Новости за 21.04.2024

Manchester United survived one of the most astonishing FA Cup semi-final comebacks ever to beat second-tier Coventry City on penalties after a spellbinding clash ended 3-3 after extra time at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. United were cruising to a record 22nd FA Cup final thanks to goals by Scott McTominay,...

A 24-year-old man was airlifted after being injured on the rocks in the sea caves in Paphos on Sunday. According to Paphos police’s assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou, the police were informed of the man’s predicament at around 4pm. The swimmer managed to climb a rock but, due to rough...

By Alexandra Ulmer and Jason Lange Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is using his hush money trial to squeeze his loyal army of small donors and personally lobby major backers as he scrambles to reduce a major fundraising disadvantage with Democratic President Joe Biden. His campaign has been firing off daily, dramatically worded fundraising...

It means they struggle to navigate life on the outside   By Ye In (Jane) Hwang You’d be hard pressed to find any aspect of daily life that doesn’t require some form of digital literacy. We need only to look back ten years to realise how quickly things have changed....

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday that Cyprus “cannot accept any more Syrian refugees”. In an interview with the Editor Network Germany (RND), he said “we are not in a position to take any more Syrian refugees. We are at our limit and can no longer cope with this flow...

A man accused of stealing a mobile phone and a laptop claimed in court on Sunday to be an agent of a “Turkish hacker group”. The man, who allegedly committed the theft in May 2023 in Kyrenia, was arrested on Saturday in Lefka. In court, a police representative said the...

Double world champion Max Verstappen won Formula One’s first Chinese Grand Prix in five years on Sunday with McLaren’s Lando Norris finishing a surprise second to deny dominant Red Bull the one-two. The crushing victory from pole position at a Shanghai circuit that last hosted a grand prix in 2019...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei thanked the country’s armed forces for their attack this month on Israel, saying the country had demonstrated its power regardless of how many targets were hit, Iran’s official news agency reported on Sunday. In its first ever direct attack on Israel, Iran sent a barrage...

I am writing to address the recent article headlined “The worst economic crisis in Turkish Cypriot history” (Cyprus Mail, April 14). While the article correctly notes that inflation stands at 94.5 per cent, it overlooks several significant indicators that provide a more comprehensive picture of the economic situation. Firstly, the...

A young Bangladeshi man recently deported, was a gentle person with very good English and basic Greek, obviously a good worker having been gainfully employed for years. His friend, a good, hard-working man supporting a wife and child and his widowed mother and siblings abroad, is living with the fear...

The key pillars of development, financing ownership and governance of affordable housing explained By Erol Riza Cyprus, like many other EU countries, faces a socio-economic problem of a shortage of affordable housing for a combination of reasons. The issue was recently addressed by housing ministers in the EU with the...

Construction work on Larnaca’s marina and port will begin in June, the town’s municipality said on Sunday. A meeting of the Larnaca town and district development committee held in the presence of Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades had put pressure on developer Kition Ocean Holdings to pay an outstanding financial guarantee...

The work of three generations of artists is the focus of an ongoing exhibition at Minthis Resort called Origins A new exhibition at Minthis Resort in Paphos welcomes the work of three generations of artists, highlighting the creations of Stass Paraskos, Margaret Paraskos and Emilio Koutsoftides. Origins opened earlier this...

A man and a woman, aged 31 and 25 years old, were arrested on Saturday after having allegedly robbed a kiosk near Morphou. The robbery had taken place at around 5pm, with the pair entering the kiosk together and the woman taking cash out of the till while the sole...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ stance on the Cyprus problem has “not yielded any substantial results”, Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Sunday. Speaking at an event to commemorate two men who were killed during Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus in 1974, he said Akel has “submitted a specific and comprehensive proposal on...

Paphos residents and visitors fear an increase in windscreen wiper thieves, operating in groups across supermarket parking lots in the area. According to posts on social media and previous reports in the Cyprus Mail the problem has been going on for almost six years. It appears from Paphos Chat groups...

A 19-year-old man from Nicosia was arrested on Saturday night after pulling a fake gun on a woman who is believed to have given him the gun. Police received a call shortly before 11pm informing them that a “suspicious man” had pointed a “pistol” at a woman. They then rushed...

A 34-year-old man was arrested in Nicosia on Sunday, accused of committing an “indecent act” amid other offences. The man was arrested shortly before 2am for the crimes of committing “public insults”, breach of the peace, assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, and committing an “indecent act”. Asked by the...

Will be met with huge relief from smaller development complexes Following years of complaints and concerns regarding the outdated and unworkable regulations on public and some private swimming pools in Cyprus, the obsolete laws are on the brink of change. So tough have the regulations been that many complexes rented...

A 53-year-old woman from Protaras was arrested on Saturday night after having been drunkenly shouting during the evening. The woman had “caused concern” to neighbours and passing pedestrians on her street, and was arrested for beaching the peace and public intoxication.

A 53-year-old man from the Paphos village of Latchi was arrested on Sunday, accused of being drunk and disorderly. Police were called shortly after midnight by patrons of a business in the village, complaining that the man was heavily intoxicated and disturbing them. The man initially resisted arrest when the...

A 16-year-old child was arrested in Larnaca on Saturday after allegedly threatening two tourists with a knife and using xenophobic language against them. A report was filed by the tourists, who had travelled together to Cyprus, that four youths had approached them at around 3.30pm, one of whom was carrying...

A 61-year-old man from Paphos was arrested on Saturday after harassing a 38-year-old man with racist and threatening content on the internet. The man arrested had allegedly posted a photo of his victim to an online application alongside comments which were “abusive, threatening, and racist”. Additionally, he sent text messages...

Concerns were raised over the weekend over Cyprus’ burgeoning porn industry, with an investigation set to be launched by parliament. Akel MP Nikos Kettiros told newspaper Politis on Saturday that he had requested answers in writing from the commerce ministry regarding the growth of Cyprus’ porn industry, now said to...

On a serene Saturday morning, volunteers gather atop a hill overlooking Limassol, their mission clear: to clean up the landscape they cherish. It has been organised by City Friends Limassol, a charity that’s been conducting cleanups like this one for over two years now. As volunteers arrive, they’re greeted by...