Новости за 02.05.2024

The EU will continue to support efforts for a Cyprus solution, heads of the EU commission and parliament representations on the island said on Thursday. Commission representative Myrto Zambarta and Parliament representative Andreas Kettis discussed the benefits of Cyprus joining the EU 20 years ago in an interview with the...

A senior Palestinian doctor died in an Israeli prison after more than four months of detention, two Palestinian prisoner associations said on Thursday, blaming Israel for his death. The associations said in a joint statement that Adnan Al-Bursh, head of orthopedics at Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical facility, had...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled in favour of Italy’s long-standing demand that the Getty Villa Museum in the United States return an ancient Greek statue which Rome claims was smuggled out of the country decades ago. The bronze, life-size statue known as the “Victorious Youth”...

Authorities have seized some 800 kg of meat products from the market ahead of the coming Easter, though not for health reasons, the agriculture minister said on Thursday. Maria Panayiotou told reporters that, as part of routine checks for the Easter holiday, the veterinary services impounded 800 kg of meat...

Hundreds of helmeted police swarmed the site of a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California at Los Angeles early on Thursday, firing flash bangs, arresting defiant demonstrators and dismantling their encampment. The pre-dawn police crackdown at UCLA marked the latest flashpoint in mounting tensions on U.S. college campuses, where protests...

Israel’s foreign minister said on Thursday that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was breaking agreements by blocking ports for Israeli imports and exports. “This is how a dictator behaves, disregarding the interests of the Turkish people and businessmen, and ignoring international trade agreements,” Foreign Minister Israel Katz posted on X. Katz...

A ministerial summit on migration and Syria will take place on May 17 aimed at discussing the Cyprus’ goal of having parts of Syria designated as a safe country. Interior ministry spokeswoman Margarita Kyriacou told CNA on Thursday this was an initiative taken by Cyprus’ government after recent bilateral contacts...

UN Secretary-General Personal Envoy for Cyprus, Maria Holguin, will meet with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar next Wednesday, it emerged on Thursday. According to a Cyprus News Agency (CNA) source, Holguin will arrive on Tuesday night and meet with Christodoulides on Wednesday and then Tatar. During...

The interior ministry rejected an appeal by the Famagusta Constantia bishopric to build a monastery on environmentally protected land in Cape Greco, it emerged on Thursday. As a result, the bishopric now faces two choices: to appeal the decision in court or to proceed with the demolition of the monastery...

Varosha “should be transformed into a free trade zone” and a “common living area” for both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash’s son Serdar Denktash said on Thursday. Speaking on television channel Kanal Sim, he said the buffer zone should be expanded to include the...

On the occasion of the Remembrance Day of the Armenian Genocide, artist Khaldoon Daud presents his work in Larnaca in an exhibition titled Armenian Faces. The exhibition opening on April 22 at the Pierides Museum – Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation was attended by Vartkes Mahdessian, the Representative of the...

Mayor Anne Hidalgo is confident that her swimming in the River Seine in June will convince the Parisians that it is safe to bathe in the river. “To the grumpy ones, I say: ‘Yes, we are going to swim in the Seine.’ We’re going to do it, of course. We’re...

The agriculture ministry on Thursday launched a new price observatory for fruit and vegetable products named ‘e-Kofini’, aimed at ensuring transparency and fair prices in the local market. The platform can be found on the agriculture ministry’s website at www.moa.gov.cy/ekofini. It will regularly publish the average selling prices of basic...

Agriculture and Justice Ministers Maria Panayiotou and Marios Hartsiotis held a meeting with representatives of the police force on Thursday to collectively review the framework governing fireworks usage and discuss potential enhancements. Following last week’s large fires near Limassol and Paphos, respectively caused by explosives and fireworks, Panayiotou announced the...

A Greek Cypriot man has died after being involved in a road traffic accident in the north. The man, named as 79-year-old Photis Photiou, was driving his pickup truck on the road between Komi Kebir and Dhavlos when the driver’s side of his vehicle collided with a bus. He was...

The global economy is growing faster than expected only a few months ago thanks to resilient US activity while inflation is converging more quickly than expected with central banks’ targets, the OECD said on Thursday, upgrading its outlook. The global economy would maintain the 3.1 per cent growth rate seen...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is to travel to the Gambia on Thursday ahead of the 15th Islamic summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The summit is set to be held on Saturday and Sunday in the Gambia’s capital Banjul and will be attended by high-level representatives of...

There is “no room for compromise” in the pursuit of the truth over the Osiou Avakoum monastery scandal, the Tamasos Bishopric said on Thursday. “Our only goal is the revelation of the truth,” they added. The statements come off the back of rumours that the bishopric had made attempts to...

Rebuilding homes in the Gaza Strip could drag into the next century if the pace follows the trend of previous conflicts, according to a U.N. report released on Thursday. Nearly seven months of Israeli bombardment have caused billions of dollars in damage, leaving many of the crowded strip’s high-rise concrete buildings reduced to...

Cyprus’ retail sector experienced a significant upturn in March 2024, according to a report from the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) released on Thursday. The report disclosed a 5.5 per cent increase in the retail trade turnover value index compared to March of the preceding year, while the retail trade turnover...

By Emily Cullen The American poet Adrienne Rich once asked: “To say that a poet is responsive, responsible – what can that mean?” This question about poets bearing witness and being the “conscience” of their society is something I’ve pondered over the years. My own political awakening was something of...

Cyprus on Thursday welcomed a Moneyval report that said the country had improved measures in tackling money laundering and combating terrorism financing, though it identified existing shortcomings. Moneyval is the Council of Europe’s committee of experts on evaluating anti-money laundering measures and the financing of terrorism. Commenting on the results...

A total of 7,500 people have submitted applications for participation in the national solidarity fund scheme for depositors and bondholders affected by the bank haircut in 2013, it was revealed on Thursday, a day after the deadline. Speaking to Cybc radio, the finance ministry’s permanent secretary George Panteli said that...

A 55-year-old man in Paphos was fined thousands of euros for untaxed tobacco products, it emerged on Thursday. The man was fined €3,500 and after his car was stopped at around 4.30pm on Tuesday. During checks police found untaxed tobacco items in his car. Specifically, they found, 140 cigarette packages,...

English voters headed to polling stations on Thursday to pick mayors, councillors and a new lawmaker in the last electoral test for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before a national vote later this year. Expectations among the governing Conservatives are low, but Sunak hopes his party will retain at least...