Новости за 10.02.2018

Gallery K in Nicosia will treat art lovers to an array of work by celebrated British artist John Kiki under the name In the Artist’s Eye as of Thursday. The exhibition, which will remain on show until March 31, will include 30 etchings and six oil paintings by the artist whose works have been shown […]

Gylfi Sigurdsson, Oumar Niasse and Tom Davies were on target as Everton eased past Crystal Palace 3-1 on Saturday to climb to ninth in the Premier League table. After a committed but low-quality first half ended goalless, Everton struck twice within six minutes after the break as Sigurdsson beat Wayne Hennessey with a deflected shot before Niasse’s header doubled […]

Harris Georgiades will remain a part of the new government scheme, according to statements he made to Politis newspaper. He said that he would not necessarily be the finance minister, which is the position he holds currently, but that he would continue on as part of President Nicos Anastasiades government. Speculation has continued to mount […]

A 57-year-old man is to appear in court on Sunday after he was arrested when police said they spotted him burying drugs in a hole in the ground in Nicosia on Friday afternoon. According to police, the man was seen by officers at approximately 5:50pm on Friday, hiding a suspicious package in the ground.  He […]

Mary Lou McDonald was confirmed as the new president of Sinn Fein on Saturday, taking over from Gerry Adams in a handover that could advance the nationalist party’s ambition of governing on both sides of the Irish border. The election of a woman from a younger generation, who had no direct involvement in the 30-year […]

A Turkish army helicopter was shot down by Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters near the north Syrian town of Afrin, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday and the Turkish military said two soldiers on board the aircraft died. YPG sources separately confirmed the downing of the helicopter. “One of our helicopters was downed just recently,” Erdogan […]

Harry Kane’s 101st Premier League goal was the difference as Tottenham Hotspur earned a 1-0 win over Arsenal, to continue their fine recent form in north London derbies in front of a Premier League record crowd at Wembley on Saturday. Both teams struggled to get going in the first half, but the contest burst into […]

Cypriot Member of the European Parliament Eleni Theocharous of the Group of European Reformers and Conservatives (ECR) believes the migration flows to Cyprus will increase dramatically in the near future. In an interview with CNA Theocharous, leader of the Solidarity party in Cyprus, said the island was becoming a magnet for migrants after the rest […]

At least 18 people died in a high-speed bus crash in Hong Kong on Saturday in one of the city’s worst traffic disasters in recent years. Television footage showed the mangled remains of the bus as it lay toppled on the side of a major highway in the northern reaches of the city. Firefighters on […]

Next week the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra will prove that classical music is not always meant to be serious and it can take part in the most joyous of carnival moods, with three concerts in Polis Chryochous, Limassol and Nicosia. Under the title Humour in Music, the orchestra along with soloists Gina Poulou (soprano) and Alex […]

Cyprus was maintaining an open line of communication with Italy on Saturday after energy giant ENI’s drillship Saipem 12000 was given instructions to stay put overnight while on its way to a drill site in Block 3 of the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) due to harassment by Turkish warships. Meanwhile the Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign […]

Cyprus was maintaining an open line of communication with Italy on Saturday after energy giant ENI’s drillship Saipem 12000 was given instructions to stay put overnight while on its way to a drill site in Block 3 of the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) due to harassment by Turkish warships. The Saipem was still at […]

Saudi women need not wear the abaya – the loose-fitting, full-length robes symbolic of religious faith – a senior member of the top Muslim clerical body said, another indication of the Kingdom’s efforts towards modernisation. On his television programme, Sheikh Abdullah al-Mutlaq, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars, said Muslim women should dress […]

Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla won the first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Saturday after powering away from the field to secure victory in the women’s 7.5km + 7.5km skiathlon. Sochi Games champion Marit Bjoergen of Norway, who has decided to skip Thursday’s 10km sprint race, took the silver 7.8 seconds behind and Krista Parmakoski of […]

Police have issued an arrest warrant for a 32-year-old Latvian woman suspected of transporting a car back to a rental agency following a murder at a restaurant in Limassol. According deputy police Spokesman, Marinos Vassiliou, after authorities identified the woman, they were able to issue a court-ordered arrest warrant for the 32-year-old. Two men, 25 […]

The car police believed was used to transport the three suspects in the Limassol murder on Thursday was found parked at a rental agency, authorities said on Saturday. According to authorities, the car was identified at the rental agency managed by a 25-year-old Russian suspect, already in custody. On Thursday, Ernesto Leonides, 47, was killed, […]

Former Ireland international Liam Miller has died at the age of 36 after suffering with cancer. Miller, who won 21 caps for Ireland between 2004 and 2009, started his career at Celtic in Scotland before moving to Manchester United. Celtic were among a number of Miller‘s former clubs to pay tribute to the midfielder. “Everyone at #CelticFC is […]

Anti-aircraft fire downed an Israeli warplane returning from a bombing raid on Iran-backed positions in Syria on Saturday in the most serious confrontations yet between Israel and Iranian-backed forces based across the border. The F-16, one of at least eight Israeli planes despatched in response to what Israel said was an Iranian drone’s incursion into its airspace earlier in the day, […]

A UK national of Greek Cypriot origin, Alexanda Kotey, 34, was arrested by US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria on Friday, along with another man El Shafee Elsheikh. Kotey and Elsheikh were the last two members of the “Beatles” group, led by now-deceased ‘Jihadi John’,  the US State Department said. According to the Guardian, Kotey, who […]

Where do you live? I live over our Nassau Café Bistro in Tsada with my husband Best childhood memory? Having early breakfast with my father every morning in Nassau Most frequented restaurant and absolute favourite dish? Chloe’s Chinese restaurant, Paphos, where the coconut cod is my favourite What food do you turn your nose up […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in for talks in Pyongyang, South Korean officials said on Saturday, setting the stage for the first meeting of Korean leaders in more than 10 years. Any meeting would represent a diplomatic coup for Moon, who swept to power last year on a policy of engaging more with […]

Israel said it launched air strikes against air defences and Iranian targets in Syria on Saturday and the Syrian army claimed to have hit an Israeli F-16 that crashed in northern Israel in a major escalation of tension. The Israeli military said the F-16 jet crashed during a mission to strike Iranian drone installations in […]

The Israeli military said on Saturday it launched a large scale attack against Syrian aerial defence systems and Iranian targets in Syria. “Twelve targets, including three aerial defense batteries and four Iranian targets that are part of Iran’s military establishment in Syria were attacked,” the military said in a statement. “During the attack, anti-aircraft missiles […]

Syrian state news agency SANA said on Saturday Syrian air defences were responding to a “new Israeli aggression”. Earlier on Saturday, the Israeli military said an Israeli F-16 jet crashed in northern Israel during a mission to strike an Iranian drone installation that launched a drone into Israeli-held territory. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights […]

A 42-year-old inmate at the Nicosia central prisons choked to death in his cell in the early hours of Saturday, authorities said. He was not named but a statement said he was Cypriot. According to the announcement, the prisoner was in his cell and was eating dry food when he began to cough. His cellmate […]