Новости за 24.11.2018

Friends of Larnaca Cats is calling on the public to donate and volunteer their time to help the construction of their new sanctuary, which was badly damaged during rainstorms on Thursday, setting their work back several months, Elias Demetriou the chairman told the Cyprus Mail on Saturday. The new sanctuary, Sandy’s Sanctuary, is located in […]

Liverpool maintained pressure on table-topping Manchester City with three second-half goals sealing a comfortable 3-0 victory at Watford on Saturday. After a largely uneventful first half, Mohamed Salah put the ball past Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster in the 67th minute before England defender Trent Alexander-Arnold scored a stunning second goal. The 20-year-old beat Foster with […]

Three suspects were remanded in custody for four days on Saturday by Larnaca District Court after they were discovered attempting to turn an apartment in the Mackenzy area into a brothel. According to police, authorities discovered an advertisement for sex for €100 posted on a website. The court then heard that when a potential customer […]

Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are moving to Frogmore Cottage on the royal family’s Windsor Estate early next year in time for their first child’s birth in the spring, they said on Saturday. “Windsor is a very special place for Their Royal Highnesses and they are grateful that their official residence will be […]

New Zealand smashed Italy 66-3 in Rome on Saturday, finishing their European tour with an 10-try romp and leaving coach Steve Hansen with plenty to consider as he looks to settle on a squad to defend their World Cup title next year. Hansen retained just four players from the starting team that lost to Ireland […]

Adopting a more holistic approach to the everyday and to hobbies, mindfulness, consciousness and inward-looking practices are taking over the globe. Yoga classes, meditation and other forms of moving the body while tapping into oneself are becoming increasingly popular and with today’s stressful, tech-filled lifestyle, the desire to re-connect is rising. Jumping on this wagon […]

The British High Commissioner and other consular staff will be in Paphos on Tuesday as part of a series of Brexit outreach meetings taking place across the island. The aim of this initiative is to ensure that British citizens living in Cyprus have the best possible updates on Brexit and the impact it may have […]

A couple who ate poisonous mushrooms were transferred to a medical clinic in France by the Cyprus state, reports said on Saturday. The couple were being treated in Nicosia General’s intensive care unit prior to their transfer to a specialist unit in France, CyBC reported, as they had sustained kidney and liver failure. According to […]

Police arrested a 64-year-old man on Saturday after he shot his 44-year-old son following an argument, Paphos police said. According to authorities, the scene in the village of Kanaviou was cordoned off and the son was only lightly injured from the gun shot. Police said that the incident occurred at approximately 3pm and that the […]

International Tennis Federation (ITF) president David Haggerty is confident the revamped Davis Cup and the rival ATP Cup, unveiled last week in London, can eventually join forces to form one team competition. This weekend’s Davis Cup final between France and Croatia in Lille is the last one in the 118-year-old competition’s current home-and-away format with […]

The Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) has identified the remains of seven people found at the Athalassa Psychiatric Hospital, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou said on Saturday. Photiou said that six of the remains belonged to Greek Cypriots and one belonged to a Turkish Cypriot. He added that the families were briefed in detail about scientists’ […]

President Nicos Anastasiades will travel to Brussels Saturday evening to attend the EU27 extraordinary Council Meeting on Brexit the following day at which EU leaders will meet British Prime Minister Theresa to sign off on promises to keep close ties with London, following the UK’s exit from the EU in March. On the sidelines of […]

Police fired tear gas and turned water cannon on protesters in Paris who are angry over rising fuel costs and President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies, the second weekend of “yellow vest” protests across France. By midday around 5,000 protesters had converged on the Champs Elysees where some clashed with police sent to prevent them from […]

Larnaca’s cultural scene is currently on a high and will be boosted on Monday with a unique contemporary dance performance that will bring together 12 artists from Cyprus and abroad. The performance will follow a 10-day intensive dance workshop from the famous choreographer Allan Falieri (Rio de Janeiro) and dancer/ co-founder of Open FLR Valeria […]

The Northern Irish party propping up British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government launched fresh attacks on her Brexit withdrawal deal on Saturday, saying it would leave Britain in a “pitiful” place and that a Labour government may be preferable. At its annual conference in Belfast, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) rallied its supporters to oppose […]

Police discovered 48 wild birds in a 54-year-old’s fridge on Friday night, authorities said on Saturday. According to authorities, officers conducted a check on a building owned by the man in the Nicosia district. During their investigations in the presence of the 54-year-old, officers discovered 48 wild birds in four plastic containers in the man’s […]

Where do you live? I live in Engomi, Nicosia, with my partner, two children, two dogs, and seven cats Best childhood memory? Summer at Fig Tree bay Most frequented restaurant and absolute favourite dish? What food would you really turn your nose up to? Most frequented restaurant: Two Little Chefs. Favourite dish: Nut roast. Dislike: […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Muslims worldwide on Saturday to unite against the United States, instead of “rolling out red carpets for criminals”. Washington in May reimposed sanctions on Tehran, after President Donald Trump pulled out of a 2015 international nuclear deal with Iran under which they had been lifted. “Submitting to the West […]

Cyprus has been upgraded back to investment grade by DBRS Ratings Limited, following recent upgrades from Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Saturday. In a Friday report, DBRS upgraded Cyprus’ long-term foreign and local currency-issuer ratings from BB to BBB (low) and its short-term foreign and local currency-issuer ratings […]

Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides is flying to Kuwait for an official visit during which he will discuss bilateral ties as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest in addition to signing bilateral agreements. The foreign ministry said he will be received on Sunday by the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah […]

A 58-year-old man was arrested at 2:30am Saturday morning in Paphos after police stopped him for an alcotest and he attempted to flee the scene. According to police, the man was stopped by officers and given an alcotest, which showed 145μg, instead of the allotted 22μg. The officers then asked him to conduct the final […]

Contuining its almost weekly musical evenings, Technopolis 20 in Paphos is hosting a concert by seven Cypriot musicians next week. On December 4, clarinettist Orfeas Hiratos presents a programme with works by famous French composers (Darius Milhaud, Paul Taffanel, Francis Poulenc, Jacques Ibert) and an excerpt from the album Gioconda’s Smile by the Greek composer […]

The Cyprus football championship resumes this weekend with the clash at the Arena stadium in Larnaca taking centre stage as fourth-placed AEK take on second-placed Apoel. Another very important game, though for totally different reasons, will take place in Nicosia between Omonia and Anorthosis while leaders AEL face a tricky match away to fifth-placed Nea […]

It has been quite a month for Tottenham Hotspur’s 20-year-old Argentine defender Juan Foyth. So assured was he in a 3-1 League Cup victory at West Ham United, his first appearance of the season, that he was rewarded with a first Premier League start a few days later and conceded two penalties in a 3-2 […]

THE CHAIRMAN of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve), Christodoulos Angastiniotis, delivered an excellent speech at the AGM about the need of the economy to be able to adapt to the constantly changing, technology-driven conditions. Being a small country, Cyprus should board the “train of technological development and of the digital world,” and […]