Новости за 18.06.2016

The campaign for Britain to stay in the European Union has taken a three-point lead over the rival “Out” camp ahead of Thursday’s EU membership referendum, according to the first opinion poll conducted after a fatal attack on a lawmaker. The Survation poll for the Mail on Sunday newspaper put support for “In” at 45 […]

A wildfire fed by parched land and high winds spread in Southern California on Saturday, prompting hundreds of people to evacuate their homes as the blaze formed destructive columns of flames known as fire tornadoes. The so-called Sherpa Fire in Santa Barbara County, about 90 miles (145 km) northwest of Los Angeles, had burned through […]

Iceland were within two minutes of a famous victory on their first appearance at a major tournament on Saturday only for Birkir Saevarsson to put through his own net to hand Hungary a 1-1 draw that leaves Euro 2016 Group F wide open. Iceland had taken the lead with a Gylfi Sigurdsson penalty six minutes […]

The Droushia Heights hotel in Paphos is known for its great hospitality and food, relaxing environment and monthly events. Some are targeted towards food-lovers, others towards those who love to enjoy life, and others who love to learn. The presentation and after events scheduled for Friday will very much do all three. The day’s events […]

Roger Federer’s bid to win a ninth Halle Open title was ended in the semi-final on Saturday by teenage German Alexander Zverev, who defeated the 17-time Grand Slam champion 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3. Reigning champion Federer, on the comeback trail after back problems, was looking to reach the final of his traditional pre-Wimbledon tune-up in Germany […]

Belgium rediscovered their most blistering form to batter group E rivals Ireland 3-0 thanks to a brace from Romelu Lukaku and an Axel Witsel header on Saturday. The victory of the world’s second-ranked team was in stark contrast to their limp defeat in their opening Euro 2016 match against Italy. Despite dominating the opening half, […]

A 70-year-old British tourist was found dead floating in the sea off Yeroskipou in Paphos on Saturday afternoon, CNA reported. The British man had only arrived in Cyprus this week for a holiday with his wife.  He was pulled from the sea by swimmers and rushed to Paphos general hospital where doctors pronounced him dead […]

Cyprus was on Saturday asking help from Israel after a fire was raging out of control in Argaka in Paphos, a fire services spokesman told the Cyprus Mail. Spokesman Leonidos Leonidou said the fire had already burned five square kilometres of wild vegetation, hay and pine forest and could not be brought under control due […]

Championship leader Nico Rosberg took pole position for Azerbaijan’s first Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday while Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton hit a wall and qualified only 10th. The final phase was halted with two minutes remaining after Hamilton, winner of the previous two races and nine points adrift of Rosberg in the standings, misjudged […]

A soyuz capsule bringing back three astronauts from the International Space Station, including the first to represent the British government, made a safe parachute landing on the steppe near the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan on Saturday. The crew, which included a Russian and an American as well as Britain’s Tim Peake, left the space station […]

A 32-year-old Iranian, former boxing champion who won medals for Cyprus in the past, and has been detained this past month for deportation, is pleading to be allowed to remain in the country. Barhad Baroni, who said he arrived in Cyprus in 2000 at the age of 16, and was until 2007 representing Cyprus abroad […]

England produced a sustained and outstanding defensive effort to keep Australia at bay before a late Owen Farrell try clinched a 23-7 win to secure his team a first series win on Australian soil on Saturday. England clung on to a six-point lead for much of the second half and stood firm in the face […]

In Cyprus, around 5,000 eye cataract surgeries are performed annually, while with modern technology today cataracts can be removed at any stage, and once removed, the condition does not reoccur, the head of the Ophthalmological Society Dr Theodoros Potamitis said. Potamitis addressed an event organised by Alcon and Potamitis Medicare to introduce the latest developments […]

Households across Cyprus were left without power for almost 40 minutes shortly after noon on Saturday due to a malfunction at the Dhekelia power plant, according to Transmission System Operator Christos Christodoulides. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Christodoulides said that “at 12:45pm there was an unexpected and unpredictable malfunction at a unit in the […]

The International Olympic Committee is unlikely to overturn world athletics’ ban on the Russian track and field team at the Rio de Janeiro Games, IOC Vice-President John Coates said on Saturday. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Friday unanimously upheld its ban on Russian athletes competing at international competitions due to state-sponsored doping. […]

Painter Penelope Constantinou will showcase her 25th solo exhibition, Spirituality, on Wednesday at her recently opened art space in Nicosia. With the use of various symbols, Constantinou expresses her ideas and addresses the spirituality of life, which is – according to the artist – the means and power with which man can solve anything in […]

Colombia beat Peru 4-2 in a penalty shootout on Friday to progress to the semi-finals of the Copa America after the two sides played to a dull scoreless draw in New Jersey. Both teams scored their first two kicks in the shootout but while substitutes Dayro Moreno and Sebastian Perez scored Colombia’s third and fourth, […]

Cyprus FM Ioannis Kasoulides travels to Luxembourg for the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) and General Affairs Council (GAC). He will also pay an official visit to Andorra, it was announced on Saturday. The FAC is taking place on Monday, June 20. The EU Ministers will discuss the integrated EU policy for the Arctic and will adopt […]

Thomas Mair, the man charged with the murder of lawmaker Jo Cox, gave his name as “death to traitors, freedom for Britain” when he appeared in court following an attack that has shocked Britain ahead of next week’s referendum on European Union membership. Cox, a 41-year-old member of the opposition Labour Party who supported staying […]

FIVE young hopefuls from a dance school in Paphos will represent Cyprus at the world finals of an International dance event which will be held in Jersey next week. The Thompson school of dance and performing arts in Kissonerga in Paphos, has successfully qualified five talented young dancers to represent Cyprus at one of the […]

Dustin Johnson ended a marathon Friday at the weather-disrupted U.S. Open with the clubhouse lead, carding one-under-par 69 shortly before second-round play was suspended for the day in fading light. The long-hitting American, who missed a three-foot putt at the final hole to hand last year’s U.S. Open to Jordan Spieth, produced superb form from […]

Belgian police arrested 12 people suspected of planning new attacks after about 40 houses were searched across the country overnight, the federal prosecutor’s office said on Saturday, as the prime minister prepared to convene a security meeting. Europe is on high security alert, with the Euro 2016 football tournament underway in neighbouring France, after Islamist […]

The Cyprus issue was one of the topics on the table at a meeting between United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens on Saturday, reports from Greece said. “The Cyprus problem one of illegal occupation, which has been going on for longer than my age,” Tsipras was reported […]

Small drinking glasses in packs of six have been found to contain high levels of lead and cadmium and are being withdrawn from the local market. The glasses don’t comply with European legislation which regulates the amount of the metals which are present in articles which come into contact with food. In a statement the […]

The use of individual contracts and outsourcing as forms of employment expands uncontrollably, both in the private sector and the broad public sector, threatening labour peace, Andreas Matsas, the new Secretary General of SEK, tells the Cyprus News Agency. He says the trade union is putting pressure for these two forms of employment to be […]