Новости за 24.09.2016

The Pharos Arts Foundation will present the works of British artist Adam Ball with the exhibition Absolute Zero as of Wednesday, while on Thursday the ARTos foundation will host a presentation and talk by two artists who are on the island to complete a ten-day residency. The solo exhibition by Ball, opening at 7.30pm, includes […]

By Neil Robinson MANCHESTER City beat Swansea 3-1 to make it a perfect ten victories under Pep Guardiola, including six in the Premier League, as they recorded their best start to a top-flight campaign. City’s victory was the perfect riposte to the Spaniard’s old rival Jose Mourinho, who earlier saw his remodelled Manchester United sparkle […]

By Amlan Chakraborty WITH six lbw dismissals cluttering up their scorecard, New Zealand clearly did not put their best foot forward in the first test against hosts India in Kanpur on Saturday. India spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja frequently beat the bats and hit the pads of the New Zealand batsmen, the hosts coming […]

Three Bangladeshi men were remanded in custody for six days in Larnaca on Saturday on suspicion of conducting sham marriages with women from Romania. The three were arrested during a police operation which carried out searches in three apartments in the same building. During the operation, officers found a foreign national who was staying on […]

CAROLINE Wozniacki outlasted Agnieszka Radwanska 4-6 7-5 6-4 in a dog fight of a semi-final at the Pan Pacific Open on Saturday to end the Pole’s reign at the Ariake Coliseum. The former world number one prevailed in two hours and 50 minutes of hard-fought tennis and will meet Naomi Osaka in Sunday’s final after the […]

JOSE Mourinho’s reshaped Manchester United destroyed Premier League champions Leicester City 4-1 with a performance that thrilled Old Trafford on Saturday and justified his decision to leave out Wayne Rooney. The shake-up seemed to liberate Paul Pogba who led the way with a polished display, heading his first goal for the club on 42 minutes […]

FINANCE Minister Harris Georgiades has voiced its disagreement over the creation of a state-owned asset management company (AMC), or bad bank, to handle distressed loans, as this would probably entail capital shortfalls for the banks due to EU state aid rules. In a letter written in response to a question by Green Party leader Giorgos […]

POLICE in northwest Washington state searched for a gunman on Saturday who opened fire in a shopping mall, killing five people, according to media reports and the state’s police force. A man walked into the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, about 105 km north of Seattle and began shooting at about 7 p.m. local time on Friday, Washington State Patrol […]

By Tom Perry SYRIAN government forces seized ground from rebels north of Aleppo on Saturday, tightening their siege on the city’s opposition-held east as it came under fierce air strikes in a major offensive by the Russian-backed army. The capture of the Handarat camp a few kilometres north of Aleppo marked the first major ground […]

A fire in Limassol the early morning hours of Saturday caused damage to a cafeteria belonging to the technical university Tepak. The fire service scrambled to the scene on Athinon Street at around 2.30am and managed to put the blaze under control 15 minutes later. The fire damaged an awning and plastic chairs and it […]

Starting on Monday, the Ayioi Omoloyites Cultural Workshop will present the theatrical performance Narratives of Women. Narratives of Women is based on 18 Narratives, one of the last works of the poet, painter and writer Niki Marangou. The story revolves around 18 Greek and Turkish Cypriot women. Marangou collected these narratives over the years and […]

JEREMY Corbyn was re-elected leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Saturday, ending a “coup” attempt by more moderate lawmakers who say his left-wing agenda can never deliver victory at the polls. The veteran campaigner’s triumph, by 313,209 to 193,229 votes, cements his authority over the divided party and will fuel his drive to turn Labour […]

A 50-year-old man was hospitalized with multiple abrasions and bruises suffered when he was beaten and mugged in a park in Nicosia early on Saturday morning. Police were notified about the incident at around 2.20am. The man said that he was in a park near Stasinou Avenue when he was accosted by four individuals who […]

By Tom Perry Syrian government forces seized ground from rebels north of Aleppo on Saturday, tightening their siege on the city’s opposition-held east as it came under fierce air strikes in a major offensive by the Russian-backed army. The capture of the Handarat camp a few kilometres north of Aleppo marked the first major ground […]

A man and a woman from Poland where arrested by the drug squad in Larnaca on Friday evening on suspicion of possession of 1.1 kilos of cocaine. The pair were arrested in a supermarket parking lot at around 9pm. Drug squad officers had placed them under surveillance after a tip off. Inside a bag held […]

The foreign ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt met on Friday in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to discuss the upcoming tripartite summit to take place in Cairo between President Nicos Anastasiades, Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras and President of Egypt Al Sisi. The Summit is set for October 11-12. Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides […]

President Nicos Anastasiades said Greek Cypriots could not accept guarantees and foreign armies in Cyprus, and if such pending issues could not be addressed it would not be possible to reach a solution. “We are facing critical developments and significant dilemmas,” he said at a formal dinner on Friday night in New York hosted by the Federation […]

By Federica Mogherini, Kristalina Georgieva and Jyrki Katainen   CHALLENGING times call for us to rise to meet them with new thinking. With innovation. With vision. We have to foster our internal growth and the well-being of our citizens. And we have to cooperate with our neighbouring countries to support their own growth, stability and […]

After successive Premier League defeats, Manchester United will hope to re-energise their faltering campaign and make up ground on the early pacesetters with victory at home to champions Leicester City on Saturday. After losing to leaders Manchester City and Watford, either side of a Champions League defeat to Feyenoord, United already trail Pep Guardiola’s vibrant […]

By Robert MacMillan and Mike Blake A fourth night of protests over the fatal shooting of a black man by police in Charlotte, North Carolina appeared to be ending peacefully early on Saturday morning as pressure grew on local police to release videos of the incident. Several hundred protesters wound through the streets of Charlotte […]

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the Philippine’s Mindanao island on Saturday, sending hotel guests and construction workers running from buildings in Davao, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake, initially reported as a magnitude 6.5, struck at 6:53 a.m. (22:53 GMT on Friday) and […]

Four people have been shot dead at a mall in northwest Washington state and the gunman has fled the scene, police said on social media on Friday. The shooting occurred at about 7 p.m. local time Friday at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, about 65 miles (105 km) north of Seattle, Washington State Patrol […]

Two games stand out this weekend for the fifth round of the championship with Ael and Apollon locking horns in the big Limassol derby on Saturday, while the following day top of the table Aek, play hosts to Anorthosis at the Zenon stadium in Larnaca. Ael have done well in their opening four games, dropping […]

For the first time in Cyprus, this weekend the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride will take place. The themed ride, during which suited up gentlemen – or gentle women – ride together in style, will take place on Sunday, while things will be warmed up at the Limassol old port parking lot with an exhibition of the […]

FAILURE to make use of the current momentum for a solution to the Cyprus problem by either side will hold them accountable as to the reasons, special advisor of the United Nations’ Secretary General in Cyprus Espen Barth Eide said after a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Thursday. According to reports from […]