Новости за 23.06.2020

Shop owners and residents of Nicos and Despina Pattichi street in Limassol who are against the construction of a central traffic island will stage a protest at the transport ministry on Friday, armed with a list of different proposals. According to the transport ministry, the construction aims to reduce the...

Employees from Larnaca’s Zenon bus company will strike from Thursday over the failure of their employers to pay government contributions for five months, unions said on Tuesday. Peo, Sek and Deok transport branches said the company has failed to pay into the employees’ provident funds, provident loan funds, medical insurance...

Syrian air defences responded to Israeli strikes on the airspace of the southeastern part of the country near the city of Sweida and in the eastern province of Deir al Zor bordering Iraq, state television said on Tuesday. It did not give any details about the latest Israeli strikes, one...

The state doctors union Pasyki slammed the state health services organisation (Okypy) on Tuesday over their decision to impose penalties on doctors if certain financial goals are not reached. In a statement Pasyki said Okypy is damaging the very foundations of state hospitals “for the unprecedented proposal to punish doctors...

European Union countries eager to revive their economies are prepared to block Americans from entering because the United States has failed to control the coronavirus pandemic, the New York Times reported from Brussels on Tuesday, citing draft lists of acceptable travelers. The United States, which has the most coronavirus cases...

Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel’s first-half penalty save denied Brighton & Hove Albion a second win on the trot as the two teams played out a 0-0 draw in the Premier League on Tuesday. Visitors Brighton, who beat Arsenal on Saturday, had the opportunity to take the lead after James...

Lawmakers on Tuesday said they are ready to pass a bill ratifying the intergovernmental agreement on the EastMed gas pipeline, which will provide the political and legal basis for its future construction. The deal for the EastMed was signed in Athens on January 2 this year by Cyprus, Greece and...

The ten-person limit at social gatherings will be lifted as of Wednesday, the health ministry reiterated on Tuesday, increasing the numbers to 75 people at indoor gatherings and 150 at outdoor gatherings. Last week, the ministry decided to lift the ten-person limit at weddings, christenings, concerts, festivals, private get-togethers and...

The interior ministry on Tuesday said it has set up a special committee to look into applications for special entry permits for people coming from countries not included in categories A and B. Eligible to seek special permits are first-degree relatives of people legally residing in the Republic and /...

The Larnaca Criminal Court on Tuesday found a 23-year-old man guilty of raping a woman, also 23, almost two years ago in Oroklini. The rape took place on October 1, 2018 during a party. The woman, a foreign national who was in Cyprus as part of the Erasmus student exchange...

Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides on Tuesday said outgoing chief of police Kypros Michaelides has been one of his closest associates, adding he served the police force for more than four decades with dedication, responsibility, professionalism, dignity and honesty. “In Michaelides, I met a renowned and experienced officer, who, taking over...

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Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Tuesday accused the ‘government’ in the north of creating total chaos over the crossings by refusing to coordinate with the Greek Cypriot side as per his agreement with President Nicos Anastasiades. In a written statement, Akinci said ‘government’ moves aimed at excluding him from...

Turkey hit back on Tuesday at French criticism of its intervention in Libya, saying President Emmanuel Macron must have suffered an “eclipse of the mind” to oppose Ankara’s support for the internationally recognised Tripoli government. With Turkish military backing, Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) has reversed a 14-month assault...

Police said Tuesday they were seeking a 30-year-old Iraqi man in connection with possession of banned substances and production of methamphetamine. Mohammed Shafeeq Mohammed Mohammed is wanted by police in relation with the possession of drugs and raw materials that could be used to manufacture crystal meth. Police last week...

Two new coronavirus cases were announced by the health ministry on Tuesday, bringing the total to 990. The ministry said the two cases were from a group of 1,067 tests processed over the past 24 hours and were both individuals tested before going into hospital. One woman was found to...

Take a virtual tour of the exhibition here: https://bit.ly/2MZmBvv Anyone who was lucky enough to have known Niki Marangou understands how special she was. Those who never had the chance to meet her had a unique opportunity to learn about her and her work through a small exhibition organised by...

A group of unaccompanied minors at the Pournara reception camp for refugees have been moved to a safer area following complaints over sexual harassment, while the government and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Cyprus (UNHCR) criticised each other over the way the issue was handled. Interior Minister...

The Sovereign Base Area police on Tuesday reported the arrest of six men for drink driving offences in the Western SBA after conducting joint operations with Cyprus police officers at the weekend. The entire operation, named Operation Velvet, saw officers from both forces working together in Trachoni, Ypsonas, Lady’s Mile...

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By Prudence Wade Need to mix up your at-home workouts? Alicia Keys is just one celebrity who spends time doing Kundalini yoga. In a new cover story for InStyle, the singer spoke about her emotional awakening during a trip to Egypt, while “more spiritual epiphanies came later at a meditation...

Easyjet confirmed on Tuesday that flights from London to Cyprus, mainly in July, were mostly sold out, as the Cyprus Mail reported on Monday. But the airline added that flight capacity would vary – meaning that a full flight might not have all seats sold out – varying demand is...

Novak Djokovic has tested positive for coronavirus in the wake of the Adria Tour events he helped organise in Serbia and Croatia this month. The world number one is the fourth player who played in tournaments to test positive, following Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki. In a statement...

A trial in pigs of AstraZeneca’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine has found that two doses of the shot produced a greater antibody response than a single dose. Research released by Britain’s Pirbright Institute on Tuesday found that giving an initial prime dose followed by a booster dose of the vaccine elicited a stronger immune response...

Higher education used a combination of online and conventional testing methods By Gina Agapiou Cyprus tertiary education students completed their academic year as expected with institutions adjusting to distance education and assessment, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Friday. Suggesting that the response of all levels of education during the...