Новости за 30.12.2017

The Greek government said on Saturday that it had filed a request for the cancellation of the asylum granted to a Turkish soldier accused of involvement in last year’s coup attempt. Greece‘s administrative court of appeal will now look into the case. Eight Turkish soldiers fled to Greece following Turkey’s abortive July 2016 coup. Seven of them […]

Turkey said on Saturday a Greek court’s granting of asylum to a Turkish soldier accused of a role in last year’s coup attempt would affect bilateral relations and cooperation on regional issues. Eight Turkish soldiers fled to Greece following the abortive July 2016 coup. Seven of them applied for asylum and were rejected, but have […]

Two second half goals from Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool secure a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Leicester City at Anfield in the Premier League on Saturday. The visitors got off to the perfect start when a mix up at the back saw Riyad Mahrez square for Jamie Vardy to tap into an open goal in front […]

By Evie Andreou A LACKLUSTRE presidential campaign turned contentious on Saturday after two legal challenges were mounted over draft ballot papers printed earlier in the day. Less than 24 hours after nine presidential hopefuls submitted their candidacies, three, two of them main contenders, called on the state’s legal service to weigh in on their objections […]

A man believed to be strapped with explosives has taken nine adults and two children hostage in a post office in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, police said on Saturday. The unidentified man is calm, has not made any demands and is in regular contact with police via the telephones of the hostages, regional police […]

Roger Federer dismissed Japan’s Yuichi Sugita 6-4 6-3 in just over an hour on Saturday to give Switzerland a winning start at the Hopman Cup and send out a signal to his opponents ahead of next month’s Australian Open. Coming off a fruitful year which yielded two grand slam titles, world number two Federer looked […]

A Cairo criminal court sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison on Saturday, and fined him 2 million Egyptian pounds ($112,700) on charges of insulting the judiciary. Others tried by the court in the same case including leading Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and lawmaker and television presenter Tawfik Okasha […]

Police are trying to identify a woman believed to be between 45 to 50 years old whose body was found early on Saturday floating in the sea at the old Limassol harbour. According to police, they were notified at around 6.55am that a woman was seen unconscious in the water at the old port. The […]

Police are trying to identify a woman whose body was found early on Saturday floating in the sea at the old Limassol harbour. According to police, they were notified at around 6.55am that a woman was seen unconscious in the water at the old port. The woman was reportedly spotted by a guard who alerted […]

The family of 22-year-old Juliana Tudos, a young woman adopted by a Cypriot family, who was found stabbed to death in a park in London, asked on Saturday for a stop to the crowdfunding launched to help raise money to bring her remains back to Cyprus. According to a friend of Juliana’s stepfather, all the […]

Russia’s Supreme Court on Saturday dismissed an appeal by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny against a decision by the country’s central election commission to bar him from taking part in next year’s presidential election. The commission this week barred Navalny from taking part in the March 18 vote because of a suspended prison sentence he […]

Steve Smith and an unresponsive pitch combined to dash England’s hopes of a first win of the series on Saturday, but captain Joe Root praised his team’s “character” for rallying in the wake of their meek surrender of the Ashes in Perth. The fourth test ended in a draw late on day five, with home […]

A total of 38 voting centres will operate abroad, for the 2018 presidential elections in Cyprus. Greece will have 15 centres, five in Athens, three in Thessaloniki and one each in Volos, Heraklion in Crete, Ioannina, Komotini, Larissa, Patras and Rethymno. In the UK 10 centres will be open, three in London at the Cypriot […]

The giant Christmas ball on the pier by Larnaca medieval castle has been vandalised for the third time in less than a month, the municipality said on Saturday. In an angry announcement, the municipality said that some “with no brains” who do not appreciate the efforts of the municipality to bring a festive note to […]

Where do you live? Nicosia with my wife and two kids. Best childhood memory? Rollerskating with my friends in the neighbourhood. Absolute favourite dish? What food would you really turn your nose up to? I enjoy a classic pub burger, but I definitely want ever taste eggs. What did you have for breakfast? Dry cereals […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in a new year’s greeting that Russia will continue supporting Syria’s efforts to defend its sovereignty, the Kremlin said on Saturday. Putin stressed that Russia would “continue to render every assistance to Syria in the protection of state sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, in the […]

Lebanon and Cyprus aim to deepen cooperation, according to the new ambassador of Lebanon to Cyprus, Claude El Hajal, who said Nicosia would give assistance to Beirut in the field of exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons as ties develop further. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, the ambassador said that Lebanese were investing […]

Paphos, which was the European Capital of Culture in 2017, passed on the baton to the cities of Valetta in Malta and Leeuwarden in the  Netherlands during an event on Friday night. The event took place at the Markideio Theatre, in the presence of Education Minister Costas Kadis, the president of ‘Pafos 2017’ Christos Patsalidis and […]

Storm Dylan is expected to cause disruption across the country as the weather front brings a wet and windy end to the year. With gusts of up to 80mph expected in Northern Ireland and southern Scotland, forecasters warned there is the potential for “injuries and danger to life from flying debris”. It comes after heavy […]

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has questioned his counterpart Jurgen Klopp over Liverpool’s decision to sign defender Virgil van Dijk on a record fee by reminding him he was once critical of Paul Pogba’s world record move to Old Trafford. Dutchman Van Dijk is expected to join Liverpool from Southampton as the world’s most expensive defender with […]

Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according to two senior Western European security sources, providing an economic lifeline to the secretive Communist state. The sales of oil or oil products from Russia, the world’s second biggest oil exporter and a […]

Ex-Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has been knighted in Queen Elizabeth’s New Year’s honours list, along with Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb and author Michael Morpurgo, while ballet dancer Darcey Bussell becomes a dame. Ringo, 77, real name Richard Starkey, joined the Beatles as a replacement drummer for Pete Best in 1962 and occasionally sang lead […]

Nine men submitted their candidacies for next month’s presidential election on Friday. There would have been 10 if the head of the bank bondholders had gone through with his plan to stand and not decided to back one of the other candidates. In such a case, half the candidates would have been party-backed and the […]

A British expat resident of Paphos has been awarded a medal in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List 2018. Ian Baddon, a retired UK television producer and journalist, has been given a British Empire Medal (BEM) for his services to the voluntary sector and British community living in Cyprus. “There are so many people doing […]

A 40-year-old man died on Friday night after his motorcycle collided with a vehicle in Nicosia. Emilios Charalambous was driving on the Defteras to Anagias road when at around 7:50pm he crashed into a car. Tests showed the car’s driver had zero levels of alcohol in his bloodstream.