Новости за 04.11.2018

Raheem Sterling struck twice as Premier League leaders Manchester City crushed Southampton 6-1 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, the fourth time they have scored five or more goals in the 11 games so far this season. The defending champions were 4-1 up by half-time and the result could have been even worse for Mark […]

By Luke Baker President Emmanuel Macron faces a week of historic commemoration and intense diplomacy as he prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One and host more than 60 world leaders at a peace gathering in Paris. U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and scores of other […]

By Nuzulack Dausen The United States has warned its citizens in Tanzania to be cautious after commercial capital Dar es Salaam announced a crackdown on homosexuality, which is a criminal offence in the East African country. In an alert on its website late on Saturday, the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania advised Americans to review their […]

Police on Sunday said they have no clues that could lead to the perpetrators of the premeditated murder of 33-year-old Gary Boris Christodoulou, committed shortly before midnight last Thursday in Ayia Napa. Investigations continue, police said, but, at the moment, they have no clues that could shed more light on the murder. According to the […]

Jeremy Heywood, the former head of Britain’s civil service and a senior adviser to Prime Minister Theresa May on implementing Brexit, died aged 56 on Sunday following illness, May’s office said in a statement. As Cabinet Secretary from 2012 to late 2018, Heywood helped oversee the preparations for Brexit — Britain’s biggest political and economic […]

The island has been lucky enough to enjoy a large numbers of musical events lately including numerous piano recitals. The next one to take the stage that should not be missed is a performance by Poland’s Wojciech Waleczek on November 15. Celebrating the centenary of Poland regaining its independence, the Pharos Arts Foundation in collaboration […]

A group of 10 Syrians on board a boat headed for the north were arrested off the coast of Turkey by Turkish authorities, reports said on Sunday. According to Turkish Cypriot media, the group had reportedly set off from the Turkish coast en route to the north and was spotted by a coast guard aircraft […]

By Costas Pitas and William James British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office has dismissed as “speculation” a newspaper report that suggests an all-UK customs deal will be written into the legally binding agreement governing Britain’s withdrawal from the EU The Sunday Times said the plan would resolve the vexed issue of the Irish border, which […]

Turkey will not allow the exploitation of gas reserves in Turkish and north Cypriot waters, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the delivery of a naval corvette and submarine, Erdogan said countries that thought they could operate in the east Mediterranean or Aegean seas without Ankara’s agreement were […]

Authorities on Sunday afternoon put out a large fire near Lofou and Ayios Therapon villages in Limassol that had been raging out of control since Saturday night, and burned around 1.5 square kilometres of wild vegetation and pine trees. Two more fires, which broke out one in the state forest in Pareklisia in Limassol and […]

Authorities on Sunday said that have partially put under control a large fire near Lofou and Ayios Therapon villages in Limassol that had been raging out of control since Saturday night, and another one in the state forest in Pareklisia in the same district. A third fire in Peyia, Paphos has been put out in […]

How do you rate your happiness and how important is it in your life? Do you dedicate time to things that bring you joy and do you even know what makes you happy? The upcoming inspiring talks by TEDx Limassol come to challenge the Cypriot audience, urge them to reflect, motivate and take action. In […]

By Patricia Jordan GARDENERS in Cyprus never cease to amaze me with what they are able to grow in their gardens here. On a recent garden visit, I discovered dragon fruit plants (pitahaya) growing in an open garden, something I had not seen before. These amazing fruits (above) from such wonderful short-lived, evening-scented flowers are […]

At least 12 people have been killed by severe weather on the island of Sicily, bringing the overall death toll from the storms sweeping Italy to 29, officials said on Sunday. Torrential rain triggering landslides and flood waters led to the death of 10 people in the region around Palermo, a spokesman for the Sicilian […]

Fresh hopes that a 2015 agreement to connect the mobile phone services on both sides might finally be realised  By Esra Aygin You can call home and check on your family from almost any corner in the world – unless you are a Cypriot stuck on the wrong side of your own island. The Greek […]

By Tabita Diela Indonesian authorities on Sunday extended by three days the search for victims and a black box from the wreckage of a Lion Air passenger jet that crashed near Jakarta last week, killing all 189 people on board. “We decided to extend it three days”, beginning on Monday, search and rescue agency (Basarnas) […]

The Game and Fauna Service urged hunters on Sunday, the first day of the new hunting season, to respect the law, unwritten codes, their colleagues and the property of other people and warned that offenders face steep fines. Hunters, as of Sunday and up to the end of December will be able to hunt hares, […]

By Parisa Hafezi Iranians chanting “Death to America” rallied on Sunday to mark both the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy during the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the imminent reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran’s key oil sector. Thousands of students in the government-organised rally in the capital Tehran, broadcast live by state […]

Queues formed at polling stations across New Caledonia on Sunday as the French archipelago in the South Pacific voted whether to become the world’s newest state, a referendum that is the result of a 30-year long decolonisation process. It is the first auto-determination vote to be held in a French territory since Djibouti in the […]

Queues formed at polling stations across New Caledonia on Sunday as the French archipelago in the South Pacific voted whether to become the world’s newest state, a referendum that is the result of a 30-year long decolonisation process. It is the first auto-determination vote to be held in a French territory since Djibouti in the […]

Authorities on Sunday announced that a road in the mountainous area of Limassol was closed to traffic due to a large fire in Ayios Therapon and Lofou. Firefighting crews were also struggling to put out another fire in Peyia, in Paphos that broke out near a residential area on Sunday morning. A large number of […]

WE ARE all waiting anxiously for Tuesday night when Prez Nik will unveil his latest Cyprob delaying tactic to TV audiences. The Prez will address the people, explaining his recent epiphany about loose federation, or to put it more scientifically, decentralised power in a federal system as a stepping stone to partition, and then answer […]

AT its zenith, the construction giant that was J&P Overseas Ltd., had about 15,000 people on staff and boasted a turnover in excess of $1.5bn. Today, the venture lies in ruin, forced into liquidation and hounded by creditors, while the heirs to the fabulously wealthy families are at each other’s throats in the courts and […]

By Charles Ellinas   There was more confidence and optimism in this year’s 14th Economist Cyprus Summit than before. The summit, held on Friday in Nicosia and organised by Hazlis & Rivas, was a great success with the participation of many important speakers from Cyprus and abroad, and the oil companies operating in the Cyprus […]

ELIAS Neocleous & Co LLC was the only law firm in Cyprus to be awarded the prestigious Tier 1 ranking by the IFLR1000, the guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers. IFLR is one of the most respected organisations researching and ranking the legal services market. It has been researching […]