Новости за 04.06.2016

LOCAL artist and director of the Cornaro Art Institute in Larnaca, Andros Efstathiou, has been selected by New York’s MvVO Art as one of their top international artists for this year’s art fair by a jury including representatives from Sotheby’s, the Gagosian Gallery, Christie’s Collectrium and Art Net. “After so many years of work, I […]

The day after his 85th birthday, Cuba’s President Raul Castro quipped that the Castros were clearly “robust and long-lived” and he could easily manage several more five-year terms although he would stick to his promise to step down in 2018. Castro took the presidency over a decade ago from his older brother Fidel, who by […]

Garbine Muguruza achieved the rare feat of overpowering world Serena Williams to claim her maiden grand slam title with a 7-5 6-4 win over the world number one and defending champion in the French Open final on Saturday. The 22-year-old fourth seed, who lost to Williams in last year’s Wimbledon final, became the first Spaniard […]

After performing a ballet piece about a puppeteer who falls in love with a nymph yesterday, the Russian Ballet Moscowia will once again take to the Curium stage to perform the passionate story of Carmen on Wednesday. The Moscowia ballet group brings together young ballet dancers who are all graduates of the ballet schools of […]

Six people, including two doctors, were remanded in custody for seven days in Paphos on Saturday in connection with the illegal employment of foreign workers using bogus medical certificates. The two doctors, 68 and 51, are suspected of issuing bogus certificates used by the other suspects to hire foreign workers. The four – the owner […]

Floods that inundated parts of France this week, killing four and forcing thousands from their homes, could start easing as the Seine river stabilised after reaching a peak on Saturday, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said. The floods, the worst the French capital has seen since 1982, forced its famous Louvre and Orsay museums to […]

Bishops found to be ‘negligent’ when dealing with cases of sexual abuse will be investigated and could be removed from office, a papal decree said on Saturday. Pope Francis has pledged zero tolerance for anyone in the church who abuses children and likened such abuse to a “satanic mass”. In 2014 he established a Vatican […]

The fourth Cyprus International Performance Art Festival (CIPAF) will make landscape a part of its live performances this year, as it moves away from the big city and spreads out to the Nikos Kouroussis Foundation, the Kokkinopezoulas Mine, and the Kokkinogias Mine in Mitsero next weekend. The two-day site-specific and site-sensitive festival is under the […]

At least 51 people were injured by lightning strikes at the “Rock am Ring” music festival in western Germany on Friday evening, according to German police, with forecasts of thunderstorms and possibly hail to come. Organizers could not be reached for comment about any plans to shut down the festival, which is now in its […]

The Syrian army has crossed the boundary of Raqqa province after advancing in a major Russian-backed offensive against Islamic State militants, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a group that monitors the war, said on Saturday. Heavy Russian air strikes hit Islamic State-held territory in eastern areas of Syria’s Hama province, near the boundary of […]

The opening of Dherynia and Lefka crossing points in Famagusta and Nicosia districts is moving ahead, outgoing UN Secretary General`s Special Representative in Cyprus Lisa Buttenheim has said. She was addressing a reception held at Ledra Palace, on Friday evening, to bid Cyprus farewell. Lisa Buttenheim takes up the position of Assistant Secretary-General for Field […]

  By Bill Trott More than 60 years ago, a bicycle thief in Louisville, Kentucky, unknowingly set in motion one of the most amazing sports careers in history. An angry 12-year-old Cassius Clay went to a policeman on that day in 1954, vowing he would find the thief who took his bike and have his […]

Put your trainers on and start warming-up for the Dro.Me.A. Garmin 15km Green Race, in Troodos next Sunday. For anyone who is a part of the running society, this race will be well-known as it is the seventh consecutive year it will be held. The 15km race will start at 9am at the Troodos square, […]

Manchester United will swoop for Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic on a free transfer as new manager Jose Mourinho’s first marquee signing at Old Trafford, Sky Sports reported on Friday. United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward is finalising a one-year deal with the player’s representatives and the 34-year-old could join before Euro 2016, Sky sources said. Sweden’s […]

By Bill Trott Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, whose record-setting boxing career, unprecedented flair for showmanship, and controversial stands made him one of the best-known figures of the 20th century, died on Friday aged 74. Ali’s death was confirmed in a statement issued by family spokesman Bob Gunnell late Friday evening, a day after […]

IN the latest scam involving the medical profession, two private sector doctors were arrested in Paphos on Friday in connection with a case of forged medical assessments regarding illegally employed foreign nationals, reported to the police by a 78-year-old man. The two 68-year-old pathologists are thought to be involved in a conspiracy, along with four […]

THE trade union federation PEO on Wednesday expressed its “intense displeasure” over defence minister Christoforos Fokaides’ announcement that only men up to the age of 32 would be eligible to apply for the 3,000 new “positions of work at the National Guard”. Such actions, said the women’s wing of the union, “not only violate the […]

  A NEW study reveals that 65 per cent of Nicosians are satisfied with the quality of the air in the town, and nearly the same number of residents, or 64 per cent, are happy with the noise level in the capital. These data for 2015 were published by Eurostat on Friday on the occasion […]