Новости за 28.11.2015

By Mike Collett Jamie Vardy became the first player to score in 11 consecutive Premier League matches when he gave Leicester City the lead in a 1-1 draw with Manchester United at the King Power Stadium on Saturday evening. Vardy broke the record established by United’s Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2003 when he struck in […]

By Martyn Herman Andy Murray and brother Jamie put Britain within touching distance of a first Davis Cup triumph for 79 years with victory over Belgium duo David Goffin and Steve Darcis on Saturday. A match played out in an electrifying atmosphere ebbed and flowed before the Murrays carved out a 6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2 […]

By Mike Collett Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League – at least until Leicester City play Manchester United in the late match – when they beat Southampton 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Leicester, who started the day in first place, and United, who were second, kicked-off later at the […]

By Maria Gregoriou From Friday, American theatre designer, lighting designer and video artist Matt Kizer will be giving a four-day seminar on interactive video projections in the areas of theatre, dance and performing arts. The seminar, which will be in English, will cover both theory and practice, including the history of projections on stage, the […]

By George Psyllides The government is waging a tough battle in Brussels to safeguard the island’s interests as Turkey seeks to take advantage of the need to resolve the migrant issue by making demands over its EU accession that cross what are considered to be red lines by Cyprus. A summit between the EU and […]

Nicosia considers the text on Cyprus adopted by the Commonwealth heads of state and government as “particularly significant”, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Saturday on the sidelines of the Commonwealth summit, in Malta. The relevant extract on Cyprus reads: “Heads express their full and enduring support for the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and unity […]

By Seyhmus Cakan A prominent Kurdish lawyer and rights activist was shot in the head and killed in a street shootout in Turkey’s troubled southeast on Saturday, much of the event captured on camera and broadcast around the world. The pro-Kurdish HDP Party called the killing of Tahir Elci a “planned assassination” and urged people […]

Around 200 people belonging to a bi-communal movement consisting of more than 70 non-governmental organisations and associations from both sides of the divide on Saturday demanded the immediate settlement of the Cyprus problem and reunification of the island. The NGOs visited Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and told him that his election brought hope for […]

By Alan Baldwin Nico Rosberg stormed to his sixth pole position in a row and denied Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton a landmark 50th in Formula One’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Saturday. The German, who races with number six on his car, left the best to last with a flying lap under the Yas […]

By Yesim Dikmen and Polina Devlitt TURKISH President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday the climate change summit in Paris next week could be a chance to repair relations with Moscow after Turkey shot down a Russian jet near the Syrian border on Tuesday. Erdogan has said Turkey would not apologise for downing the jet, which […]

I find it difficult to believe that a resident of 60+ years in Akrotiri Villiage says he has never had noise issues as bad as in the last few months. Supposedly the take-offs of as many as eight Tornado aircraft once in the morning and again once 12 hours later noisier than innumerable take offs […]

By Tiemoko Diallo The United Nations said unknown attackers fired rockets at a U.N. peacekeeping base in Kidal in northern Mali on Saturday, killing three people inside, in the latest sign that the West African country’s Islamist insurgency is intensifying. French troops and the 10,000-strong U.N. force are struggling to stabilise the former French colony […]

By Eric Knecht Chances are high that the tomb of Ancient Egypt’s boy-king Tutankhamun has passages to a hidden chamber, which may be the last resting place of Queen Nefertiti, and new evidence from the site will go to Japan for analysis, experts said on Saturday. Nefertiti, thought to have been Tutankhamun’s stepmother, died in […]

Police arrested a teacher late on Friday in connection with hitting a 10-year-old pupil at a primary school in Sotira, Famagusta. Police said the incident was reported to them on Friday afternoon. The pupil, accompanied by his father, told officers that his 40-year-old teacher had hit him earlier in the day. The 10-year-old was taken […]

By Keith Coffman A gunman stormed a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs on Friday and opened fire with a rifle in an attack that left three people dead and nine others injured, authorities said. The dead included one police officer and two civilians, Colorado Springs Police Chief Peter Carey told reporters about an […]

By Maria Gregoriou We all know that exercise is good for us but sometimes we just need a little nudge to get up and go. The nudge we are suggesting is Dro.Me.A Racing’s eighth annual race for the prevention of cancer, which will get us all in our trainers next Saturday. The race, which will […]

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced it has granted Interorient Shipmanagement, a leading ship management company based in Cyprus, a US $114m loan to be used to expand the company. The loan will facilitate the company’s expansion and contribute to the recovery of the Cypriot economy, which should also lead to higher […]

US President Barack Obama has signed country’s National Defence Authorization Act, which includes an amendment permitting the sale of US-made defensive weapons to Cyprus. The amendment, co-sponsored by Congressmen David Cicilline and Gus Bilirakis, allows the sale of US defensive weapons, on condition that the Secretaries of Defence and State submit a report to Congress […]

By Maria Gregoriou There will be many a Christmas Fayre coming our way very soon, with fun for all the family to get us in the holiday spirit. Two such jolly events are just around the corner. The first, which will be on tomorrow, is the German Christmas Fayre at the Goethe Institut in Nicosia […]

By Mike Collett SURPRISE front-runners Leicester City will be hoping history does not repeat itself when Manchester United provide the opposition in an unlikely top-of-the-table Premier League clash at the King Power Stadium on Saturday (7.30pm). Before last Saturday, Leicester had not led the table since October 2000 when United, who were second then as […]

By Iacovos Constantinou ALL eyes this weekend will be on the Tsirion stadium clash between fourth-placed Apollon and joint top of the table AEK Larnaca in the Cyprus football championship. Champions APOEL travel to Paralimni to face bottom side Ayia Napa while in-form Anorthosis are at home to Aris. Ethnikos Achnas and AEL will battle […]

By Alexander McCowan THE Cyprus rugby team were demolished 31-3 by Latvia in Paphos at the beginning of the month in a lacklustre display and will need to show more grit and discipline if they are to beat Andorra this afternoon. The first away game of the season will be played in freezing temperatures, which […]

By Evie Andreou A PLAN to shake up how Turkish Cypriot properties are distributed is expected to be ready within three months after it was revealed this week that nine out of ten who hold such properties sublet them, often at inflated rates. Some are even being used by millionaires and high-ranking state officials as […]

ENERGY industry experts agree on one thing about their industry – its fickleness. A small change in the price of gas or oil could lead a company to change well-laid plans overnight or abandon projects for decades. This is no surprise given that gas and oil companies have to make investment decisions worth hundreds of […]

By Angelos Anastasiou THE CREATION of a court for international commercial disputes, as well as mechanisms to lighten the load of criminal courts, were among the issues discussed on Friday by Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou and the top brass of the Supreme Court. The meeting was part of regular sessions with the Supreme Court aimed […]