Новости за 03.05.2016

Atletico Madrid reached the Champions League final for the second time in three seasons on Tuesday, going through on away goals after a 2-1 defeat at Bayern Munich, in which both sides missed a penalty, with the tie finishing 2-2 on aggregate. Atletico, who will face either city rivals Real Madrid, who beat them in […]

Leicester City have the chance of making anything between 150 million pounds ($220 million) and 250 million pounds ($365 million) from their sensational Premier League triumph, according to sports marketing experts. The city of Leicester in England’s Midlands should also expect to enjoy a huge commercial boost after its hometown team wrote the unlikeliest of […]

Rockets fired by insurgents killed 19 people and hit a hospital in government-held parts of Aleppo city on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday. State-run Syrian news channel Ikhbariya said three women were killed and 17 more people wounded at the al-Dabit maternity clinic. The Syrian army said in a statement […]

In the second part of his special report on the role played by the Russian Federation in the efforts of a Cyprus settlement, DEMETRIS PAPADOPOULOS looks at the Christofias’ presidency’s relations with Moscow and how, together, they saw off any hope an agreement. 1. Introduction Demetris Christofias ran in the 2008 presidential elections against Tassos […]

The Cyprus government stressed on Tuesday that it safeguards the right to the freedom of expression of mass media representatives, offering them full support to continue their work, with a view to inform citizens in an objective way. In a written statement on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides […]

Cypriot sailor, Olympic medalist Pavlos Kontides, is in second position of the ISAF ranking in the Men`s Laser class, with 935 points, one position higher compared to the previous ranking. According to the rating list, released on Monday by World Sailing (ISAF), the world governing body for the sport of sailing, Australian Matthew Wearn is […]

Greek Cypriots will no longer require visas to visit Turkey under an EU-Turkey agreement on visa liberalisation but this does not amount to Turkish recognition of Cyprus, a Turkish official said on Tuesday. Turkey’s cabinet has approved waiving visas for EU citizens once Europe relaxes its own visa requirements for Turks, according to a decision […]

The restoration of the monastery of Apostolos Andreas, in Turkish occupied Cyprus, lays the foundations for cooperation between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, the Greek Cypriot Head of the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage Takis Hadjidemetriou has told CNA, on the eve of a media visit to the site. “These foundations will help us walk […]

Aspiring MPs submit on Wednesday their candidatures ahead of parliamentary elections, to be held on May 22, in the Republic of Cyprus. The process will take place in all District Offices, with the exception of Nicosia, where candidate MPs will submit their candidature to the Returning Officer at the “Filoxenia” conference center. For the district […]

Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery has recovered from a back injury in time for their Champions League semi-final second leg against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday, coach Pep Guardiola said. The Germans, chasing a treble of titles this season, must overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg in Spain last week if they are to […]

Leicester City’s Premier League title dream became reality on Monday when one of the greatest sporting fairytales reached its conclusion in west London where chasing Tottenham Hotspur were held 2-2 by Chelsea. The result provoked an outpouring of celebration in the provincial English city and as far away as Thailand and Japan, while Leicester’s players […]

Tottenham Hotspur lost their cool and their Premier League title hopes as they let slip a two-goal lead at Chelsea to draw a stormy London derby 2-2 on Monday. Comfortably ahead at halftime with goals from Harry Kane and Son Heung-min, Spurs were on course for a first win at Stamford Bridge in 26 years […]

A TOTAL of 105 unaccompanied minors, 62 per cent of whom were male and 7 per cent under the age of 14, corresponding to 19.8 per cent of the total asylum applications processed in 2015, arrived in Cyprus last year, EU data shows. Out of the 105 boys and girls, 45 came from Somalia (45 per […]

IN HIS televised Easter message, President Anastasiades, as is the custom, drew parallels with the hope offered by Resurrection and the future of the country. A message of hope was offered by the resurrection, but also “results from the work that we have accomplished as a society and as a state both for the reorganisation […]

A NEW support group for breast cancer sufferers is being launched in Paphos with the aim of providing patients the opportunity to share experiences and forge friendships. The initiative was founded by Maxine O’Daly of The Cancer Patients Support Group Paphos – CPSG and PASYKAF- the Cyprus Association of Cancer patients and Friends, and breast […]

THE inaugural ride for the European Cycling Challenge 2016 takes place in the capital on Saturday using the slogan ‘We join our mileage and help Nicosia climb up the rankings’. According to the Nicosia Municipality, the five kilometre ride on May 7 will start at 4pm and finish at Nicosia town hall. Those with more […]