Новости за 15.04.2018

MANCHESTER UNITED 0 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1 Manchester United handed the Premier League title to Manchester City on Sunday after a woeful performance in a surprise 1-0 defeat at home by bottom club West Bromwich Albion. After all their efforts to stop City from clinching the league in their 3-2 derby win last week, United […]

The association for patients has sent the health minister a lengthy memorandum outlining 26 issues that need to be addressed urgently before the introduction of the new health scheme. Top among the issues they see is the continued problems of long waiting lists, despite effort recently by health authorities to address the problem by outsourcing […]

The association for patients has sent the health minister a lengthy memorandum outlining 26 issues that need to be addressed urgently before the introduction of the new health scheme. Top among the issues they see is the continued problems of long waiting lists, despite effort recently by health authorities to address the problem by outsourcing […]

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned against demonising Russia and said Germany had a particular role to play in maintaining dialogue with Moscow, given its history. In an interview published on Sunday, Steinmeier, a Social Democrat, voiced concerns that Saturday’s air strikes by Western powers had raised the serious risk of a direct confrontation between […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Sunday that further Western attacks on Syria would bring chaos to world affairs, while signs emerged that Moscow and Washington want to pull back from the worst crisis in their relations for years. Putin made his remarks in a telephone conversation with Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani after the United […]

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday that the United States would not pull its troops out of Syria until its goals were accomplished. Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Haley listed three aims for the United States: ensuring that chemical weapons are not used in any way that pose a risk […]

A branch of the Greek communist party (KKE) on Sunday held a demonstration outside the British base at Akrotiri from where air strikes were launched against Syrian government targets early Saturday. The protesters carried placards with slogans such as ‘Nato killers go home’ among a sea of party flags. A message read out by a […]

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his use of the phrase “mission accomplished” over the U.S.-led missile strikes on Syrian targets after it was seized on by the media. The phrase is associated with President George W. Bush, who used it in 2003 during the Iraq war but which dogged him for the rest […]

Attracting investor interest for the Cyprus Cooperative Bank is a must and a move everyone should contribute in, in order to shield the Cypriot economy, Financial Ombudsman Pavlos Ioannou has said. Addressing the annual property exhibition, Ioannou said that accumulated non-performing loans were not just a result of the economic crisis but also “a creation […]

Limassol Mayor Nicos Nicolaides said on Sunday the government had approved a €100,000 to combat marine pollution around the coastal city. Nicolaides announced the move during a clean-up event by divers on the seabed at the old port for the second year running. Nicolaides said pollution in the Limassol marine area, but also more widely, […]

Cypriot athletes who competed in the 21st Commonwealth Games, in Queensland, Australia managed to place Cyprus in 10th place, with 14 medals. In a written statement on Sunday, President Nicos Anastasiades conveyed his “warmest congratulations to all those who represented our country in the Commonwealth Games, which were hosted in Australia.” The results, he said, […]

Concern about Facebook Inc’s respect for data privacy is widening to include the information it collects about non-users, after Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the world’s largest social network tracks people whether they have accounts or not. Privacy concerns have swamped Facebook since it acknowledged last month that information about millions of users wrongly ended […]

The magical world of musical pieces by Debussy, Satie, Ravel and other composers will take us away on Friday when Cypriot soprano Mariza Anastasiadou and the piano duo Elina Linchevskaya and Zbynek Maruska will share the Technopolis 20 Cultural Centre stage in Paphos. The concert, under the name Clair de Lune, refers to Debussy’s composition […]

Western powers will study “options” if Syria’s government again uses chemical weapons, but nothing is planned as yet, Britain’s foreign minister said on Sunday, after raids on Syrian targets triggered heated debate over their legality and effectiveness. U.S., French and British missile attacks struck at the heart of Syria’s chemical weapons programme on Saturday in […]

Deadly spring storms that spawned tornadoes in the U.S. South and blizzards in the Plains and Midwest will continue to blast across the region Sunday bringing more snow, rain and wind that have shut down airports and left thousands without power. The storms stretch from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest and were moving into […]

Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides will hold separate meetings with Yves Le Drian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France and Heiko Maas, Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Luxembourg. The minister will travel to Luxembourg to participate in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the EU, a press release said on Sunday. The Council will […]

The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said on Sunday that the legal basis used to support British air strikes in Syria was debatable, adding that he would only support action backed by the United Nations Security Council. “I say to the foreign secretary, I say to the prime minister, where is the […]

Australian Daniel Ricciardo won the Chinese Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday while Ferrari’s championship leader Sebastian Vettel finished only eighth. Valtteri Bottas was second for Mercedes with fellow Finn Kimi Raikkonen third for Ferrari. Mercedes’ reigning Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton finished fifth on track but moved up to fourth after a 10-second […]

A low-level explosive device damaged the front of a shop in Limassol in the early house of Sunday, police said. The blast occurred shortly after midnight outside the premises, which was undergoing refurbishment. It caused minor damage to the facade of the shop, police said. Investigations are continuing.

An Air China flight bound for Beijing made an unscheduled landing in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou on Sunday after a passenger threatened a flight attendant with a fountain pen, the country’s civil aviation authority said. In a brief statement on its website, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said a male passenger on […]

Two turtles caught in fishermen’s nets off Limassol were rescused on Saturday in an operaton by port police and fisheries personnel, the Animal Party said. A group of people out on a boat trip contacted the party saying they did not have the means to free the turtles so the party contacted the authorities. Port […]

Police will launch a speeding clampdown from Monday until April 22, they announced on Sunday. The campaign is being carried out on a pan-European level, in the framework of the cooperation between Cyprus police and the the European traffic police network TISPOL.

It was a night of nostalgia, with an emphasis on ‘better late than never,’ as rockers from Bon Jovi, the Cars, Dire Straits and the Moody Blues braved the wet cold of Cleveland on Saturday in the 33rd class inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Guitarist Richie Sambora reunited with front man […]

At the Geneva Motor Show, Morgan Motor Company revealed its most extreme road-going model to date, the Aero GT – and the first edition has now rolled off the production line, destined for Revolutions Morgan in Scotland. Morgan Motor Company will produce just eight of the special Aero GT variants – all vehicles individually built […]

Genesis unveiled its Essentia Concept at the New York International Auto Show last week. The all-electric, high-performance concept provides a vision of future Genesis product performance and technology. “We understand our obligation as a luxury car manufacturer to create objects of desire, sparking passion and inspiration by emphasising a culture while exceeding expectations in terms […]