Новости за 05.12.2015

Thirty-two workers have died after an offshore oil platform operated by Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR caught fire in the Caspian Sea, the head of an independent committee said on Saturday. SOCAR declined repeated requests for comment from Reuters. “According to our information, 32 workers died, while 42 workers were rescued last night. … The […]

The militant network behind last month’s attacks in Paris had links to people in Britain, the Wall Street Journal has said in a report that British police described on Saturday as “speculative”. Several people suspected of having connections to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Islamic State militant and alleged ringleader of the Nov. 13 attacks, are based […]

Jamie Vardy’s record scoring streak ended but Leicester City’s improbable Premier League title challenge continued with Riyad Mahrez’s hat-trick sealing a 3-0 win at Swansea City that put them top on Saturday. Manchester City’s dismal 2-0 defeat at Stoke City in the early kickoff opened the door for 2000-1 pre-season title shots Leicester to reach […]

Manuel Pellegrini blamed injuries and a hectic fixture schedule for Manchester City’s feeble 2-0 defeat at Stoke City but goalkeeper Joe Hart called it straight when he said their performance had been unacceptable. Premier League leaders City were blown away inside the opening 15 minutes at the Britannia Stadium with Marko Arnautovic scoring twice for […]

Young Greek and Turkish Cypriots were protesting on Saturday over the use of the Akrotiri British bases to bomb the Islamic State in Syria. A crowd of a few dozen youths, gathered at the UN buffer zone at Ledra Street  shouting against the use of Cyprus “as an aircraft carrier for NATO”. “Even in the […]

By Maria Gregoriou This Wednesday the ARTos Foundation, in collaboration with Moving Silence and the Goethe Institute, will be hosting an audiovisual performance by Berlin based musicians DE KJ and Chikiss. The event, Echoes from Berlin, will be an evening set to flirt with all the senses, as both the eyes and ears will have […]

Desserts made from a handwritten recipe book dating from the 1920’s will be available for the public to try on Wednesday at the Sun Hall Hotel in Larnaca. The book, found in the Phivos Stavrides Foundation Larnaca archives, was used to make desserts at the Βeau Rivage hotel, today’s Sun Hall on Larnaca’s beach front. […]

A 24-year-old man was arrested on Saturday in connection with the alleged attempted murder of another man, aged 30 from Nepal while he was at a bus stop in Statos, Paphos. The suspect, from Paphos, stopped the victim from running away after he grabbed him and repeatedly beat him. The 30-year-old is now in the […]

Iraqi President Fouad Massoum on Saturday called the deployment of several hundred Turkish troops inside Iraq near the northern city of Mosul “a violation of international norms and law”. A Turkish security source said on Friday the forces would provide training for Iraqi troops near Mosul, which is controlled by Islamic State. Iraq’s prime minister […]

By Phil Stewart and Warren Strobel ince Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet last week, the United States has quietly put on hold a long-standing request for its NATO ally to play a more active role in the US-led air war against Islamic State. The move, disclosed to Reuters by a US official, is […]

A young couple narrowly escaped a burning tourist apartment on the road between Larnaca and Dhekelia on Saturday morning, the fire services said. The blaze in third-floor tourist apartment was started when a wall socket overheated, authorities believe. The couple was asleep at the time but managed to awaken in time to call the fire […]

The 31-year-old man suspected of killing three people in Limassol was re-remanded for eight days on Saturday. Christakis Thoma, stabbed two brothers, Pasarhos and Constantinos Ntorzis aged 19 and 21 as well as Aimilios Miltiadous, 24, a total of 13 times over an argument relating to a woman, Thoma’s girlfriend. Limassol court granted the second […]

By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Rory Carroll Islamic State said on Saturday that a married couple who killed 14 people in California in an attack the FBI is investigating as an ‘act of terrorism’ were followers of the militant group based in Syria and Iraq. The group’s declaration, in an online radio broadcast comes three days […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday met UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon at the presidential palace in Nicosia. The visit had not been previously announced.  A statement from the palace said that during the meeting the president was briefed by Fallon the ongoing operations by the UK against terrorism. Britain this week began bombing the Islamic […]

The National Council was meeting on Saturday for President Nicos Anastasiades to brief the political party leaders on the Cyprus talks and the recent visits to the island by top foreign diplomats. In recent weeks Cyprus has hosted the foreign ministers of Germany, UK, US and Russia, plus French President Francois Hollande on Friday on […]

A 31-year-old man in Nicosia was arrested on Saturday after cocaine and cannabis was found in his home, police said. Police are investigating whether he intended to supply the 90 grammes of cocaine and 20 grammes of cannabis, found after officers searched his home using a court order. Send to Kindle

A grill house in Dali, Larnaca was damaged on Saturday morning after oil from the frying machine went up in flames. Incurring up to €15,000 worth of damage, three fire trucks were at the “Psitopolio tis Gitonias” (neighbourhood grill) at Odysseos Street, Ilioupolis, after they received a call at around 9:10am. By 9:40am, the flames […]

At least six people were injured, with three in a critical condition, after a series of bomb blasts on Saturday at a Hindu religious gathering in northern Bangladesh, a police official said. The attack follows the shooting and wounding of an Italian doctor working in the same region last month, and the earlier murders of […]

By Justin Palmer JOSE Mourinho predicted a close Premier League title race and although the Chelsea manager could not have envisaged last season’s champions languishing in the bottom half of the table, he has so far been proved right. After 14 games, just two points separate Manchester City, Leicester City, Manchester United and Arsenal, with […]

By Iacovos Constantinou THE first half of the regular season in the Cyprus football championship ends this weekend with leaders APOEL taking on fourth-placed Apollon in the round’s most crucial game. Second-placed Anorthosis face a tricky tie away to Paralimni, while AEK, level on 27 points in second, complete the 13th round on Monday evening […]

By Mike Collett UEFA chief Michel Platini opened the door to an expanded Euro 2016, with more finalists than ever, but in one of the great ironies of modern European football he will be absent when delegates descend on Paris next week. Platini is serving a 90-day provisional suspension from football, imposed by FIFA’s ethics […]

By Bejay Browne AS Paphos municipality readies the town for Christmas, retailers and store owners in the old part of town are pinning their hopes on upgrading works in the area being completed swiftly to encourage visitors back to the area. “The Christmas lights and decorations may be going up, but it’s not going to […]

By Maria Gregoriou Music is naturally diverse, has been known to split opinions right down the middle and can raise a type of passion in the best of us. Tonight the island offers a little something for those who want to go out and enjoy the sounds of some good old Greek rembetika songs, and […]

By Jean Christou BRITAIN’S bombing campaign against ISIS in Syria from the Sovereign Bases Areas (SBA) this week opened a debate in the British media yesterday on whether Cyprus was still a safe destination for holidays, but tourism bosses hit back saying the UK itself was far more at risk. Even though Cyprus ranks amongst […]

THE privatisation of the semi-governmental organisations was back in the news this week, as unions stepped up their opposition to the government plans. EAC union representatives were briefing workers all over the island about the energy ministry’s plan to split the Authority into two companies – one handling electricity production and a second for managing […]