Новости за 21.12.2019

An extra-time goal from Roberto Firmino gave Liverpool a 1-0 victory over Brazil’s Flamengo to win the Club World Cup at the Khalifa International stadium on Saturday. It is the first time Liverpool have won the competition, which features each continent’s champions, and they became only the second English team to lift the trophy...

CYPRUS residents are experiencing severe delays in parcels arriving in time for Christmas, the postal service has said. This is mainly due to the increase of e-commerce, as online orders are booming. “The country has seen a steady increase in the number of parcels received throughout the entire year,” Cyprus...

Turkey’s parliament approved on Saturday a security and military cooperation deal signed with Libya’s internationally recognised government last month, state media reported, an agreement that could pave the way for military help from Ankara. Turkey has been backing the Libyan government led by Fayez al-Serraj as it fights off a...

The US decision to lift a long-standing arms embargo on Cyprus is of political and diplomatic importance but the Republic has no intention of procuring American arms, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Speaking at the foreign ministry a day after US President Donald Trump signed a bill lifting...

Le boob is a Text Based – Visual/ Tattoo Artist Where do you live? Amongst lizards and olive trees Best childhood memory? Summers at Grandma’s house Most frequented restaurant and absolute favourite dish? What food would you really turn your nose up to? I don’t frequent restaurants and have no...

Just one day after that big, fat Christmas lunch, the Nicosia Marathon team in collaboration with Roadrunners and RuNicosia are giving people a little push to be active. On December 26, a festive run is on around the capital city as the 6th Santa Roll Run takes place for runners...

Police have issued arrest warrants against two Israeli nationals and a third individual in connection with an investigation into the operation of a van able to carry out covert surveillance, reports said on Saturday. Reports said the warrants concern Tal Dillian, whose company WiSpear owns the vehicle in question, and...

Police in Paphos continued a search on Saturday for an 85-year-old man who has been missing from his home since Thursday. Demetris Gregoriou was last seen on Thursday shortly before going for his usual walk in the Elioudia area of Timi. He was wearing brown trousers and a blue jumper....

US President Donald Trump on Friday signed bills including the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act, which includes provisions lifting an arms embargo on Cyprus. The bill includes provisions lifting the arms embargo on Cyprus, while prohibiting the transfer of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey due to the purchase...

A 30-year-old man was remanded in custody for eight days on Saturday in connection with 645 kilos of ecstasy found in barbecue kits shipped from Limassol and seized by Australian authorities earlier in the week. Police told the court they have also issued an arrest warrant for a 57-year-old man...

North Korea lashed back at the United States for taking issue with its human rights record on Saturday, saying Washington’s “malicious words” would only aggravate tensions on the Korean Peninsula, state news agency KCNA reported. The KCNA statement, attributed to a foreign ministry spokesperson, warned that if the United States...

Police fired warning shots early on Saturday during a car chase that started in Limassol and ended in Paphos, eventually ending with the arrest of a 40-year-old woman. Police said the woman was detained at around 1am in connection with possession of drugs and causing a number of traffic collisions....

There’s something about Christmas that can leave you craving a spot of baking. Clouds of icing sugar and flour, star cutters and caramel, trays and trays of mince pies – it’s practically inevitable. So, feeling in the festive mood, we set three writers the yuletide challenge to recreate three recipes...

Pep Guardiola has refused to comment on Arsenal’s conduct over the appointment of Mikel Arteta as their new boss. Arteta’s three-and-a-half-year spell as Guardiola’s assistant came to an end on Friday afternoon when Arsenal announced the 37-year-old as a permanent replacement for Unai Emery. City, however, were not impressed with...

Police have detained a 30-year-old Cypriot businessman in connection with hundreds of ecstasy-filled barbecue kits shipped from Limassol and seized by Australian authorities earlier this week and have a issued an arrest warrant for a second suspect who is currently in custody for a separate case. The 30-year-old was expected...

For most of us, December 24 is set with a family dinner but what’s to come after a full plate of food (or two) is open for exploration. Numerous cocktails bars, music venues and eateries put on festive parties for the night and for those that want to continue the...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits winning the Club World Cup will do little to change the attitude towards it back home – but for him and the players it is currently the most important competition. Klopp was criticised for taking his full first-team squad out to Qatar and leaving behind...

It will not exactly be unknown territory for Jose Mourinho when he takes his place in the technical area on Sunday for his Tottenham side’s eagerly-awaited London derby at home to Chelsea. The Portuguese has been the opposing manager scheming against the club he led to three Premier League titles...

Two big games take place this weekend in Round 14 of the Cyprus football championship with leaders Omonia entertaining AEK at the GSP stadium while 24 hours earlier champions Apoel travel to Limassol to face AEL. Third-placed Apollon also have a tough game at Paphos FC while much-improved Olympiakos are...

Greece will extradite a Russian man suspected of having laundered billions of dollars in the digital currency bitcoin to France, the justice minister decided on Friday, court officials said. Alexander Vinnik, the alleged mastermind of a $4 billion bitcoin laundering ring, is one of seven Russians arrested or indicted worldwide...

PwC Cyprus was awarded with the renewal of its ‘Gender Equality Employer’ Accreditation in a ceremony held by The Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance, on 3 December 2019. The accreditation, which was awarded to PwC for the first time in 2014, aims at promoting equality in the work...

Catastrophic conditions fueled massive bushfires across Australia’s New South Wales state on Saturday, with three blazes around Sydney burning at emergency level, while in South Australia one person was found dead in a fire zone. Some major roads outside Sydney were closed and authorities asked people to delay travel, at...

THE FINDINGS of the inquiry into the way police handled the disappearances of five women and two children who were discovered earlier this year to be the victims of serial killer Nicos Metaxas has been delivered to the independent police watchdog. According to media reports the findings attributed responsibilities to...

ARCHBISHOP Chrysostomos has a tendency of saying more than he should when speaking in public, but he was right to censure the three bishops of the Cyprus Church that have turned their back on the Ecumenical Patriarch and aligned themselves with the Moscow Patriarch in the dispute over the autocephaly...