Новости за 14.06.2020

Stay safe everybody it is not over yet and whatever you do go slow and be careful. Advocates for accelerating the removal of government restrictions argue the economic damage caused by the shutdown is beginning to outweigh the health benefits of staying in isolation. But the consensus among world leading...

An earthquake with a 5.7 magnitude shook Bingol province in eastern Turkey on Sunday, killing one person and injuring nine others, officials said. The quake, with its epicentre in the Karliova district of Bingol, struck at 5:24 p.m. (1424 GMT), damaging dozens of homes and buildings, Turkey‘s Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD)...

The deal signed this week to import natural gas is just the latest in a long line of failed attempts By Elias Hazou The European Investment Bank (EIB) this week gave the nod to a project for the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Cyprus to power...

AstraZeneca Plc has signed a contract with European governments to supply the region with its potential vaccine against the coronavirus, the British drugmaker’s latest deal to pledge its drug to help combat the pandemic. The contract is for up to 400 million doses of the vaccine, developed by the University...

Russia inaugurated on Sunday a huge new cathedral dedicated to its armed forces that had caused controversy over initial plans to decorate its interior with mosaics depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and Soviet-era leader Joseph Stalin. Russian Orthodox Church officials said last month neither would be depicted in the cathedral. The richly...

‘Boucher is one of those men who represent the taste of a century, who express, personify & embody it’. – Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt. The 18th century French artist, François Boucher, passed away on this day, May 30th 1770. François Boucher was the son of Nicolas Boucher,...

The health ministry announced on Sunday that there were no new cases of coronavirus identified in the past 24 hours. This was the second day running that no new cases were detected out of 1,194 tests, keeping the total confirmed cases at 980. Some 42 people were tested through contact...

It appears that all roads really do lead back to the coronavirus pandemic these days with even yoga taking a battering. The Greek Orthodox Church has claimed yoga to be “absolutely incompatible” with Christianity after it was widely recommended by the media as a way of de-stressing during lockdown and...

Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides will take part in a teleconference with his EU counterparts on Monday afternoon as part of the Foreign Affairs Council agenda. The main topic of the conference, which will also be attended by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, will be the course of the...

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Sunday called on scientists in the north to speak up about the coronavirus situation in Turkey, which he said was even worrying health experts there. Turkey has confirmed 176,677 cases and has seen 4,792 deaths from Covid-19. The number of new coronavirus cases there...

The Green Party said on Sunday that resident of Nicosia were being plagued every night since Friday by a strange smell that has the stench of burnt manure Authorities, it said need to find the source. “Officials do not seem to smell it. In other words, they don’t seem to...

A series of draft laws in view of the parliamentary elections in 2021 including a proposal tabled by socialist Edek to increase the number of MPs from 56 to 90, of which 70 per cent would be Greek Cypriot, will be discussed on Monday at the House interior committee. Edek...

The coronavirus and the efforts to combat its devastating impact have brought into sharper focus the inequalities, fragilities and structural weaknesses of the economy By Les Manison The devastating economic effects stemming from the spread of the coronavirus have exposed the underlying inequalities and fragilities as well as the structural...

Two men aged 39 and 42 were remanded by the Paphos court on Sunday for three days in connection with drug offences and illegal possession of property. The pair were arrested Saturday after leading police into a chase that took them to several areas of the town which resulted in...

Russia and Turkey have postponed ministerial-level talks which were expected to focus on Libya and Syria, where the two countries support opposing sides in long-standing conflicts. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov decided to put off the talks during a phone call on Sunday, the...

our Fairy Godmother has a story to tell about a little girl who wants to be a Witch!!! Who wants to be a witch?

By  Christos P Panayiotides I am sure that a few of you will wonder why I open such a sensitive issue when it constitutes an irrevocably closed chapter in Cyprus’ history. The answer is simple and straightforward. To the extent that enosis or union with Greece – in terms of...

A 28-year old man has been arrested on suspicion of urinating on the memorial of a murdered policeman during protests in central London on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police said. The man is in custody in Essex, east of London, after presenting himself at a police station, the police said. Counter-protesters...

President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday Russia was developing the means to counter other countries’ hypersonic weapons, local news agencies reported. “It’s very likely that we will have means to combat hypersonic weapons by the time the world’s leading countries have such weapons,” the RIA news agency cited Putin as...

Government takes Elizabeth Spehar to task over lack of objectivity By Kyriacos Iacovides ELIZABETH Spehar, the UN special representative, mishandled the issue of the crossing points and the attack against her by the Cyprus government was an understandable response, a high-ranking foreign diplomatic source has told the Sunday Mail. “This...

Police said on Sunday they had carried out 711 inspections on business islandwide over the previous 24 hours and had made 12 bookings for violations of health protocols. Of the 12 bookings, six concerned bars, four restaurants, one tavern and one cafeteria. In most cases the premises were not implementing...

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Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Sunday called on more people to donate blood. He tweeted the message to mark World Blood Donor Day. Ioannou also thanked those who already donate, and “who in the unprecedented conditions of the pandemic, declared themselves present to give the precious gift of life to...

Spain will open its borders to countries in the European Union’s Schengen area on June 21, except for Portugal where the border will open on July 1 as previously announced, Spanish media including El Pais newspaper and Ser radio station reported. The Spanish government had previously said it would allow...