Новости за 16.06.2018

Police have no evidence that a series of recent arson attacks on businesses on or near Stavrou street in Strovolos, Nicosia are related, a spokesman said this week. Between April and June, four separate businesses in the area were set on fire, causing varying degrees of damage. On February 28, another arson attack on a business […]

This year marks 20 years since the establishment of the Bank of Cyprus On-cology Centre in Nicosia. To celebrate this fact, the Bank of Cyprus in collabo-ration with the non-profit organisation Alternative Brains Rule (ABR), has creat-ed an artistic project within the centre entitled The Wall Gallery. Alternative Brains Rule was commissioned to research and […]

In an action-packed day which saw the race leader change three times, Finland’s Juuso Nordgren moved into first place on the final stage of the first Leg of the Cyprus Rally, the fourth round of the European Rally Championship (ERC), and the stage is set for a thrilling final Leg, which starts at 07.30 on […]

Tiny Iceland made a stunning first-ever World Cup appearance on Saturday when they held 2014 runners-up Argentina to a 1-1 draw in a dramatic match where Lionel Messi blew his chance to win it when he had a penalty saved by Hannes Por Halldorsson. Sergio Aguero had given the twice world champions the lead after […]

England manager Gareth Southgate has told his players the starting line-up for Monday’s World Cup Group G opener against Tunisia and is hoping to keep it secret until shortly before kick off. Southgate confirmed to ITV on Saturday that the players now knew who would start and who would be on the bench for the […]

China responded vigorously in state media on Saturday after the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump said it would impose tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports, but some commentary left room for further negotiations. Late on Friday, China said it would impose additional 25 percent tariffs on 659 U.S. goods worth $50 billion, in […]

Russian fans took to social media on Saturday to demand why whole rows of prime pitch-side seats were empty during the World Cup match between Egypt and Uruguay, while locals had to pay nearly a third of an average monthly salary for a poorer view. The official attendance for Friday’s game at Ekaterinburg Arena was […]

A fire in Xylotymbou late Friday destroyed farming equipment and 1,000 bales of hay all worth over €200,000. The farm, which was inside the jurisdiction of the British bases (SBA), broke out at around 10pm on Friday, the authorities said. SBA Dhekelia deputy police chief Andreas Pitsillides said the fire service responded with two engines […]

A car bomb killed at least 26 people at a gathering of Taliban and Afghan armed forces in the eastern city of Nangarhar on Saturday, an official said, as soldiers and militants elsewhere in the country celebrated an unprecedented ceasefire. Dozens of unarmed Taliban militants had earlier entered the Afghan capital and other cities to […]

A division of Germany’s Siemens has been awarded a contract worth about £1.5 billion to design and build 94 new generation trains for the Piccadilly Line on London’s metropolitan train network, known as the Tube. Transport for London (TfL), the public body in charge of the Tube, said the award of the contract would allow […]

President Nicos Anastasiades had not set preconditions for the resumption of talks as certain people had suggested, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Saturday, a day after it emerged that the UN would be dispatching a senior official to test the waters for resuming reunification talks. Responding to the release of an advanced copy of […]

The government said on Saturday that the contents of the UN secretary-general’s report on Cyprus underlined his interest in continuing negotiations for a Cyprus settlement. An unofficial copy of Antonio Guterres’ report on his Good Offices Mission in Cyprus was handed to members of the Security Council on Friday. Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said Guterres […]

France needed the help of the first World Cup penalty awarded after a video review and a deflected Paul Pogba goal to get their World Cup campaign underway with a 2-1 win over Australia on Saturday. Striker Antoine Griezmann lashed home the historic spot kick in the 58th minute but Australia hit back with a […]

Three Syrian nationals were remanded in custody for four days in Limassol on Saturday in connection with the death of an 18-year-old who died after using methamphetamine. The suspects, aged 25, 27, and 39, are believed to be the people who sold the drug to the 18-year-old on Sunday in Trahoni. The teenager died on […]

The continued division of the island has a negative effect on all aspects of life including trade, the new chairman of the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce said in an interview. Turgay Deniz said the chamber has been working with the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce to help resolve the problem and was looking forward to […]

Dark horse Croatia take on spirited Nigeria in a World Cup opener on Saturday that could leave one side fighting for their tournament lives in the Group of Death. At every World Cup a group is stamped with the ominous ‘Death’ label and in Russia that designation has fallen on Group D. Croatia and Nigeria, […]

Britain’s former world number one Andy Murray will make his return from hip surgery at the Queen’s Club tournament next week where he will face Australia’s Nick Kyrgios in the first round. Organisers announced his inclusion on Saturday ahead of the draw for the tournament which has the strongest lineup in its 128-year history with […]

Youth mentor Leonidas Alexandrou will lead teenagers in a high-energy summer Fearless Generation – Teen Self-development workshop between July 2 and 4. Alexandrou, in collaboration with Inside Out Camp and University of Nicosia, will spend three days with teenagers to motivate, inspire and empower them. The teenagers, aged from 12 to 17, will learn about […]

One of the directors of the World Cup opening ceremony in Russia has downplayed an obscene gesture made by Robbie Williams at the event, saying he did not think the middle finger that the singer flipped to the camera was meant to offend Russia. Williams took part in a glitzy 15-minute show at Moscow’s Luzhniki […]

Where do you live? Currently switch between Cyprus and back home with my wife to Oxford, England. Best childhood memory? A year in California in 1967, when I was six years old and my sister was four. My Dad worked as a research scientist at the University of California for a year. My Mum says […]

Parliament is expected to approve academic programmes offered in English at the University of Cyprus (UCy) and the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) before the summer break, UCy said this week. The details regarding the programmes, such as how much will be charged for them and which subjects will be offered, have not yet been […]

Police arrested a 52-year-old man in Nicosia on Friday on suspicion of cultivating cannabis at his home. The arrest followed a police search at around 7.20pm during which officers found 10 plants believed to be cannabis. Some 11 grammes of cannabis were also found, along with two partially smoked joints, a precision scale, and equipment […]

By Alison Bevege More than 11,000 Australians who rushed for the chance to strip for American photographer Spencer Tunick will soon wear only smiles after a national supermarket chain changed its mind about allowing the shoot to go ahead on a suburban rooftop carpark. “We’re over the moon,” John Lotton, director of the Provocare Festival […]

  By Russell Cheyne A major fire has torn through one of Scotland’s architectural gems, the Mackintosh building at the Glasgow School of Art, for the second time in four years. More than 120 firefighters fought the blaze during the night as it gutted the 1909 building and spread to a theatre and a nearby […]

  By Mohammed Ghobari Forces from an Arab alliance entered the airport in Yemen’s main port city on Saturday, the coalition-backed Yemeni military said, in the biggest offensive of the coalition’s war against the Iran-aligned Houthi movement. Victory for the Saudi-led alliance in their first attempt to capture a strategic part of a well-defended city […]