Новости за 16.04.2024

A fire hit Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange on Tuesday, one of the Danish capital’s best-known buildings, engulfing its spire which collapsed onto the roof in a scene reminiscent of the 2019 blaze at Paris’ Notre-Dame cathedral. There were no immediate reports of injuries, police said. Video from the scene showed...

More than 3,500 objections have been submitted regarding the registration of voters for this June’s local elections. The objections pertain to voters registering themselves at new addresses, or registering to vote for the first time at addresses deemed suspicious. Suspicious, too, is the sheer number of people registering themselves at...

UK former shadow minister Bambos Charalambous was reinstated as a Labour MP after a 10-month-long investigation into his conduct. Charalambous was suspended from his post in June as MP for Enfield Southgate after a complaint was filed over his conduct. No details were made public over the nature of the...

Police on Tuesday are investigating two cases of car theft in Limassol against a 21-year-old suspect. The suspect was arrested and taken into custody on Monday night. According to the police, the first case concerns the theft of a car stationed in a public parking lot on Monday. The second...

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone is wary of Borussia Dortmund’s strength at home as his side prepare for the return leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday having taken a 2-1 lead from last week’s first game. Atletico, looking for their first Champions League semi-final place in seven years,...

By Simon Demetriou ‘…if you don’t have… the right skin colour and you don’t have the right geographic background, you’re fucked.’ Reading this, most would assume that ‘right’ would equate to something like ‘white’ and ‘affluent, Western, middle-or-upper-class’. We know about systemic racism, after all. What it actually means here...

Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer scored four goals, including a hat-trick in the first 30 minutes, as his side hammered Everton 6-0 on Monday to maintain their push for a European spot and leave the visitors still hovering above the relegation zone. The 21-year-old Palmer underlined his England credentials with a...

A 32-year-old woman was arrested in Paphos on Monday evening after being found to be found to be in possession of a forged Latvian identity card. The woman was working at a hotel in the town, and police had been tipped off that the hotel was employing people who were...

The driver who allegedly ran over a bike officer in Limassol, in an attempt to evade a police check, was arrested on Tuesday. Police established the 60-year-old man was driving a car with a stolen registration plate and did not have the necessary certificates for the vehicle. The incident happened...

Twelve vehicles were extensively damaged by a fire in the early morning on Tuesday outside a car repair shop. According to the fire department the fire broke out at 5:37am in Kaimakli, Nicosia. The car body shop was closed at the time. A small structure which used as a kitchen...

The 1st Cyprus International Theatre Festival will see the famous actor on a local stage The first edition of the Cyprus International Theatre Festival is about to launch, ready to host a series of performances and parallel events from April to June. The festival, held mainly in Limassol, will showcase...

A second boat bearing Syrian migrants was escorted to the port of Larnaca, while on Tuesday a 16-year-old was arrested as the boat’s navigator. The second boat arrived early on Monday night, carrying 73 people, all Syrian nationals who set off from Lebanon. The vessel was detected by the Republic’s...

Paphos police arrested a 24-year-old man for an investigated case of illegal possession of narcotics and stolen property late late on Monday. According to the police, around 11.30pm traffic police stopped the 24-year-old in his car on Konstantinou Palaiologou Street in Geroskipou for a check. During the search the man...

Once again, Petrolina’s contribution to the OPAP Limassol Marathon was dynamic. The racing event’s programme took place over April 13-14th, 2024, with a record number – over 17,000 – of runners from Cyprus and abroad taking part. Petrolina, which has long become synonymous with the Marathon as one of its...

Police on Monday uncovered a large stash of firecrackers in the room of a minor, following a search of his residence in a village in Nicosia. According to the police, officers found and confiscated 113 firecrackers from the room. The firecrackers were discovered following a warrant-based search of the home...

Tuesday will be mostly sunny and hot with some brief cloudy spells. Temperatures will rise to 31C in the interior, 27C on the west coasts, 29C on the remaining coasts and 20C in the higher mountains. Winds will initially be variable and light, up to 3 Beaufort later turning mainly...

Australian police on Tuesday said a knife attack on an Assyrian church bishop and some followers in Sydney was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, as the country reeled from a second stabbing incident in three days. At least four people were wounded in the attack, including Bishop...

Goldman Sachs’ (GS.N) profit beat Wall Street estimates, fueled by a recovery in underwriting, deals and bond trading in the first quarter that lifted its earnings per share to the highest since late 2021. The bank’s shares rose more than 3 per cent on Monday after it reported a strong...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday travelled to London for a series of contacts with financial parties, entrepreneurs and investors. As part of his visit, the president will participate in a business forum during which the prospects of Cyprus as a business and investment centre will be presented, at the High...

Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) slashed its 2024 earnings outlook on Monday, blaming a series of strikes and a slower than planned ramp-up of capacity, in a profit warning that sent its share price sliding by more than 4 per cent to a five-month low. The German flag carrier now expects adjusted earnings...

Israeli inflation accelerated in March, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Monday, in data that could delay further interest rate reductions. The annual inflation rate rose by a higher-than-expected 2.7 per cent in March from 2.5 per cent in February. The rate was forecast to edge up to 2.6...

There were a total of 19 femicides in Cyprus between 2019 and 2023, Mediterranean institute of gender studies director Susana Pavlou said on Monday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), she decried the lack of research on and recognition of the issue, saying “femicide is an under-researched topic” across...

The launch of 300 drones and long-range missiles by Iran toward Israel was the first time Iran had launched a direct attack against its long-term enemy from its territory. This had never happened before as in the past it had relied on its proxies in Lebanon, Iraq or Syria to...