Новости за 12.01.2019

Liverpool went seven points clear at the top of the Premier League and bounced back from two successive defeats in all competitions after a Mohamed Salah penalty gave them a 1-0 win at Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday. The result put Liverpool on 57 points from 22 games, seven ahead of closest rivals Manchester […]

A GROUP of women from the Philippines living in Cyprus has offered to translate Owaat’s self-help website on filing for emergency civil protections into Filipino to assist any of their compatriots facing abuse to seek help. Owaat is the world’s first international self-help website for abused women to learn their human rights and file applications […]

Jazz events, festivals and jam sessions are gaining popularity in Cyprus and here to add their own touch to the scene is the Ioannis Vafeas Trio with a performance in Paphos on January 23. Drummer Ioannis Vafeas is joining forces with bassist Michael Messios and the talented young pianist Christos Yerolatsitis to perform as the […]

CHLORAKAS in Paphos has acquired a new outdoor seaside ‘gym’ and a new school and football pitches are also planned, all part of a push to upgrade the area, led by the head of the local community council. Nikolas Liasidis announced that an outdoor gym was acquired, which is located in the area of Rodafinia, […]

The number of plays of classical music increased by more than 10 per cent in 2018, with the genre growing faster than the UK music industry at large. Across all genres, there was a rise of only 5.7 per cent in music consumption over the last 12 months, according to data collected by the Official […]

Andy Murray’s former coach Alex Corretja said on Saturday that he was indestructible at the height of his career after the Briton announced he would retire this year due to hip problems. Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray held a tearful news conference on Friday saying he planned to bow out at Wimbledon in July if […]

Musicians and music lovers read carefully. The newest music collective of professional musicians in Paphos has started organising events and projects with their latest being specialised talks for music connoisseurs. Monophonies will be a series of presentations and discussions on music subjects, through which the collective aims to offer the opportunity to a wide audience […]

The association of private hospitals (Pasin) announced on Saturday that joining the proposed National Health Scheme (Gesy) would be like “jumping into the abyss”, after the group’s spokesman, who had said they were ready to enter into dialogue with the government for their participation in the scheme, resigned on Friday. Pasin, in a written announcement, […]

Liverpool’s central defensive injury problems should be cleared up soon, manager Juergen Klopp said as the Premier League leaders prepare for Saturday’s test at Brighton & Hove Albion. Croatian centre back Dejan Lovren picked up a muscle injury early in Monday’s FA Cup third round defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers to add to the absence of […]

Texas Democrat Julian Castro, a former San Antonio mayor who went on to be the top US housing official, was expected to formally announce his White House bid on Saturday, the first Hispanic in what looks to be a crowded field of candidates vying to challenge President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election. Castro, […]

Authorities on Saturday resumed the search for 69-year-old Eleni Plakidi, who has been missing from her home in Argaka, Paphos since Thursday afternoon. Plakidi, a German national married to a Cypriot, reportedly left her home on Thursday afternoon to go to the local kiosk and has been missing since. Her car was found on Friday […]

Police on Saturday said that there was increased traffic in Troodos’ Olympus area as visitors rushed to enjoy the snow, which reached 65 centimetres following the snsnowfallf the last few days. Snow in the Troodos square is currently at 45cm. The road between Prodromos and Troodos is open only to vehicles with four-wheel drive or […]

The ongoing battle between art and science has baffled many, but in recent years creative scientists and creatives with a science background have been merging the two, showing the relationship between two sides of the brain that are considered opposites. But linking art and science is not new. The talk ‘Art or Science? Interconnections Between […]

Where do you live? Old town Nicosia, with my mother and my two brothers Best childhood memory? When our parents surprised us with a cruise in the Greek islands Most frequented restaurant and absolute favourite dish? What food would you really turn your nose up to? Silver pot and I like the chargrilled pork fillet […]

Several people were injured in a huge explosion probably caused by a gas leak in central Paris, a police source said. The massive blast rocked buildings hundreds of metres away and blew out the entire ground floor of a building at rue Trevise, in the Grands Boulevards central Paris shopping district. Police said nine people […]

UN Secretary-general Antonio Guterres has reaffirmed the importance of Unficyp to peacekeeping in Cyprus in his report circulated to the Security Council late Friday in New York but he highlighted several areas of concern as far as confidence-building was concerned. He recommended the force’s mandate be renewed for another six months until July 31, 2019. […]

By Richard Cowan and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not declare a national emergency “right now” to end a standoff over border security that has idled large swaths of the U.S. government, all but guaranteeing that he will preside over the longest shutdown in U.S. […]

Two games stand out in Round 16 of the Cyprus football championship with leaders Apoel taking on Anorthosis, while third-placed Apollon entertain the sleeping giants of Omonia, at the Tsirion stadium. Since losing to AEK towards the end of November Apoel, have gone on a five-game winning run that saw them move to the top […]

BEIRUT, Jan 11 (Reuters) – The Syrian state news agency said Israeli warplanes fired a number of missiles toward the Damascus area on Friday, triggering Syrian air defences that shot down most of them. “The results of the aggression so far were limited to a strike on one of the warehouses at Damascus airport,” the […]

Nicos Clerides, brother of the attorney-general, has written a letter to the Bar Association making some astonishing claims regarding the connections between a prominent law firm and the Supreme Court among others. Clerides, a lawyer himself, wrote the lengthy and detailed letter concerning the Chrysafinis and Polyviou law office after he was asked to substantiate […]

PRESIDENT Anastasiades regularly expresses his wish for the Cyprus Republic to be a “normal state”, but the decision taken by the Council of Ministers at the end of last year does not suggest his wish is very close to becoming a reality. A few days before the end of 2018, the cabinet decided the transfer of […]

A 36-year-old motorcyclist died in a crash with a vehicle just after 6pm on Friday in Limassol. It is the first road death of 2019. Andreas Demetriou, father of two minors, crashed into a vehicle driven by a 60-year-old man who attempted an illegal turn to the right on Nikou Pattichi street, cutting off the […]