Новости за 27.05.2017

Arsenal denied Chelsea the double as they beat the Premier League champions 2-1 to win the FA Cup for the third time in four seasons at Wembley on Saturday. Aaron Ramsey’s 79th-minute header sealed victory for Arsenal, three minutes after Diego Costa’s equaliser had revived Chelsea’s hopes of capping a superb season in style. Alexis […]

Celtic clinched the treble in an unbeaten domestic season with a last-gasp goal by substitute Tom Rogic for a 2-1 victory over Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup final in Glasgow on Saturday. Rogic slipped past two defenders and beat goalkeeper Joe Lewis at his near post two minutes into added time as Celtic added the Scottish Cup to […]

Exeter Chiefs were crowned English rugby’s Premiership champions for the first time on Saturday when veteran flyhalf Gareth Steenson landed a nerveless penalty three minutes from the end of extra-time to beat Wasps 23-20 in an epic Twickenham final. Exeter, beaten in the final by Saracens last year, built a deserved 14-3 lead after 30 minutes […]

The Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Music School will present its fifth annual concert on Monday at 7.30pm at the Strovolos Municipal Theatre in Nicosia. Within the framework of the Social Corporate Responsibility of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra Foundation, this year’s concert of the Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra’s Music School’s students is dedicated to premature infants, […]

The winning architectural proposal for the new archaeological museum in Nicosia announced this week aims to encompass three main elements of Cyprus’ history, the architectural team awarded the project has said. The project by Greek architect Theoni Xanthi will focus on three thematic units – the prehistoric period, the island’s timeless relationship with the sea, […]

By Alan Baldwin FERRARI veteran Kimi Raikkonen rolled back the years and upstaged his championship-leading team mate Sebastian Vettel to take pole position at the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday. Vettel qualified alongside the 37-year-old Finn on the front row, with Ferrari’s pace making them clear favourites for a glamour race the Italian […]

WATFORD have appointed former Hull City manager Marco Silva as their new head coach on a two-year deal to replace Italian Walter Mazzarri who left at the end of the season, the Premier League club said on Saturday. The 39-year-old, who has also managed in his native Portugal and Greece where he won the title […]

  Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on Saturday summoned the ambassadors of the five permanent members of the United Nations’ Security Council to explain President Nicos Anastasiades’ stance on efforts to reconvene the Conference on Cyprus in Geneva. According to a foreign ministry statement, Kasoulides met with the ambassadors of the United States, Russia, France, the […]

Members of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities voiced their demand for the reunification of Cyprus on Saturday in the buffer zone at the Ledra street checkpoint, with slogans, whistles, drums, flags, and makeshift signs. Around 150 attendees at the peace rally shouted slogans in Greek, Turkish, and English, and waved signs reading ‘Peace […]

TURKISH President Tayyip Erdogan said the European Union had presented Turkey with a new 12-month timetable for renewing their relations, the Hurriyet daily said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters on the return flight from this week’s NATO summit in Brussels, Erdogan was cited by Hurriyet as saying that during the summit, Turkey and the EU […]

The Royal Ballet will grace the Rialto theatre screen in Limassol tomorrow with a performance of the George Balanchine ballet Jewels. The three-act ballet was created for the New York City Ballet and has been called the first full-length abstract ballet. It uses three gem stones to explore an array of musical and dance styles, […]

By Alan Baldwin FERRARI’S championship leader Sebastian Vettel was faster than ever in final Monaco Grand Prix practice on Saturday while Formula One title rival Lewis Hamilton remained well off the pace in his Mercedes. The German lapped the winding harbourside street circuit in a best time of one minute 12.395 seconds, with Finnish team mate Kimi […]

BRITISH Airways flights in Britain were being delayed and passengers were suffering long waits at airports on Saturday because of a global system outage, the airline said. “We apologise to customers who are facing some delays following an IT outage this morning,” a BA spokeswoman said. “We are working to resolve the problem as quickly […]

Where do you live? In Nicosia Best childhood memory? When I was six years old and my brother was born! Most frequented restaurant and absolute favourite dish? Thai restaurants. My absolute fave dish is Tom Yum Goong (Spicy Shrimp Soup) What did you have for breakfast? Granola with blueberries Would you class yourself as a […]

Four people died in two separate car accidents early on Saturday, a police report said. The first accident, which left three dead, took place shortly after 5am at Pano Polemidia, Limassol. Three men, Andreas Yiasemi and Demetris Savva, both 32, as well as Panayiotis Stefanou, 23, were killed when their pick-up truck crashed into another […]

A 48-year-old man was arrested in Paphos for the illegal possession, cultivation and use of drugs, as well as intent to sell, police said on Saturday. According to a police report, during a search of the 48-year-old’s home on Friday, 59 cannabis plants were found. Police had initially found two cannabis plants at the drying […]

Two men were arrested in Limassol for the  illegal possession of over 1.5 kilos of cannabis after warning shots were fired, a police report said on Saturday. According to the report, on Friday afternoon members of the drug squad pulled over a car for inspection in Limassol. Driving the car was a 30-year-old from Limassol, […]

  By Giselda Vagnoni and Steve Scherer Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations met African heads of state on Saturday, the final day of their annual summit which has been marked by discord over climate change, but unity on tackling terrorism. Italy had hoped to make Africa the major focus of the annual […]

  ABOUT 25 per cent of the population suffers from hypertension, according to the Cyprus hypertension society, that organised an awareness campaign titled “Do you know your pressure?” “Hundreds of people had the opportunity to be informed by cardiologists about the serious pathological complications caused by high blood pressure, while they were subjected to free […]

  THE call-up for the second wave of professional soldiers was announced on Friday. Unlike last year, this year women and current conscripts can also apply after the relevant legislation was recently amended. Candidates must be under 32 years old, have a school leaving certificate, a clean criminal record and a good command of the […]

By Michael Holden British police said they had arrested two men on Saturday as they stepped up their efforts to capture a suspected network behind the suicide bomber who killed 22 people in Manchester earlier this week. Officers used a controlled explosion to gain entry to the address in the north of the city where […]

  By Bill Trott Former US national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, who established himself in the Carter administration as a hard-liner on foreign policy, died on Friday, his family said. He was 89. Brzezinski’s daughter Mika said on social media that her father died peacefully, but did not give the cause of his death. Brzezinski, […]

By Addison Jones While there are still many children who remain physically active, there are more and more children that rather surf the Internet or play video games than be involved in physical activity. As technology advances it becomes more entertaining for children and they are becoming less active. Exercise is not only important for […]

Giving an insight into traditional Romanian costumes and rugs will be the third Romanian Blouse Festival, tomorrow at 6pm at Casteliotissa Hall in Nicosia. The festival, orgnaised by the Romanian Society in Cyprus together with the County Council of Gorj, will showcase an exhibition of traditional Romanian costumes and rugs along with presentations and performances. […]

Antonio Conte has already surpassed expectations in his first year as Chelsea manager and a victory in Saturday’s FA Cup final against Arsenal would complete arguably the greatest season in the club’s history. A second Double, following the one completed by Conte’s fellow Italian Carlo Ancelotti in 2010, was not even on the radar last […]