Новости за 09.06.2020

The leaders of six European Union nations have called for building up EU stocks of critical medicines and equipment and other measures to boost the bloc’s long-term resilience to public health crises. The 27-nation EU and Britain have reported some 1.4 million cases of the new coronavirus, or about a...

The eruption of a volcano in Ecuador’s Amazon region left several cities covered in ash on Tuesday, fueling concerns of a potential health impact as the South American nation slowly emerges from a brutal coronavirus outbreak. The Sangay volcano has had moderate eruptions for over a year that have had...

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey was largely lifting stay-at-home orders for people aged over 65 and for children as part of a further easing of restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. Turkey had already lifted restrictions on intercity travel and allowed restaurants, cafes, parks...

Police said Tuesday they are searching for a 26-year-old man, suspected of hitting his partner and a dog on a balcony in Paphos two days ago. Releasing an image of the man on Tuesday, police said Deyvid Dyulgyarov has a court-ordered arrest warrant out for him, and is wanted for...

Two new coronavirus cases from individuals repatriated from the United Kingdom were announced by the health ministry on Tuesday evening, bringing the total number of cases in Cyprus to 972. The ministry had announced earlier on Tuesday that no new cases had been detected, but a late report from a...

Diesel fuel from a major spill in Russia’s Arctic has reached a pristine lake which is the basin for a river flowing into the Arctic Ocean, a regional official said on Tuesday, but the mining giant embroiled in the scandal rejected his allegation. A fuel tank at a power station...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday hailed as historic the signing of an agreement with the UK to allow development of certain areas inside the British sovereign bases, 60 years after independence. “I think today is a historic day for the residents and owners of property inside the territory controlled by...

Energised by the toppling of a monument to a slave trader in the English city of Bristol, protesters demanded on Tuesday the removal of a statue of 19th century British colonialist Cecil Rhodes from a college at Oxford University. A wave of anti-racism protests sweeping across the United States and...

No new coronavirus cases were announced by the health ministry on Tuesday, leaving the total at 970. It is the fifth time zero cases have been reported since the first case was announced on March 9. The ministry said a total of 422 tests were processed on Tuesday. Out of...

France’s highest administrative court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by three clubs to reverse a decision to end the Ligue 1 football season early amid the COVID-19 crisis, but ruled that relegation for Amiens and Toulouse would be suspended. The French football league’s decision to end the season with 10...

Studies show people with the coronavirus are most infectious when they first show symptoms, Maria van Kerkhove, an epidemiologist and the World Health Organization’s technical lead on the pandemic, said in a briefing on Tuesday. She said a sub-set of people do not develop symptoms, but can still infect others, and as many...

This naturalistic magpie, resting on a tree stump, is one of the many porcelain birds that were originally modelled by Johann Joackim Kändler. Magpie belongs to the crow family and is considered one of the most intelligent animals in the world. According to different countries beliefs, the magpie, is a...

Famagusta district court closed down Protaras’ beach bar Nava for a week on Tuesday after videos emerged showing the bar was packed with people partying in defiance of coronavirus measures. Justice Minister George Savvides said the operations were suspended following an appeal by police to the court that the bar...

By Prudence Wade What could be better than the sun shining? There’s no doubt summery weather boosts your mood, but it could also be having an impact on your skin. Despite all the benefits of vitamin D, a warmer climate has the potential to suck all the moisture out of...

Israel’s internal security service Shin Bet has halted its cell-phone tracking of coronavirus carriers, an official said on Tuesday, citing the success of alternatives to the controversial method of containing contagions. Circumventing parliament in March as the coronavirus spread, the Israeli cabinet approved emergency regulations that enabled the use of...

With the third round of relaxations of measures against the spread of coronavirus now in force, malls in Cyprus reopened their doors to the public on Tuesday. However, despite almost every store now offering massive sales to unload stocks of unsold items after months of inactivity, not many people ventured...

Originally scheduled for early July and then the end of August, the annual AglanJazz Festival now has another date – September 15-16. Old Aglandjia’s quaint square will welcome in jazz enthusiasts a little bit later on this year rather than the usual weekend in July. There will be an extra...

Here is a video that shows the steps that you can follow to teach children the song Rain Rain Go Away, in order to start introducing pitch awareness to young children. Music games always enhance learning procedures and brain development! Singing should be fun! This is a great way to...

The first commercial flights due at Paphos airport are expected on June 21, although it may be sooner, according to staff. Although five departures and five arrivals used Larnaca airport on Tuesday, the first commercial flights are not expected at Paphos airport until June 21, although airport operator Hermes have...

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The national health system (Gesy) stands to lose some €130m in 2020 after a planned raise in contributions had been suspended by the government as part of measures to support the economy amid the coronavirus crisis, a senior official said on Monday. Angelos Tropis, a senior officer at the health...

A judge in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday issued a 10-day injunction against Governor Ralph Northam’s decision to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from the city, according to the Washington Post. Northam said last week that the statue should be taken down from its pedestal “as soon...

A group of academics, political activists and DJs from both sides of the divide got together in the midst of the coronavirus crisis to create a multi-communal online radio service. At the heart of this new venture, described by one of its principal founders Turkish Cypriot political scientist Umut Bozkurt,...

Paphos, the birthplace of Aphrodite – goddess of love and beauty, is one of the most beautiful regions in the Mediterranean, and the most sought-out location by property buyers as sales for May 2020 have shown. The cosmopolitan resort town, and the entire picturesque province, is the safest and most...

The coronavirus might have been spreading in China as early as August last year, according to Harvard Medical School research based on satellite images of hospital travel patterns and search engine data, but China dismissed the report as “ridiculous”. The research used satellite imagery of hospital parking lots in Wuhan...