Новости за 13.08.2016

The Kypria International Festival will be going all out as of September with theatre productions, musical, dance and opera performances, and a few shows for children. But it is not all about sitting back and being entertained, this year one of the many performers to take part in the festival will also give dancers and […]

Jamaican Usain Bolt won his 100 metres heat after what he called a “sluggish” start on Saturday, but looked pained after the race as he prepared to fend off the challenge of American Jason Gatlin for the Olympic crown. Bolt, who turns 30 on the final day of the Games, is aiming high in what […]

Leicester City became the first reigning Premier League champions to begin their title defence with a defeat when they were beaten 2-1 at promoted Hull City, who shrugged off an injury crisis to cause an upset on the opening day of the new season on Saturday. Robert Snodgrass thumped home a left-footed winner in the […]

Cyprus star Apostolos Parellis finished eighth in the final of the men’s discus at the Rio Olympics on Saturday with a throw of 63.72 metres. German Christoph Harting won gold with his last throw of the final to dramatically snatch the title from Piotr Malachowski and keep it safely in the family. Harting’s brother Robert […]

MORE and more state doctors are leaving the public sector and replacements have been slow to step forward due mainly to the appalling salaries and conditions, their union (PASYKI) leader Sotiris Koumas said. Koumas said the wave of state doctors that were opting to move to the private sector “is huge” with the most recent […]

At least 10 children were killed and 21 were injured in northern Yemen on Saturday, aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres said, in what the country’s dominant Houthi group said was a Saudi-led air strike on a school. The tragedy occurred as Yemen’s parliament convened for the first time in almost two years, in a move […]

Britain will fill a gap of as much as 4.5 billion pounds in funding for agriculture, universities and its regions that will open up when Britain leaves the European Union, finance minister Philip Hammond said. Scientists, farmers and others who got EU funding were facing uncertainty after Britain voted on June 23 to quit the […]

TURKEY’S prime minister said on Saturday that Ankara could not compromise with the United States over its request for the extradition of Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen which it blames for orchestrating last month’s attempted coup. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim made his comments to a group of Turkish journalists. “The main element improving our relations with […]

About 70 relatives of the 121 Helios victims, along with Greek relatives of the victims, will visit the site of the crash on Sunday at Grammatiko, where the plane went down, for the annual memorial services. In Cyprus, memorial services for each victim will be held by each family individually, according to head of the […]

On Wednesday anyone who loves a good journey through the history of Greek music should head to the Technopolis 20 Cultural Centre in Paphos where three musicians will become history teachers for a night. The three musicians, Sotiris Karageorgis, Evagoras Karageorgis and Stelios Cacoyannis, will present selected Greek songs that are considered milestones in the […]

Elena Agathocleous from Limassol is the only Cypriot volunteer in the Rio 2016 Olympics, selected from among over 200,000 people who had applied from 191 countries. Agathocleous  is part of the “Timing and Scoring Team” for cycling events, arrived in Brazil on the 7th of August and will stay in the country until August 20, […]

President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci meet again on Tuesday, August 23 after the summer break. Reliable sources have told CNA that the aim is for all the different subjects to have been discussed by September 14. The two leaders are set to meet on August 23, 29 and 31 and on September 2, […]

With internet extortion incidents on the rise, the police’s Cybercrime Unit on Saturday issued a statement urging caution to social media users, particularly males. The statement described how Cypriot internet users are tricked into performing acts that may expose them to extortion. According to complaints received by the unit, male users of social media – […]

THE Paphos Green Party said they had received numerous complaints from the community of Lemba village in Paphos, and its community leader that despite pleas, protected trees were being felled and removed. Andreas Evlavis, the district secretary of the Paphos Green Party said that dozens of protected trees, including carob trees which were hundreds of […]

Michelle Carter produced the throw of her life with her last attempt to deprive New Zealander Valerie Adams a piece of Olympic history on Friday as the American won the women’s shot put to close out a memorable first day of athletics in Rio. Carter heaved an American record 20.63 metres to snatch gold from […]

A fire in a vacation residence in Pomos, Paphos, was put out by the Fire Service shortly after midnight. Following a call at 11.20 pm Friday, the Polis Chrysochous fire department, as well as members of the area’s police station, were mobilised. Examination of the scene revealed that the fire started in the ground floor […]

The leader of Islamic State’s branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan was killed in a U.S. drone strike on July 26, a Pentagon spokesman has confirmed after the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan announced the news to Reuters. The death of Hafiz Saeed Khan is a blow to efforts by Islamic State – also known as ISIS […]

A foul-smelling liquid spilled on the sidewalk in the Strovolos industrial area may have been a dangerous chemical, the fire service announced on Saturday. In a statement, the service said it was notified at 4.25 pm Friday of an intense chemical smell coming from Polifimos street inside the Strovolos industrial area. The Akropolis police station […]

THERE will be no water supply cuts, despite the drought, as needs are met by the desalination plants, the deputy head of the water development department Nicos Neocleous said. Speaking to state broadcaster CyBC, Neocleous said that this was the second-worst year in the past ten with a total of 17.9m cubic metres of water […]

Athlete Apostolos Parellis will take  takes part in the discus final at  4.50 Cyprus time on Saturday, becoming the second Cypriot to compete in the Olympics track and field final, after high jumper Kyriakos Ioannou in 2012. Cypriot Olympic silver medallist in sailing (London 2012) Pavlos Kontides has two more races on Saturday, before the medal […]

Cycling great Chris Hoy led the praise for Bradley Wiggins after he surpassed his own British record Olympic medal haul in a thrilling track team pursuit final on Friday. Wiggins, along with Owain Doull, Ed Clancy and Steven Burke, edged Australia in a gold medal showdown, breaking the world record for the second time in […]

After an extended weekend at the beach, why not end it with a film that will certainly take you into another world, while also pulling on your heart strings. Dabba (The Lunchbox) will be screened at the House of the Volunteer in Larnaca on Monday at 8.30pm. The 2013 Indian epistolary romantic drama starring Irrfan […]

Olympic Games medals table at the end of Day Seven of competition in Rio de Janeiro. Rank Country G S B Total 1. U.S. 20 13 16 49 2. China 13 10 14 37 3. Britain 7 9 6 22 4. Japan 7 3 14 24 5. South Korea 6 3 4 13 6. Germany […]

By Justin Madden A federal judge on Friday overturned the murder conviction of one of two Wisconsin men serving life sentences for the 2005 slaying of a freelance photographer in a case spotlighted in the popular Netflix television documentary “Making a Murderer.” Magistrate Judge William Duffin ruled that the guilty verdict returned by a trial […]

By Ed Dove LEICESTER City begin their Premier League title defence at Hull City on Saturday knowing they will have their work cut out to upstage the big clubs again following a summer of big spending. Claudio Ranieri, mastermind of last season’s unlikely title triumph, is acutely aware of how much harder things will be this time […]