Новости за 21.04.2018

Manchester United inflicted yet more FA Cup semi-final misery on Tottenham Hotspur as Alexis Sanchez helped inspire a comeback 2-1 victory at a packed Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Tottenham, playing on the ground which has been their temporary home all season, got off to a dream start when Dele Alli scored from close range but […]

Russia said on Saturday it had killed nine militants who had been plotting a terrorist act in the volatile Dagestan region in the south of the country. Russia’s anti-terrorist committee said on its website it had received information that militants who planned to carry out an attack early next month were hiding in Derbent, the […]

Watford and Crystal Palace continued to inch towards Premier League safety after a scrappy goalless draw at Vicarage Road on Saturday that means the home side have taken just two points from a possible 21. Palace hit the post twice and Watford once but neither side really deserved to win with Watford edging the first […]

The United States labeled China, Russia, Iran and North Korea on Friday as “morally reprehensible” governments that it said violated human rights within their borders on a daily basis, making them “forces of instability”. In releasing the State Department’s global human rights report for 2017, acting Secretary of State John Sullivan also singled out Syria, […]

A number of musicians will present stories of string instruments with a video presentation tomorrow at Technopolis 20 Cultural Centre in Paphos. The concert, under the name L’estro Armonico, will be presented by the Childrens Musical Society of Paphos and feature Andreas Constantinou (violin), Nikolas Efthymiou (viola), Doros Zesimos (cello), Christo Ovcharov (double bass) and […]

The European Greens share Cyprus’ concerns over construction of the nuclear plant Akkuyu in Turkey, party member and Belgian MP Evelyne Huytebroek said on Saturday. Huytebroek, who is currently visiting Cyprus, said the construction of nuclear plants knows no borders.  Following her meeting with House President Demetris Syllouris and Green Party leader Giorgos Perdikis, Huytebroek […]

Salomon Rondon completed a remarkable West Bromwich Albion comeback from two goals down as Darren Moore’s battling side drew 2-2 with Liverpool to continue their desperate scrap for Premier League survival on Saturday. The game appeared beyond West Brom after Danny Ings and Mo Salah gave the visitors a comfortable lead. Ings scored after four […]

Fitch has upgraded its rating on Cyprus’ to ‘BB+’ from ‘BB’ because of the country’s strong cyclical economic recovery and prudent fiscal policy. Fitch’s rating on Cyprus is now just one step below investment grade and the outlook is positive, although the agency said weakness in the banking sector is still a risk to public […]

The local art scene will be richer today after the opening of the solo exhibition A Painting on Separation by Apostolos Georgiou at The Island Club in Limassol. This exhibition is created around a single work by Georgiou, its history of repetition and a story on separation. Following the completion of the painting Untitled in […]

Worried parents in Paphos are calling on authorities to clamp down on the illegal sale and distribution of nitrous oxide, also known as ‘laughing gas’ or ‘hippy crack’, which is widely available in bars and clubs in the town’s tourist areas. According to local teenagers and parents, the recreational inhalation of nitrous oxide is particularly […]

A second post-mortem was carried out on the couple found dead at their home in Strovolos on Thursday, police said on Saturday. The second examination was conducted by pathologist Chara Spiliopoulou, who arrived from Greece on Saturday, and state-pathologist Eleni Antoniou.  The family of the victims also requested that Cypriot private pathologist Marios Matsakis be […]

A second post-mortem is expected to be performed on the couple found dead at their home in Strovolos on Thursday, police said on Saturday. According to police, the examination is expected to be conducted by pathologist Chara Spiliopoulou, who arrived from Greece on Saturday, and state-pathologist Eleni Antoniou. The family of the couple has also […]

A father and son in Limassol were remanded in police custody for six days after police discovered 343 grams of cannabis in their home on Friday night, police said on Saturday. According to the authorities the police drug squad (Ykan) received information that there were drugs at the home of the 19-year-old and 45-year-old. During […]

Welcome to our second (of 20) series on the history of the World Cup.

Today we take a look at 1934 World Cup that was hosted by Italy and was the first World Cup to include a qualification stage.

Sixteen teams qualified for the tournament, a number which would be retained until the expansion of the finals tournament in 1982.

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Four people were seriously injured in two separate car accidents in Paphos on Friday night, police said on Saturday. In the first incident, a 24-year-old Turkish Cypriot man driving with his mother, 42, entered the wrong lane and hit the car of a 67-year-old British woman driving with a 71-year-old woman. The man and two […]

Where do you live? My studio is based in Athens, Greece Best childhood memory? Visiting New York for the first time with my mother when I was 9. I loved all the gallery visits and shopping! Most frequented restaurant and absolute favourite dish? I most frequently eat sushi – love it! I love virtually all […]

After Filep Motwary curated Haute-a-Porter, a personal concept that became an exhibition presented at the Modemuseum Hasselt in Belgium last year, accompanied by a best-selling book, the fashion photographer and Fashion Features Editor of Dapper Dan Magazine is set to wow fashion fans in Nicosia. During his eight-year stretch as a self-taught photographer and portraitist, […]

Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur can both claim to have had seasons of progress in the Premier League but the FA Cup, in which they meet in Saturday’s semi-final (7.15pm), remains their only chance of ending the campaign with silverware. The sides meet at Wembley Stadium, which is nominally a neutral venue even if Spurs […]

There is little, if any interest in Saturday’s three games in the Cyprus football championship in the seventh round of the playoffs. The two teams at the tail end of the top group, Omonia and AEL, meet at the GSP with neither side seeming capable of improving their current positions. However, Omonia may have an […]

The minutes of a 2015 meeting of the Holy Synod on whether a priest who had served a prison sentence for the sexual assault of a girl he had fostered should be defrocked were leaked because of power games within the church over who the next archbishop will be, said one of the bishops at […]

The interior ministry, after consulting the state legal service, gave the go-ahead for a group of Diko rebels to use the name Dimokratiki Parataxi (Democratic Front) for their new party/movement. There was a legal obstacle as members of official Diko had registered this name when they heard of the rebels’ plans and the interior ministry […]