Новости за 14.10.2017

Syria demanded on Saturday that Turkish troops who had entered northwestern Syria leave immediately, saying their presence constituted a “flagrant aggression”. A Foreign Ministry statement carried on state media said the entry of Turkish military vehicles into rebel-held northwest Syria through the Bab al-Hawa crossing late on Thursday was a violation of international law. “Syria […]

A U.S.-Canadian couple freed in Pakistan this week, nearly five years after being abducted in Afghanistan, reunited with the husband’s family on Saturday, the Associated Press reported. Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman arrived with their three children late on Friday in Toronto, where the husband said one of his children was murdered and his wife […]

Thousands more Californians evacuated their homes on Saturday as fierce wildfires spread due to constantly shifting winds, and officials expected the official death toll of 35 from the week of fires to rise with hundreds of people still missing. Sixteen major wildfires, some encompassing several smaller merged blazes, have consumed nearly 214,000 acres, roughly 334 […]

Manchester City opened up a two-point lead over their neighbours Manchester United at the top of the Premier League on Saturday thanks to another display of scintillating brilliance in a 7-2 thrashing of Stoke City at the Etihad Stadium. After the earlier high noon showdown between Liverpool and a United side lacking in any great […]

There is a nip in the air and the wind of change is also changing our entertainment scene. Instead of hitting the road and heading to the beach, we are now more inclined to stay indoors and enjoy a film, a play or an exhibition, which is just as well because next week there are […]

By Stelios Orphanides DEPUTY Government spokesman, Victor Papadopoulos said Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou and Attorney-general Costas Clerides had explained to Russian authorities and ambassador Stanislav Osadchiy why Cypriot authorities had to freeze judicial cooperation with Russia pending a lawsuit and a request filed by Hermitage Capital founder Bill Browder. Speaking on state radio, Papadopoulos said […]

Lifeguards suggested on Saturday that two people who lost their lives while in the sea could have been saved, as the demanded an extension of their working hours during the autumn months. Chairman of the lifeguard association Andreas Isihiou said the two incidents had taken place 30 and 15 minutes apart respectively after the towers […]

A cautious Manchester United frustrated Liverpool as a lacklustre North-West derby ended 0-0 at Anfield on Saturday. United manager Jose Mourinho set his team up to limit the space and opportunities for Liverpool’s attack and that approach worked at the expense of any real adventure from the visitors. Liverpool’s best opening came in the 35th […]

A car bomb exploded on a busy street in the centre of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, causing an unknown number of casualties, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, although the Islamist al Shabaab group has carried out regular attacks. “It was a truck bomb. It exploded at the K5 Junction,” said […]

For two-days next week, all those who wish to celebrate 100 years since the birth of Baha’u’llah – the founder of the Baha faith – can do so through a number of events set in Nicosia, Limassol and Famagusta. From October 20-22 the celebrations will be carried out all around the world to commemorate the […]

World number one Rafael Nadal squeezed past Marin Cilic into the Shanghai Masters final with a 7-5 7-6(3) victory over the big-serving Croatian on Saturday. Nadal, runner-up in 2009, was pushed hard by the battling fourth seed, who put his booming forehand to good use but failed to derail the Spaniard, who has now won 16 matches […]

Turkish authorities issued detention warrants on Saturday for 100 former police officers and have so far detained 63 of them, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, as part of a widening crackdown since last year’s failed coup attempt. The suspects were believed to be users of ByLock, an encrypted messaging app which the government says […]

A 23-year-old man was remanded in custody for eight days in Nicosia on Saturday on suspicion of possession and trafficking of drugs. The man was arrested on Friday evening after he tried to evade a police check. Police said the man, who was in his car at the time, was stopped by drug squad officers […]

Islamic State is on the verge of defeat in Syria’s Raqqa and the city may finally be cleared of the jihadists on Saturday or Sunday, the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia told Reuters on Saturday. The U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State said around 100 of the jihadist group’s fighters had surrendered in Raqqa in the last […]

  Cyprus’ reunification remained his top objective, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday, as he officially announced he would be running for a second term next February. Giving a rundown of his administration’s achievements to date, Anastasiades said he was seeking a mandate to finish his work and vision. “And I have no doubt that […]

Where do you live? Limassol Best childhood memory? My best childhood memory was when I first went fishing with my grandfather and I caught my first fish! Most frequented restaurant and absolute favourite dish? My favourite restaurant is Pepe Burro, it’s Mexican and it has an incredible menu whatever I ate there was perfect but […]

Two events next week focus on film as a way of making us view things differently. The first is the lecture Refraction of history: miracle and rituals by Sofia Bempeza on Wednesday in Nicosia and the second is a film screening of the documentary A Seed for Change in Nicosia on Thursday, in Larnaca on […]

Liverpool and Manchester United’s globe-trotting squads must shake off the effects of international duty for one of English football’s most eagerly-anticipated clashes on Saturday (2.30pm). According to Sky Sports their players clocked up 139,000 miles taking part in World Cup qualifiers since the last Premier League action, but all roads lead to Anfield as the […]

The most intriguing game in round seven of the Cyprus football championship is the clash between table toppers Anorthosis and championship favourites Apollon at the Antonis Papadopoulos stadium in Larnaca. Second-placed AEK and Omonia have tricky away games against Aris and Ermis Aradippou respectively while AEL are expected to pick up the three points at […]

The Promise, a 2016 film set in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, is coming to Cyprus, and with it a chance to get to know more about the Armenian genocide carried out by Turkey 100 years ago. The film is about a love triangle which develops between Mikael (Oscar Isaac), an Armenian medical […]

Statistical data is subject to many interpretations. An example was given by the way two newspapers, sitting on opposite sides of the political fence, interpreted the survey, conducted by the state’s statistics service, which showed that household spending was down by 19 per cent in 2015-2016, compared with 2009. Specifically, household expenditure, which was €38,547 […]