Новости за 22.06.2020

Iran will send the black boxes from a downed Ukrainian airliner to France for analysis, the countries said on Monday. Iran shot down the Ukraine International Airlines flight on Jan. 8 with a ground-to-air missile, killing 176 people, in what Tehran later acknowledged as a “disastrous mistake” by forces on...

By John Irish and Marine Pennetier France will not tolerate Turkey’s military intervention in Libya, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, accusing Ankara of playing “a dangerous game”. Turkey has intervened decisively in recent weeks in Libya, providing air support, weapons and allied fighters from Syria to help the government...

By Nancy Lapid The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Metformin tied to lower risk of COVID-19 death in women Women taking the widely used...

Many countries that have been successful in tackling the coronavirus are seeing an increase in cases due to religious or leisure gatherings or in closed quarters like nightclubs and dormitories since relaxing curbs, WHO officials said on Monday. South Korea said for the first time on Monday it was in the midst...

EU High Representative, Josep Borrell, is expected on the island later this week for meetings with President Nicos Anastasiades and other state officials. Borrell is expected to pay Cyprus a visit on June 25 and 26 for a series of meetings with the president, Foreign Minister, Nikos Christodoulides, and Defence...

Construction of Austria’s first public monument naming all the country’s Holocaust victims began on Monday, a further step by Adolf Hitler’s native land towards confronting an issue it has long struggled with. For decades after World War Two, Austria denied responsibility for crimes committed by the Nazis, arguing that it...

By Jonathan Allen New York Police Commissioner Dermot Shea testified on Monday that his officers had been attacked with bricks, knives, trash cans and bottles during recent protests against racial injustice, saying it was some of the “worst rioting” in the city for years. Shea’s testimony was part of a...

Energean announced on Monday the completion of works laying the main pipeline linking its Karish and Tanin gas fields to the Israeli shore. In a statement, the UK-based company said the 90 km pipeline will link to its dedicated 8 billion cubic metres/year Fpso (floating production storage and offloading) unit,...

A whopping €1.5bn in tax arrears are due to the state, despite schemes affording late payers the opportunity to settle in installments, lawmakers heard on Monday. The number came up during discussion of a bill amending the Assessment and Collection of Taxes Law, aimed at making it easier on the...

The deputy ministry for tourism published on Monday an updated version of the Covid-19 Destination Protocol that includes useful information for tourists and visitors. The protocol includes useful information for entering the Republic of Cyprus as well as the main points of the protocols for air transport, airports/ports, transport, accommodation...

Two new coronavirus cases were detected on Monday, the same day that the last coronavirus patient being treated at the reference hospital in Famagusta was discharged. The health ministry announced the total of confirmed cases now stands at 988. Both new cases were traced among tests carried out among passengers...

In this video Emma guides you through a simple guided relaxation, leaving you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated.

The annual Lemesos International Documentary Festival, which usually takes place at the height of summer, will this year be held during the first week of September due to the restrictive measures imposed on cultural events to contain the pandemic. This year’s 15th edition will be held on September 16-23 at...

State nurses on Monday said the 24-hour strike they announced for Wednesday will go ahead. They said their employer, state health services organisation Okypy, had not approached them since they announced the strike. Union Pasyno and the midwives and nurses branch of civil servants’ union Pasydy said they their members would...

Indian and Chinese military commanders met on Monday to try to ease tensions at their disputed Himalayan border as the public mood hardened in India for a military and economic riposte following the worst clash in more than five decades. Major Indian traders called for a boycott of Chinese goods...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Monday a claim that youths had been sexually harassed at a migrant reception centre would be investigated, as he defended the government’s actions, which included locking down the camp. “I want to make it categorically clear that I have given instructions to the (asylum)...

By Katie Wright If you make one purchase from the shoe department this summer, it has to be a pair of strappy sandals – but not just any kind. The focus is firmly on the ankles this season, at least according to the catwalks, where skinny straps, ropes and ribbons...

The parents of a monk have filed an appeal with the supreme court against a prior court decision that had acquitted Limassol Bishop Athanasios and others of proselytising their son some 18 years ago. The family of Giorgos Theodoulou, 44, had sued the Church of Cyprus for €2m claiming it...

Portugal’s tourism-dependent Algarve region saw its number of unemployed triple in May compared with a year ago as the coronavirus crisis kept foreign visitors away, wiping out thousands of seasonal jobs, data showed on Monday. In Portugal as a whole, the total of those without jobs rose by 34% from...

Now, you can make homemade Cypriot sheftalia with this quick and easy recipe! Free yourself from the classic sausage casing, with this traditional Cypriot recipe for moist and juicy lamb-and-pork sausages wrapped in caul fat sheet that gives them a super crusty exterior when rendering over the heat! Serve them...

Easy, fun football classes designed specially for children with a warm up, games, and goals. Follow Coach Nick, play our games, score goals and have fun! Let us know how you get on in the comments below. ???? View on any computer, TV, smartphone and tablet. ???? Safe viewing: no...

The last patient with coronavirus being treated at the reference hospital of the Famagusta general hospital, an 80-year-old man, was discharged on Monday morning, among a round of applause by the morning shift of the ward. “Number of patients: 0”, read the report for the next shift, said a delighted...

The Cyprus Mail has taken an informal poll of how tourist airline bookings for the island are shaping up. Here’s what we found: Easyjet from the UK: Bookings from London were sold out from July 8, the date EasyJet puts seats on sale again, to July 28. Lufthansa: About half...

By Becky Kammitsi Larnaca municipality health services announced on Monday that the number of non-biting midges has increased because of the increased algae in the waters of Alykes and the below 30-degree temperatures of the previous month. These insects look like mosquitoes but do not bite people or suck blood....

Health authorities in South Korea said for the first time on Monday it is in the midst of a “second wave” of novel coronavirus infections around Seoul, driven by small but persistent outbreaks stemming from a holiday in May. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) had previously...