Новости за 23.10.2016

CHELSEA 4 MANCHESTER UNITED 0 Jose Mourinho was humiliated on his Premier League return to Stamford Bridge where his former side Chelsea routed Manchester United 4-0 on Sunday, Having held out for 90 minutes at Anfield last Monday, United conceded the quickest goal in the Premier League this season to Pedro after 30 seconds and […]

University of Cyprus (UCy) Rector Constantinos Christofides said in an op-ed on Sunday that doctors’ union arguments against the notion that a university teaching hospital would created different levels of medics were anachronistic. In the article published in Phileleftheros, Christofides said different levels were needed where needs were multiple and diverse, adding that it was […]

By Marton Dunai At a commemoration of a 1956 anti-Communist uprising, Hungary’s right-wing leader Viktor Orban said his country must stand up to Europe’s “Sovietisation” and defend its borders against mass migration. Orban, a critic of the European Union and an early opponent of the recent migration wave into the continent, said freedom in Europe […]

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet had a rocky go of voting in the nation’s local elections on Sunday, having to return to the polls twice after leaving her ID behind and forgetting to sign her name. Bachelet, voting in the upper-middle class Santiago neighborhood of La Reina, first forgot to grab her national identification card from […]

MANCHESTER CITY 1 SOUTHAMPTON 1 Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League on goal difference after coming from behind to draw 1-1 with Southampton at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Pep Guardiola’s side, who began the season with 10 straight victories, have now gone five games without a win in all competitions, […]

By Alastair Macdonald and Philip Blenkinsop The European Union has given Belgium until late on Monday to overcome opposition to a free trade deal with Canada from its French-speaking region or a summit to sign the pact that could boost both economies is off, EU sources said on Sunday. EU trade negotiators are rushing to […]

Paphos shopkeepers are losing patience with delays in reshaping the town By Bejay Browne ONGOING works in Paphos are pushing shopkeepers to the end of their rope as great chunks of the old town are currently dug up leaving many areas, including the main shopping street of Makarios Avenue, practically impossible to access. To make […]

Opposition Akel leader Andros Kyprinaou said on Sunday his party believed there should be no guarantees as part of a Cyprus solution. Kyprianou was speaking in Limassol where he had gone to campaign for the party’s incumbent mayor Andreas Christou ahead of the December municipal elections. Asked by reporters to comment on an article in […]

Defence Minister Christoforos Fokaides left for Austria on Sunday on an official visit at the invitation of his counterpart Hans Peter Doskozil. The two ministers will discuss bilateral relations and their joint initiatives in the framework of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC). The Austrian Military Academy is set to sign a memorandum of […]

A poll of Americans living in the state of Arizona has found that almost half believe Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico would be a waste of money and one third believe it would be effective. The results of a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll showed that in the state heavily affected by illegal immigration, 47 per […]

Police announced a campaign beginning on Monday until October 30 where they will clamp down on drink driving, and the sale and consumption of alcohol to minors. During the week there will be increased patrols and checks both on the roads at at sale points for alcohol, they said. Driving under the influence has been […]

A worker has died in a “work-related fatality” at the site of a 2022 World Cup stadium in Qatar, the country’s World Cup organizing body said late on Saturday. The incident occurred on Saturday morning at the Al Wakrah Stadium and is being investigated, Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy said in a statement. […]

Big international banks are preparing to move some of their operations out of Britain in early 2017 due to the uncertainty over the country’s future relationship with the European Union, a top banking official said. Writing in the Observer newspaper, Anthony Browne, the chief executive of lobby group the British Bankers’ Association, said the public […]

Britain could slash corporation tax to 10 percent if the European Union refuses to agree a post-Brexit free trade deal or blocks UK-based banks from accessing its market, the Sunday Times reported, citing an unidentified source. The newspaper said the idea of halving the headline rate from 20 percent had been put forward by Prime […]

Education Minister Costas Kadis and Russian Education and Science Minister Olga Vasilyeva have signed an agreement in the fields of education and science. The agreement provides for the mutual recognition of academic titles between Cypriot and Russian universities. The deal was signed in Moscow, in the presence of the rectors of Cypriot universities. Kadis said […]

France’s national police chief has promised to upgrade equipment and improve working conditions for the country’s police, who staged a sixth night of protests across several cities. The police have said they are no longer properly equipped to do their jobs and face harsh working conditions. They staged protests in Paris, Strasbourg and Nancy on […]

Over 100 dead wild birds were confiscated by police on Saturday from a house in Zygi According to police, around 5pm on Saturday the anti-poaching unit executed a search warrant at the home of a 55-year-old woman and found the dead birds in the fridge. The woman was taken to Zygi police station, charged and […]

A 35-year-old man who hit a parked car and subsequently drove into oncoming traffic in Larnaca, injuring two women in a head-on collision, was found to be some five time over the limit, police said on Sunday. At around 7.30pm on Saturday night the man was driving towards Zakynthos Spyros Kyprianou Avenue when he hit […]

A 48-year-old intoxicated man from Nicosia was arrested on Sunday morning after illegally entering a woman’s property in Zygi, causing a disturbance and refusing to leave. According to police at around 01.30 this morning the woman reported that the man entered the courtyard of her house and despite being told to, would not leave. Police […]

A 72 year-old retired soldier blew himself up in a park in the Japanese city of Utsunomiya, killing himself and injuring three other people in an apparent suicide, state broadcaster NHK reported. A second explosion, separate from the blast that killed the former Self Defence Force member, caused a fire in a nearby parking lot, […]

A pensioner was killed late Saturday while crossing a road in Peyia. Charalambous Koudounos, 86, from Tsada was hit on Michalis Kyprianou Avenue by a car driven by a 25-year-old from Paphos at around 8pm. According to police the driver had managed to brake but the pensioner fell as the vehicle came to a halt, […]

LIVERPOOL 2 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1 A fluent Liverpool moved second in the Premier League with a 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion at Anfield on Saturday but will rue missing the prize of top spot a larger margin of victory would have secured. Victory by at least two goals would have put Juergen Klopp’s […]

By Richard Martin Barcelona could be without captain Andres Iniesta for the rest of the year after the midfielder sustained a knee injury in an eventful 3-2 La Liga win for the leaders at Valencia on Saturday. The Spain international was carried off on a stretcher crying in pain following a late tackle from behind […]

President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday his conversation late on Saturday with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had centred on the latter’s stated intention to be at the disposal of the two leaders should they need him. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event in Pissouri, Anastasiades said: “The conversation revolved around progress to […]

By Greg Roumeliotis and Jessica Toonkel AT&T Inc said on Saturday it agreed to buy Time Warner Inc for $85.4 billion, the boldest move yet by a telecommunications company to acquire content to stream over its network to attract a growing number of online viewers. The biggest deal in the world this year will, if […]