Новости за 11.02.2024

Super sub Scott McTominay scored a late winner as Manchester United continued to inch up the Premier League table with a 2-1 win at Aston Villa on Sunday. Erik ten Hag’s United are sixth on 41 points after their third consecutive victory, five points behind fifth-placed Villa who would have...

Arsenal exacted sweet revenge on West Ham United with a 6-0 away thrashing to stay right in the thick of the Premier League title race on Sunday, obliterating their hosts before halftime. Mikel Arteta’s side had lost twice against their London rivals this season but were 4-0 ahead by halftime...

By Antonia Frangou European democracy is currently facing a challenging period marked by a growing sense of disillusionment among citizens. The decline in voter turnout in EU general elections since 1979 reflects a broader trend of disengagement. According to a Eurobarometer survey, only 38 per cent of EU citizens feel...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview aired on Sunday that “enough” of the 132 remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza are alive to justify Israel’s ongoing war in the region. Asked how many of the hostages are still alive, Netanyahu said “enough to warrant the kind of...

It could take years for new criteria to take effect… if it does at all Alexandra is 30 years old and lives in Limassol. Her partner Philip (she calls him Philippos) is from Cameroon and came to Cyprus as an asylum seeker. “I’ve been together with this man for four...

The government is working on and will soon will announce plans to offer incentives to young families and couples to resettle in Maronite villages in the north, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. He stressed that both he and the government recognise the struggles of the Maronite community of Cyprus. Christodoulides...

Britain’s King Charles attended church on Sunday in his first public outing since announcing last week he had been diagnosed with cancer and would postpone some engagements to undergo treatment. The king, wearing a brown overcoat and carrying an umbrella, waved as he arrived with his wife, Camilla, at St Mary Magdalene church in...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides In most developed societies, we observe the establishment of institutions that aim at the wider social benefit, through the technocratic assessment of fiscal policies. Within the EU, one such institution is that of independent Fiscal Councils (FC), which are effectively responsible for monitoring their...

The UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin will be in Cyprus in mid-March, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters after a church ceremony, Christodoulides said Holguin’s appointment opens a window of opportunity which creates the conditions to allow talks to resume. The president sought to stress these...

It’s a misconception that service charges on bills go towards staff wages In the tourist haven of Cyprus, tipping at bars and restaurants isn’t as straightforward as it might seem, but rather a juxtaposition of discretion and tradition. Shaped by a law from 1968 that links service charges with the...

Think outside of the romantic meal for two box suggests ELENI PHILIPPOU as a range of events are on through the week   With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, love-themed happenings are taking over the What’s On agenda. Whether you love celebrating the day or skip it completely, this...

Police on Sunday were trying to track who may have written ‘Koumas, die’ on a Makarios statue in Paphos. George Koumas is the head of the Cyprus Football Association, where stadium violence has become a sore point and hooligans arrested. Paphos deputy operations chief Michalis Nikolaou said a patrol vehicle...

ICOs (initial coin offerings) often present a prime opportunity for investors who want to jump on the bandwagon of exciting projects from the get-go. But what makes savvy investors lean towards ICOs and buy crypto in the early bull market stages? Learn the answer in this article while finding out...

English is the language used amongst bicommunal groups, Greek and Turkish Cypriot politicians and negotiators – is it a good thing? By Ioanna Achilleos Zavitsanaki While many Cypriots have come to understand the risks of the continuing non-solution of the Cyprus problem, what has been blatantly missing since the last...

Any Israeli ground offensive in Rafah on the Gaza border will “blow up” the hostage exchange negotiations,” Hamas-run Aqsa Television channel quoted a senior Hamas leader as saying on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it had ordered the military to develop a plan to evacuate Rafah and...

Final details are being hashed out The government’s ‘Photovoltaics for All’ plan is set to be implemented at the end of February, with the final details now being hashed out. The plan is set to allow solar panels to be installed on the roofs of households which do not have...

By Stefanos Sofroniou The new Foreign Subsidies Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 (FSR) is anticipated to have a major effect on large EU-related dealmaking such as mergers and acquisitions (M&A), introducing lengthy and complex screening requirements and completion risks that come on top of burdensome merger controls and foreign direct investment assessments....

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be arriving to Cyprus late on Sunday afternoon for a state visit until February 13, following an invitation from President Nikos Christodoulides. This is the first visit by a German President to Cyprus since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Steinmeier is...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting February 5: Recently, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) reached settlement agreements with two Cypriot companies, namely the Cyprus Trading Corporation and Woolworth (Cyprus) Properties. As for short-term rental properties in Cyprus, they are gaining popularity, rapidly...

World leaders have this week shown their vulnerable side Poor King Charles. He was admitted to the London Clinic for a routine procedure to treat a benign prostate condition and came out with a cancer diagnosis. The news that cancer was spotted elsewhere during the procedure must have come as...

THE EXTRADITION of the Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kurshat turned into something of an anti-climax, the guy being released some 12 hours after arriving in Kyproulla. There can be little doubt that this was a bit like a fixed football match, the result of the extradition procedure known in advance....

Nothing illustrates the poisonous influence of the political parties on the administration of the country more clearly than the vaunted reform of local government, which took years to finalise and will come into effect on July 1, after elections are held. The new local government structures are the result of...

Simulations of the human body and advanced data promise more personalised medical treatment for a range of illnesses. By Jack McGovan In a laboratory in the Italian capital Rome, Marco Evangelos Biancolini and his team are poking patients to gauge the effectiveness of different surgical procedures. But it’s not actual...

Meta Platforms (META.O) has challenged a supervisory fee amounting to 0.05 per cent of its annual worldwide net income aimed at covering EU regulators’ costs of monitoring compliance with new European Union rules requiring it to do more to police content. The European Commission has said the Digital Services Act...

Walt Disney (DIS.N) CEO Bob Iger hit back at activist investors on Wednesday with a slew of announcements, including a splashy investment in “Fortnite” maker Epic Games and plans to launch an ESPN streaming service in 2025. Iger revealed the plans after Disney’s board of directors authorized a $3 billion...