport...