Новости за 13.10.2018

Former England defender Gary Neville has hit out at the “bizarre” numbers behind how the proceeds from the proposed £600m sale of Wembley will be shared to grassroots football. The potential sale of the national stadium to Fulham owner Shahid Khan will go to a vote of the Football Association Council on October 24, the […]

President Donald Trump thanked Turkey on Saturday for freeing American pastor Andrew Brunson after two years in custody and said it would help improve strained relations, but Trump denied cutting a deal for Brunson’s release. “I don’t make deals for hostages. There was, however, great appreciation on behalf of the United States, which will lead […]

Two activists of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) were attacked by a woman in Kofinou on Tuesday, the organisation said on Saturday as they filed an official complain with police. According to CABS, two of their team members were in Kofinou, where they found limesticks and an active electronic birdcaller. The activists informed the […]

Two members of Sweden’s centre-right Alliance bloc on Saturday opposed the latest proposal by the biggest centre-right party, the Moderates, to form a government. Neither the Alliance bloc – headed by Moderates’ leader Ulf Kristersson – nor a grouping of centre-left parties won enough votes in the election on Sept. 9 to form a majority […]

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said on Saturday that only the people can remove his ‘powers’ as ‘president’ in a response to speculation that the political landscape in the north is attempting to sideline him. In a post on Facebook, Akinci commented on a meeting President Nicos Anastasiades had with Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu […]

Croatia’s Borna Coric produced a masterful display of power-hitting to stun holder Roger Federer 6-4 6-4 in the Shanghai Masters on Saturday and will face Novak Djokovic in the final. Coric was quick out of the blocks at the Qi Zhong Stadium as he broke in the opening game against the top seed and only lost five […]

Cyprus is no longer a stranger to environmentally friendly practices such as beach clean-ups, recycling and reducing waste. Educating the masses about independent production and bio products is growing popular worldwide and Cyprus has jumped on the wagon, albeit belatedly. Here to share this knowledge, raise awareness and offer practical solutions is the Fourth National […]

The return of Varosha has always been a government priority, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Saturday in an address read out by the ministry’s spokesman Demetris Samuel. “We have not abandoned our hope as well as our just demand for the termination of the status quo in our country through a just and viable […]

US President Donald Trump said in a CBS interview on Saturday that there would be “severe punishment” for Saudi Arabia if it turns out that missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi, a prominent critic of Riyadh and legal resident of the United States, disappeared on Oct. 2 […]

Police cautioned drivers on Saturday afternoon to drive carefully on roads in the Kakopetria Karvounas Amiantos and Troodos areas, due to heavy rains and hail. According to authorities, drivers are requested to drive slowly, safely, and stay at a secure distance from other vehicles as visibility is reduced. Police said that drivers should also have […]

Pope Francis has defrocked two Chilean bishops who have been caught up in the country’s widening sexual abuse crisis, the Vatican said on Saturday. The Vatican named the two men as Francisco José Cox Huneeus, archbishop emeritus of the city of La Serena, and Marco Antonio Órdenes Fernández, archbishop emeritus of Iquique. A Vatican statement […]

Cyprus and Greece lashed back at Turkey on Saturday after Ankara said it was ‘dismayed’ by the joint declaration at the trilateral summit between the two countries and Egypt held in Crete on Wednesday. Turkey’s foreign ministry said on Friday evening that they were ‘dismayed’ by the joint declaration and that claims against the country […]

A five-year-old girl is being cared for at Makarios Hospital in Nicosia after her father who was four times over the alcohol limit lost control of their vehicle on Friday night, police said on Saturday. According to authorities, the girl sustained a haematoma in her head and doctors found fluid in her stomach after she […]

A car carrying migrants has collided with a truck in northern Greece – killing 11 people, police said. Ten of the victims were believed to be migrants who crossed into the Greece from Turkey. The 11th person was the driver and a suspected migrant smuggler, police said. Police said the car in which the migrants […]

The head of the Northern Irish party that props up British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government said on Saturday she would prefer no Brexit deal to a bad deal, describing current plans as amounting to “the annexation of Northern Ireland” by the EU. British and European Union negotiators this month have accelerated the push for […]

Where do you live? I live in the beautiful Kaimakli in Nicosia with my partner and our four cats Best childhood memory? First thing that comes to my mind are memories linked with my family harvesting potatoes. My grandad was a farmer and when I was a child the whole family would help out. My […]

Former France striker Thierry Henry was given his first head coaching role when he was appointed by AS Monaco on a three-year deal to replace Leonardo Jardim who was sacked on Thursday, the Ligue 1 club announced on Saturday. Henry, who started out playing for Monaco and went on to enjoy a stellar club career […]

A fire broke out near the village of Mylikouri at approximately 10am when a lightning strike hit a tree in the area, the forestry department said on Saturday. According to the forestry department, after the tree was hit the fire then spread to the rest of the area. Currently, there are 10 trucks at scene, […]

Turkey’s investigation into the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has revealed recordings made on his Apple Watch purportedly indicating he was tortured and killed, a Turkish newspaper reported on Saturday. The report in the pro-government Sabah daily, which could not immediately be verified, emerged after a delegation from Saudi Arabia arrived in Turkey […]

Nicosia is proud to host the International Space Summit next week, mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis. “This is a great honour for the Municipality of Nicosia. The gathering of such great personalities who are playing a major role in space exploration makes us particularly proud,” the mayor told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA). “Our organisation has worked […]

A 37-year-old man was remanded into custody for five days by the Limassol district court on Saturday following complaints that he stole from cars in a shopping centre parking. According to police the man, from Georgia, would puncture the tyres of the vehicles and then steal items from inside them, while the owners attempted to […]

A 37-year-old man will appear in Limassol district court following complaints that he robbed cars in a shopping centre parking, police said on Saturday. According to police the man, from Georgia, would puncture the tyres of the vehicles and then steal items from inside them, while the owners attempted to change the tyres. Police received […]

  By Vassilis Triandafyllou and Idyli Tsakiri Archaeologists in Greece have discovered at least 58 shipwrecks, many laden with antiquities, in what they say may be the largest concentration of ancient wrecks ever found in the Aegean and possibly the whole of the Mediterranean. The wrecks lie in the small island archipelago of Fournoi, in the Eastern […]

By Bejay Browne A PILOT programme to raise awareness and collect data of marine pollution is underway in Paphos. The pilot scheme started a week ago, and in that time huge amounts ‘beach’ waste have already been collected, according to Xenia Loizidou, of AktiI, an NGO that has teamed up with Geroskipou municipality and Kissonerga […]

RUNNING public schools by knee-jerk reaction has become very fashionable. A couple of weeks ago, two boys were abducted from a primary school by a man so this week the government announced measures for improving security at schools. The Council of Ministers decided that fences would be placed around all schools and that an intercom […]