Chinese cooldown and Greek funding in focus

China's cooling growth prospects and an interest rate decision in Russia will shift the economic agenda away from the euro zone next week, although Greece remains firmly in the spotlight because of its precarious funding outlook.

Wisconsin capital marked by third day of protests after police shooting

Activists protested for a third day in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sunday over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman, the latest in a string of killings that have intensified concerns of racial bias in U.S. law enforcement.

Afghan Men March Through Kabul Streets Wearing Burqas To Campaign For Women's Rights

The hardline Taliban forced women to wear burkas in public during their rule in the 1990s and concern is growing in Afghanistan and among its allies that gains for women made since the 2001 US-led ousting of the Taliban are at risk.

Refugee Woman of the Year 2015: No point living here without learning Finnish

The Finnish Refugee Council has named South Sudan-born Theresa Ngouth as 2015’s Refugee Woman of the Year. Ngouth is a vigorous campaigner for the role of women in the peace process – particularly in her country of birth. She called on immigrants and Finns to meet each other halfway if migrants are to integrate successfully.

Colombia landmines: Farc to help army clear minefields

Colombia's government and Farc rebels have agreed to work together to remove landmines in rural areas of the country where they have fought since the 1960s.

Miami Nice: Corcoran's Liebman on doing business at the beach

Everyone knows it is all about location, location, location in the world of real estate. And nothing says prime location like Miami's beachfront.

That's why Pamela Liebman, who is chief executive officer of real estate giant Corcoran Group, tends to prefer the city's surf over its turf when she is traveling for business.

Iraqi troops battle to advance in towns on edge of Tikrit

Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite militia fighters struggled to advance on Saturday into the two towns of al-Alam and al-Dour near Tikrit, their progress slowed by fierce defense from Islamic State militants.

Two suspects held over murder of Kremlin critic Nemtsov

Two suspects have been detained over the killing of Boris Nemtsov, Russian officials said, a week after he was shot dead near the Kremlin in the most high-profile killing of an opposition figure in years.

White House lockdown triggered by burning truck cleared

A security lockdown at the White House triggered by a loud bang just as President Barack Obama was due to leave was caused by a souvenir truck catching fire in a nearby street, the Secret Service said on Saturday.

On Selma anniversary, Obama says racial progress made but more needed

With a nod to ongoing U.S. racial tension and attempts to limit voting rights, President Barack Obama declared the work of the Civil Rights Movement advanced but unfinished on Saturday on a visit to the Alabama bridge that spawned a landmark voting law.

Two suspects held over murder of Kremlin critic Nemtsov

Two suspects have been detained over the killing of Boris Nemtsov, Russian officials said, a week after he was shot dead near the Kremlin in the most high-profile killing of an opposition figure in years.

MH370: Missing Malaysia Airlines flight 'will be found'

Malaysia's transport minister says he is confident the MH370 airliner which disappeared almost a year ago will be found in the southern Indian Ocean.

Greece must reform and forget Syriza's 'false promises:' ECB's Coene

 Greece must realize there is no other way than to reform, European Central Bank governing council member Luc Coene said in an interview published on Saturday, telling Greeks they had been sold "false promises" by radical leftists now in power.

Ohio man accused of plotting Capitol attack says would have shot Obama

An Ohio man claiming sympathy with Islamic State militants and charged with plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol said in a television interview that he would have shot President Barack Obama in the head.

Obama criticizes Ferguson as city seeks settlement over racial bias

President Barack Obama condemned the Missouri city of Ferguson on Friday for "oppressive and abusive" actions against African-Americans that were laid bare in a U.S. Justice Department report accusing police and court officials of racial bias.

Best friends Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid merge work and play as they make a glamorous joint display at Balmain's PFW post-show party

Just hours earlier they had taken to the runway for the Balmain autumn/winter 2015 show.

But Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid didn't appear any less model fresh as they showed their faces together at the French fashion house's post-show dinner on Thursday evening.

The beautiful American stars were the toast of Paris in the midst of the final fashion week of the season as they continued to enjoy the amalgamation of their working and personal lives.

Actor Harrison Ford injured in small-plane crash in Los Angeles

Film star Harrison Ford was injured on Thursday when the "Star Wars" actor crashed his vintage plane on a Los Angeles golf course shortly after taking off from a nearby airport, his publicist said.

After battle, frostbite in the ruins of Ukraine's Donetsk

Former crane-operator Alexander Zubko staggers along the dark hospital corridor leaning on a stick. He survived when a mortar bomb hit his house but lost his toes to frostbite after sleeping in the snow-covered rubble.

Sturdy U.S. jobs report seen, could keep June rate hike on table

U.S. employment likely rose strongly in February with the jobless rate slipping, signs that could encourage the Federal Reserve to consider hiking interest rates in June.

A Reuters survey of economists forecast a 240,000 increase in nonfarm payrolls after a 257,000 gain in January. That would mark the 12th straight month of job increases above 200,000, the longest such run since 1994.

The Twilight of Middle Eastern Christianity

They destroy museums, they burn libraries, and yes they hunt vulnerable minorities like the Christians and Yazidis to kill, starve, rape or subjugate. In Iraq and Syria , the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) while killing the present and denying the future, is waging war on history. In the span of few days we witnessed an orgy of destruction at the Mosul museum where exquisite artifacts and magnificent winged bulls from the era of the Assyrian empire were obliterated; all the while the hordes of ISIS were raiding Assyrian villages in Eastern Syria to plunder and capture human spoils of war. On one continuum spectrum of agony, splendid treasures were destroyed forever, and the descendants of those who created them were being hunted like pray. ISIS kidnapped hundreds of Assyrians including women and children.

South Korea US envoy Lippert 'well' after knife attack

A militant Korean nationalist has slashed the face of the US ambassador to South Korea at a breakfast meeting in Seoul, but the envoy was not seriously hurt.

Ukraine military says one soldier killed in past 24 hours in east

One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and another wounded in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine, military spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov said on Thursday, as Kiev accused rebels of repeated violations of a ceasefire deal.

Insight: From eastern flank, Iran-backed force advances on Tikrit

Wearing military fatigues and a white turban, the Shi'ite cleric gave an eve-of-battle address to Iran-backed fighters preparing to attack Islamic State militants in Tikrit, praising them for defending their faith and urging them to fight honorably.

U.S. Supreme Court split over Obamacare challenge

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sharply divided on ideological lines on Wednesday as it tackled a second major challenge to President Barack Obama's healthcare law, with Justice Anthony Kennedy emerging as a likely swing vote in a ruling.

Asia stocks slip, euro hits 11-year low before ECB

Asian stocks slipped on Thursday after Wall Street continued to pull back from record highs ahead of Friday's closely-watched U.S. jobs data, while the nervous euro languished at an 11-year low prior to the European Central Bank's policy meeting.

Newly crowned Model of the Year Rosie Huntington-Whiteley shows off her luxurious summer lingerie designs for M&S

She may have designed a staggering seven lingerie collections and nine sleepwear ranges for M&S, but Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's creative talent shows no sign of waning. 

The model and lingerie designer has unveiled her Rosie for Autograph Summer collection - and it's full of mix and match pieces featuring sophisticated hues of slate blue and silver with colour pops of peach and floral prints.

Rosie, 27, was inspired by all things oriental and she also incorporated the vintage glamour trend she does so well each season.

Bali Nine Australians Chan and Sukumaran moved to execution site

The ringleaders of the "Bali Nine" Australian drug gang are being transferred from Bali to another Indonesian island to be executed.

Israel's Netanyahu draws rebuke from Obama over Iran speech to Congress

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States on Tuesday that it was negotiating a bad deal with Iran that could spark a "nuclear nightmare," drawing a rebuke from President Barack Obama and exposing a deepening U.S.-Israeli rift.

House breaks impasse, passes security funding without provisions

A chaotic three-month-long fight in Congress over funding the U.S. domestic security agency ended on Tuesday, but not before it highlighted House Speaker John Boehner's inability to halt the Republican Party's further descent into disorder.

Dollar clings near 11-year high ahead of U.S. data, ECB

The dollar held firm near an 11-year high versus a basket of major currencies on Wednesday, as investors awaited U.S. economic data and a European Central Bank meeting later this week for fresh clues on policy direction.

Justice Department finds racial bias in Ferguson police practices

The U.S. Justice Department has concluded that the Ferguson, Missouri, police department routinely engages in racially biased practices, a law enforcement official familiar with the department's findings said on Tuesday.

Wine testing in Paphos!!!

Dear friends! We are very happy to invite you to our#winetesting of the quality and well known #Argyriouwines that will take place at #CentroCava on the 6th of March 2015 from 7:00 pm - 11:00pm. 

Conjoined baby boys expected to make full recovery after nine-hour operation to separate them in Saudi Arabia

A pair of conjoined baby boys are expected to make a full recovery after being successfully separated in a nine-hour operation in Saudi Arabia.

A team of surgeons, led by the country's former Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, completed the difficult procedure in Riyadh.

Both of the babies, named Abdullah and Abdulrahman, are reportedly doing very well.

That's One Big Happy... smile! Kelly Brook can't hide her delight as she keeps up her fitness regime in tight gym wear ahead of US sitcom debut

She is set to make her mark on the small screen in the US within the next few days.

So it’s hardly surprising Kelly Brook was full of smiles when she stepped out in Beverly Hills, California on Monday afternoon.

The 35-year-old star, who recently embarked on the Atkins diet, was pictured out and about continuing with her daily fitness regime.

Bill Gates is named world's richest person again

Bill Gates has been declared the richest man in the world for the 16th time by Forbes magazine's annual ranking of global billionaires.

Bomb near top Cairo court house kills two; other blasts hit capital

Two people were killed when a bomb exploded near a top court building in central Cairo, the health ministry said, the deadliest attack in three blasts to hit the Egyptian capital on Monday.

Reality hits North Dakota's pricey apartment market; rents drop

It is getting cheaper to rent an apartment in North Dakota's oil patch.

Prices, which only last year rivaled levels in New York City and Geneva, have slipped about 15 to 20 percent in the past two months as dozens of new apartment buildings opened in Williston, Watford City and other oil hub cities.

Blood near the Kremlin: Russia's media fight back

A corpse on a bloodstained bridge, with the Kremlin's red stars glowing behind: the perfect symbolic backdrop, Russian media say, for the West to step up a campaign to vilify President Vladimir Putin.

Police dig up garden four miles from missing Becky's family home: Hunt for 16-year-old intensifies as two people arrested over her disappearance remain in custody

Police searching for teenager Becky Watts have dug up a garden four miles from where she was last seen, it emerged last night.

Officers have spent two days combing the property and its garden for clues as the hunt for the 16-year-old intensified.

Forensic teams were spotted carrying digging equipment into the semi-detached house and removing items in evidence bags, including a bin-shaped object. 

Scher-sizzler! Newly-single Nicole Scherzinger poses in tight bandages for racy photoshoot as she mends her broken heart after Lewis Hamilton split

She was left heartbroken following her recent split from Formula One pro Lewis Hamilton.

But Nicole Scherzinger showed her ex-boyfriend exactly what he’s missing by going topless in a sizzling new photoshoot.

Wearing nothing but black denim shorts and a statement necklace, the 36-year-old singer confidently struck a variety of sultry poses as her brunette locks fell loosely in sexy tangles.

US police shoot homeless man dead in Los Angeles

A video has captured the moment US police shot and killed a homeless man after an altercation in downtown Los Angeles.

Hopes for peaceful Russian transition fade with Nemtsov: Kasparov

The murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov has dampened any hope for a peaceful political transition in Russia away from President Vladimir Putin's government, Garry Kasparov, a prominent opposition voice, said in an interview on Sunday.

Dollar hits 11-year high, rises broadly after China rate cut

The dollar hit an 11-year high against a basket of major currencies on Monday, with the greenback gaining a broad lift after an interest rate cut in China dented the Chinese yuan and emerging Asian currencies.

MESSAGE TO LONDON FROM THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS : THE AGREEMENTS SERVE OUR INTERESTS

Responding to requests by co-patriots from England to have the articles translated in English for those who cannot read Greek and with a view to forward them to British Members of Parliament.  

F.A.

 

Cyprus Sommeliers Association

Winemaker and creator of Anama Concept Lefteris Mohiniakis invites the members of the Cyprus Sommelier Association to a guided tasting of the new Anama Concept plus vertical tasting .

Syria girls: CCTV shows UK teenagers at Istanbul bus station

New CCTV pictures appear to show three UK schoolgirls on the Turkish leg of what is believed to have been their journey to join Islamic State in Syria.

Cui Bono: US State Department Admits Russia had Nothing to Gain from Killing Boris Nemtsov

Perhaps believing by virtue of having admitted the murder of Russian opposition member Boris Nemtsov in Russia’s capital of Moscow Friday evening in no way served the Russian government’s best interests, the US State Department believes it can deflect guilt from being shifted towards its direction.

Homeland Security funding drama darkens U.S. fiscal outlook

Congress narrowly averted a partial shutdown of the U.S. domestic security agency late on Friday night, but the forces behind the chaotic episode remain - fractious Republicans and House Speaker John Boehner's lack of control over them.

Investigators search for what triggered Missouri rampage

What led Joseph Aldridge to gun down seven people in a southern Missouri hamlet remained uncertain on Saturday, though authorities speculated that the death of the gunman's mother from cancer could have triggered the rampage.

Russians to march in memory of murdered critic of Putin

Opposition supporters will march through Moscow on Sunday in memory of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, whose murder has increased concern about Russia's future among opponents of President Vladimir Putin.