Новости за 14.07.2020

Inactivity on Varosha will eventually leave the Famagusta closed-off area to Turkish Cypriot religious endowment foundation Evkaf, advocate Achilleas Demetriades said on Tuesday questioning the government position against applications to the immovable properties commission (IPC). Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC, Demetriades called on the government to make public the legal...

Alphabet Inc’s Google records what people are doing on hundreds of thousands of mobile apps even when they follow the company’s recommended settings for stopping such monitoring, a lawsuit seeking class action status alleged on Tuesday. The data privacy lawsuit is the second filed in as many months against Google...

The man suspected of shooting Ernest Leonides two years ago is set to be charged with manslaughter, the Limassol Court said on Tuesday. He is one of three suspects being tried for shooting and killing Leonides, 47, at a Yermasoyia restaurant in 2018. Both of the other suspects have pled...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Tuesday the ministry has registered all the new conscripts interested in attending a British university next year, ahead of an enormous fee hike. The British government recently announced that from September 2021 all EU students will lose their ‘home’ fee status which means they...

More than 70 years have passed since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. More than a million people were murdered. With “Inside Auschwitz” the WDR presents the first ever global 360° project realised in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Philomena Franz and Walentyna Nikodem are three survivors of the...

Seven Azeri soldiers and a civilian and four Armenian servicemen were killed on Tuesday in the third day of border clashes between countries that fought a war in the 1990s over the mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh region. The international community worries about clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan in part because of the...

Cyprus-based British university UCLan Cyprus has sought to allay the fears of parents and students over the imminent rise of UK university fees and the exclusion of European Union citizens from the domestic student loan programme. UCLan Cyprus has stated fees will not rise. For any students enrolling for the...

Labour minister Zeta Emilianidou on Tuesday voiced concern over a spike in joblessness come October once the current Covid-19 relief comes to end. State subsidies to cover part of employees’ wages in distressed businesses are due to expire in October and there are concerns that employers will begin a wave...

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European Union (EU) countries remain divided over the scale of emissions cuts they are prepared to deliver over the next decade, with some still hesitating to commit to bigger curbs. The bloc has pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions 40% against 1990 levels by 2030, but that target needs upgrading...

In the north, after 553 tests were processed, one new positive coronavirus case was announced on Tuesday by ‘health minister’ Ali Pilli. According to the ‘minister’, the case is a permanent resident of the north, who arrived by sea. The total number of cases in the north is now 117.

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Tuesday the government had decided to suspend planning for a department of the University of Cyprus in Larnaca, due to the coronavirus pandemic. He said due to the support the government provided to workers and other people during the pandemic, the state informed the...

Health authorities said on Tuesday they were ramping up screening at airports in a bid to catch infected people early as flights to the island increase. “In light of the expansion of the flight programme to Cyprus’ airports, the increase in the number of random checks aims to ensure that...

Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has bemoaned the fixture scheduling since the Premier League restart, admitting his players have amassed “crazy minutes” on the pitch in recent weeks. The Gunners host new Premier League champions Liverpool on Wednesday night, three days after falling to defeat to Tottenham in the north...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said his team deserved an apology, after their two-year UEFA ban from European football was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) – a verdict he called “a good day for football”. Guardiola said the club’s reputation had been damaged by the furore...

Singapore’s trade-reliant economy plunged into recession in the second quarter with a record contraction, signalling a rough first half globally and an equally challenging outlook as the coronavirus crisis exacts a heavy toll on business and demand. Gross domestic product (GDP) dived by a record 41.2% in the three months...

One new coronavirus case was announced by the health ministry on Tuesday, bringing the total to 1,023. The case was an Albanian permanent resident of Cyprus, who arrived from Athens on Monday. The individual was tested at the airport, during his arrival. Albania is a category C country. More later…

Bank of Cyprus has partnered up with Hotels.com, a member of the Expedia Group, one of the world’s leading travel companies, and is offering its customers who own Visa and Mastercard debit/credit cards a 10% discount by using a special coupon (BANKOFCYPRUS). The discount is valid from 01/03/2020 to 31/12/2021...

A meeting between the House President Demetris Syllouris, the Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou, the newly appointed Energy, Trade and Industry Minister Natasa Pilides and several deans of Cypriot universities was held at the House on Tuesday morning, with the aim of establishing a plan for the promotion of Cypriot universities...

The TLC Private School 2020 graduation ceremony took place on July 2 in the lush green gardens of TLC’s Parkland Estate in Peyia. A small gathering, which included TLC graduates, their parents, friends, teachers and the school’s vice principal, Valentina Christodoulou, principal, David Lewis and directors, Ian and Laura Wells,...

EU foreign ministers have called for the preparation of an options paper for sanctions against Turkey in specific economic sectors, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. According to the minister, the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on Monday asked the European External Action Service (EEAS) to prepare the paper,...

By Katie Wright At this time of year, we’re stocking up on swimsuits, flip-flops and basket bags ready to the throw in our suitcases and jet off on overseas adventures or to just stay at home. With the months of slobbing around in PJs and trackie bottoms safely behind us,...

France held a scaled-down annual Bastille Day celebration on Tuesday, with none of the usual tanks and troops parading down Paris’s Champs Elysees avenue, in a concession to the COVID-19 epidemic still stalking Europe. Instead, President Emmanuel Macron, standing in the back of a military jeep, reviewed ranks of socially-distanced troops...

Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Tuesday played down the disappointing results in the Pancyprian exams, which were released on Sunday evening, with the average mark in core subjects remaining below 50 per cent. Commenting on the results, Prodromou said that in a year like this, affected by the coronavirus pandemic,...

Greece and Cyprus sought dialogue, peace, and stability and did not engage in provocative actions unlike Turkey, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday after a meeting in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis. The two leaders said they were fully aligned in their positions on the issues they faced....