Новости за 15.09.2018

Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at Wembley on Saturday to post a fifth consecutive win at the start of the season for the first time since 1990-91 and banish the memory of last year’s London mauling by Mauricio Pochettino’s side. Chelsea, though, have also recorded a perfect start after Eden Hazard scored a hat-trick in […]

By Liam Carter Although illegal, the sale of laughing gas in popular tourist destinations is so blatant that many bars and nightclubs are actually advertising and selling the drug themselves. A simple stroll through the centre of Ayia Napa highlights the prevalence of laughing gas or ‘hippy crack’. Many nightclubs and bars have decided to […]

A hat-trick from Belgian magician Eden Hazard ensured Chelsea kept their 100 percent record this season with a 4-1 win over promoted Cardiff City that sent the Londoners to the top of the Premier League on Saturday. Chelsea, who have won their first five games of the season, were stunned when an unmarked Sol Bamba flicked home […]

The Emba restaurant in Paphos will offer a night of song and dinner on Thursday, when Gore Melian and Christina Simone will fill the air with song to accompany a buffet dinner. Melian, from Armenia, has started making waves on the local music scene as his live performances start to pick up a much faster […]

Authorities seized more than 93 kilogrammes of tobacco found in the luggage of two people who arrived at the Larnaca airport from Moscow, the customs department said on Saturday. The two, both permanent residents of Cyprus, were initially arrested for the illegal possession of duty-free goods and for avoiding to pay the due tax and […]

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton stormed to pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday, the Mercedes driver lapping the Marina Bay Street Circuit in 1:36.015 to edge out Max Verstappen in a Red Bull. Hamilton, 30 points clear of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel with seven rounds remaining, secured a record-extending 79th pole position of his […]

A ground-breaking ceremony took place on Saturday for one of the largest planetariums and digital projection domes in the Eastern Mediterranean, to be erected on the grounds of the Tamasos Bishopric in the Nicosia district. The project, funded by Russian businessman Viacheslav Zarenkov who also built the first Russian-style church on the island, is expected to be completed within […]

Liverpool continued their perfect start to the season to stay top of the Premier League after a goal in each half gave them a 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley on Saturday. Georginio Wijnaldum picked the perfect time to score his first away goal in the Premier League when he headed Liverpool into a […]

Around 130 volunteers from the Filippino community in Cyprus recently organised a clean-up of Finikoudes beach in Larnaca to mark the International Coastal Cleanup Day (ICCD) and raise awareness against the use of plastic, observed this year on September 15. Members of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and the Filipino Community in Cyprus came together […]

Nothing says a great party with music from the 40s, 50s and 60s like a jukebox. The jukebox in question though will not be plugged in but in the form of a live quartet and two DJs who have been known to give blasts from the past on many occasions. The party mood will be […]

Argentina beat the Wallabies in Australia for the first time since 1983 with a 23-19 victory on the Gold Coast on Saturday that gave them two Rugby Championship wins in one season for the first time. Nicolas Sanchez and Bautista Delguy scored tries before halftime and fullback Emiliano Boffelli landed two monster long-range penalties to […]

By Philip Pullella Pope Francis appealed to Sicily’s Mafia on Saturday to abandon a life of crime and violence, saying the island needed “men and women of love, not men and women ‘of honour,'” using the term mobsters apply to themselves. Francis, in the Sicilian capital, said organised crime members – many of whom go […]

By Jan Wolfe A plea deal by former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to cooperate with US prosecutors in their investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election suggests he could shed light on unanswered questions revolving around the campaign, legal experts said on Friday. Manafort’s agreement with Special Counsel Robert Mueller to cooperate “fully, […]

President Nicos Anastasiades is scheduled to meet with UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres in New York on September 28, it was reported on Saturday. Anastasiades will travel to the US next week for the United Nations General Assembly, which he will address on September 27. During his stay in New York, he is also expected […]

A police officer and 32 other people were arrested on Friday night in an illegal casino in Trachoni, Limassol. The arrests followed a raid at the establishment jointly organised by the Cyprus and the bases police forces. Among those arrested was the casino’s manager and a police officer who was already suspended in connection with […]

  Paphos is preparing to welcome hundreds of Israeli tourism professionals in November for an annual conference as tourism from Israel is showing huge prospects for the coastal resort. The Israeli market has seen considerable growth over the last two years and concerted efforts are being made to expand this segment further by tourism professionals […]

Winger Aphiwe Dyantyi scored two tries as the Springboks upset the form book to record a 36-34 victory over New Zealand in their Rugby Championship clash at Wellington Regional Stadium on Saturday. It was the first loss by the All Blacks to the Springboks in New Zealand since 2009 and kept the southern hemisphere championship alive until […]

A 46-year-old Paphos resident was arrested on Friday night after being found by police officers answering a call, hiding in a closed shop. The man was located in the shop at around 9.30pm after officers responded to a call about a possible break-in at the establishment. Officers located the man hiding inside the shop. He […]

Two drivers from Paphos, aged 26 and 33, one of them a taxi driver, were tested positive for drugs on Friday night. The two were taken to the police station after the narco tests given to them during a routine traffic check, came out positive. They were later released pending the results of the laboratory tests […]

Where do you live? I live deep inside the transformative world of art, interpreting reflections of life, and painting my own nature on infinite canvasses. Sometimes, in the quiet of the night, as I work, my two companions, the mystical cats Murka and Stroodel, enter the room and then all of the sudden the place […]

Gennady Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez had to be separated at the weigh-in for Saturday’s rematch in Las Vegas, with the world middleweight champion labelling his Mexican opponent a “clown” and promising “a real war”. Golovkin tipped the scales at 159.6 pounds and Alvarez came in at 159.4 at Friday’s weigh-in, where the Mexican put his forehead against Golovkin’s […]

  Cypriots have been invited to choose their favourite nationally produced songs for an innovative EU-wide song book – again. They were initially asked to vote in 2016 but back then the project was halted due to a problem with translation from Greek. Now Cypriots have another chance. From Friday just gone, and lasting for […]

  Cypriots have been invited to choose their favourite nationally produced songs for an innovative EU-wide song book – again. They were initially asked to vote in 2016 but back then the project was halted due to a problem with translation from Greek. Now Cypriots have another chance. From Friday just gone, and lasting for […]

The Australian state of Queensland on Saturday offered a A$100,000 ($71,500) reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for sabotaging strawberries with sewing needles. The police have said that six brands of strawberries in Australia are believed to be contaminated with needles and pins, prompting warnings from authorities to slice the fruit […]

The Embassy of Italy, the Italian film production company IMAGO, the Rialto Theatre in Limassol and the Pantheon Theatre in Nicosia are behind the first Italian Film Days festival to kick off on Wednesday. The weeklong festival will screen six Italian films with opening film L’Esodo by emerging Italian filmmaker Ciro Formisano playing at the […]