Новости за 28.09.2019

Second-half goals from Jorginho with a penalty and Willian’s deflected shot earned Frank Lampard’s Chelsea a 2-0 victory over Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday, their first home Premier League win of the season. Jorginho slotted the penalty into the bottom corner after Brighton defender Adam Webster had miscontrolled the...

An exhibition of paintings, drawings, sculpture and ceramics will open in Paphos in October by four artists whose work focuses on the fragility of the natural environment and threats to flora and fauna worldwide. On October 4, 5 and 6 Marion Campey, Julie Hart, Theano Papageorgiou and Lindsey Whitelaw will...

In a nail-biting contest in the Cyprus Rally, Qatar’s Nasser al Attiyah took early control of the race with a storming drive over Saturday’s morning stages, arriving at the halfway service 26 seconds ahead of reigning ERC champion Alexey Lukyanuk of Russia. Last year’s winner, Cypriot ace Simos Galatariotis, also...

By Michael Erman About 40 per cent of patients who received a combination of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co’s immuno-oncology drugs Opdivo and Yervoy as an initial treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were alive after two years, according to data presented at a medical meeting on Saturday. The combination...

The government of London said it had referred Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Britain’s police watchdog for potential investigation over allegations of misconduct involving a US businesswoman while he was mayor of London. The Greater London Authority (GLA) said on Friday it had referred a “conduct matter” concerning Johnson to...

Cypriot windsurfer Andreas Cariolou has qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after winning one of eight qualifying positions in the RS:X championship in Italy. According to the Cyprus sports organisation, Cariolou joins two other Cypriot sailors who have already qualified, Pavlos Kontides and Marilena Makri. Seven Cypriot athletes have so...

A British-flagged tanker that was detained by Iran for 10 weeks, docked in Dubai on Saturday, after a standoff that has stoked tensions along a vital global shipping route for oil. The Stena Impero, which sailed out of Iranian waters on Friday, was seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on July...

Where do you live? I live in Nicosia. Best childhood memory? When I was 8 years old, my parents got a big boxer dog. We became best friends as soon as we met. Most frequented restaurant and absolute favourite dish? What food would you really turn your nose up to?...

Police on Saturday issued a missing person bulletin for 16-year-old Rooza Mihanrad from Iran, who has been missing from her place of residence in Nicosia since Friday. The teenager is around 1.55m tall, average built, with long black hair. When last seen she was wearing a black vest with black...

A TWO-DAY search and rescue exercise focusing on an earthquake scenario is taking place in Larnaca this weekend. The exercise is being organised by civil defence in collaboration with its German counterpart (THW). Consultants from THW will attend the exercise to improve the ​​post-earthquake rescue and search of Cyprus Civil...

Authorities in Cyprus have finally allowed Ahmed H, a Syrian man wrongly convicted in Hungary in a blatant misuse of terrorism-related charges, to return to his family, Amnesty International said on Saturday. “After four long years of separation Ahmed has finally been reunited with his family, just in time for...

Contemporary, classical, hip hop, jazz… The list goes on. Dance has a large family of genres and the Open House Festival, held for the 10th time between October 4 and 6, focuses on contemporary dance and performance. This year’s festival programme is curated to offer an ‘open’ experience to the...

President Nicos Anastasiades has informed the representatives of the five permanent members of the Security Council of the government’s intention to resort to the UN Security Council next week over Turkey’s moves concerning the fenced-off town of Varosha. “I had the opportunity to brief them extensively regarding the Cyprus problem,...

Hosts Japan stunned Ireland 19-12 in an extraordinary upset on Saturday to win their second match of the Rugby World Cup and put themselves in pole position to reach the knockout stages for the first time. The Brave Blossoms came from behind at Shizuoka Stadium with Kenki Fukuoka’s second-half try...

By Stephen Kalin Saudi Arabia said on Saturday it would issue fines for 19 offences related to public decency, such as immodest dress and public displays of affection, as the Muslim kingdom opens up to foreign tourists. The Interior Ministry decision accompanies the launch of a visa regime allowing holidaymakers...

With the tourist industry still trying to calculate the cost of Thomas Cook’s demise, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Saturday he did not expect the impact would be permanent or long term. “I’m almost certain that by the next tourist season the share will be covered by others,” he...

The Press Association’s Lauren Taylor speaks to industry experts after the travel giant Thomas Cook goes into liquidation   One of the world’s oldest and largest travel companies, Thomas Cook folded on Monday, after 178 years in business. The brand became synonymous with traditional flights-plus-hotel package holidays, particularly to ‘sun,...

By Angie Teo and Joyce Zhou Hong Kong protesters were rebuilding Lennon Walls of anti-government graffiti on Saturday as they marked the fifth anniversary of the “Umbrella” democracy movement that gridlocked the territory for weeks. A series of pro- and anti-Beijing protests is planned for the Chinese-ruled city ahead of...

Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Saturday the economy would seriously suffer if the supreme court issues a decision to restore civil service salaries immediately in the three cases that reversed pay cuts imposed in 2012. “If the demand is to restore salaries now, we will have a problem,” the...

Handmade, fresh pasta has long since been part of the culinary tradition of Cyprus. There was a time when all the women in the village or the neighbourhood would come together to make it They have dressed up, the pasta ladies. Nicely coiffed, their aprons freshly ironed, they have gathered...

Live music, contemporary dance and theatre will all be presented during the 1st International Nicosia Festival scheduled to take place between October 13 and November 24. Presenting the event, Nicosia Mayor Constantinos Yiorghadjis spoke of the wider obligation that citizens have “for our children to embrace both our own culture...

Tottenham Hotspur host Southampton on Saturday with Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino hoping the visit of his previous club can help him stop the rot. While the Premier League fixture might not normally rank as a big game for last season’s losing Champions League finalists, it looks like one now. Spurs...

THE Larnaca tourism board said on Friday it was fed up that the district museum remains closed and called on the department of antiquities to immediately take the necessary steps to reopen it. Despite complaints to the antiquities department the museum has been closed since May 2017 and it is...

THERE will be a meeting on Wednesday at which the representatives of the health ministry and the state health services (Okypy) will submit proposals for tackling the shortage of doctors at hospital A&E departments to the government doctors’ union Pasyki. The pace at which the public sector moves is quite...