Новости за 24.08.2019

A stoppage-time goal by defender Patrick van Aanholt gave Crystal Palace a memorable 2-1 win at Manchester United after a toothless display by the home side in the Premier League on Saturday. Van Aanholt powered a shot past United keeper David De Gea following a howler by Paul Pogba after Daniel James scored in the...

The Animal Party said on Saturday it would hold a counter-protest at the same time and place as one planned by locals who want to be able to place sunbeds and umbrellas on the protected turtle beach in Lara. In a statement, the party condemned unlawful unilateral decisions whose aim...

Scotland gave a debut to forward Blade Thomson in their World Cup warm-up Test with France at Murrayfield. The Scarlets player was presented with his number eight shirt before the game by captain Greig Laidlaw. France took the lead after two minutes as Damian Penaud ran half the length of...

Sarah’s Jazz Club is entering its third season, presenting quality music focused around the great international arts of Jazz and Blues. “We’ve seen a real blossoming and revival in the Cypriot jazz music scene since we opened in 2017,” says co-owner Sarah Fenwick. “We’re committed to supporting and promoting the...

Tammy Abraham hit his first Premier League goals as Chelsea edged a thrilling encounter at Norwich to give manager Frank Lampard his first win. Academy product Abraham started and finished the scoring as the visitors secured a 3-2 victory in East Anglia. Todd Cantwell and Teemu Pukki twice equalised for...

Education Minister Costas Hambiaouris said €10m would be allocated in the next three years for schools in Paphos, as he toured the district on Saturday to inspect various ongoing projects. “Our aim is to be ready to welcome pupils with the new school year starting September,” the minister said. Having...

Where do you live? I am currently living in Thailand by myself but thankfully my girlfriend comes and visits Best childhood memory? Camping every summer near Kato Amiantos Most frequented restaurant and absolute favourite dish? What food would you really turn your nose up to? I love pizza and souvlakia!...

Heavyweight world champion Andy Ruiz Jr has pledged to end Anthony Joshua’s career after confirming for the first time that he will contest the rematch in Saudi Arabia. The 29-year-old, who was born in America but fights for Mexico, shocked the division in New York in June when he inflicted...

German-based ratings agency Scope has affirmed Cyprus’ BBB- sovereign rating with a stable outlook citing the island’s continued economic recovery and fiscal consolidation as well as its euro area membership. It did warn however, that a concentrated and externally-dependent economy presents risks to the stability and sustainability of Cyprus’ growth...

German chancellor Angela Merkel has said the G7 leaders “cannot be silent” in the face of fires sweeping parts of Brazil’s Amazon, and will call for everything to be done to halt them. Germany is backing French president Emmanuel Macron’s call to discuss the fires at the weekend’s G7 summit,...

Young girls and women have for a long time experienced a sort of stigma talking about their menstrual cycle. Although a completely natural phenomenon that every woman goes through, it is often thought of a taboo subject to talk about freely in public. An upcoming workshop, on September 2 and...

Paphos police on Friday raided two suspected gambling establishments and seized 20 computers believed to have been turned into fruit machines. During the first raid, at 7.30pm, officers confiscated 10 computer towers suspected of being used as fruit machines. The 55-year-old owner of the establishment was questioned by the CID....

Paphos police were on Saturday investigating an arson, which caused extensive damage to a car. The fire service was notified of the blaze on Apostolou Pavlou Street in Paphos at around 10.48pm. It responded with two vehicles and the flames were put out by 11.10pm. The fire caused extensive damage...

The Met service has issued a yellow weather warning for Saturday as temperatures may edge over 40C inland. The warning will be in place between 1pm and 4.30pm. On Saturday evening, temperatures are expected to drop to 25C inland and the south and east coasts, 22C in the remaining coastal...

Hong Kong anti-government protesters marched in a gritty industrial district of the Chinese-ruled city on Saturday, with some police wearing new black masks looking on, as China freed a British consulate worker whose detention helped fuel tension. The offshore airport and the roads and railways leading to it were operating...

The two remaining teams with 100 per cent Premier League records this season go head-to-head on Saturday when Liverpool host a new-look Arsenal at Anfield in an encounter that will act as a barometer to measure the London club’s progress. Unai Emery’s Gunners have made a strong start to the...

It already smells delicious on the steps leading down to Niki Agathokleous’ realm. In the two production rooms in the basement of the tiered hillside house in this small village of around a thousand inhabitants, we discover the source of the delicious aroma: around half a dozen pots of bright-yellow...

Police on Saturday arrested a 29-year-old man who hit two pedestrians with his car in Avdellero in the early morning hours. No one was seriously injured in the 1.20am incident, police said. Initially, the suspect hit a 46-year-old man and then a second man, 49, who was standing next to...

The Zygi Community Council will host the Fish Festival on August 31 in an effort to upgrade the community’s cultural activities, with the hope of turning the event into an institution. The event will be hosted at the Zygi Fisheries Shelter, where kiosks will feature demonstrations of fishermen’s activities, such...

The 81st Cyprus football championship kicked-off on Friday night with Pafos FC beating Nea Salamina 2-1 , with three more games scheduled over the next three days. The remaining two games scheduled for the opening day of the season (Apoel v Olympiakos and AEK v Apollon) have been postponed due...

The taxpayer is burdened with a bill of €5 million a year for the services of advisors/assistants employed by the presidential palace and the House of Representatives, according to figures released by the Accountant-general’s office. President Anastasiades had come under criticism in the past for this practice, which was exposed...

Promoted Aston Villa earned their first Premier League points of the season with a 2-0 win over Everton thanks to goals from Wesley and Anwar El Ghazi at Villa Park on Friday. Villa’s Brazilian striker Wesley, signed in the close season for a club record 22 million pounds, put them...

The chief prosecutor in Paris has opened a preliminary inquiry to determine whether late U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein committed any sex crimes on French territory or against any underage French victims, prosecutor Remy Heitz’s office said on Friday. Epstein was arrested on July 6 in New Jersey after his private...