Новости за 08.05.2024

Israel carried out heavy airstrikes in south Lebanon and Hezbollah said it had launched explosive drones and rockets at Israeli targets on Wednesday as Israel’s defence minister warned of a “hot summer” in the border region. The Israeli attacks killed three Palestinian fighters from the Quds Brigades, the armed wing...

Former Spanish soccer federation chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial for his unsolicited kiss of national team player Jenni Hermoso after a High Court judge admitted the case, the court said on Wednesday. Rubiales faces one count of sexual assault and one of coercion for his alleged actions in the aftermath of...

Just over 14 per cent of children in Cyprus have fallen victim to cyber bullying at least once or twice in the last few months, research carried out by the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) revealed on Wednesday. The figures showed 9.5 per cent of children had bullied...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday he rejected a UN proposal suggesting a trilateral meeting with UN secretary-general envoy Maria Angela Holguin and President Nikos Christodoulides. According to Kibris Postasi, Tatar stated “Holguin proposed a trilateral meeting. However, we rejected it.” Republican Turkish Party (CTP) leader Tufan Erhurman...

Briton Andy Murray will make his comeback from injury at this month’s Geneva Open after the former world number one was handed a wildcard by the organisers of the French Open tune-up event on Wednesday. Murray, who turns 37 later this month, rolled his ankle in the final set of...

Polish member of the European Parliament Tomasz Poreba met with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar at Tatar’s official residence in northern Nicosia on Wednesday. After meeting with Tatar, he also met with the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ Zorlu Tore. Speaking after the meeting, Poreba thanked Tore for informing him about the...

The House legal committee on Wednesday moved to reject President Nikos Christodoulides’ referral of a law aimed at granting the police chief powers to appoint specialist staff. Independent MP Kostis Efstathiou said accepting the president’s position “would put democracy itself at risk”. The bill which was eventually passed into law...

AstraZeneca said it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine due to a “surplus of available updated vaccines” since the pandemic. The company also said it would proceed to withdraw the vaccine Vaxzevria’s marketing authorizations within Europe. “As multiple, variant COVID-19 vaccines have since been developed there is a surplus...

A new art exhibition opens in Nicosia this month at Ekate (Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts) featuring artworks by Anthoula Simadiakou. The Wanderer, whose Greek title is ‘Periplanomeni’, is set to open on May 17 with a reception at 7.30pm and continue until May 25. With a unique creative approach,...

The Olympic flame reached Marseille, just outside the Old Port, amid tight security on Wednesday, 79 days before the Paris 2024 Games Opening Ceremony. More than 150,000 people are expected to attend the ceremony after a six-hour parade of the three-masted Belem, which left Greece on April 27 with the flame after it was lit in Ancient Olympia 11 days earlier. The...

Police in Limassol made a second arrest on Wednesday in connection with the torching of a police car on Easter Saturday night. Limassol police spokesman Lefteris Kyriakou explained that the arrestee is a 19-year-old male, and that he will be brought before the Limassol court on Thursday to be remanded....

US ambassador Julie Fisher discussed the humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza with President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday. The two met at the presidential palace, where Fisher explained that the US is working for aid to reach Gaza through any means necessary. Fisher met on Wednesday with Christodoulides and praised the...

By Alexa Shkuratova at the Miami Grand Prix In the world of Formula 1, talent knows no borders, but opportunities sometimes do. Sean Kelly spoke to the Cyprus Mail about the challenges and potential pathways for aspiring talents from countries like Cyprus and Greece. He shares insights on the complex...

Leading international real estate firm, Chestertons Global, has announced its expansion into the Cyprus property market with the launch of Chestertons Cyprus Residential. The agency will initially operate out of two premises in the city of Paphos, located on the southwest coast of the Mediterranean island. Chestertons Cyprus Residential will...

A total of 30 kilograms of smuggled lamb meat was seized at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point by Turkish Cypriot police on Tuesday. They explained on Wednesday that they had pulled a car over at around 4.30pm and conducted a search, finding the lamb meat inside. The meat was seized...

The project to renovate the area of the old GSP stadium in Nicosia will be completed in the autumn, Nicosia mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis told the Cyprus News Agency on Wednesday. The project, which costs around €20 million, will add to the large pedestrian area on the southwestern side of the...

On May 8, 2024, Minister of Health Michael Damianos officially launched the island’s Cyprus Red Cross (CRC) Pancyprian Fundraiser, held again this year with the support of OPAP Cyprus. The ceremony took place at the Red Cross’ premises within the context of the World Red Cross/Red Crescent Day celebrations. Established...

Cyprus has fallen to 51st place in digital competitiveness among 64 countries in 2023, marking a six-place drop compared to 2022, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Economics Research Centre (CypERC) of the University of Cyprus. According to the report, the decline in ranking, for the third...

A lawmaker in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party defected to the opposition Labour Party on Wednesday, the second to do so in less than two weeks, criticising what she called the broken promises of a “tired and chaotic government”. Sunak’s Conservatives are trailing Labour by about 20 points in opinion polls ahead of a...

Hoteliers are furious with the police and the labour ministry over their raids on hunting down illegal workers in Cyprus, it was reported on Wednesday. Members of the Cyprus Hotels’ Association (Pasyxe) claim that during a recent investigation in Paphos, 30 officers entered the hotel causing panic among staff and...

The Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) reported on Wednesday a considerable decrease in the number of registered unemployed for April 2024, reflecting a strengthening of the domestic labour market. According to the report, the total number of registered unemployed persons dropped to 9,343 at the end of April, a significant decline...

If you have ever wanted to roam the village streets and be serenaded by local musicians at every corner, this upcoming May event is for you. The village of Vavla, in the mountains of the Larnaca district hosts the second edition of the Musical Promenade event on May 25. Following...

By Robert Morgan Around 1,400 Cypriot patients are estimated to have haemoglobin disorders, the International Thalassemia Federation (ITF) said on Wednesday. In a statement released to coincide with World Thalassemia Day, they said there are 697 sufferers of beta-thalassemia major and 104 of beta-thalassemia intermedia on the island. In Greece,...

Riana Raouna Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Matete Martini in Cyprus, titled “HUG EACH OTHER AGAIN”. The show will run over May 23-June 5, 2024, at 276 Ermou Street in Nicosia. The exhibition debuts a new group of paintings on canvas, photographs and drawings on...

The Cyprus Real Estate Agents Registration Council on Wednesday released a breakdown of property transactions and average values during the first quarter of 2024, according to property type, across all districts. The council said that the analysis of comparative sales data, which are provided by the Department of Lands and...