Новости за 05.05.2024

Countries aren’t quite ready to cede all authority to the WHO just yet but in a few weeks most Western nations will sign We’ve already written twice about the WHO pandemic treaty, the first time back in June 2022. It’s been a long time coming – but it’s now almost...

Britain’s Labour Party won mayoral polls in London and central England on Saturday, in crushing defeats for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s unpopular Conservatives ahead of a national election due later this year. While Labour politician Sadiq Khan’s re-election as London mayor was widely expected, Labour also snatched a surprise, narrow...

The fire brigade were called out to a whopping 120 fires across Cyprus on Easter Saturday night. A large proportion of the 120 fires were linked to the Easter “lambradjia” bonfire tradition, while the fire brigade were also called out to attend a further 18 non-fire incidents. They said many...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar met with Gambian President Adama Barrow on Saturday night. Tatar told Barrow about latest developments regarding the Cyprus problem and asked for his support on the matter in light of the fact that the Gambia holds the presidency of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. He...

A 16-year-old boy was hospitalised on Easter Sunday after the car in which he was riding as a passenger crashed. The crash occurred in the Paphos village of Peyia at around 1.25am, with the 16-year-old riding in the back seat of a car driven by a 15-year-old. Two other minors...

Damage caused by extreme weather caused power cuts to hit across the island on Easter Sunday. A yellow weather warning had been issued on Saturday for storms, with Cyprus’ electricity network having borne the brunt of the weather. On Sunday morning in the Nicosia district, the village of Yerakies was...

Police made multiple arrests across the country of people carrying firecrackers and other pyrotechnic paraphernalia on Easter Saturday. One 18-year-old man was arrested near the Ayia Marina church in Limassol after a bag containing 1,807 industrial firecrackers was found in his car boot. He was accused in writing and will...

A house belonging to a 73-year-old man was set on fire on Saturday night as a group of up to 70 youths attacked police who had been called as a lambradjia fire spread to adjacent cypress trees. The incident took place in the village of Kiti, near Larnaca, with police...

A police car was completely destroyed on Easter Saturday night after having been set on fire when police responded to a call regarding youths congregating with Molotov cocktails in hand. The incident took place on the side of the road between Ypsonas and Erimi in the Limassol district, with police...

Manchester City’s Erling Haaland struck four times as they remained on course to win a fourth successive Premier League title with a 5-1 thrashing of Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. Hours after Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Bournemouth, Pep Guardiola’s men responded with a resounding victory that pulled them to within a...

Here are the top business stories in Cyprus from the week starting April 29: The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) recently announced its support for the adoption of the Net-Zero Industry Act proposal by the European Parliament. Notably, the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), proposed on March 16, 2023, aims to bolster...

European car giants Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis all posted lower sales and first-quarter revenue this week as they geared up to launch new models, faced higher costs and were hit by weaker demand for new cars as interest rates remain high. The news hit the automakers’ stocks. Mercedes (MBGn.DE) shares...

Samsung Electronics forecast demand for artificial intelligence would hold strong and tighten supply of some high-end chips, joining rivals in benefiting from a solid rebound in the battered global memory chip market. The upbeat outlook from the world’s largest memory chip maker sent its shares 1.8 per cent higher on...

Hyundai Motor Group plans to launch its first hybrid cars in India as early as 2026, three sources said, as the South Korean auto group shifts strategy to look beyond electric vehicles and boosts its presence in a key market. The group, housing Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) and Kia Corp (000270.KS),...

A factory in Nicosia’s Dali and Latsia has purchased €1 million in equipment before receiving the necessary permits, residents from the area alleged on Saturday, calling on the state to put a stop to the factory’s “suspicious activity.” In a statement, residents from the area called on the environmental department,...

Accepting Turkey’s conditions to resume talks for the Cyprus problem would be a mistake, Archbishop Georgios said in his Easter message on Saturday. He sent an “anguished appeal to the government of the motherland“, calling on Greece to listen to Cyprus’ voice “while it is still time.” “Turkey does not...