Новости за 18.03.2018

A goal by substitute Pedro put Chelsea into the FA Cup semi-final with a 2-1 win away to Leicester City after extra time on Sunday. Earlier the home team’s England international Jamie Vardy had equalised Alvaro Morata’s first goal of 2018. With no replays from the quarter-finals onwards, 30 extra minutes were required, in which […]

The main rebel group in the southern pocket of Syria’s opposition-held eastern Ghouta said on Sunday it was negotiating with a United Nations delegation about a ceasefire, aid and the evacuation of urgent medical cases. “We are engaged in arranging serious negotiations to guarantee the safety and protection of civilians,” said Wael Alwan, the Istanbul-based […]

Runners from Kenya won the marathon and half-marathon in Limassol on Sunday. Kiprugut Simon Kirui won the 42km race in two hours, 18 minutes and 28 seconds. Sharing second place, were Ukrainians, Sehii Popov and Anatoliy Bondarenko. The first female runner to cross the finishing line was Olivera Jevtic from Serbia, with a time of […]

By Yuna Park and Joseph Campbell   A senior North Korean diplomat left for Finland on Sunday for talks with former U.S. and South Korean officials, Yonhap News Agency reported, amid a series of diplomatic encounters ahead of a possible U.S.-North Korean summit. North Korea is pursuing its nuclear and missile programmes in defiance of […]

A 37-year-old man from Paphos was remanded for four days on Sunday in connection with unauthorised digging at an archaeological site in Kouklia. The man was arrested after his car was spotted on Saturday night outside a site in Kouklia where the antiquities department was carrying out excavations. Police had gone to the site after […]

Vets have warned pet owners that the lack of a proper winter this year could lead to an epidemic in fleas and ticks this summer. Unless killed by other means such as chemicals, the insects only die or lie dormant in cold weather, but the extremely mild winter has meant this natural ‘cull’ has not […]

By Dmitry Zhdannikov   Qatar has asked U.S. regulators to investigate the U.S. subsidiary of the largest bank in the United Arab Emirates, accusing it of “bogus” foreign exchange deals designed to harm its economy as part of a blockade by Gulf neighbours. The Central Bank of Qatar’s law firm has written a letter to […]

North Korean rockets can now be fitted with nuclear weapons and could reach Germany and central Europe, a top official with Germany’s foreign intelligence agency told lawmakers this week, according to a report in the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. BND Deputy Director Ole Diehl told lawmakers during a closed-door meeting that the assessment was “certain,” […]

By Stelios Orphanides The decision to bail in depositors at Bank of Cyprus and Cyprus Popular Bank, widely known as Laiki, wiped out €8bn in deposits held at the island’s largest lenders. For many it meant a disaster. For some, it was merely a scary adventure that had a largely fortunate outcome. The bail-in meant […]

Police have informed the relatives of 46-year-old Petruna Milchova Nikolova they can collect her body for burial, almost a month after her death and after a fifth post mortem last week to determine if she was mauled to death by dogs. Greek pathologist Hara Spiliopoulou and UK-based Cypriot doctor Andreas Marnerides last week carried out […]

Russians living in Cyprus voted in Russia’s presidential election on Sunday at the polling stations set up in the five districts. Russia’s Ambassador to Cyprus Stanislav Osadchiy, said that turnout was high, as voters wanted to send a message of support to their country, in the wake of the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal […]

Five polling stations have been operating since 8pm on Sunday in Cyprus for Russian citizens who wish to vote in the Russian presidential election. Polling stations at the Russian Consulate in Limassol, at Sun Hall hotel in Larnaca , at the Russian Consulate in Paphos  and at the Thalassa Museum in Ayia Napa will be open […]

By Andrew MacAskill   British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Sunday that Russia has been stockpiling the deadly nerve agent used to poison a Russian former double agent in England and has been investigating how such weapons can be used in assassinations. Britain has said Russia used the Soviet-era nerve agent called Novichok to […]

Four prominent Russian and Lithuanian artists will come together on Wednesday in Nicosia to perform a fundraising concert of classical music and lyrical opera in support of Telethon. The concert Melodies of Life, which will be hosted at the Hellenic Bank Head Office building, will include works by Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi, Donizetti and Liszt. Tatiana […]

Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides is flying to Brussels on Sunday, to attend the Foreign Affairs and General Affairs Councils. According to an announcement , the Foreign Affairs Council is expected to discuss among others, the situation in Ukraine, Syria and Iran. At the General Affairs Council, ministers will discuss preparations for the next European Council […]

Police are investigating a case of ‘attempted abortion’ and concealment of child birth, after a dead new-born was found in a plastic bag on Saturday in the Nicosia home of a 26-year-old woman. According to the police, the woman was transferred on Saturday morning to a private clinic with stomach pain. In the examination by  doctor, […]

By Bejay Browne   With emotions running high over a proposed ‘white zone’ suggested by Green party MP George Perdikis postponing development in the sea caves area of Peyia, a public meeting on Sunday looks set to be well attended by locals and council members. The white zone suggestion is opposed by most of the […]

By Dominic Evans and Lisa Barrington   Turkish forces and their Syrian rebel allies swept into the northwestern Syrian town of Afrin on Sunday, raising their flags in the town centre and declaring full control after an eight-week campaign to drive out Kurdish YPG forces. A spokesman for the rebel fighters said they entered Afrin […]

By George Psyllides   It was all smiles and pats on the back for Finance Minister Harris Georgiades as Cyprus exited its bailout adjustment programme in March 2016, earlier than expected. The congratulations were a far cry from the dramatic, drawn-out 2013 Eurogroup meetings that began on March 15 and ended up ten days later with an […]

MEP Takis Hadjigeorgiou has called on all citizens who support the effort for reunification, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, to take part in a visit by members of the Petitions Committee in the Turkish occupied city of Famagusta, in May. In an interview with CNA the Cypriot MEP spoke among others, about his initiative to […]

It’s two years since Rolls-Royce presented their vision for the future of true luxury mobility in the form of the Rolls-Royce VISION NEXT 100 – codenamed 103EX. At the time, they declared that it was “a radical vision of effortless, autonomous, connected, spacious and beautiful luxury mobility, as personal as each individual customer”. Two years […]

Russians voted in a presidential election on Sunday set to give Vladimir Putin a runaway victory, the only possible blemish for the Kremlin being if large numbers of voters do not bother taking part because the result is so predictable. Opinion polls give Putin, the incumbent, support of around 70 percent, or nearly 10 times […]

A unique McLaren Special Operations (MSO) commission designed especially for the 88th Geneva International Motor Show put the accent on luxury in this extreme performance vehicle. Celebrating one year of MSO-crafted second-generation Super Series models, and a year on from its world premiere at the 87th Geneva show, the McLaren 720S is again in the […]

Bush and grass fires sweeping across Australia’s southeast destroyed homes, killed cattle and forced hundreds to flee on Sunday as dry, hot winds fanned the flames. No deaths or serious injuries were reported as of Sunday afternoon. The fires, believed to have been sparked by lightning on Saturday, were raging out of control across the […]

Two huge games, one in each group, take place this afternoon that may go a long way in deciding this season’s champions and the final team to join Ethnikos Achnas and Aris in the second division. In Limassol, the two breakaway joint leaders Apollon and Apoel clash at the Tsirion in a game that can […]