Новости за 01.09.2018

The Blue Diamond Geroskipou beach in Paphos will offer the chance to enjoy the moonlight, the majestic feel of last nights by the sea, while providing a truly international musical affair next Saturday. Under Music in the Moonlight, soprano Anoki Von Arx, singer Gore Melian and pianist Zara Barkhoudarian will present a very diverse programme. […]

By Jeff Mason and Richard Cowan Senator John McCain’s daughter paid tribute to her father on Saturday with a broadside at President Donald Trump, lambasting the US leader without naming him for using “cheap rhetoric” against a man celebrated as a war hero and statesman. Meghan McCain, who has made no secret of her unhappiness […]

  By Oliver Barth Supporters and opponents of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s liberal immigration policy held rival demonstrations on Saturday in the city of Chemnitz, where last weekend’s fatal stabbing of a German man by two migrants sparked violent far-right protests. More than 1,200 policemen kept watch over the rallies in the eastern city, where deep […]

Chelsea stretched their perfect Premier League start to four games after second-half goals from substitute Pedro Rodriguez and Eden Hazard gave them a 2-0 home win over Bournemouth on Saturday. The result left Chelsea joint top with Liverpool on a maximum 12 points, with either Watford or Tottenham Hotspur able to move level with the […]

Tottenham Hotspur striker Son Heung-min’s professional career received a boost in the form of military exemption when South Korea won the Asian Games soccer gold on Saturday. Substitute Lee Seung-woo and Hwang Hee-chan scored in extra time after a barren regulation time to help South Korea retain their title with a 2-1 victory against arch-rivals […]

Secondary education teachers will be in school on Monday to prepare for the new school year, but will abstain from extracurricular activities and hold a vote on Wednesday on whether to go on strike, unions said on Saturday. As no solution in their spat with the government seems to be in sight, members of unions […]

Vincent Kompany has rejected claims Manchester City have enjoyed an unfair advantage over the last decade thanks to their Abu Dhabi owner or that the club’s extravagant spending has been bad for football. The 32-year-old Belgian arrived at City in August 2008, a week before Sheikh Mansour, Abu Dhabi royalty and the half-brother of the […]

A 95-year-old British World War II Ray Woolley broke his own record on Saturday as the world’s oldest scuba diver after taking the plunge to explore the famous Zenobia shipwreck off Larnaca. Dozens of divers accompanied Ray as he dived down to 40.6 metres for 44 minutes and the entire process was filmed, photographed and documented […]

Liverpool beat Leicester City 2-1 to post a fourth successive Premier League victory but conceded their first goal of the season after a nightmare mistake by new keeper Alisson at the King Power Stadium on Saturday. With Liverpool two goals up and cruising, the Brazilian opted for clever footwork instead of simply clearing his lines […]

The natural gas dispute is an example of the Greek Cypriot side’s shortsighted policy, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said, accusing the Republic of ignoring Turkish Cypriot rights to the island’s natural resources. In an interview with Greek daily Ta Nea on Saturday, the Turkish diplomat said the Greek Cypriots behaved as if the […]

Sauber have corrected a ‘small design flaw’ on the car’s rear wing that contributed to Marcus Ericsson’s spectacular crash in Italian Grand Prix practice, Formula One race director Charlie Whiting said on Saturday. Ericsson’s car speared head-on into the barriers on Friday as the Swede braked at the end of the Monza pit straight, with […]

Buoyed up by the success of hosting the ongoing Asian Games, Indonesia will bid for the 2032 Olympics, President Joko Widodo said on Saturday. Since Aug. 18, the Southeast Asian country has been holding the biggest multi-sport event outside the Olympics and, apart from some long-running ticketing difficulties, the Games, which conclude on Sunday, have […]

The film business is chockablock with blockbusters filled with action and special effects sequences. But there are some films that speak of issues closer to home and whose story doesn’t need all the hype that goes along with Hollywood to be a hit. One such film is Boy on the Bridge. The Summer Movie Marathon […]

An explosion and fire erupted Germany’s Vohburg refinery in Bavaria state early on Saturday morning and firefighters started to get the situation under control by midday, police said. A spokesman for the Upper Bavaria North police in Ingolstadt said police, firefighters and emergency services had reported eight injured and had evacuated 1,800 residents in the […]

A Russian passenger plane ran off an airport runway outside Russia’s southern city of Sochi early on Saturday and caught fire injuring 18 people, officials and state media reported. Russia’s Healthcare Ministry said 18 people were injured but said there were no fatalities. State news agency RIA said one Sochi airport staff member died during […]

The two people injured in a stabbing incident on Friday at Amsterdam’s central station were US citizens, the US ambassador to the Netherlands said in a statement on Saturday. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said the pair were tourists visiting the city. According to Dutch police the attacker, an Afghan citizen, was taken into custody shortly after […]

  Authorities on Saturday voiced deep concern over the wave of migrants and refugees from Syria apparently headed for Cyprus – some of whom could also pose a security threat — as the inflow is rapidly increasing with several groups arriving in the space of a few days. Over 90 people arrived in the Republic […]

Nick Kyrgios has his toughest assignment to date at this year’s US Open when he faces second seed Roger Federer in a third round encounter at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday, while Maria Sharapova takes on Jelena Ostapenko in a clash of big hitters. Five-times champion Federer eased through the opening rounds with typical Swiss […]

A 20-month-old boy died in Limassol on Friday evening after he apparently choked on his food while being fed by his mother, police said. The incident happened at around 8.15pm in Erimi. The boy was being fed pureed food when he lost consciousness. Efforts were made to resuscitate the child by people present, as well […]

Where do you live? Nicosia in a village with my husband and three hairy babies. Our dogs Lara, Bobby and Alfie Best childhood memory? Halloween night in expat housing while living in Beirut as a child. Unable to leave the complex, we children would trick or treat for hours. My most vivid Halloween I dressed […]

  By Philip Blenkinsop The European Union will end restrictions on the sale of solar panels from China early next week in a move that EU producers said would lead to a flood of cheap imports. The European Commission, which coordinates EU trade policy, said in a statement on Friday that the measures would expire […]

By Richard Cowan Former US presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush will lead mourners on Saturday in a service for the late John McCain, the longtime Arizona senator and Vietnam war hero whose bids for the White House were dashed by the two men. On the way to Washington’s National Cathedral, the cortege of […]

Cyprus will be among 22 countries that will present arguments before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) this week in a dispute between the UK and Mauritius which is claiming a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean held by the former colonial ruler. Mauritius declared independence in 1968 and argues that it was illegal […]

  By Orhan Coskun Turkey raised natural gas prices on Saturday by as much as 14 per cent, two sources said, while the energy regulator announced a similar increase in electricity costs as a deepening currency crisis stokes inflation. The lira has fallen 42 per cent against the dollar this year, hit by concerns about […]

Turkey’s energy regulator will raise electricity prices by 14 percent for industrial use and 9 percent for residential use from Sept. 1, according to figures published in the government’s Official Gazette overnight. The rate hikes, which will further feed double-digit inflation, highlight another impact of Turkey’s on-going currency crisis. The lira currency has fallen some […]