Новости за 19.06.2020

Turkey will work together with Italy to achieve stable peace and a political process that will yield results in Libya, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday, and added the NATO allies could also cooperate in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkey supports the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli. With...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday threatened unspecified action against any protesters at his weekend re-election rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in a warning that his campaign said was not directed at peaceful demonstrators. “Any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes who are going to Oklahoma please understand, you will not...

Over 100 people attended a demonstration in Nicosia on Friday marking World Refugee Day. Carrying banners saying, ‘solidarity to refugees’ and ‘We can’t breathe’, scores of people gathered at Eleftheria Square at 6pm to take part in the demonstration “saying no to racism and xenophobia.” With music playing in the...

Live music is back! Venues in Paphos are busy putting together entertainment for June, filling up with performances by jazz trios, funky cover bands and acoustic sets. Though social life as we knew it hasn’t returned to what it was seeing live music events pick up again is a hopeful...

The fisheries department announced on Friday that a young female green sea turtle who was named Elpida and was found last week with fishing line stuck in her throat, was released back into the water after being treated. Another green sea turtle, a male named Dias, which was found on...

The health ministry on Friday increased the number of people allowed at social gatherings as of June 24, which was previously limited to 10 individuals under the coronavirus protocols. The mass gatherings protocol originally said 10 people were allowed at weddings, christenings, concerts, festivals, private get-togethers and any other kind...

Taxi drivers in Nicosia are set to go on strike on Tuesday, calling on the government to prove their support with actions. In an announcement on Friday, the Nicosia taxi drivers association said their income had been greatly slashed and was still low after lockdown measures were relaxed and airports...

A fire outside Limassol was brought under control on Friday afternoon after burning some 8,000 square metres of wild vegetation. The fire broke out in the Anogiras and Pahna communities at around 4:30pm and four fire trucks and two helicopters were at the scene to battle the flames. Shortly after...

For the fourth time this week no new cases of coronavirus were announced by the health ministry. The total confirmed number of cases remains 985. The ministry said a total of 763 tests were processed over the past 24 hours. In total 140 tests were processed from repatriated individuals and...

Chinese prosecutors said on Friday they have charged two detained Canadians for suspected espionage, indictments that could result in life imprisonment, in a case that has driven a diplomatic wedge between Ottawa and Beijing. Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor were arrested in late 2018 on state security...

Authorities announced that seven women, aged 32 to 47, were arrested on Friday for alleged pimping, profiteering from the sex trade, running a brothel and money laundering The arrests were made in connection with a brothel bust in Nicosia on Monday. At the initial raid on Monday, a 62-year-old was...

The second smallest nation in Africa, the São Tomé and Príncipe archipelago is a tropical paradise in the Gulf of Guinea roughly 200 kilometres off the coast of Gabon. São Tomé and Príncipe are the two main islands. 150 kilometres apart, São Tomé is six times larger and the main...

The new company that will be operating the island’s public transport system from July 5 announced on Friday that 220 buses comprising part of their fleet, have already arrived in Cyprus. Cyprus Public Transport (CPT) -the newly formed Cypriot public transportation company that is set to undertake and execute all...

Rialto’s Summer Cinema started its screenings with a full house venue at the new drive-in experience. “The great response from the public,” said the theatre, “also showed how much we have missed live cultural events that beautify our lives.” Tickets for Friday’s screening, Marios Piperidis’ Smuggling Hendrix are already sold...

A Limassol court on Friday extended the remand of five suspects held in relation with the possession of drugs and raw materials that could be used to manufacture crystal meth. The suspects, three men aged 31, 26 and 27, and two women, 35 and 23, were arrested on Tuesday and...

By Freda Yiannitsas You don’t need to have a deep knowledge of Shakespeare to appreciate that Sons of Anarchy seems to have been inspired by Hamlet. It revolves around a family of outlaw Harley bikers in a club known as SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original), based in...

Paris St Germain and Brazil forward Neymar has been ordered to pay his former club Barcelona 6.7 million euros ($7.51 million) after losing a lawsuit over an unpaid bonus, the Spanish champions said in a statement on Friday. Neymar moved from Barca to PSG for a world record fee of...

Parliament on Friday voted into law two bills increasing fines for businesses violating coronavirus measures. Though it was proceeded by MPs making amendments to the bills during the House legal committee and criticising the government, they were eventually passed with a majority vote. Penalties start from €500 for small premises...

The European Central Bank’s chief warned on Friday that the European Union’s economy was in a “dramatic fall” due to the coronavirus crisis but EU leaders made little progress towards agreeing a massive stimulus plan. Christine Lagarde told a video-conference summit that the full effects of Europe’s worst recession since World War Two had yet...

Paris and the Hague just can’t agree. Attempts by the French and Dutch governments to rescue Air France-KLM have sparked a series of cross-border controversies. The French government has already committed €7 billion euros to rescue the Paris-based unit. The Dutch government is considering lending €4 billion more. But the...

Nurses in public hospitals island wide are set to strike on Wednesday over understaffing while doctors on Friday demanded further clarifications before they accept a proposal on incentives to keep specialists in public hospitals. In separate written announcements on Friday, the Pancyprian nurses association Pasyno and the midwives and nurses branch...

Scientists in Italy have found traces of the new coronavirus in wastewater collected from Milan and Turin in December 2019 – suggesting Covid-19 was already circulating in Northern Italy before China reported the first cases. The Italian National Institute of Health looked at 40 sewage samples collected from wastewater treatment...

Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Friday renewed the operating licences of the recycling collecting companies Green Dot Cyprus and WEEE Cyprus for the second time, until June 2026. Green Dot Cyprus was first licensed in 2006 while the collective waste management system for electrical and electronic equipment WEEE Cyprus was...

The supreme court on Friday rejected suggestions the council currently in charge of appointing and promoting judges discouraged people from applying for a position because they would not be treated fairly. “The best (lawyers) avoid submitting candidacies because it has been imprinted in the minds of all lawyers that they...

A judge’s “discourtesy” towards a British teenager found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus will form part of her appeal against her conviction. The 19-year-old woman told police she was attacked by up to 12 Israeli tourists in a hotel room in the holiday town of Ayia Napa...