Новости за 30.04.2017

Tottenham Hotspur beat local rivals Arsenal with second-half goals from prolific pair Dele Alli and Harry Kane on Sunday to maintain their Premier league title challenge. A deserved victory kept them four points behind leaders Chelsea, who won 3-0 at Everton earlier. Alli put Spurs ahead in the 56th minute when he followed up after […]

By Bejay Browne     A DEFUNCT Paphos charity which closed its doors last year is being relaunched to help feed needy local families and they are appealing for urgent donations of non-perishable items. Solidarity, a charitable initiative, was set up in 2012 to help those on low incomes of any nationality or background living […]

By Richard Aspland – World Sailing It was a case of déjà vu on the final day of racing at Sailing’s World Cup Series in Hyères, France as Cypriot Laser sailor Pavlos Kontides once again stole gold from underneath the nose of his rival. On the second day of live Medal Racing from the south […]

Finland’s Valtteri Bottas celebrated the first Formula One victory of his career at the Russian Grand Prix on Sunday after jumping both Ferraris at the start and then holding his nerve over the tense closing laps. Championship leader Sebastian Vettel, who had started on pole position alongside Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen, extended his advantage […]

The seismic research vessel Ramform Hyperion, which will conduct surveys in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone over the coming month, arrived at Limassol port on Sunday. The newly-built vessel arrived on the island from the Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan, having completed the required tests in Singapore. It is expected to carry out three-dimensional seismographic surveys […]

A week before a decisive second round in France’s presidential election, many voters are sceptical that either of the two candidates can solve chronic unemployment or tackle security concerns, a poll published on Sunday found. The Ifop survey for the Journal du Dimanche highlights two key battlegrounds as centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron and far-right […]

The two leaders are due to meet on Tuesday for their third meeting since talks resumed amid numerous reports that a new Geneva conference was on the horizon before July when drilling is set to begin in the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Reports on Sunday said Turkey was pushing for a new conference as […]

A 55-year-old man was in intensive care at Paphos General Hospital on Sunday after being bitten by a snake in his village. The man was bitten while out in his field and was taken to the hospital emergency room where doctors admitted him to intensive care as a precaution. There are nine recognised species of […]

The head of an Iranian satellite television network channel who last year was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison by a Tehran court was shot dead in Istanbul together with a business partner, Turkey’s Dogan news agency said on Sunday. GEM TV founder Saeed Karimian and another Iranian were driving in Istanbul’s Maslak […]

The highest priority for the government is to tackle unemployment, through a coordinated effort that has begun to deliver the first positive and promising results, Labour Zeta Emilianidou in her message ahead of May 1 Labour Day. The minister noted that unemployment had fallen from 15.9% in 2013 to 12.9% in 2016 and a significant […]

With three abstentions and no votes against, socialist Edek’s party congress on Sunday backed Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos for president in 2018. In its decision, the party took into consideration its concerns over the “destructive path being seen in Cyprus because of wrong choices and bad tactics by President Nicos Anastasiades and his government.” It […]

An experienced Swiss climber died on Sunday after he fell in the Everest region of Nepal during preparations to climb the world’s highest mountain, the first to perish in the current climbing season, officials said. Ueli Steck, 40, died after falling to the foot of Mount Nuptse, a smaller peak in the area, said Mingma […]

The Audit Office is leaving behind its problems and moving forward with modernisation and renewal, Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides said on his Facebook page following completion of an assessment of the service by British experts. Michaellides said the review was completed on Friday. It was the first that had even been done since 1960, he said, […]

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday divorce talks with the European Union would be difficult, responding to the tough stance taken by EU leaders over the upcoming Brexit negotiations. EU leaders endorsed stiff divorce terms for Britain on Saturday and warned Britons to have “no illusions” about swiftly securing a new relationship to […]

Authorities warned on Sunday that the levels of PM10 in the atmosphere were exceeding limits and warned vulnerable groups to take precautions in case of respiratory problems. At 9am PM10 levels had increased to 70mg per cubic metre and would over the next 24 hours exceed the average safety limit of 50mg. Over the the […]

Police on Sunday lashed out at drunk drivers after two incidents in the early hours they said showed the “complete lack of road safety awareness and lack of respect for other road users” by some drivers. An announcement said that a 30-year old in Nicosia caused an accident in the early hours after which a […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats have opened a seven-point lead over the centre-left Social Democrats five months ahead of the Sept. 24 election, according to a poll on Sunday in the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. The Emnid institute survey found the Christian Democrats and their Christian Social Union allies winning 36 percent of […]

Police are investigating the kidnapping of a minor after a 13-year-old Bulgarian girl ran away with her 19-year-old boyfriend, also Bulgarian. According to police, on Saturday the girl’s mother, a resident of Xylofagou, reported that her daughter had run away with the young man without her permission. Investigations established the pair had flown to Sofia […]

Valuables worth more than 2,500 euros were stolen early Sunday from a parked car outside an events hall in Larnaca, police said. At around 12.30am a 33-year-old woman from Nicosia and her partner from Limassol reported that they had parked at the venue in Mackenzie beach around 7pm and were heading home when they discovered […]

Pafos2017 has issued parking guidelines in Kato Paphos for Sunday’s and Monday’s cultural events involving the Berlin Philharmonic. Sunday April 30: Parking’s main entrance from Apostolou Pavlou avenue will be only open to people with free entry passes. Kato Paphos parking will be closed from 10am for people without free entry passes. Members of the […]

By Ian Chadband Anthony Joshua delivered one of the great nights in British boxing annals by stopping Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round to be crowned IBF, WBA and IBO world heavyweight champion in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Britain’s unbeaten IBF title holder earned a sensational victory by knocking […]

Three polls show a rise in support for the opposition Labour party, although the governing Conservative party maintained a commanding lead. The polls showed the party of British Prime Minister Theresa May remained between 11 and 17 points ahead of Labour, still enough to deliver a clear victory as she seeks a mandate ahead of […]

U.S. President Donald Trump hit the road on Saturday to celebrate his first 100 days in the White House with cheering supporters at a campaign-style rally, touting his initial achievements and lashing out at critics. Trump told a Pennsylvania crowd he was just getting started on meeting his campaign promises. He repeatedly attacked an “incompetent, […]

This winter, a team of adventurers – including the great-grandson of legendary polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton – became the first to cross the Antarctic continent in a passenger car. Their drive into the history books revisited the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration in more ways than one, and the adventure has been made into […]

Al Pacino was considered too short, Marlon Brando was required to do a screen test, and director Francis Ford Coppola was almost fired. The director and cast of “The Godfather” reminisced on Saturday in a 45th anniversary reunion in New York about the trials, perseverance and inspiration that resulted in the Oscar-winning Mafia movies. Coppola, […]