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By Martyn Herman Chelsea’s processional march towards the Premier League title continued at Swansea City’s expense on Saturday as last season’s champions Leicester City dropped into the bottom three. Antonio Conte’s side were not firing on all cylinders against a resolute Swansea side managed by their former assistant manager Paul Clement, but second-half goals by […]

Three members of the police force have been suspended in connection with a case where two foreigners managed to escape from Larnaca airport while they were under police custody. Two of the officers work in immigration and the third in security at the airport. According to police spokesman Andreas Angelides the two foreigners were arrested […]

Supporters and opponents of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte turned a traditional celebration of the 1986 “People Power” uprising into demonstrations for and against his bloody war on drugs. Former president Benigno Aquino, the only son of Corazon Aquino, the icon of democracy, led about 3,000 protesters gathered at Manila’s historic highway, site of the popular […]

A report into exactly what has happened since Wednesday when two children resident in Cyprus turned up at Larnaca airport to leave the country until Saturday when they were found at a children’s shelter in Nicosia has been requested by the chief of Larnaca police. Their mother, from Romania, had reported to police on Friday […]

Chelsea stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League to 11 points with a 3-1 victory over a resolute Swansea City side at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Cesc Fabregas marked his 300th Premier League appearance with his side’s opener after 19 minutes, finishing well after being picked out by Pedro’s cut-back. Swansea worked […]

There has been a reduction in car thefts over the last few years, police spokesman Andreas Angelides said on Saturday. “Based on our statistics, 405 car thefts were reported in 2014, of which 197 were found, in 2015 there were 321 reported thefts of which 157 were found and in 2016 there were 306 cases […]

Stuart Hogg and Finn Russell shone as Scotland staged a rousing comeback to beat Wales for the first time in 10 years in an absorbing 29-13 Six Nations victory at Murrayfield on Saturday. After an early exchange of penalties Wales winger Liam Williams crossed in the corner for an eye-catching opening try as the visitors […]

With a parade along the sea front, carnival activities were brought to a close in Paphos on Saturday afternoon. Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos said the parade is the second largest in Cyprus, after that in Limassol. He said this year’s parade was the largest ever seen in the town, with 4,000 people and a total […]

Syrian government and opposition delegates to peace talks in Geneva on Saturday warned of the impact on negotiations after a day of violence in Syria that included jihadist suicide bombings and missile strikes by the air force. The United Nations opened the peace talks with a symbolic ceremony on Thursday in Geneva, attended by representatives […]

On Tuesday the Thoc building in Nicosia and the Rialto theatre in Limassol will screen a performance of No Man’s Land from the West End with mega stars Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. The play, by Harold Pinter, is set on a summer’s evening when two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead […]

Amid outcry by opposition for the weakening of the law regulating smoking, as passed by parliament on Friday, ruling Disy on Saturday defended the outcome and claimed it marked a significant step toward fostering an anti-smoking culture. In a statement, the Greens, who abstained in Friday’s vote, said an opportunity for a “proper law” to […]

Even if the Turkish Cypriot side were to return to the negotiating table ahead of April’s referendum in Turkey, progress on key outstanding issues would be unlikely, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday. In an interview to news portal Reporter Online on the prospects of a settlement to the Cyprus problem, Anastasiades asserted that the […]

SUICIDE bombers stormed two Syrian security offices in Homs on Saturday, killing dozens with gunfire and explosions including a senior officer and prompting airstrikes against the last rebel-held enclave in the western city. The jihadist rebel alliance Tahrir al-Sham said in a social media post that five suicide bombers had carried out the attack, which […]

An 18-year-old man was seriously injured in Nicosia on Friday night, when his motorcycle crashed with a car driven by a 19-year-old. Police investigations suggested that the 18-year-old had not been wearing a helmet. A police report said the crash took place at around 8pm on Friday on Makarios avenue in Latsia, when the 19-year-old’s […]

On Thursday 100 cities around the world will celebrate Italian Design day and Nicosia will be part of the tribute with an event at the Amphitheatre of the Architecture and Research Centre of the University of Nicosia at 6pm. This event, which will showcase the excellence of Italian design all over the world, is a […]

New Lakatamia Mayor Fotoula Hadjipapa she aims to turn the municipality clean and green through good cooperation between the municipality and its citizens, she told the Cyprus News Agency. The Lakatamia Municipal Green Point has been in operation since April 2015 as a space where citizens can get rid of cut branches, grass clippings, leaves […]

French presidential challenger Francois Fillon will face a full judicial inquiry into allegations he paid family members for fake parliamentary jobs after the country’s financial prosecutor said she was appointing a magistrate to lead a deeper probe. The escalation is another blow to the conservative candidate whose status as favourite to win the presidency has […]

A 32-year-old man from Vrysoulles, Larnaca, was remanded for six days on Saturday in connection with possession of about 13kg of cannabis, 3kg of cocaine, an unregistered airgun, 16 pistol cartridges and illegal bird-trapping equipment. According to a police report, drug-squad members on Friday searched the houses, orchards and vehicles of two brothers, 32 and […]

The United Nations Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) has warned hunters that hunting in the buffer zone is strictly prohibited. “Entering the buffer zone area in order to perform any kind of hunting activities, including, but not limited to, those contemplating the use of weapons and/or dogs, runs the risk of drawing fire from either of […]

The Apocalyse Gallery in Nicosia will start the month of March off with a group ceramic art exhibition under the name Playing with a Cube by Maria Mina and Vassos Demetriou. The inspiration for this joint exhibition, as expressed in the title, was the cube. Each piece displayed brings out the uniqueness of each artist […]

Two very important games take place this weekend in the penultimate round of the regular season in the Cyprus football championship as leaders Apoel travel to Limassol to face second-placed Apollon while fourth-placed AEL make the reverse journey to Nicosia to take on the team just below them, Omonia. The Apollon vs Apoel game will […]

Having helped Chelsea to win the Premier League as assistant to Carlo Ancelotti, Paul Clement will be looking to put a dent in their title hopes this season when he takes his resurgent Swansea City side to Stamford Bridge on Saturday (5pm). Clement, who had two spells at Chelsea, was Ancelotti’s right-hand man when they […]

By Ayesha Rascoe The White House excluded several major U.S. news organizations, including some it has criticized, from an off-camera briefing held by the White House press secretary on Friday. Reporters for CNN, The New York Times, Politico, The Los Angeles Times and BuzzFeed were not allowed into the session in the office of press […]

LIMASSOL municipality is set to create a daytime hospitality centre to provide homeless people access to wash facilities and meals, a municipality social worker said on Friday. According to Christina Tsiamparta, social worker of the Limassol municipality’s ‘Social work on the street’ programme, in the past year, the group dealt with around ten cases of homelessness. […]

IF WE NEEDED a reminder that the national health scheme (Gesy) is moving at a slower pace than the Cyprus settlement talks it is provided every few months when President Anastasiades calls a meeting of interested parties at the presidential palace and announces he would take the initiative to speed things up. We cannot remember […]