Новости за 28.05.2016

Lightning strikes in northern France and southwest Germany on Saturday left nine people seriously hurt, authorities said. Eleven people were injured by a bolt of lightning in a park in Paris, six of them badly, the French interior ministry said. Eight of those hurt were children, the ministry said in a statement. The incident occurred […]

Results from the French Open Men’s Singles Round 3 matches on Saturday 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Aljaz Bedene (Britain) 6-2 6-3 6-3 12-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Nicolas Almagro (Spain) 6-2 4-6 6-3 4-6 6-2 7-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat 25-Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-5 14-Roberto Bautista (Spain) beat Borna Coric (Croatia) 6-2 6-3 […]

Music and fashion will go run-way to run-way during the MTN Mad Walk event in Nicosia on Tuesday. The very in event will showcase the latest designs by eight Greek designers so you can get ideas on what to wear this summer. Designers include Costantinos Vasiliadis, Stelios Koudounaris, Anna Faka and Christina Charlambous. Models will […]

SERENA Williams passed her first serious test of the French Open with a 6-4 7-6 (12/10) victory over French number one Kristina Mladenovic on Saturday. The defending champion lost just five games in her opening two matches but needed two hours and 11 minutes to battle past Mladenovic in a rain-affected match on Philippe Chatrier. […]

An employee of a Nicosia bakery has been arrested on suspicion of stealing €50,000 from his boss, it emerged on Saturday. Police acted after the employer lodged an official complaint. The offences were alleged to have taken place over the past two months, CNA, reported on Saturday. Officers who searched the suspect’s home and car […]

Police on Saturday arrested a driver who was doing 202km on the highway instead of the legal limit of 100km, CNA reported. According to police the 26-year-old was tearing down the Nicosia-Limassol highway at around 4pm when motorcycle officers clocked him and chased him down. He was arrested, charged in writing and released and will […]

BY THE end of this year the government will have a complete picture of how the broader Troodos area can be developed as a single entity, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday. Addressing the AGM of the Troodos Development company, Anastasiades said: “We will soon be ready to give a comprehensive picture of what we […]

By Alan Baldwin AUSTRALIAN Daniel Ricciardo seized the first pole position of his Formula One career at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday with world championship leader Nico Rosberg joining him on the front row for Mercedes. “High time,” shouted the Red Bull driver over the team radio after being told the news. The pole, in a […]

A 29-year-old man from Dromolaxia was remanded for four days on Saturday by the Larnaca District court, in connection with the illegal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. According to the police, drug squad members searched the 29-year-old’s home in Dromolaxia on Friday night. Carefully stashed inside the home’s false ceiling, police […]

The parliamentary seat Solidarity leader Eleni Theocharous has won and chosen to forego in favour of her seat in the European parliament will go to the party’s runner-up candidate Giorgos Papadopoulos, attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Saturday. Speculation that this might not be permissible by law surfaced on Friday, after daily Politis carried the story […]

  THE proposed development of a new golf resort in Polis Chrysochous does not fall within the limitations of the Natura 2000 project, according to Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis, and its proposed proximity to the shore poses no threat to established turtle breeding grounds in the area, according to the Green Party. The minister has […]

Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, said that Russia firmly supports a Cyprus solution without occupation armies or the anachronistic system of guarantees. Putin, who is on a visit to Greece, held a meeting on Friday with the Greek Prime Minister, while the two countries signed a series of agreements. In his statements after the meeting, Tsipras stressed the […]

The Fire Service on Friday responded to nine calls relating to removing cars and tree branches from flooded roads in Nicosia and Limassol, it said in a statement on Saturday. In total, the Fire Service said, from 6am Friday to 6am Saturday, it responded to 32 calls for assistance, 10 for fires, 19 special service […]

President Nicos Anastasiades will depart on Sunday for Luxembourg, where he will participate in the celebrations to mark 40 years of the European People’s Party (EPP), following an invitation by the President of the EPP Joseph Daul. On the sidelines of the celebrations, Anastasiades will hold meetings with heads of state or government as well […]

The art of learning about art, its history and how it influences our culture, and the way that art reflects life itself and its conflicts are two separate sides of the spectrum. But even though one analyses art and the other makes it, they are both very much a part of how we make sense […]

More than 100 medical experts, academia and scientists on Friday have called for the Rio Olympic Games to be postponed or moved because of fears that the event could speed up the spread of the Zika virus around the world. Their assessment counters the view of some leading experts of infectious disease who say that […]

Cristiano Ronaldo says he will be “100 percent” in Saturday’s Champions League final as he attempts to fire Real Madrid to a record-extending 11th European Cup and further torment their city rivals, Atletico. The prolific Portuguese set alarm bells ringing on Tuesday when he ended training prematurely with a knock but was fit to train […]

A World War Two-era plane crashed on Friday in New York City’s Hudson River off Manhattan and a body was recovered from inside the aircraft, authorities said. The aircraft went down off Manhattan’s West 79th Street, a few miles (kms) south of the George Washington Bridge, at around 7:30 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sergeant […]

Donald Trump brought his message of walls and deportations to the doorstep of America’s busiest border crossing on Friday as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee greeted supporters in San Diego, amid one of the largest counter-protests organized against him. The scene inside the San Diego Convention Center during Trump’s speech was relatively placid, while outside […]

TURKISH fans worried that their side have been drawn in one of Euro 2016’s toughest groups can take comfort from the events of 2008 when Turkey reached the semi-finals of the tournament. Two of their Group D opponents this time, Czech Republic and Croatia, lost to Turkey in dramatic fashion eight years ago. First Turkey […]

IF Poland are to progress beyond the group stages at the European Championship for the first time, their top strikers Robert Lewandowski and Arkadiusz Milik must provide the inspiration so obviously lacking when they crashed out of Euro 2012, the tournament they co-hosted with Ukraine. On that occasion they finished bottom of their group and […]

ONCE a winger and now a versatile playmaker with an eye for goal, Ivan Rakitic will be Croatia’s driving force at Euro 2016 after finally stepping out of Luka Modric’s shadow. The 28-year-old Swiss-born player has flourished since joining Barcelona in 2014, quickly asserting himself as a regular starter for the Catalan giants. He won […]

This evening why not take part in a community run, followed by more sport activities, music and dance, to help raise funds for the charitable organisation Angaliazo. The event, organised by the American Academy Nicosia and the Nicosia Municipality, will start at 5pm at the American Academy Nicosia where registration will take place. After everyone […]

DIKO, Cyprus’ third-largest party, has decided to back EDEK leader Marinos Sizopoulos in Thursday’s elections for House Speaker, it said in a statement on Friday. Party leader Nicolas Papadopoulos had announced that he was not interested in running for the post, and that the party would not back a candidate from either of the large […]

A LAWYER has written to the Chief Returning Officer arguing that what MEP Eleni Theocharous has done in the parliamentary elections was unconstitutional. Whether it was or not is for the elections supremo to decide, but from an ethical standpoint her behaviour was unacceptable. She had urged people to vote for the Solidarity movement that […]