Новости за 01.05.2018

Holders Real Madrid reached the Champions League final for a third year in a row after taking advantage of Bayern Munich’s carelessness in attack and defence to draw 2-2 in their semi-final second leg on Tuesday, winning 4-3 on aggregate. Bayern defender Joshua Kimmich put them in front in the third minute but Karim Benzema […]

Israel said it does not seek war with Iran and suggested U.S. President Donald Trump backed Israel’s latest attempt to kill the 2015 Iran nuclear deal by disclosing purported evidence of past Iranian nuclear arms work. A senior Israeli official said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had informed Trump at a March 5 meeting about alleged […]

The Greek Turkish Forum (GTF) began its work in 1998, two years after the incident in the Aegean that brought Greece and Turkey to the brink of a war. With regular contacts even during the most challenging times and with concrete ideas and proposals, the GTF has contributed to a gradual rapprochement between the two […]

Ministers criticised the upper house of parliament on Tuesday over its vote to hand parliament powers to block or even delay Brexit, saying the move would tie the government’s hands in negotiations with the European Union. The House of Lords voted overwhelmingly on Monday in favour of an amendment to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit […]

The Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) is the second best young University of Europe, while the University of Cyprus is in third place, according to the influential Times Higher Education rankings. The list includes 50 universities from countries which have joined the EU since 2004. The Estonian University of Tartu is in first place. The […]

Vatican Treasurer George Pell must face trial on charges of historical sexual offences, an Australian court ruled on Tuesday, making him the most senior Catholic official to be tried on such allegations. He pleaded not guilty. Magistrate Belinda Wallington handed down her decision that Pell’s case will proceed to trial in a Melbourne court, following […]

Greece, Cyprus and Egypt cooperate to a great extend and have agreed that the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) will be done in full respect of international law, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos has said. Pavlopoulos had a brief meeting on Monday with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and their Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fatah al […]

It’s a pretty divisive instrument. Fans love it for its versatility, detractors curse its reedy pervasiveness. But there’s no getting away from the fact that the accordion is a ubiquitous piece of kit for the travelling musician, found wherever communities gather for a bit of a knees up. Even, it transpires, in places you would […]

You’ve been to the Tombs of the Kings, right? Probably the House of Dionysos too. You’ll have heard of the dig at Ancient Idalion (today’s Dali) which has been ongoing for decades. And you’ve definitely passed by Chirokitia, even if you haven’t made it up the hill… Yes, Cyprus is a hotbed of archaeological activity. […]

A new study into higher education by services firm Ernest & Young (EY) has concluded that the tertiary sector is an underappreciated engine of growth for the Cypriot economy. The study found that over the last decade, the higher education (HE) sector has grown by more than 80 per cent in student numbers, exceeding 44,000 […]

Switzerland was chosen as host nation for the 1954 edition of the tournament to mark the 50th anniversary of Swiss-based FIFA’s formation.

By Preston Wilder The gang’s all here in Avengers: Infinity War, in which Marvel reap the benefits of having so assiduously introduced us to one superhero after another over the past 10 years. (The ‘io’ in ‘Marvel Studios’ appears as a ‘10’, reflecting their decade of dominance.) All these comic-book characters are now in one […]

President Anastasiades said yesterday Monday that Cyprus, Egypt and Greece were a model of constructive regional co-operation, in a speech at the opening ceremony of “Nostos, The return” program in Alexandria,  according to an official announcement. “The tangible results of our cooperation, always for the benefit of the people of our countries, are pushing us […]

IT is difficult to know whether House president Demetris Syllouris was being serious about his proposal to locate the new parliament building on the outskirts of Nicosia or had simply used it to trigger some debate and finally force the state to take a decision. The construction of new parliament buildings has been in the […]

It is generally agreed that a bird in the hand is worth two (or three, or more) in the bush. President Trump, however, does not see it that way. It has been a busy week in Washington as first French President Emmanuel Macron and then German Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped in to try to persuade […]

Opposition parties on Monday took the chance to criticise the government ahead of Labour Day, marked annually on May 1, while Sek union called for faster reform. Main opposition, communist Akel, said global capitalism was facing the biggest crisis in its history and that “the conquests” of the second half of the 20th century “the […]