Новости за 13.09.2017

Liverpool paid a heavy price for a first-half penalty miss as Sevilla grabbed a late equaliser to earn a 2-2 draw in their Champions League group E opener at Anfield on Wednesday. The Premier League side had been cruising after overcoming the shock of Wissam Ben Yedder’s fifth-minute goal to lead 2-1 at half-time. But […]

A 13-year-old cyclist died in Nicosia on Wednesday evening after he was hit by a passing vehicle. Police said the teenage boy was cycling between the road connecting Episkopiou community with Arediou when he was hit by a car at around 6:30pm. No more information has been made public while Nicosia traffic police continue investigations.

Paphos police arrested two people in connection to €225 worth of stolen electrical goods from a supermarket on Wednesday. According to a statement, the two broke into a safe box in Peyia stealing two items of electrical equipment during non working hours. They then fleed away using a getaway car. Peyia police found the vehicle’s […]

Harry Kane struck twice as Tottenham Hotspur made a flying start to their Champions League campaign with a 3-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in their Group H opener at Wembley on Wednesday. The England striker made sure there was no repeat of last season’s home woes in the competition with his side’s second and third […]

Striker Sergio Aguero scored his 50th goal in European club competitions as Manchester City romped to a record 4-0 victory over Feyenoord in their Champions League Group F clash at De Kuip on Wednesday. Defender John Stones bagged a brace of headed goals and Brazilian forward Gabriel Jesus netted the other as City inflicted the […]

Aglantzia municipality is offering free IT and first aid courses for migrants, refugees and third country nationals, it said on Wednesday. “Lessons will begin on Sunday, September 17, at the Aglantzia highschool as part of an integration programme by local authorities called ‘communities with colour’, the municipality said in a statement. The aim is to […]

Implementing a national strategy on tourism until 2030 could attract more than 5 million tourists per year, head of Cyprus’ association of travel agents (Acta) said on Wednesday. Speaking during Acta’s annual general conference, Dinos Kakouras said the strategy would make Cyprus a destination for tourists all year round. Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said a […]

One of Britain’s largest chain supermarkets, Waitrose, has placed halloumi cheese on its ‘essential’ list, it emerged on Wednesday.    Over 300 items have been added to the Waitrose essential range since its launch in 2009 to now include items such as tortilla bread and Cypriot halloumi.  ‘Our changing tastes have in part been shaped by […]

The Trump administration on Wednesday told US government agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products from their networks, saying it was concerned the Moscow-based cyber security firm was vulnerable to Kremlin influence and that using its anti-virus software could jeopardize national security. The decision represents a sharp response to what US intelligence agencies have described as […]

Oslo district court has ordered the immediate return of four-year-old Marie Eleni to Cyprus, following her abduction from Nicosia almost five months ago, it emerged on Wednesday. Lawyer Larry Vrahimis, acting on behalf of Marie’s mother Eleni Ioannou, told state radio that the order from Norway states that the girl’s Norwegian father, Torkel Grimsrud, must […]

The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday awarded the 2024 summer Olympic Games to Paris and the 2028 edition to Los Angeles following a vote in the Peruvian capital Lima. Paris, which has hosted two previous Olympics, will stage the event 100 years after its last Games in 1924 while Los Angeles will also organise its […]

American tennis star Serena Williams on Wednesday announced the name and released first pictures of her baby girl, revealing that they had spent a week in the hospital following the Sept. 1 birth in Florida because of unspecified complications. “Meet Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.” the former world No.1 and 23-time Grand Slam champion said in […]

Today is as good a day as any to plan ahead and see what musical choices are coming up on Friday. There is much to choose from in Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos. Starting off in Paphos and the union of four saxophones, the EUC Sax Quartet II will perform at Technopolis 20 Cultural Centre […]

Customs officers seized €8,500 worth of imitation items from two stores in Ayia Napa and Protaras on Wednesday following a search of the premises. In a statement, the customs office said both stores had a total of 1,731 items such as sunglasses, purses, handbags, perfumes, clothing and handbags that were imitations of brands such as […]

Hurricane Irma has claimed five more lives, patients at a Florida nursing home that lost electricity during the storm that brought widespread flooding and power outages over the weekend, authorities said on Wednesday. Residents of the hard-hit Florida Keys returned to inspect damaged homes and businesses that were largely without electricity and communications in the […]

Russian authorities promised on Wednesday they would thwart any extremist action by religious or nationalist activists angry about the forthcoming release of a new film about a love affair between Russia’s last tsar and a young ballerina. “Matilda”, to be released internationally in late October, tells the tale of the late-19th century romance between Nicholas […]

Spain’s state prosecutor has summoned all 700-plus Catalan mayors who have backed an independence referendum, as Madrid seeks to block the separatist vote it has declared illegal. If the mayors do not answer the summons, police should arrest them, the prosecutor said in a letter delivered to local authorities on Wednesday. Officials engaging in any […]

Defence Minister Christophoros Fokaides was in Israel this week to attend the launch ceremony for an offshore patrol vessel (OPV), which is being built there for Cyprus. In Israel, Fokaides met his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman to discuss enhanced cooperation between Cyprus and Israel in the area of defence. The agenda included cooperation on drills, […]

Uefa have opened disciplinary proceedings against Celtic after a supporter ran on to the pitch and attempted to kick Paris St Germain striker Kylian Mbappe during their 5-0 home defeat in the Champions League on Tuesday. The fan ran towards the French forward as the Scottish side prepared to kick-off after the third goal, before […]

Fifty-seven years after Cyprus gained independence from Britain there are still laws referring to the queen instead of a president, MPs heard on Wednesday, as they discussed the need to enable the office of the law commissioner to produce more work. Chairman of the House institutions committee, Zaharias Zahariou, said a lot had to be […]

The Central Bank of Cyprus is mulling changes to commercial banks’ targets regarding non-performing loans, governor Chrystalla Georghadji said on Wednesday. Speaking after a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades at the Presidential Palace, Georghadji said the regulator is “considering changes on non-performing loans”. In a statement, the Central Bank said the governor had been referring […]

Companies including Google , Facebook and Twitter could face European Union laws forcing them to be more proactive in removing illegal content if they do not do more to police what is available on the Internet. The European Union executive outlines in draft guidelines reviewed by Reuters how Internet firms should step up efforts with […]

Two first-time female authors feature on the 2017 Man Booker Prize fiction shortlist which comprises three women and three men including best-selling US writer Paul Auster. Subjects this year range from the struggle of a family trying to retain its self-sufficiency in rural England to a love story between two refugees fleeing civil war. In […]

Around 50 parents have filed complaints with the children’s rights commissioner over the last few days over the non-appointment of school chaperones for their disabled children, it emerged on Wednesday. The dispute continued on Wednesday at the House education committee meeting as parents cited problems over the chaperone assignment procedure, and the education ministry insisted […]

In part three of its series, Investment Watch asks UCLan and recruitment firm Global Recruitment Solutions their reasons for choosing Cyprus for business