Новости за 06.10.2018

Manchester United produced a stunning fightback to relieve some of the pressure on manager Jose Mourinho as they came from two goals down to beat Newcastle United 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday. The victory lifted United to eighth place in the standings, three points behind Bournemouth who continued their fine form with a […]

Fifteen years after George W Bush invaded Iraq to destroy Saddam Hussein’s imaginary ‘weapons of mass destruction’, what have the Iraqis got to show for it? There was a great deal of death and destruction (around half a million Iraqis have died violently since 2003), but they do now have a democratically elected government. Sort […]

Dozens of people marched silently in Dublin on Saturday carrying plain white shoe boxes to represent the coffins of hundreds of babies buried in an unmarked grave at the site of a former church-run home for unwed mothers in the Irish town of Tuam. Relatives of the Tuam babies say more should be done to […]

Cardiff City’s Premier League woes continued as they had a man sent off in a 1-0 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Eric Dier scored his first league goal since April 2017 after eight minutes when the ball fell to the Englishman to tap in from six yards out. Both Son Heung-min and Lucas […]

  By Jan Strupczewski and Agnieszka Flak The European Commission has told Italy it is concerned at its budget deficit plans for the next three years since they breach what the EU asked the country to do in July, but Rome insisted on Saturday it would “not retreat” from its spending plans. In a letter […]

Pope Francis has ordered a “thorough study” of all documents in Vatican offices concerning disgraced former US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, in the Holy See’s first response to accusations raised against the pontiff in the case. In a document released in August, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the Vatican’s former ambassador to the United States, said the […]

A painting by mysterious British artist Banksy shred itself into pieces at the moment it sold for more than 1 million pounds at a London auction on Friday. Onlookers gasped and laughed after the bottom half of Girl with Balloon, one of Banksy’s best-known works, was sucked into a shredder hidden in its frame as […]

  By Ingrid Melander French police are investigating the disappearance of Interpol chief, Meng Hongwei, who was reported missing after travelling from France to his native China, while his wife has been placed under police protection after receiving threats. Meng’s wife contacted police in Lyon, the French city where the international police agency is based, […]

Short films from Cyprus and around the world will return to the screen at the Rialto from next weekend with the hosting of audience favourite the International Short Film Festival Cyprus (ISFFC). The 8th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus opens its doors to show images from around the globe, and welcomes cinema fans to […]

Ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou announced on Saturday that his party has adopted a two-year-old male dog from a Nicosia shelter and are open to name suggestions. A delegation of Disy and its youth branch visited DOG Rescue Cyprus shelter in Dhali on the occasion of the World Animal Day and decided to adopt the dog which […]

The free vaccination programme against cervical cancer for 12-year-old girls in state and private schools will start within the month, the health ministry said on Saturday. The ministry announced that the girls will be vaccinated, free of charge, with the latest human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. The ministry said the fight against cancer was a major property […]

A total of 260 women breastfed 266 babies on Saturday at the 12th annual breastfeeding event held in all districts, including the north. The annual event – part of efforts to raise awareness on the benefitsof breastfeeding – was organised by the Pancyprian Breastfeeding Association ‘Gift of Life’ in cooperation with the social solidarity programme ‘Symmetohi’ (Participation) […]

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had ordered his ministers to stop receiving consulting services from U.S. firm McKinsey, after the deal came under fire from the main opposition. Last month, Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, who is also Erdogan’s son-in-law, announced thatTurkey had decided to work with McKinsey as part of efforts to […]

A 22-year-old man who had crossed to the north through the Ledra Street crossing was arrested on Friday night by Turkish Cypriots for possessing one gramme of cannabis. He was arrested at the crossing point following a body check, reports said. It was not immediately known whether the man is a Greek Cypriot.

Greek Cypriot farmers working their land in the Nicosia buffer zone were asked by the UN to leave on Saturday morning after Turkish soldiers complained they were getting too close to their outposts, reports said. According to Phileleftheros online, while four Greek Cypriot farmers were tending their fields located within the buffer zone, around 10 […]

As Breast Cancer Awareness Month is marked around the world, Europa Donna is organising the 14 Pink Silhouettes March on October 6. The event will start at the carpark across the road from Pasydy and end at the AstroBank headquarters, via Griva Digeni and Themistokli Dervi. There, the Pink Silhouettes (the symbol of breast cancer […]

A deeply divided US Senate on Saturday confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, as Republicans dismissed sexual assault accusations against the conservative judge and delivered a major victory to President Donald Trump. By a vote of 50-48, the Senate gave a lifetime job to Kavanaugh, 53, after weeks of fierce debate over sexual violence, […]

Brett Kavanaugh, the embattled US Supreme Court nominee put forward by President Donald Trump, was poised to win Senate confirmation on Saturday, weathering sexual misconduct allegations and attacks on his character and temperament. After weeks of intense debate that has gripped the nation, the conservative appeals court judge on Friday won vows of support from […]

By Richard Cowan and Amanda Becker Brett Kavanaugh, the embattled US Supreme Court nominee put forward by President Donald Trump, looked likely to win final Senate confirmation on Saturday, weathering sexual misconduct allegations and attacks on his character and temperament. After weeks of intense debate that has gripped the nation, the conservative appeals court judge […]

The first of a series of anti-drugs seminars aimed at both parents and children will take place in Paphos in collaboration with police. “Two police officers from Nicosia’s drugs squad headquarters will present statistics and then members of the public, parents mostly, will be able to ask questions,” said organiser, Paphos Russian expat resident, Irina […]

Where do you live? I live in the traditional centre of Paphos with my wife Helen and our four children – three boys and a girl Best childhood memory? Ι had an amazing childhood, it is difficult to separate particular moments; every minute was worth living it! Most frequented restaurant and absolute favorite dish? What […]

By Kirsti Knolle The European Union will reach a Brexit deal with Britain in November if it does not do so this month, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said in an interview published by Austrian newspapers on Saturday. Juncker said that the potential for a rapprochement between the two sides had grown in the last […]

A 42-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday after allegedly throwing a hand grenade in the yard of a house owned by a 46-year-old woman in Nea Ekali in Limassol. The hand grenade – thrown some three metres from the house – exploded at around 1am damaging windows and the walls of the 46-year-old’s house. The […]

A series of consultations took place this week at the United Nations headquarters in New York to prepare the UN Secretary General’s report on his good offices mission in Cyprus, including his special envoy Jane Holl Lute’s mission. The report will be forwarded to the Security Council by October 15. The meetings were attended by […]

Lewis Hamilton timed his run to perfection in changing conditions to take a record-extending 80th pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday while Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel qualified only ninth. The Mercedes driver pumped in a one minute 27.760 second lap on the super-soft tyres while it was still only spitting with rain. […]