Новости за 10.07.2018

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan fired on the Greek Cypriot side on Tuesday night saying they continue to see themselves as the sole proprietors of the island, which was the cause of the failure of the Conference on Cyprus a year ago. Following his meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci in the north, Erdogan said: […]

Archbishop Chrysostomos has vehemently denied allegations that he was asked to provide financial support to one of the monasteries at Mount Athos, Greece’s self-governing monastic community. He was responding to an article that appeared in an ecclesiastical publication claiming that he had been approached by clerics of a certain monastery asking him for funds. The […]

Facing a court-imposed deadline on Tuesday, the US government has said it expects to have reunited 54 young children and parents separated by immigration officials after crossing into the United States from Mexico. The government said in court on Monday it could not meet the July 10 deadline for all of the roughly 100 children […]

The psychedelic stoner, rock festival Into the Limbo will celebrate its seventh run this year with local and international bands from France, Russia and Israel on Saturday. The abandoned village of Ayios Sozomenos in the Nicosia district will come alive once more with a festive feel from 6pm all the way to 1am. The line-up […]

Serena Williams stayed on track for an eighth Wimbledon title as she fought back to beat Italian Camila Giorgi 3-6 6-3 6-4 in a fiercely contested quarter-final on Tuesday. For the first time in the tournament the 36-year-old was seriously challenged as unseeded Giorgi, playing in her first Grand Slam quarter-final, fought fire with fire […]

German 13th seed Julia Goerges ended the giant-killing run of her close friend Kiki Bertens to reach her first Grand Slam semi-final with a 3-6 7-5 6-1 win at Wimbledon on Tuesday. The two often go out for dinner together when they are playing at the same tournaments but there was no room for sharing […]

German 11th seed Angelique Kerber reached the Wimbledon semi-finals with a 6-3 7-5 win over Russian Daria Kasatkina on Tuesday but needed seven match points to see off the 14th seed. Twice Grand Slam winner Kerber, 30, will next face Latvian 12th seed Jelena Ostapenko in the last four on Thursday. The highest seed left […]

Parents caused a social media uproar after a father posted a picture of a rashes his son sustained following a visit to Lady’s Mile Beach in Limassol. The picture, which led a number of other parents to post pictures of their children’s rashes following a visit to the same beach, shows a boy’s legs with […]

President Bashar al-Assad is poised to snuff out the Syrian rebellion in the city where it began more than seven years ago, as rebels said on Tuesday they were seeking to withdraw with Russian guarantees. Government forces backed by Russia have seized most of Deraa province in the campaign that got under way last month […]

Parliament on Tuesday passed a law establishing a junior ministry for tourism, scheduled to begin operating in January next year. The government bill also provides for creating the position of an under-secretary to the president for tourism. Ruling Disy inserted an amendment, which also passed, providing that the junior ministry start operating as of January […]

Five-times world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo has signed for Italian champions Juventus from Real Madrid, the La Liga club said in a statement on Tuesday. Ronaldo, who joined Real from Manchester United in 2008 for a then world record 80 million pounds ($106.27 million), is the Spanish club’s all-time top scorer with 451 […]

Airports operator Hermes on Tuesday introduced 74 interactive kiosks to facilitate passport control by allowing travelers to use a self-service option reducing overall processing time. In total, 74 BorderXpress kiosks have been installed at the two airports in the Republic — 44 in Larnaca and 30 in Paphos. Using the BorderXpress kiosks, passengers will scan […]

Agriculture Minister Costas Kades said ministry officials will visit Paphos region to evaluate the damage caused to grapes infected by downy mildew, following complaints filed by farmers. According to daily newspaper Politis, wine producers say his season’s grapes have been affected by the disease due to high levels of humidity.  The main variety of grape […]

A Cypriot nurse, Stelios Iordanous, has been named as one of the winners of the 2018 HSJ Patient Safety Awards in Manchester, UK, the Cyprus Nurses and Midwives Association said on Tuesday. The awards, organised by the Health Service Journal (HSJ), aim at acknowledging the work of those delivering excellence in patient care and safety. The 21 […]

The US Embassy in London issued an alert on Tuesday to Americans in the British capital, warning them to keep a low profile during President Donald Trump’s visit later this week in case protests against him turn violent. Trump arrives in Britain on Thursday after a Nato summit and thousands of protesters are expected to […]

Journalists from both sides of the divide were at the Home for Cooperation in the Nicosia buffer zone on Tuesday where a glossary containing a few dozen mutually acceptable terms that can avoid inciting tension between the two sides was made public. The glossary, called ‘words that matter: a glossary for journalism in Cyprus’ was […]

Jelena Ostapenko became the first Latvian to reach the Wimbledon singles semi-finals after she subdued Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova 7-5 6-4 on Tuesday. After more than a week of sizzling 30 degrees Celsius temperatures, the players struggled to find their range on a chilly and blustery Court One, where the ‘feels like’ temperature dipped to around […]

Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro returned to see off Frenchman Gilles Simon on Tuesday and reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the second time, but it was desperately hard work. The fifth seed had led by two sets on Monday but Simon grabbed the third set before fading light ended play. With world number one Rafael […]

Queen Elizabeth and senior royals watched almost 100 aircraft, from World War Two Spitfires to the newest stealth fighter jet fly over Buckingham Palace on Tuesday in a celebration to mark the 100th anniversary of Britain’s Royal Air Force. Thousands of people lined the palace approach in central London, to watch a ceremony hosted by […]

Football may not be the only thing ‘coming home’ this month as England boss Gareth Southgate’s World Cup waistcoat is being sought by the Museum of London. Over 300 years since the sleeveless garment was first worn by King Charles II in the English capital, unlikely trendsetter Southgate has made waistcoats popular again. The Three […]

It’s a showdown between ‘Asterix’ and ‘Tintin’. Les Bleus (The Blues) versus Les Diables Rouges (The Red Devils). France against Belgium. The World Cup equivalent of a local derby, with a heavy dose of national rivalry thrown in. In France, sports shops were rapidly selling out of the national soccer strip on Tuesday as fans […]

Dozens of English football fans began heading for Moscow in a last-minute rush on Tuesday in an effort to be part of a potentially historic sporting moment as England take on Croatia in the World Cup semi-finals. Taking advantage of extra match tickets released by organisers FIFA and additional seats provided on Moscow-bound flights from […]

Leptos Estates is proud to announce that “Limassol Del Mar” has exceeded its sales targets and that has secured the funding of the project, expecting the first property deliveries in 2019. Sakis Hadjialexandrou Leptos Group Marketing Director stated, “The huge success in demand and sales is primarily attributed to the unique architecture of the project […]

A 16-year-old student from the English School, Alex Dzaghigian, is attempting to break the Guinness world record for the largest drawing in the world by an individual. He has already started on Monday and hopes to complete a drawing depicting the dangers of sea pollution in roughly two weeks. “The reasons for his decision are […]

Two people, a man and a woman, were arrested at dawn on Tuesday in Limassol in connection with an alleged theft. On Monday evening at around 10pm a resident of Limassol reported that his wallet containing a large amount of money was stolen from his premises. Testimony points to the involvement of the suspects, both […]