Новости за 02.01.2017

  By Richard Martin WEST HAM UNITED 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 2 Manchester United clinched a sixth consecutive Premier League win for the first time since April 2015 as Juan Mata and Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored second-half goals in a controversial 2-0 victory at 10-man West Ham United on Monday. The game was overshadowed by referee Mike Dean’s harsh decision to send […]

Cuba on Monday paraded troops and hundreds of thousands of citizens through its emblematic Revolution Square in a traditional show of nationalist fighting spirit as it faces a tough political and economic year. A replica of the yacht Granma, which brought the Castro brothers, Ernesto Che Guevara and others from Mexico to Cuba to start […]

Rejectionist circles in both communities are already working toward a ‘No’ vote, despite key elements of a proposed solution not yet agreed, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said in his new year’s address, which was released in Turkish, Greek, and English on Monday. In his message, Akinci referred to the upcoming Geneva summit, saying that […]

Jermain Defoe kept up Sunderland’s fight to avoid relegation as he converted two penalties to give the Black Cats a 2-2 home draw with Liverpool after the visitors led twice in a rip-roaring Premier League clash on Monday. Defoe took his league tally to 11 goals, cancelling out a 19th minute opener by Daniel Sturridge […]

Sergio Aguero came off the bench to score as Manchester City made light of playing for an hour with 10 men to beat Burnley 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium on Monday. City, needing a quick response after defeat at title rivals Liverpool on Saturday, suffered a blow when Fernandinho was red-carded just past the half […]

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico urged other European leaders on Monday to stop calling referendums on domestic issues, saying they posed a threat to the EU and to the euro. Last June Britain voted in a referendum to leave the European Union and last month Italian voters rejected a constitutional reform plan. Right-wing, anti-immigrant parties […]

Substitute Enner Valencia scored his first Everton goal to break Southampton’s resolve and send the home side on their way to a 3-0 win at Goodison Park on Monday, with Leighton Baines and Romelu Lukaku also finding the net. Valencia had not scored in the Premier League since getting two goals for West Ham United […]

Limassol and Nicosia will be jumping with performances by three giants in the Greek music world this week and next. Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Odysseas Ioannou and Rita Andonopoulou will perform concerts under the name Nine and Five in Limassol on Friday and Saturday and in Nicosia next Tuesday and Wednesday. Papakonstantinou is probably the best-known rocker […]

An ancient rampart with watchtowers and significant findings regarding the economy of ancient Paphos have been unearthed by University of Cyprus (UCy) archaeologists at the Kouklia site. The UCy said the 2016 excavations had focused on the extended storage facility discovered on the northern side of what is known as the Hadjiaptoullas plateau and an […]

Pope Francis has told bishops around the world they must adhere to a policy of zero tolerance for clergy who sexually abuse children and begged forgiveness for “a sin that shames us”. In a letter sent on Dec. 28 but released by the Vatican only on Monday, Francis said: “I would like us to renew […]

Dean Elgar’s century and a quickfire unbeaten 68 from Quinton de Kock lifted South Africa to 297 for six on the opening day of the second test against Sri Lanka at Newlands on Monday. Elgar scored a career-high 129 and shared a 103-run partnership with De Kock to lift the home side into a handy […]

By Tahsin Eroglu Turkish fashion designer Barbaros Sansal is to be deported from the north after he was arrested for comments he made in a video posted on social media where he criticised certain religious circles in Turkey and the Turkish government. According to a report in CNN Turk, Sansal will be deported from the […]

Around 60 people have been killed in a bloody prison riot sparked by a war between rival drug gangs in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, officials said on Monday, in some of the worst violence in years in Brazil’s overcrowded penitentiary system. The head of security for Amazonas state, Sergio Fontes, told a news […]

A rental car being used by a family of Russian tourists caught fire on Monday on the Paphos to Polis Chrysochous road, a police report said. According to the report, the two parents and their three children, aged 11, 10, and 1, managed to exit the car before the fire spread. The incident took place […]

The Greek Cypriot side is preparing intensively for the Geneva conference on Cyprus, scheduled to start on January 9, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Monday. The preparation covers both the period leading up to the meetings, the January 9 to 11 sessions between the two sides, and the most crucial phase, the conference on […]

Troubled champions Leicester City were held to a turgid 0-0 draw at Middlesbrough on Monday to edge further clear of the Premier League relegation zone. Leonardo Ulloa missed the visitors’ best chance when he headed a Christian Fuchs corner straight at Brad Guzan in the 69th minute, although the Foxes were largely toothless without strikers […]

Police on Monday afternoon said that vehicles had been trapped in the snow on roads up to Troodos after drivers ignored warnings that many roads were closed. In their latest update on the road network, police said that there was increased traffic on mountain roads, especially those leading to Troodos, but many cars had been […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is steering clear of the World Economic Forum in Davos, a meeting expected to be dominated by debate over the looming presidency of Donald Trump and rising public anger with elites and globalisation. Merkel has been a regular at the annual gathering of political leaders, CEOs and celebrities, travelling to the […]

Increased numbers of cases of gastroenteritis and flu have kept the Paphos general hospital’s accident and emergency department very busy over the holiday period it was reported on Monday. According to the director of the hospital, Spyros Georgiou, the hospital’s A&E department has had to deal with increased cases of gastroenteritis and flu, which were […]

David Ferrer sent local favourite Bernard Tomic packing with an easy 6-3 7-5 win in the opening round of the Brisbane International on Monday. The eighth-seeded Spaniard capitalised on Tomic’s poor serve, breaking the flat-looking Australian three times to clinch the first set at the Pat Rafter Arena. They traded service holds through the second […]

To be fair, we don’t get many stand-up comedians coming over to give us a laugh, in fact, we don’t get any. But things are changing and for all those who wonder how one person can get a whole room of people laughing for an hour or so – it is an acquired taste – […]

Police on Monday said they are continuing to search for those behind the theft of four loaded magazines and a number of bullets which were stolen from a guard at the Andreas Papandreou air base on December 17. The stolen ammunition – four loaded magazines and 60 bullets – was found by a priest near the church of Ayia Vryaini […]

Swimmers in Limassol and Paphos celebrated New Year’s Day with a dip in the sea and a party by the beach. Despite low temperatures, the bathers enjoyed their swim and invited everyone to take up winter swimming as it is good for the health. “We have a warm heart and this is all we need,” […]

The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour party, Jeremy Corbyn, could step down before the next national election in 2020 if its poor opinion poll ratings do not improve, the head of its biggest union backer said in an interview published on Monday. Labour has consistently placed a distant second in opinion polls and a survey […]

A fairly modern orchestra set for symphonic majesty averages 90 musicians. That’s about 24 trumpety people (French horns, trombones, tubas), 17 working with wind (as uncomfortable as this sounds, clarinet, oboe, flute etc), over 50 highly strung individuals (violinists, cellists and the like), and a handful of percussionists banging away in the background on everything […]