Archive for 2016
US continues to fully support the Cyprus peace talks, State Department says
The United States continues to fully support the Cypriot-led process facilitated by the UN Secretary-General’s Good Offices Mission, a State Department Spokesperson has said.
Invited to comment on press reports according to which Assistant Secretary of State for European and …
Finance Minister says Ross selection as US Secretary of Commerce positive development for Cyprus
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades and Bank of Cyprus` CEO John Patrick Hourican said that the selection of the Bank`s Vice President Wilbur Ross in the position of US Secretary of Commerce by President -elected Donald Trump was a positive development.…
Statement regarding the Undercover Policing Inquiry used the cover based on the identity of a deceased child.
The Undercover Policing Inquiry has confirmed that a Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) undercover officer who worked in the National Public Order and Intelligence Unit used the cover name of ‘Rod Richardson’, which was based on the identity of a deceased …
Study finds UK sugar tax could save thousands from obesity, diabetes
A planned levy on sugary drinks due to be introduced in Britain in April 2018 could significantly reduce the number of people who become obese and develop diabetes and tooth decay, scientists said on Thursday.
In a study on the …
Haringey cuts carbon emissions by 37% in ten years
New figures published in Haringey’s Annual Carbon report have shown per capita carbon emissions in the borough have fallen by 37% since 2005. The figures mean Haringey now has a lower carbon footprint (770.4 kt CO2) than six neighbouring boroughs:…
Person seriously injured at Cheshunt station – Hertfordshire
Just after 3.20pm Thursday 15th December 2016 we were called to Cheshunt station in Hertfordshire after receiving reports that a person had been struck by a train.
Officers have attended alongside paramedics and a man is being treated for serious …
Appeal after man’s death following fail to stop collision, Enfield
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information after a man died following a fail to stop collision in Enfield.
Police were called by London Ambulance Service (LAS) at 07:23hrs on Thursday, 15 December to reports of a pedestrian struck …
Putin turned Russia election hacks in Trump’s favour – U.S. officials
Russian President Vladimir Putin supervised his intelligence agencies’ hacking of the U.S. presidential election and turned it from a general attempt to discredit American democracy to an effort to help Donald Trump, three U.S. officials said on Thursday.
U.S. …
Buses evacuate thousands of exhausted Aleppo residents in ceasefire deal
Thousands of people were evacuated on Thursday from the last rebel bastion in Aleppo, the first to leave under a ceasefire deal that would end years of fighting for the city and mark a major victory for Syrian President Bashar …
Approaches arguing for a change in the strategy on the Cyprus problem have never helped
The approaches arguing for a change in the strategy pursued have never helped the Cyprus problem, nor have the various versions of the policy of “protaxis”, that is the policy of putting preconditions that predetermine the result of negotiations, which …
