Новости за 04.08.2018

If you haven’t managed to catch the solo photography exhibition Isolato-Splendido-Marginale by Mario Carbone, then you are in luck as the exhibition has been extended to September 7. The exhibition showcases photographs taken over more than half a century feature in the exhibition Isolato-Slendido-Marginale, which is dedicated to the 94-year-old Italian photographer, Mario Carbone with […]

Yermasoyia Municipality in Limassol on Saturday expressed the wish to host unaccompanied refugee minors and suggested the renovation of an old school building to accommodate them. Mayor of Yermasoyia Kyriacos Xydias told the Cyprus News Agency that following consultations with residents of the municipality he will suggest to the municipal council the use of an […]

Citizen initiative groups in the Strongylos-Mathiatis region have expressed their opposition to Hellenic Copper Mines’ new request for the removal of mine waste from the area and its restoration, calling it “a trojan horse” for the extraction of remaining gold reserves, which they also oppose. Hellenic Copper Mines has recently submitted a proposal for the […]

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the self-proclaimed “greatest platform for creative freedom in the world” – spanning 25 days and hosting thousands of performances in over 300 venues across the city – will this year host a partly Cypriot production. Expendable Chapters, directed by 23-year-old Seta Astreou Karides, with a cast made up of Sofia Ioannou, […]

Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor will meet Russian lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in Las Vegas in October on his return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The Oct. 6 bout will be Irishman McGregor‘s first since the former two-time division champion pleaded guilty in New York last month to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge for throwing a […]

The isolated rains in the mountainous areas and inland seen on Saturday afternoon are expected to be repeated on Sunday, the met office said. Following heat warnings for the previous days, a slight drop in temperature was recorded on Saturday with rain, thunder and clouds in some areas inland and the mountainous areas. The same […]

The Hambis printmaking school in Platanistia village in Limassol announced on Saturday that it has reopened and is offering its annual free classes next week in memory of Greek engraver A Tassos. In a statement, the school said it will offer free printmaking classes for the 23rd consecutive year, between August 8 and 12. Founder […]

The Beach Culture Music Festival will continue on Monday at Poseidon Beach with performances by Sigala, Kideko and TCTS, all from the UK. The festival, known for bringing to our beaches unparalleled live entertainment by the world’s biggest names in music, will be headlined by DJ, record producer and remixer, Sigala. It all started out […]

Star gazers are in for a treat next weekend as the peak of the Perseid meteor shower is expected to be more spectacular as a crescent moon will not light up the sky, leaving the falling stars to steal the show. According to astronomy and science centre 1010Asteroskopeion, the peak of the Perseid meteor shower […]

Where do you live? Limassol, and I live alone by choice, and have very good friends in Limassol. Best childhood memory? Being taken out of school by an uncle to watch a West Indies v England cricket match at Lords. Most frequented restaurant and absolute favourite dish? Raj Tandoori in Limassol. Chicken korma. What food […]

The UN has no comment on what language journalists use, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq has said. According to a transcript of Friday’s daily press briefing, Haq was replying to a question about a glossary issued by the organisation for security and co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on the Cyprus problem and whether […]

A 19-year-old man is in serious condition at the Nicosia general hospital with neck injuries after the motorcycle he was riding overturned on Friday afternoon in Protaras. The accident took place at around 3pm when the 19-year-old lost control of the motorcycle causing it to overturn. No helmet was located in the scene of the […]

The Protaras Summer Film Festival continues tonight with a little something for the kiddies. The festival will screen The Incredibles 2 at 8pm, and then follow on at 10pm with Skyscraper. If you have already seen the first Incredibles, then you will know that it is an action movie for kids. Last time we got […]

Thousands more mountain residents were evacuated from the path of California’s biggest wildfire on Friday as fatigued firefighters battled gusting winds driving one of the state’s worst fire seasons in a decade. The Mendocino Complex Fire grew to 157,450 acres (63,700 hectares) late Friday, about half the size of Los Angeles, forcing nearly 16,000 homeowners […]

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Aug 3 (Reuters) – North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs in violation of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential U.N. report seen by Reuters on Friday. The six-month report by independent experts monitoring the implementation of U.N. sanctions was submitted to the Security Council North […]

By Annette Chrysostomou The Nicosia city-centre overhaul which includes works on Makarios avenue, Stasicratous street and Evagoras avenue will not unduly inconvenience residents and shop owners, municipality spokesman Makis Nicolaides said on Friday. The reason is, he explained, was that the first phase of the works would be carried out in three stages, which have […]

AFTER a fire destroyed a Nicosia court building in which evidence and court documents were kept, assurances were given that no cases would be affected because there were copies of the documents. Nobody mentioned that hard evidence was also kept in the building and we only found out on Wednesday, after the criminal court acquitted […]

By Michel Barnier THE United Kingdom will leave the European Union on 29 March 2019. While we regretted the UK’s departure, we respect its sovereign decision. Our task is now to organize the disentanglement of the UK from the EU’s institutions and policies. And we also need to look towards the future. After Brexit, the […]