Новости за 24.06.2020

As the number of new coronavirus cases surged in many areas of the United States, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut – once at the epicenter of the outbreak – will require visitors from states with high infection rates to quarantine on arrival. The announcement on Wednesday came a day...

Municipalities, NGOs and lawyers aiding illegal immigration came into the firing line of Christodoulos Tselepos, president of the refugee review authority, on Wednesday as he praised the interior ministry’s efforts to address the issue. “Some lawyers have even boasted of earning 600,000 euros … but they are taking advantage of...

Anthony Martial’s hat-trick inspired Manchester United to a 3-0 Premier League win over Sheffield United on Wednesday and maintained their hopes of a top-four finish. The French forward scored two similar goals in the opening half at Old Trafford, firing United into a seventh-minute lead when he reacted instinctively with...

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci criticised ‘state’ broadcaster Bayrak (BRT) on Wednesday for failing to attend the ceremony for the delivery of the CyBC archival material of Turkish Cypriot artists to news outlets in the north. He accused BRT of putting party politics over its mandate as ‘state’ broadcaster. The...

Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the defeat of Nazi Germany at the traditional massive Red Square military parade in Moscow, which was delayed by more than a month because of the invisible enemy of Covid-19. The parade is usually held May 9 on Victory Day, Russia’s most important secular holiday,...

Britain must send “clear signals” that it wants to seal a deal with the European Union on their relationship after Brexit, the bloc’s chief negotiator said ahead of more talks with London, adding a deal was still possible before the end of the year. Michel Barnier said Britain had so...

Cyprus Olympic and pre-Olympic athletes, former Olympians, emerging talent and current champions came together on Instagram this week to celebrate International Olympic Day. After the Cyprus Olympic Committee called for people to celebrate the annual International Olympic Day using the #TeamCyprus and #OlympicDay hashtags, along with the @CyprusOlympic handle, tens...

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Workers of the Zenon bus company in Larnaca will go on strike starting 5am on Thursday, demanding their employers pay government contributions for the past five months. Workers said the company has failed to pay into the employees’ provident funds, provident loan funds, medical insurance funds, welfare funds and holiday...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday appointed lawyer Emily Yiolitis as the new justice minister and gave the energy portfolio to current shipping deputy minister Natasa Pilides. The appointments mean there are now three women in the cabinet including Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou. Aglandjia Mayor Charalambos Petrides was appointed defence minister,...

A US appeals court on Wednesday directed a federal judge to drop a criminal case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI, handing a victory to the Justice Department in another twist to the politically charged case. In a 2-1 decision, a panel of...

Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou has called for vigilance, saying that the coronavirus has still not gone away as more restrictions were lifted on Wednesday. “Despite the good epidemiological outlook Cyprus presents, we are unfortunately not over with the virus,” the minister said in a Facebook post. “That is why we...

MPs agreed on Wednesday that a parliamentary ethics code should be simple, and easy to understand and use. The House ethics code on Wednesday continued discussion of a 155-page ethics code drafted by House president Demetris Syllouris. Committee chairman Zaharias Zahariou said members of the committee thought that it should...

A special prosecutor’s office dealing with Kosovo‘s 1998-99 uprising against Serbian rule said on Wednesday it had indicted Kosovo President Hashim Thaci for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity including nearly 100 murders. The Specialist Chamber was set up in The Hague in 2015 to handle cases of alleged crimes by Kosovo Liberation Army...

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One new coronavirus case was announced by the health ministry on Wednesday, bringing the total to 991. The confirmed infection was a result of 474 tests carried out on travellers and those being repatriated to Cyprus. The person arrived from Bulgaria, a category A country, and was tested at the...

A Paphos court on jailed a 49-year-old woman for six months on Wednesday for causing a fatal road accident in 2018. The court also suspended the woman’s licence for one year. The woman was the driver of a vehicle that hit an elderly woman while she was crossing a road...

The pilots of a Pakistan airliner that crashed last month, killing 97, were distracted and preoccupied as they talked about the coronavirus pandemic while preparing for an initial failed attempt to land, the country’s aviation minister said on Wednesday. The Airbus A320 of national carrier Pakistan International Airlines crashed on May 22 in the...

The post office on Wednesday announced it will resume all postal services to a number of countries by Friday, but delays must be expected. Post will be resumed to: Egypt, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, France, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Greece, Estonia, USA, Japan, India, Ireland, Spain, Israel, Italy, China, Croatia,...

The Cyprus Hotel Association is calling for the opening up of entry to a much broader range of tourists as soon as possible and they want British, Russians and Scandinavians by the end of July, if possible. “We’ve had indications from the government that this could happen as early as...

Turkish Cypriot residents of Pyla on Wednesday held a protest at the Pergamos crossing after British bases personnel refused to let a family cross from the north back to the village because the children did not get tested for coronavirus. According to Turkish Cypriot news portal Yeni Duzen, the family...

The government on Tuesday temporarily reduced VAT charges to five per cent from nine per cent for hotels, restaurants and taxi transport. The move is intended to support the tourism industry with a boost in revenues – the reduction is not likely to be passed on to the customer. VAT...

Parties spanning the political spectrum appeared on Wednesday to throw their weight behind the interior ministry’s proposed bills to update the nation’s migration policy. Both Akel and Diko MPs meeting at the House legal affairs committee supported the spirit of the new bills to limit illegal migration but focused on...

Migrant rights group Kisa on Wednesday said that closer cooperation between the police and members of migrant communities on the island could avert violent incidents such as the one last Sunday that led to the death of a 21-year-old Indian man. According to Kisa chairman, Doros Polycarpou, last Sunday’s fight...

The cabinet on Wednesday decided to extend existing town planning incentives and introduce new ones in a bid to boost growth, Interior Minister Nicos Nouris announced. Speaking after the cabinet meeting, Nouris said beyond the existing plans, the cabinet approved two new targeted actions. The plans include incentives to people...