Новости за 18.08.2018

Chelsea beat Arsenal 3-2 in a pulsating London Premier League derby on Saturday with defender Marcos Alonso scoring an 81st-minute winner after the Gunners had fought back from an early 2-0 deficit. In a hectic first half, Chelsea went ahead in the ninth minute when Pedro buried a cross by Alonso. Out-of-form striker Alvaro Morata […]

ITALIAN toll-road operator Autostrade per l’Italia, a unit of infrastructure group Atlantia which managed a bridge that collapsed in Genoa this week, pledged on Saturday to rebuild the viaduct. On Tuesday, a 200-metre section of the Morandi viaduct gave way in busy lunchtime traffic, killing at least 41 people and severing the city’s main land link with […]

TOTTENHAM Hotspur ended a week in which they apologised to supporters for further delay in their move back to White Hart Lane by continuing to flourish at their second home of Wembley where they beat Fulham 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday. The win moved Spurs top of the early table with maximum points […]

By Lizzy Ioannidou THE second attempt by Turkish Cypriot authorities to launch a public tender for construction works near the proposed Dherynia checkpoint has once again failed, media in the north reported on Friday. The tender which concerned the construction of parking spaces and some correction work near the checkpoint, officially ended on August 15 […]

WINGER Waisake Naholo scored a brace of tries and Beauden Barrett enjoyed a stellar return to form as the All Blacks steamrolled the Wallabies 38-13 in the Rugby Championship opener in Sydney on Saturday. Trailing 6-5 at the break due to some dogged Wallabies defence, the All Blacks notched a record second half points tally against […]

Prepare your eyes for an unlikely alliance between the police, the Conservative press and London-based gay and lesbian activists, who come together united by their common foe, Margaret Thatcher, to lend their support to striking miners in 1984 Wales. Inspired by actual events, director Matthew Warchus’ 2014 historical comedy-drama film, Pride, features Bill Nighy, Imelda […]

KENEDY had a penalty saved with almost the final kick of the match as ten-man Newcastle United missed a golden chance to steal three points after a dismal and goalless Premier League stalemate at Cardiff City. The Brazilian, who should have been sent off in the first half for a wild kick out at Victor Camarasa and […]

Sener Levent and the Turkish Cypriot publishing company Afrika have filed a lawsuit against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, for instigating attacks on the newspaper on January 22, 2018, according to Afrika’s front page on Saturday. The front page led with the title “We have taken Tayyip Erdogan to court”, and showed images of the suits […]

OLYMPIC sprint champion and aspiring footballer Usain Bolt touched down in Sydney on Saturday, declaring himself ready to prove to the world that his Australian soccer adventure is “real”. The eight-times Olympic gold medallist will train with Central Coast Mariners for the first time on Tuesday after being granted an open-ended trial with the struggling A-League […]

ITALY mourned the victims of the collapse of a motorway bridge in the northern city of Genoa with a state funeral on Saturday, as rescue workers kept searching for the last few unaccounted people buried in the rubble. On Tuesday a 200-metre section of the Morandi bridge in Genoa gave way in busy lunchtime traffic, killing at least 38 […]

A 54-year-old man was arrested in Nicosia for driving drunk and hitting a parked car on Friday night police said on Saturday. According to authorities, at approximately 9:30pm the 54-year-old was backing out of a field, when he hit into a parked car owned by a 38-year-old. Police determined that 54-year-old had not injured anyone, […]

Customs seized approximately 6,000 knockoffs found in a Cyprus-registered van crossing back to the government-controlled areas, an announcement said on Saturday. According to authorities, the Greek 49-year-old driver was stopped on the Larnaca-Ayia Napa motorway on Friday afternoon when customs agents discovered 5,793 clothing items, bags, and beach towels, worth approximately €30,000. The driver was […]

If you love Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Tom Jones and other performers from the 60s, the show Elvis and Friends by world-class UK entertainer Mario Kombou on September 1 is for you! His musical tribute show will take you back in time and leave you craving for more at Paphos’ Colosseum restaurant. Singer and tribute […]

FORMER cricket star Imran Khan was sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan on Saturday, taking on the challenge of forming a coalition to govern as a currency crisis looms over the turbulent, nuclear-armed South Asian country. Khan, a firebrand nationalist, won a general election last month promising to fight corruption and drastically reduce poverty among Pakistan’s […]

By Howard Eissenstat The crisis between the United States and Turkey, a NATO ally and traditional bulwark of American policy in the Middle East, is serious. While the relationship between them has often been fraught, the two countries have generally managed to keep difficulties within acceptable limits. No longer. Most of the blame lays at […]

Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Minister Costas Kadis said there are “serious prospects” for Cyprus to export fresh prickly pears, as well as processed products. Kadis told the 27th Prickly Pear Festival, in Nata, Paphos, that prickly pear production in Cyprus has been increasing. This growing trend, he said, has prompted the ministry to request the […]

Former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan has died, the Kofi Annan Foundation said on Saturday. Annan, of Ghanaian nationality, died in hospital in Bern, Switzerland, in the early hours of Saturday, two close associates said. He was 80. In Geneva, the Kofi Annan Foundation announced his peaceful death with “immense […]

Former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan has died, the Kofi Annan Foundation said on Saturday. Annan, of Ghanaian nationality, died in hospital in Bern, Switzerland, in the early hours of Saturday, two close associates said. He was 80. As far as Cyprus is concerned, Annan’s name has been immortalised on […]

Australia’s worst drought in a generation is driving flocks of emus into an outback mining town in a desperate hunt for food and water, an animal rescue unit in the town of Broken Hill said. The large, flightless birds are sometimes sighted in the town, 935 kilometres (580 miles) west of Sydney, but not in […]

Police in Polis Chrysochou arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of causing bodily harm to a 63-year-old man after the two got into an argument over a disabled parking space, authorities said on Saturday. The 29-year-old was arrested at approximately 9:30am after the 63-year-old filed a complaint with police on Friday evening. According to authorities, […]

Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia of barring its citizens from this year’s haj, something Riyadh denies, saying a diplomatic dispute is not stopping Qataris from making the pilgrimage to Mecca. Although 1,200 Qataris are eligible to perform the haj under a quota system, Qatar says it has become impossible to get permits, blaming the campaign […]

A provision regarding US-Cyprus security relations and the US arms embargo on Cyprus, has been included in the $717bn defence bill signed earlier this week by US President Trump. The same bill includes an amendment preventing sales to Turkey of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets. The bill foresees that not later than 180 days […]

Police in Paphos arrested a 29-year-old man for attempting to rob a hotel reception area, authorities said on Saturday. Specifically, a hotel employee told police that on July 29 at approximately 2:30am a man entered the lobby holding a pistol.  The 29-year-old attempted to take the money from the till at the counter, police said. […]

Marvel Comics mogul Stan Lee won renewal of a protective order on Friday against a onetime business manager accused of subjecting the 95-year-old “Spider-Man” co-creator to elder abuse after taking charge of his affairs earlier this year. Keya Morgan, a New York-based memorabilia collector who became involved with Lee following the death of Lee’s wife […]

The newly-formed Odysseas Toumazou Trio will present their project revolving around original compositions with a Cypriot background tinged by the tempos of traditional Greek while still keeping the unbridled freedom of jazz, and adding a touch of Indian classical music. This vibrant performance will do what many have tried over the centuries, to define Cypriot […]