Новости за 26.04.2017

A young Brit of Greek Cypriot descent is among three alleged Isis sympathisers caught and detained while trying to enter Turkey last week, according to a report by the Guardian on Wednesday. He had disappeared from Cyprus in April 2015 and was not heard of for two years until now. The report said that Stefan […]

Barcelona thrashed Osasuna 7-1 on Wednesday as Lionel Messi, Andre Gomes and Paco Alcacer each scored twice to send them three points clear of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga. Javier Mascherano scored his first ever goal for the club from the penalty spot as the Catalans built on their Clasico victory over […]

Former world number one Maria Sharapova made a winning comeback to the tour on Wednesday following her 15-month doping ban, beating Italian Roberta Vinci in straight sets in the first round of the Stuttgart Grand Prix. The 30-year-old Russian, three-time winner on Stuttgart’s clay courts, received a controversial wild card for the German tournament, having […]

The Nicosia criminal court will next month announce the sentence of former Paphos mayor Savvas Vergas over bribery charges he pled guilty to in connection with the case of the Paphos solid-waste management plant. On Wednesday, his lawyer presented arguments for mitigation, following Vergas’ agreeing to transfer to the state a plot of land worth […]

The second legs of the Cyprus Cup semi-finals were rendered little more than a formality as Apollon trounced Anorthosis 6-0 while Apoel won 2-0 at Doxa Katokopias. Holders Apollon steamrolled past hapless Anorthosis with an ease that even their most die-hard fans could not have dreamed of. From the very first whistle Apollon poured forward […]

Turkish Cypriot press reports that President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci have pledged a moratorium of hydrocarbons-related activity until July 31st are not only false but verge on the ridiculous, deputy government spokesman Victoras Papadopoulos said on Wednesday. He was referring to a report by Turkish daily Milliyet, which cited unnamed sources […]

The same people pointing the finger at the state over delays in establishing a national health scheme were the main culprits when it came to moving forward, Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis said on Wednesday. A very angry Pamboridis called on state doctors to drop their delaying tactics and tell people what they really want, after […]

Cypriot girls are leaving boys in the dust in the race to universities and when it comes to not dropping out of secondary school early, Eurostat figures showed on Wednesday. According to the figures the number of boys going on to tertiary education increased only 7.8 per cent to 43.7 per cent between 2002 and […]

Golfers will no longer live in fear of a minor infringement being picked up by eagle-eyed armchair fans, after the Royal & Ancient and USGA agreed to limit the use of video evidence this week. Golf’s ruling bodies decided, with immediate effect, to outlaw the use of video replays where an infringement is so slight […]

The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation in Nicosia will host an exhibition of contemporary Cypriot art as of tomorrow under the name Rooms to Contemplate: Content and Perspective of a Collection. The exhibition, which is the first of its kind in the foundation’s history, will bring together works from the foundation’s significant private collection and […]

A touring marine archaeology bus will give children and adults the chance to learn about diving, excavation and methods of shipbuilding next month. The specially-equipped bus, which has travelled around the UK, France and Belgium will come to Cyprus on May 5 and will completes its tour on May 15. The tour starts at the […]

By Amanda Becker US President Donald Trump will release a tax plan on Wednesday that proposes to sharply slash business taxes and steeply discount the rate on corporate profits brought back into the United States, officials said. The blueprint, which also calls for the raising of standard deductions for individuals, is designed to be a […]

Burnley midfielder Joey Barton has been suspended from the game for 18 months with immediate effect after admitting to an FA misconduct charge over betting on matches. Barton, who said he will appeal the length of his ban, was charged with placing 1,260 bets on football matches or competitions from 26 March, 2006, to 13 […]

  By Guy Faulconbridge British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives have almost twice as much voter support as the opposition Labour Party ahead of a June 8 election, a lead equal to that commanded by Margaret Thatcher before her 1983 landslide victory, Ipsos MORI said. Since May surprised rivals and financial markets by calling a […]

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday encouraged Indian investors, to look towards projects in Cyprus in an address to the Cyprus–India Business Forum in Mumbai. Anastasiades said his presence at the forum reaffirmed “in the strongest possible terms the strong will of the government and the people of Cyprus for even closer bonds with the Republic […]

By Angela Moon and Rishika Sadam Shares of Twitter Inc soared in premarket trade on Wednesday after the microblogging service reported better-than-expected user growth. Despite stiff competition from Facebook Inc and Snap Inc, Twitter’s monthly active users, one of the most closely watched metrics for analysts, increased by six per cent, or 18 million, to […]

Following Cyprus’ successes in the ‘Nasa Space Apps Challenge’ competition in recent years, the biggest event for the development of innovative and space oriented ideas is back in Cyprus this weekend for the fifth consecutive year. In 2015, one of the winning teams ‘ArachnoBeeA’, was selected by NASA’s judging committee as the global winner in […]

The goalkeeper who served part of a 22-year sentence for murder before returning to football in April has been ordered back to prison, Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled this week. Bruno Fernandes handed himself in to police after the court ruled the decision to release him was ‘unviable.’ However, he returned to his club’s base in […]

The ongoing impasse in the Cyprus peace talks might be convenient for President Nicos Anastasiades, main opposition leader Andros Kyprianou said on Wednesday, suggesting he may be focusing on re-election next year. Speaking on state radio, Kyprianou referred to Monday’s National Council session, in which Anastasiades painted a bleak picture of the prospects for progress […]

US authorities have not requested Cyprus’s assistance in investigating allegations concerning financial transactions in Cyprus by advisers of US president Donald Trump, including Paul Manafort, a Cypriot official said. The US “expressed no concern over what is going on in Cyprus” regarding possible wrongdoings by advisers, including possible money laundering,during a recent visit by Central […]

At a time where you can send a photo of your dinner to your grandma and seconds later receive an approving ‘thumbs up’, it is easy to imagine that absolutely everyone has a smartphone. Sweden has the highest percentage of adults owning a smartphone (80 per cent) while Greece and Hungary rank the lowest with […]

The Anglo Cypriot Theatre (ACT) has staged many great productions in the past that have made audiences laugh and cry but this time the theatre group has a mission to reinstall imagination in the minds of the young. With three performances of the youth ACT production of Marmalade Gumdrops by Carol Lauck – a show […]

  A three-foot giant rabbit has died on a United Airlines flight from London, prompting a review at the Chicago-based airline which faced a global backlash this month over its treatment of a passenger who was dragged from his seat. The 10-month old rabbit named Simon, who was tipped to become one of the world’s […]

    By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim The US military started moving parts of an anti-missile defence system to a deployment site in South Korea on Wednesday, triggering protests from villagers and criticism from China, amid tension over North Korea’s weapons development. The earlier-than-expected steps to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (Thaad) […]

Magic isn’t a form of entertainment that’s big in Cyprus. We do have a number of amateur magicians but David Blaine is unlikely to play Monte Caputo any time soon. Which is strange, because this part of the world does have an age-old tradition of magic: the ancient Greeks were great admirers of magic, Homer […]