Новости за 14.07.2018

Belgium finished third in the World Cup, their best-ever performance, when they beat England 2-0 with an early Thomas Meunier goal and a breakaway finished by Eden Hazard in Saturday’s playoff between the losing semi-finalists. Meunier finished off a devastating move when he turned in Nacer Chadli’s low cross at the far post in the […]

Next week will be one full of jazz in Limassol when Vinylio wine etc will host five nights of jazz performances from musicians from Cyprus, Greece, America, Israel, Holland and Germany. First up on Wednesday will be the Cahit Kutrafali Quartet. The quartet is led by Turkish Cypriot musician Cahit Kutrafali, who will play with […]

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic reached his fifth Wimbledon final as he resisted everything great rival Rafael Nadal could throw at him to win 6-4 3-6 7-6(9) 3-6 10-8 in a two-day classic that concluded in nerve-jangling tension on Saturday. Twelfth seed Djokovic resumed two sets to one ahead after snatching a third-set tiebreak the previous night […]

  Larnaca Municipality has presented plans for the creation of a marine and maritime institute to promote scientific and business excellence in the blue economy sector. The plans for the establishment of the Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute were presented on Friday evening at an event held within the framework of the EU-funded MariTec-X programme. […]

U.S. President Donald Trump played golf on Saturday at his course on the western coast of Scotland ahead of a summit with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin that could be overshadowed by accusations that Russians meddled in the U.S. 2016 election. In an uproarious trip to Europe, Trump harangued members of the NATO military alliance, scolded Germany for its dependence […]

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is trying to find countries willing to take in some 450 migrants rescued from an overcrowded ship in the Mediterranean on Saturday, a source at the premier’s office said. A ship operated by EU border agency Frontex and a vessel owned by Italy’s tax police picked up the migrants near […]

The agriculture ministry on Saturday called on beekeepers to remove dry grass from around their apiaries to prevent hives being destroyed by brush fires. In a written statement, the ministry also recommended avoiding the placement of apiaries in areas that may cause disturbance, such as in residential or livestock areas. It also stressed the need […]

The anniversary of the coup on July 15, 1974 to overthrow the then president, Archbishop Makarios, will be marked on Sunday with the sound of air raid sirens at 8.20am. President Nicos Anastasiades will attend a church service for those killed during the coup in Nicosia. Ministers and other state officials will attend church services held islandwide as well as […]

France celebrated Bastille Day on Saturday with a colourful military parade in Paris presided by President Emmanuel Macron, and hoped the party would continue on Sunday when the national soccer team meets Croatia in the World Cup final in Russia. Standing on a military vehicle flanked by motorcycle escorts and led by a cavalry procession, […]

A 37-year-old man was arrested on Friday night in Ayia Napa after cocaine and ecstasy pills were found in his car and in his house, police said on Saturday. The suspect was arrested after seven grammes of cocaine was found in his car, during a search.  He got pulled over at around 10pm by members […]

Thirty-three Ryanair passengers were treated in hospital, some bleeding from their ears, after their Croatia-bound plane lost cabin pressure and made an emergency landing in Frankfurt on Friday, German police said on Saturday. Oxygen masks were released on the Ryanair flight FR7312 from Dublin to Zadar in Croatia when it lost cabin pressure and diverted […]

Thirty-three Ryanair passengers were treated in hospital, some bleeding from their ears, after their Croatia-bound plane lost cabin pressure and made an emergency landing in Frankfurt on Friday, German police said on Saturday. Oxygen masks were released on the Ryanair flight FR7312 from Dublin to Zadar in Croatia lost cabin pressure and diverted to Frankfurt […]

The clarinet will meet percussion in Paphos on Wednesday to present us with works by Pettigrew, Boucourechliev, Xenakis, Gerassimez, Reich, Aifotiti, Christofi and Kovacs. The Lyrical Noise Ensemble, with George Georgiou on the clarinet and Marios Nicolaou on percussion, will perform in the Technopolis 20 Cultural Centre’s garden from 8.30pm. Georgiou, from Nicosia, started his […]

Where do you live? Limassol with my two wonderful children Best childhood memory? My parents kissing and the super carnival parties they were organising Most frequented restaurant and absolute favourite dish? İmam bayıldı What food would you really turn your nose up to? Mussels What did you have for breakfast? Avocado Would you class yourself […]

One of the great joys for me of living in the Mediterranean is the seemingly infinite variations of the same dishes. The different combinations of herbs and spices that produce the signature taste of different countries. Also the country-by-country speciality dishes that mark out the different areas around the region, all underlined by the basics […]

By Evie Andreou Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci has sent a letter to the members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) calling for the reassessment of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus’ (Unficyp). The letter, dated July 2, is a response to the letter sent by President Nicos Anastasiades to the […]

Moody`s Investors Service has placed on review for upgrade, Hellenic Bank Public Company Ltd`s Caa1 long-term deposit ratings, its caa2 Baseline Credit Assessment (BCA) and adjusted BCA, its B2 long-term Counterparty Risk Rating (CRR) and its B2(cr) long-term Counterparty Risk Assessment (CRA). According to an announcement by the credit rating agency, Moody`s also changed the direction […]

Serena Williams has made a career out of defying adversity so it should be no great surprise if, 10 months after a complicated childbirth, she reclaims her Wimbledon title on Saturday. Germany’s experienced Angelique Kerber stands in the way of the 36-year-old American and an eighth, and arguably most impressive, All England Club singles crown […]

The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local news – in audio form. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this week: As this year’s Duke of Edinburgh gold awards are presented, we hear about the importance of extra-curricular activities for […]

The 13th Cyprus Rialto World Music Festival 2018 will continue to entertain us with world music on Tuesday with a performance by the world music internationally renowned band from Szczecin, Poland, Dikanda. In its artistic work, the band, according to their website “promotes the authenticity of style, searching for new trends, thus most of their […]

Nancy Sinatra, the first wife of the late, legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra, died Friday at the age of 101, her daughter, also named Nancy Sinatra, said in an internet tweet. “My mother passed away peacefully tonight at the age of 101,” the younger Nancy Sinatra, 78, wrote on her official Twitter page. “She […]

England manager Gareth Southgate says he hopes to make “as few changes as possible” for Saturday’s World Cup third-place playoff against Belgium. Southgate says his selection will be based primarily on the fitness of individual players suggesting he will resist the temptation to give some fringe players a run-out. All 23 players in Southgate’s squad trained on Friday at […]

“IN search of 26 new judges,” read a newspaper headline above a report about the government’s latest initiative to clear the backlog of cases in the courts. The matter was discussed during a meeting at the presidential palace on Monday attended by representatives of the Cyprus Bar Association and Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou. Nicolaou said […]

Novak Djokovic clawed his way to a two sets to one lead over great rival Rafael Nadal under the Centre Court roof before their scintillating Wimbledon semi-final was paused with the contest balanced on a knife-edge on Friday. With the clock slipping past 11pm — the official curfew time for action at the All England […]