Новости за 07.04.2018

Greek singer-songwriter Kostas Hatzis is performing at the Rialto theatre in Limassol on Sunday in support of the Magic Always Happens non-profit organisation and people with autism. Hatzis, who is of Roma origin, is considered one of the most significant modern composers and a pioneer in Greek songs with a social message. Music runs in […]

President Nicos Anastasiades has assured that his aim is to create a state which will be functional and viable, modern and completely in line with the principles and values of the EU. He also expressed hope that in the days ahead there will be mutual understanding that will help the sides overcome tension. President Anastasiades […]

Air France grounded just under a third of flights on Saturday as staff staged a walkout over pay, and travellers also braced for a fresh wave of train strikes starting later in the day, crippling much of France’s transport network. The industrial action at France’s flag carrier – marking the fifth day of worker stoppages […]

Christian Eriksen maintained his hot goalscoring streak, striking both goals in Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-1 win at struggling Stoke City to extend Spurs’ winning sequence on Saturday. Harry Kane was back to lead Spurs in his first start for nearly a month after recovering from an ankle problem but it was their great Dane Eriksen who […]

Christian Eriksen maintained his hot goalscoring streak, striking both goals in Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-1 win at struggling Stoke City to extend Spurs’ winning sequence on Saturday. Harry Kane was back to lead Spurs in his first start for nearly a month after recovering from an ankle problem but it was their great Dane Eriksen who […]

A man drove a van into a group of people sitting outside a popular restaurant in the old city centre of Muenster in western Germany on Saturday, killing several of them before taking his own life, police said. “There are several dead,” a police spokeswoman said, adding that several of those injured were in critical […]

The big French theatrical hit Le Prenom (What’s in a Name?) will dazzle theatre-goers in Nicosia from Friday. The production, brought to us by Solo for Three and Antilogos theatre groups and translated, adapted and directed by Diomidis Nikita, is based on the 2010 French comedy by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière. The […]

Liverpool survived a late spell of Everton pressure to stretch their record unbeaten run in Merseyside derbies to 17 games after a 0-0 draw at Goodison Park that consolidated their hold on third place in the Premier League on Saturday. Neither Mo Salah nor Roberto Firmino featured in a Liverpool starting line-up that included five […]

Children are natural givers. They understand charity. Nowhere is that more evident than in the award-winning annual Emma’s Run – Kids for Kids charity event. This year the annual running event will take place on Sunday at Piale Pahsha behind the Larnaca castle. Nine-year-old Emma and her friends will walk or run a 1.5km stretch […]

I love it when the weather starts to warm up – you can sit outside again absorbing the beauty that is Limassol rather than sitting inside a stuffy restaurant. I love it even more when I do this framed by the picturesque Heroes’ Square. And the cherry on top? When the restaurant is as laid-back […]

By Christos Panayiotides In the course of my long professional career, I have heard many absurd statements made by politicians and journalists. However, what unquestionably stands out – in terms of absurdity and irrelevance – is the case of the Non-Performing Loans (NPLs). As I have pointed out on many occasions in the past, NPLs […]

CYPRUS, like all democratic countries, can be described as a pluralist society in which citizens enjoy freedom of speech, expression, thought, conscience and religion. Political parties play a vital role, representing, conveying and promoting the countless views and interests that exist in a diverse society. It is often said that parties cause national division, but […]

Where do you live? Nicosia with my family Best childhood memory? Holidays with my family Most frequented restaurant and absolute favourite dish? What food would you really turn your nose up to? Akakiko/ sushi. No beans! What did you have for breakfast? Toast Would you class yourself as a day or night person? What’s your […]

After a dramatic final in the Men’s Individual All-Around Artistic Gymnastics, Cyprus’ Marios Georgiou clinched the bronze medal, the first of the Cypriot team in the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. England’s Nile Wilson won his second gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in the men`s all-around final and his team-mate James Hall […]

The Pope did not say there is no Heaven. There is nothing intellectually embarrassing about the notion that good people go to Heaven when they die. It sounds a bit like a wish-fulfillment fantasy to outsiders, but it’s the sort of thing a loving and all-powerful god might provide for his creatures. However, the Pope […]

A musical tribute to the great Greek poets is on offer at Technopolis 20 Cultural Centre in Paphos on Friday when Maria Avraam will take to her flute, Pantelitsa Socratous will join her on piano and Georgia Zachariade will complete the trio with her voice. These three women will start with poets Alexandros Papadiamantis and […]

A 300-year-long family history on the flanks of the Troodos, skills gleaned through generations of catching crab and eel in the year-round waters of the Kouris river, plus the inspiring story of Catherine the Great’s favourite Greek mariner, Ivan Varvarakis, account for the creation of The Land of Dreams, one of the most innovative and unlikely […]

By Peter Apps Last Friday, Russia launched the largest ballistic missile in history. Weighing in at 200 tons, Moscow says the Sarmat rocket – dubbed “Satan 2” by Western defence analysts – is the first with sufficient range to hit any location on earth from a single launch point. The test – announced by President Vladimir […]

Thomas W. Goffus, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for European and NATO Policy, will visit Greece and Cyprus next week for contacts with the two governments. According to well informed sources Goffus will meet Cyprus Defence Minister Savvas Angelides and other government officials to discuss bilateral cooperation in defence matters. This is the second visit […]

Manchester City can secure a third Premier League crown in record time on Saturday although bitter rivals Manchester United will be aiming to spoil the party at the Etihad Stadium. Victory would clinch the title for City with six games to spare, which would be the earliest the Premier League has ever been won, but […]

Archbishop Chrysostomos in his Easter sermon called for vigilance and a change of attitude towards settlement negotiations, saying that Cyprus found itself ‘inexcusably’ unprepared after what he called a third invasion by Turkey, this time of the Republic’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The church primate’s Easter message focused on the Cyprus problem and on the […]

CONCERNS have been raised over coastline erosion which appears to be linked to an illegal ‘liminaki’ or small marina built in Peyia in the 1990s. According to officials, developers of the popular Coral Beach hotel in Peyia maintained the marina without permission and both the coastline and other businesses are suffering the dire consequences. Peyia […]

It was rather strange hearing the indignant statements issued by political parties about the construction of the nuclear power plant in Akkuyu in southern Turkey. Had the politicians and newspapers run out of things regarding Turkey to get angry about? Phileleftheros turned these statements into a scaremongering report, under the headline ‘Terror over Cyprus because […]