Новости за 21.05.2016

Jose Mourinho will be appointed Manchester United manager next week to replace Louis van Gaal despite Saturday’s FA Cup final victory over Crystal Palace, British media have reported. The 53-year-old Portuguese will take over at United, according to the reports, even though the Dutchman, who steered United to a 2-1 extra-time win over Crystal Palace […]

Manchester United won the FA Cup for the first time since 2004 with a 2-1 extra-time win over Crystal Palace thanks to a superb volley by substitute Jesse Lingard at Wembley on Saturday. The game had been locked at 1-1 after 90 minutes with Jason Puncheon coming off the bench to put London side Palace […]

Hibernian came from behind to beat Rangers 3-2 in a pulsating Scottish Cup final on Saturday as a stoppage-time winner from captain David Gray ended their 114-year wait for the trophy. Hibernian, who had lost 10 successive finals since last winning the Cup in 1902, became the first side from outside the top flight to […]

The upcoming exhibition at the House of Arts and Letters in Limassol on Tuesday is a family matter, as three generations of the same family will showcase their works. Side-by-side, retired teacher Themis Louka will present a number of her paintings together with art work created by her children and grandchildren. Louka’s oil paintings are […]

England fast bowler James Anderson took five wickets to inspire the hosts to a crushing victory over Sri Lanka by an innings and 88 runs in the first Test in Leeds on Saturday. Anderson claimed 10 victims in the match as Sri Lanka crumbled to 119 all out in their second innings on the third […]

  OVER 500,000 people will be able to exercise their right to vote today for the parliamentary elections however it remains to be seen how many of those will actually do so. In an election run with more than half of surveyed persons saying they were indifferent and only 10,058 young people enrolled out of […]

At least four anti-government protesters were killed and 90 injured when security forces ejected them from Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, hospital sources said on Saturday. Iraqi security forces used live ammunition, rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas on Friday to dislodge the demonstrators from the central district which houses government buildings, parliament and […]

Finance leaders of the Group of Seven industrial powers united over the weekend in wishing that Britain stays in the European Union, but acknowledged they could do little more than hope. “The G7 did not talk about a Plan B to respond to what would happen if Britain left the European Union,” French Finance Minister […]

Italian Walter Mazzarri will manage Watford in the English Premier League next season after the club confirmed the former Inter Milan coach as the replacement for Quique Sanchez Flores on Saturday. The 54-year-old, who has also coached Napoli and Sampdoria, signed a three-year deal as head coach starting on July 1, Watford said on their […]

Amelie Mauresmo ended her coaching relationship with Andy Murray because she felt she could not improve the world number two any further, the former world number one said on Saturday. The Frenchwoman and Murray announced the end of an almost two-year partnership this month, but Mauresmo said the decision had been made some time ago. […]

THE KAMARES festival will be held in Paphos later on this month and will include over fifty stalls selling handmade and imported arts and crafts, according to organisers. Anita Hopkins of, ‘In any event’, which has hosted the fete for the last five years, said that the family day out will also include a wide-ranging […]

British house prices would fall 10 per cent to 18 per cent if the country voted to leave the European Union, Chancellor George Osborne said. The Treasury provided a transcript of an interview with the BBC in which Osborne warned that a Brexit would also unsettle financial markets, sending mortgage rates higher and hurting Britons […]

The Pallas theatre in Nicosia is getting ready to present the world premiere of Artemis Aifiotiti’s Concertino for Clarinet and String Orchestra with soloist George Georgiou and the Commandaria Orchestra. The concert will also include Ravel’s Pavane Pour Infant Defunte, Respighi’s much loved Ancient Airs and Dances and Grieg’s Holberg Suite. Commenting on the event, […]

Attorney-general Costas Clerides has ordered a probe into an alleged scandal after it appears a search and rescue aircraft was grossly undersold by the state for €150,000 though the buyer managed to sell it on for €1 million, it was reported on Saturday. The case concerns the ‘Ermis’ plane which the Cabinet decided to sell […]

AS part of ongoing efforts to increase visitor numbers to Paphos, the district will be promoted at a number or tourism workshops and presentations in the capital cities of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, next week. A delegation from the Paphos regional board of tourism, and local hoteliers will travel to the area on Monday May […]

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump assured gun owners on Friday he would protect their constitutional right to bear arms and eliminate gun-free zones if elected, accusing Democrat Hillary Clinton of wanting to weaken gun rights. Trump, who will almost certainly be the Republican presidential nominee, picked up the endorsement of the National Rifle Association, a […]

Celtic have named former Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers as their new manager on a 12-month rolling contract, the Scottish Premiership champions said. Northern Irishman Rodgers, who has also managed at Swansea City, Reading and Watford, was sacked by Liverpool in October and replaces Ronny Deila at the Scottish club. “I am absolutely delighted to be […]

Argentina have left Boca Juniors striker Carlos Tevez out of their squad for the Copa America Centenario to be held in the United States next month. Tevez, who helped Boca reach the Copa Libertadores semi-finals on Thursday, was not on the 23-man list coach Gerardo Martino announced on Friday for the June 3-26 tournament. With […]

Greek astrophysicist Thanasis Economou, who was in Cyprus this week has said he was asked to contribute to the idea of creating an observatory in Cyprus and referred to the numerous benefits, especially for the youth. “It is a very good idea and I promised to do everything I can so that there is a […]

Police shot dead a 41-year-old man early on Saturday morning after he threatened to kill his 16-month-old son in Larnaca after a 12-hour standoff with officers. The operation began on Friday night when at about 7pm, neighbours informed police that an Egyptian man, the father of the child was having a huge fight with his […]

Egypt said its navy had found human remains, wreckage and the personal belongings of passengers floating in the Mediterranean, the first confirmation that an EgyptAir jet with 66 people on board had plunged into the sea. Unconfirmed reports about flight data from the Airbus plane that disappeared while flying from Paris to Cairo in the […]

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal goes into the FA Cup final against Crystal Palace on Saturday facing echoes of the 1990 showpiece between the two sides that proved so pivotal in the career of Alex Ferguson. Ferguson’s United were struggling in the 1989-90 season and the clamour was growing for the manager’s dismissal, but […]

A SPAT between Peyia council and Leptos Developers has escalated and resulted in an area of privately owned land right above Coral Bay, being cordoned off. Until now, it has been used as a car park and access point. This, coupled with the late tender process for the beach’s two kiosks has meant that the […]

IT IS not only during the election campaign that high unemployment is used by the opposition parties as something to criticise the government with. An opposition party will just mention the percentage and express outrage before embarking on the familiar tirade about the government’s supposed failure to do anything to bring down the number of […]

ALL things come to a saturation point, and the Cyprus problem has long come to such a point, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Friday, after a meeting with the Kamu Sen confederation of trade unions. According to press reports in the Turkish-occupied areas in the north, Akinci said that 2016 is now “the […]