Новости за 11.04.2018

Cristiano showed nerves of steel to score an injury-time penalty and send holders Real Madrid into the semi-finals of the Champions League in dramatic circumstances as they lost 3-1 to Juventus on Wednesday but won a thrilling tie 4-3 on aggregate. Juventus looked to have staged a stunning revival at the Santiago Bernabeu to force […]

A goalless draw against Sevilla on Wednesday was enough to send Bayern Munich into the Champions League last four with a 2-1 aggregate victory to keep their hopes of a treble-winning season alive. Bayern, playing in their seventh straight Champions League quarter-final, never needed to hit top form but were in control throughout with the […]

Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned in Britain last month along with her father, a former Russian spy, said on Wednesday she did not wish to take up the offer of services from the Russian Embassy in London. In a statement issued on her behalf by British police, Skripal said her father remained seriously ill and […]

The cost of revamping the Ayios Yiannis church square in Larnaca is rising because of the antiquities contractors keep finding wherever they dig in the vicinity, the town’s mayor said on Wednesday. Contractors are currently carrying out work on the town’s sewerage system thus preventing work to start on revamping the square. Delays in the […]

Holders Apollon are through to the semi-finals of the Cyprus Cup following a 3-2 aggregate victory over Anorthosis on Wednesday evening. After the first leg in Larnaca was drawn 1-1, the Limassol side won the second leg 2-1, with Fotios Papoullis and Antonio Jakolis scoring. The draw for the semi-finals takes place on Thursday, with […]

Missing German retail boss Karl-Erivan Haub has “a minimal chance” of rescue four days after he failed to return from an off-piste skiing tour in the Alps, a Swiss search official said on Wednesday. Police were still searching for the experienced skier, who was last seen on Saturday heading off from the Klein Matterhorn cable […]

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been charged with improper conduct after being sent to the stands in Tuesday’s 2-1 Champions League defeat by Liverpool, UEFA said on Wednesday. Guardiola protested about forward Leroy Sane’s disallowed goal at the end of the first half in the quarter-final second leg and was dismissed by referee Antonio […]

Stand-up comedy nights that started in Paphos last year are proving popular with sell out audiences and are now taking place in Limassol too with plans to expand even further. Organised by performer and Paphos resident Andi Hobbs, LOL Comedy Paphos will get underway with another event on board The Wave Dancer on April 17. […]

The US arms embargo on Cyprus was among the issues discussed on Wednesday by Defence Minister Savvas Angelides and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for European and Nato policy, Thomas Goffus. During their meeting, Angelides raised the issue of lifting the embargo on the sale of US military materiel to Cyprus, stressing its importance […]

The top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said on Wednesday that Tehran would support Damascus against any foreign aggression, state TV reported, in an apparent response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments about a possible military strike on Syria. “We will stand by Syria‘s government against any foreign aggression … Iran backs Syria in its fight against America and […]

Saudi Arabia’s air defence forces intercepted a ballistic missile over Riyadh on Wednesday, state media said, after at least three blasts were heard and three clouds of smoke were seen in the sky above the capital. Yemen’s Houthis has stepped up missile attacks on the kingdom in what it says is retaliation for air raids […]

Cyprus is not involved in any planned military strikes against Syria, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday. He also gave reassurances that there were no security risks for Cyprus from such operations. Prodromou said that Nicosia had received no requests by other countries to provide facilities for their military operations against the Syrian regime. […]

Cyprus is not involved in any planned military strikes against Syria, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday. He also gave reassurances that there were no security risks for Cyprus from such operations. Prodromou said that Nicosia had received no requests by other countries to provide facilities for their military operations against the Syrian regime. […]

Television channel Alpha has been bought by members of the Papaellinas family, which also owns the Alfa Mega supermarket chain, for €7m, it was announced on Wednesday. A statement issued by Alpha Cyprus said an initial agreement has been made for the acquisition of all the company’s shares by members of the Papaellinas family, which […]

The family of 24-year-old Adamos Bey who died on Easter Sunday in Paphos general hospital has decided to press charges against the hospital, their lawyer Maria Papadimitri announced after a post mortem on Wednesday. According to the announcement, the post mortem was carried out by state pathologist Eleni Antoniou in the presence of Greek pathologist […]

Party leaders will meet with President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday ahead of Anastasiades’ meeting next week with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday that Anastasiades wants to discuss the upcoming meeting with Akinci and hear their opinion. “We are at a critical juncture,” Prodromou said. He added that at […]

The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) will be requesting new permission to excavate in military zones in 2019 in their search for remains, the Turkish Cypriot member Gulden Plumer Kucuk has told the Cyprus News Agency in an interview. Kucuk said that since the launch of the project of General Exhumation, Identification and Return of […]

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday around 500 people had been treated for “signs and symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic chemicals” after a suspected poison gas attack in a Syrian rebel enclave just before it fell. US President Donald Trump and Western allies are considering military action to punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad […]

Passengers on the first cruise ship of the season will be treated to a special welcome when it docks at Limassol port on Wednesday evening. According to the Limassol tourist development company (Etal), approximately 2,800 travellers and more than 1,000 crew members aboard the Mein Schiff 5 will be welcomed on their arrival at the […]

The Spice Girl – who was involved in a very public court case with her ex-husband Stephen Belafonte – is set to pen a book titled ‘Brutally Honest’ after “keeping silent for a decade”. She said: “I have kept silent for a decade, but after a very public court case, I want to set the […]

  By Susan Heavey, Makini Brice and Tom Perry US President Donald Trump warned Russia on Wednesday of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected poison gas attack, declaring that missiles “will be coming” and lambasting Moscow for standing by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Trump was reacting to a warning from Russia that any US missiles […]

  US President Donald Trump warned Russia on Wednesday of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected poison gas attack, declaring that missiles “will be coming” and lambasting Moscow for standing by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Trump was reacting to a warning from Russia that any US missiles fired at Syria over the deadly assault on a rebel […]

US President Donald Trump warned Russia on Wednesday of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected poison gas attack, declaring that missiles “will be coming” and lambasting Moscow for standing by Syrian President Bashar Assad. Trump was responding to a Russian warning on Tuesday that any US missiles fired at Syria over the assault […]

US President Donald Trump warned Russia on Wednesday of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected poison gas attack, declaring that missiles “will be coming” and lambasting Moscow for standing by Syrian President Bashar Assad. Trump was responding to a Russian warning on Tuesday that any US missiles fired at Syria over the assault […]

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde’s conservatism was cited by the Spanish media as the main reason for their 3-0 defeat at AS Roma on Tuesday that led to a shock Champions League quarter-final elimination being regarded as “a historic debacle”. Barca outclassed Manchester United in the 2009 Champions League final at the Olympic Stadium but the […]