Новости за 06.08.2020

A plane returning with around 50 Cypriots who are permanent residents in Lebanon touched down at Larnaca airport late on Thursday evening. The plane landed at Larnaca just before 10pm. On board were 51 passengers. On disembarking they were taken to a special area in the terminal to be tested...

By Tangi Salaün and Caroline Pailliez A man armed with a gun was holding three people hostage in a bank in northern France on Thursday, officials said, and two police union sources said the gunman was believed to have Islamist ties. An elite tactical unit of the French police was...

Saudi Arabia fully supports Cyprus’ sovereign rights and believes that regional disputes can only be resolved through dialogue, the kingdom’s foreign minister said Thursday. Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud held talks in Nicosia with his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Christodoulides. Speaking to the media later, he said his country calls on...

By Mahmoud Mourad Egypt and Greece signed an agreement on Thursday designating an exclusive economic zone in the eastern Mediterranean between the two countries, an area containing promising oil and gas reserves, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said. Shoukry made the announcement at a joint press conference with his Greek...

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English Premier League clubs voted against continuing to allow the use of five substitutes in each game next season at their annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday. Clubs were allowed to increase the number of substitutes from three per match in the 2019-20 campaign when the league restarted in June,...

By August 5 banks had received 1,132 duly completed applications for the Estia mortgage relief scheme, of which 220 were rejected by the ministry of labour. The deadline for applying for the scheme was July 31. Individuals file their applications to banks participating in the scheme; the banks carry out...

Thirteen new cases of Covid-19 were announced on Thursday, taking the total tally in Cyprus to 1,208. The latest positives detected came from 3,486 tests. In a breakdown of the latest cases, the health ministry said three came from 125 samples collected as part of contact tracing. Four more were...

Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Kudret Ozersay on Thursday called on the Greek Cypriot side to call off naval exercises slated to take place this week off Kokkina, which he said, were in violation of the north’s ‘territorial waters’. In a written statement, Ozersay warned that the Turkish Cypriot side would...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was possible the United States would have a coronavirus vaccine before the Nov. 3 election, a more optimistic forecast than timing put forth by his own White House health experts. Asked on the Geraldo Rivera radio program when a vaccine might be...

Cypriot authorities said on Thursday they have located and spoken with the Russian businessman who owned the ship that had transported the 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate in 2013, which caused the devastating blast in Beirut. Daily Politis reported that Igor Grechushkin is a resident of Limassol. He does not...

Ryanair will increase flights to over 60% of its normal schedule throughout August following what it said on Thursday was a successful resumption of services at 40% of capacity last month following COVID-19 lockdowns. Europe’s biggest budget airline flew 4.4 million passengers in July, a broadly expected 70% year-on-year fall....

The met office issued an orange weather warning on for Friday, as temperatures inland are set to hit 43 degrees C. According to the met office, the warning will be in effect from 12pm until 5pm. Temperatures will be 43 degrees C inland, 34 degrees in the mountains, 33 on...

French President Emmanuel Macron called for urgent support for Lebanon where he arrived on Thursday, two days after a devastating blast ripped through Beirut, killing 145 people and generating a seismic shock that was felt across the region. Dozens are still missing after Tuesday’s blast at the port that injured...

The Nicosia criminal court on Thursday sentenced a 27-year-old man from India to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to a break-in and attempted murder of a 79-year-old woman last March. He was sentenced to four years in prison for the break-in and 10 years for the attempted murder....

A group of Senate Republicans on Wednesday and President Donald Trump backed extending a $25 billion payroll assistance program for U.S. airlines, after warnings that carriers may be forced to cut tens of thousands of jobs without government action. Airline stocks moved sharply higher following the news, which was first reported...

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By Kristian Gray This summer is one like no other due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Tourism is at an all-time low, and although it is sad to see the industry struggling many local residents are able to get away for a few nights on the island. Now, as great as...

Britain’s central bank said it saw no immediate case to cut interest rates below zero on Thursday as it warned the economy would take longer to recover from its COVID slump than it previously forecast. Unemployment is likely to almost double by the end of this year, the Bank of...

A 42-year-old man was jailed for 3.5 years on Thursday by the Nicosia criminal court after pleading guilty to child grooming and child sexual abuse. The defendant was arrested after approaching two teenagers, aged 14 and 15, through Instagram, and obtaining photos and videos of them naked. He had also...

Some 70 Cypriots will be flown in from Lebanon on Thursday evening after losing their homes and businesses in a deadly blast that killed hundreds and destroyed a large part of Beirut on Tuesday. The flight is scheduled to leave Cyprus at 7pm with medical supplies for Lebanon and return...

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Government bond yields across the euro area fell on Thursday after markets digested new bond sales from France and Spain, with Italy’s 10-year bond yield moving back to the psychologically important 1% level. Between them, France and Spain sold roughly 14 billion euros of bonds. That supply had contributed to...

Police on Thursday issued a missing person bulletin for 14-year-old Lucian Cirpa who has been missing from his place of residence in Nicosia since Wednesday. Cirpa was last seen at 2pm on Wednesday, police said. He is about 1.65 metres tall, slim, with light brown hair. When last seen, Cirpa...

Volunteerism Commissioner Yiannakis Yiannaki said on Thursday they would be collecting dry and canned foods for people affected by the blast in Beirut. He said the effort has been undertaken in conjunction with the foreign ministry and after contacting the Lebanese government, and collection will start on Friday August 7....