Новости за 14.02.2024

A week ago, 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of pasta was enough to feed the dozens of families who visit the Sal de la Tierra soup kitchen in Villa Fiorito, a poor Buenos Aires suburb beset by the economic crisis ravaging Argentina. But with monthly inflation topping 20%, the number of...

Russia’s Alliance of Tourist Agents warned Russians to avoid trips to the north, it emerged on Wednesday. Deputy head of the alliance Aleksan Mkrtchyan was speaking on Govorit Moscow radio station, when he said the journey for thousands of Russians who go to the north “often ends sadly.” He specified...

The United States on Wednesday said it had imposed sanctions on an Iranian subsidiary of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), two entities based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one based in Turkey and three individuals for smuggling U.S. technology. In a statement, the U.S. Treasury Department named the entities as Iran-based...

By Rony Junior El Daccache The new haemodialysis unit at the Paphos general hospital started operating on Wednesday. “No problems were detected from operation testing carried out on the first day,” director of nephrology Dr Lakis Yioukkas said. Equipment includes dialysis machines, a new water production system, dialysis station panels,...

By Rony Junior El Daccache The interior ministry has announced that it is in the process of examining and evaluating the entire lifeguard system to ensure it is managed more efficiently. This announcement came just a day before the lifeguard’s plan to go on strike at the interior ministry on...

The Israeli government said on Wednesday it has approved the use of Starlink satellite services in a field hospital in the war-battered Gaza Strip, and in Israel for the first time. “The Israeli security authorities approved the provision of Starlink services at the UAE’s field hospital operating in Rafah,” the Communications Ministry...

All members of the Contractors Council should face criminal charges for negligence in failing to properly carry out their duties, Paphos Mayor Phedon Phedonos charged on Wednesday. Speaking during a heated House ethics committee hearing, he pointed the finger to Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades telling him he was partly to...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos warned of “catastrophic consequences” should Israel make any moves in Rafah, while he stressed the importance of aid reaching Gaza, in a meeting with his Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki. Maliki was on an official visit to Cyprus for a bilateral meeting with Kombos at the foreign...

Cyprus will have to face the European Court of Justice if it fails to take measures to protect the Akamas peninsula, the Green Party warned on Wednesday. Their call for caution came at the heels of the European parliament’s committee on petitions, which discussed the protection of Akamas from ongoing...

A new theatrical performance is making its way to Larnaca as the Larnaka 2030 team welcomes Lena Kitsopolou to present her performance Cry. The performance travels to Cyprus for just two shows in Greek with subtitles in English. Cry is a co-production with the Saint Gervais Theatre in Geneva, where...

Labour’s lead over Britain’s Conservatives has fallen 7 percentage points to its lowest since June 2023, a Savanta poll showed on Wednesday, after the opposition party scrapped a green spending target and struggled with anti-Semitism allegations. Polls over the past year have consistently shown Labour on course for victory in...

British inflation unexpectedly held steady at 4.0% in January, defying forecasts of a rise, official data showed, offering relief for the Bank of England (BoE) and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak too ahead of a national election expected this year. Economists polled by Reuters had expected an increase in the annual...

Israel faced growing international pressure on Wednesday to hold off on a planned assault on the last refuge for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza after truce talks in Cairo ended inconclusively. Officials said Tuesday’s talks were constructive and would continue, but the lack of an immediate breakthrough fuelled fears among...

A man appeared in court in the north on Wednesday, accused of having broken his 76-year-old mother’s nose. The police officer speaking in court explained that the man, who lives in the northern Nicosia suburb of Ortakoy, had got into an argument with his mother over who would get to...

The Kansas City Chiefs’ overtime defeat of the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl, with Taylor Swift cheering in the stands, drew a record 123.7 million U.S. viewers, according to Nielsen estimates on Tuesday. It was not only the largest viewership recorded in the 58-year-history of the Super Bowl,...

A leading figure in north coalition party the YDP has claimed she was “threatened” by party leader Erhan Arikli after endorsing his opponent Talip Atalay for the upcoming party leadership election. Gulsen Ilkbahar, the party’s Nicosia youth branch chairwoman, said “since exercising my democratic right to endorse Talip Atalay …...

The European Commission has greenlighted the use of Casgevy gene-therapy to treat beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease, in a move heralded as a “milestone” for the fight against human genetic diseases. Cyprus is one region of the world where thalassemia is particularly prevalent, and the Cyprus-based International Federation of...

It is “unacceptable” for Turkish Cypriots to be excluded from the European Union’s Erasmus exchange programme, the European Parliament’s Culture Committee declared on Wednesday. The matter of Turkish Cypriots’ exclusion from the programme was brought to the committee by Cypriot MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek, who said “the exclusion of Turkish Cypriots...

A barrage of Israeli strikes on villages across southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed four people and wounded nearly a dozen, two Lebanese security sources said, as Israel intensified its bombardment in retaliation for rocket fire from Lebanon. A woman and her two children were killed in an Israeli strike on...

Products and services associated with Valentine’s Day saw an almost ten per cent increase this year in comparison to last year, the statistical services said on Wednesday. According to the statistics office, “inflation is driving up prices on almost every item considered a staple of the day”. The largest increase...

The University of Cyprus’ (UCy) financial management needs to be rationalised and modernised, the House education committee said on Wednesday, while examining the university’s budget. Although the budget submitted to the committee was balanced with revenues and expenditures of €188.4 million, it was reported that the budget is in deficit...

The European Union’s Habitats Directive was “violated” by the environment department in its greenlighting of construction projects in the Cape Greco area, the Audit Office said on Wednesday. It had carried out an investigation after the environment department revised the conditions of a special ecological report into the area, increasing...

After four years of discussion, parliament will soon be voting on making it mandatory to record police officers during interrogations and investigations. The matter was discussed during Wednesday’s House legal committee, where deputies have proposed an amendment to the criminal code. It would make it mandatory that any police statements,...

Greece-headquartered Star Bulk will halt sailings through the Red Sea after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked two of its ships in recent days, the group’s CEO said. The Houthis have targeted commercial vessels with drones and missiles in the Red Sea since mid-November in what they describe as acts of solidarity...

Tottenham Hotspur and South Korea captain Son Heung-min injured his finger in an altercation with team mates on the eve of the country’s exit from the Asian Cup. The players quarrelled during a team dinner ahead of their 2-0 semi-final defeat by Jordan last week, which extended their 64-year wait...