Новости за 16.09.2017

Tottenham Hotspur won 17 of their 19 Premier League games at White Hart Lane last season but have yet to take maximum points in three matches at their new Wembley home. Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino said they were “unlucky” not to beat Swansea on Saturday after the Welsh side held them to a goalless draw. […]

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted president Mohammed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood to 25 years in prison in a final ruling over a case accusing him of spying for Qatar, judicial sources said. Mursi, democratically elected after Egypt’s 2011 revolution, was overthrown in mid-2013 by then-general Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, now the president, following […]

Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick as free-scoring Manchester City climbed to the top of the Premier League with an irresistible 6-0 victory against Watford on Saturday. Aguero opened the scoring in the 27th minute, heading home Kevin de Bruyne’s superb free kick, and doubled the lead within four minutes when he converted David Silva’s teasing […]

Liverpool’s 125th anniversary celebrations fell flat at Anfield where they completed a disappointing week by drawing 1-1 with Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday. Liverpool gave Philippe Coutinho his first start amid seven changes from their Champions League team, but familiar defensive failings surfaced after 26 minutes when they failed to clear the ball […]

US-backed militias said they came under attack on Saturday from Russian jets and Syrian government forces in Deir al-Zor province, a flashpoint in an increasingly complex battlefield. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias fighting with the US-led military coalition, said the strikes wounded six of its fighters. Washington and […]

A 71-year-old man from Nicosia died on Saturday after the motorcycle he was riding was hit by a car driven by a 36-year-old woman. According to reports, the car driven by the 36-year-old crashed into the motorcycle of the 71-year-old on Digenis Akritas Avenue in Nicosia. The man was transferred to the Nicosia general hospital […]

Next week starts with film in Nicosia, Larnaca and Limassol. Starting off on Monday, the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation in Nicosia will show the French comedy Populaire at 9pm, while Larnaca and the Pierides Museum will take the drama route with The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas. Populaire is the last film to be […]

Members of the bird protection activist group Cabs, whose members were threatened with a gun by a Paralimni man on Thursday, thanked the police for their support on Saturday but called for an increased presence of anti-poaching officers. The committee against bird slaughtering (Cabs) said that the man, who was later arrested, had installed lime […]

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel put himself in pole position to retake the Formula One lead from Lewis Hamilton after setting the fastest lap in qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday. Championship leader Hamilton, who leads the German by three points with seven rounds remaining, qualified his Mercedes only fifth for Sunday’s night race. Dutch […]

More than 700 mayors from across Catalonia gathered in Barcelona on Saturday to confirm their support for a planned independence referendum that Madrid has declared illegal. The Catalan government plans to hold a referendum on self rule for the wealthy northeastern region on Oct. 1, despite strong opposition from government which has challenged the vote […]

The health ministry announced on Saturday that three malaria cases have been recorded in the north in British tourists but there was no cause for concern as the transmission risk is very low. The ministry said that it had been informed by the World Health Organisation that the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control […]

Crystal Palace failed to benefit from the Roy Hodgson effect as Steven Davis’ early goal and two saves by Fraser Forster helped Southampton beat the Premier League’s bottom club 1-0 at Selhurst Park on Saturday. Palace were playing for the first time under new manager Hodgson but were reeling in the sixth minute when Davis […]

Swimmers, lifeguards and the Spanish ambassador were among those marking World Oceans Day at the Paphos municipal baths beach on Saturday. The event began with a clean-up of the beach at the municipal baths and the seabed. The main focus of this year’s World Oceans Day is plastic pollution and cleaning the ocean of marine […]

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson set out his plans for a “glorious” Brexit on Saturday that angered colleagues and reignited speculation he would challenge Prime Minister Theresa May for the leadership of the Conservative party. With May due to set out her vision for Brexit in a speech in the Italian city of Florence on […]

For three performances next week, The Image Theatre group from Prague will mesmerise audiences of all ages with luminescent lights, visual effects and dance performances that seem to be illusions. In the framework of the Kypria International Festival, The Best of Images will be presented in the Evis Gabrielides Auditorium in Nicosia on Friday at […]

Disy head Averof Neophytou on Saturday rejected any suggestion that he is involved in cronyism after an email from his office detailing scheduled meetings between the MP and individuals asking for favours was accidentally sent to the media. According to the daily Politis, Neophytou’s secretary accidently sent an email to the newspaper listing a meeting […]

Winger Nehe Milner-Skudder scored two of the All Blacks’ eight tries as they destroyed South Africa 57-0 at North Harbour Stadium on Saturday to post a record points margin against the Springboks. The All Blacks were ruthless in their execution of their opportunities to post 50 points for the second successive test against their traditional […]

Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets during clashes with protesters in St Louis early on Saturday after a white former policeman was acquitted of murdering a black suspect. A peaceful rally over Friday’s not guilty verdict turned violent after police confronted a small group of demonstrators – three years after the shooting of another […]

Police are searching for the whereabouts of a 53-year-old female co-op bank employee from Limassol for allegedly stealing more than €100,000 from the account of a customer. According to the police, the suspect was managing the bank account of a 61-year-old woman, herself a former employee of the bank. When the 61-year-old realised that €102,000 […]

Where do you live? I live in London with my husband Christian and my cat Aria Best childhood memory? When I was 10 and flying over to Cyprus for the first time with my parents and sisters to start a new life. I remember looking out of the window and feeling very excited about this […]

By Kate Holton Britain deployed hundreds of soldiers at strategic sites on Saturday to free up police to hunt those behind a bomb which injured 29 people on a packed commuter train in London and triggered the country’s highest security level. Prime Minister Theresa May said the critical threat level meant an attack may be […]

  STATHIS Kittis, former board chairman of the state-owned telecoms company Cyta, who was jailed over the Dromolaxia scandal, will serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest due to medical reasons, it emerged on Friday. Kittis, 73, underwent open-heart surgery last month and a state-appointed medical board decided that the seriousness of his […]

A 27-year-old man from Paphos was arrested Friday night in Limassol after more than 150grammes of cannabis was found in his car. Police said that the man was seen opening his car door and placing a bag underneath his vehicle after officers stopped him at around 10pm in the Limassol to Paphos road for a […]

Three men aged 23, 33 and 43 were arrested on Friday evening at the Larnaca airport after more than 64 kilogrammes of tobacco were found in their luggage. According to the police, the tobacco was found in three suitcases by officers at the airport. The three men, who were about to leave the island, were […]

Finance Minister Harris Georgiades welcomed on Saturday the latest rating by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) that placed the sovereign credit rating outlook of Cyprus from stable to positive. On Friday, S&P maintained Cyprus’s BB+ sovereign credit rating – still a notch below investment grade – but upgraded the outlook from stable to positive, citing the […]