Новости за 01.02.2020

Premier League leaders Liverpool opened up a 22-point gap at the top of the table with second-half goals from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jordan Henderson and a Mohamed Salah brace giving them a 4-0 home win over Southampton on Saturday. It was Liverpool’s 20th successive home win dating back to last season,...

With liquified petroleum already being moved to the new facilities in Vasilikos and liquefied natural gas (LNG) scheduled to be transferred to the same area in December 2020, the Larnaca municipality has plans to transform the area of Livadia, once the refinery located there finally shuts down. “We are preparing...

A 39-year-old man was detained by police in Larnaca on Saturday in connection with driving under the influence of drugs, possession of drugs and a knife. The man was arrested at around 10am by traffic police doing routine checks. Suspicions were raised that he was carrying drugs and officers searched...

Where do you live? I live in Nicosia with my other half and my boys (2 cats, a good one and an annoying one) and a snake that has no name. What did you have for breakfast? Coffee and 2 small puff pastries, one had sausage in it and the...

World Wetlands Day marked around the world on February 2 is no reason to celebrate in Cyprus, the Animal Party said on Saturday because these places in Cyprus have become the site of illegal human activity. EU warnings and rulings have been ignored, the party said pointing to the case...

The Turkish research vessel Oruç Reis sailed into the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on Saturday morning in an area off the western coast, a military source said. Earlier this month, Ankara dispatched the Oruç Reis to conduct unauthorised seismic research, issuing a navigational telex or navtex. A military source...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is preparing to impose full customs and border checks on all European Union goods entering Britain from next year, in an attempt to increase pressure on the bloc in trade talks, The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported. “We are planning full checks on all EU imports...

The winter season is when the theatre world reaches its peak. Dozens of theatre companies are busy putting on productions, most of them in Greek. What’s coming up however, will please Russian language fans. In early February, Limassol will host two productions. The first, at Rialto, is an amalgamation of...

A 42-year-old Syrian man was remanded in custody for a further six days on Saturday on suspicion of killing his wife late last month. Hussein Farouh is being held over the murder of his wife Ghada Ak Nouri, 31, in Paphos on January 20. Nouri, a mother of seven children,...

A 29-year-old man was remanded in custody for six days by the Larnaca District Court for his believed role in 23 burglaries in January. He is believed to have carried out burglaries and thefts against 23 properties in the Larnaca area between January 17 and January 31. The perpetrator or...

Tennis celebrated another brilliant young female star in Melbourne as 21-year-old Sofia Kenin defeated Garbine Muguruza to win the Australian Open title. Following in the footsteps of Naomi Osaka, Ashleigh Barty and Bianca Andreescu, American Kenin produced a brilliant performance in her first grand slam final, coming from a set...

By Antonios Gkildakis Turkey’s delays over two cases before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) are merely efforts to buy time, lawyer for the Greek Cypriot applicants Achilleas Demetriades said on Saturday. Turkey was expected to submit its observations to the ECHR earlier this week in relation to two...

The probability of a 22-year-old Chinese man being infected by the coronavirus is low, the health ministry’s epidemiological surveillance unit said on Saturday. Speaking at a news conference, Doctor Costas Constantinou, a member of the health ministry’s unit, said the patient’s condition was good and he had never been in...

Sustainable development and protecting traditional methods of farming were the main items on the agenda as discussions wrapped up in Omodos village on a European conference on the challenges facing mountainous areas of large Mediterranean islands during which the Troodos Cyprus Declaration was approved. The Mountain areas of large Mediterranean...

By Ella Walker Wherever you stand on the plastic straw debate, food writer Melissa Hemsley is right: “You don’t get two in your mojito on a Friday night now!” Things are undoubtedly changing. Call it the Blue Planet effect, or simply an inevitable waking up to the demands we put...

Singing patriotic songs and waving Union Jacks, thousands of Britons flocked to a muddy patch of grass outside parliament on a damp Friday night to toast their moment of history: Britain’s departure from the European Union. Britain’s exit from the EU ends 47 years of union with Europe. It also...

By Chinese Ambassador Huang Xingyuan RECENTLY an outbreak of pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus occurred in China. As of midnight on January 30, a total of 9,692 confirmed cases and 15,238 suspected cases throughout the country have been reported to China’s National Health Commission. A total of 124 people have...

Senior politicians, who need to be seen as impartial and beyond corruption, should not be stupid enough to accept free ‘gifts’ of this nature from foreign nationals and not expect criticism for it. The hastily contrived report, noting that the jet was very conveniently travelling to and from the same...

On the Wuhan Coronavirus, this is one of a family of viruses which can cause respiratory illness ranging in intensity from something like the level of the common cold (where there are strains of the Coronavirus which cause a common cold classified illness) through to rather more extreme illnesses which...

Global Shapers Nicosia’s next event will focus on women in the workplace. Held in collaboration with the Diplomatic Academy at the University of Nicosia, a public lecture or an interactive discussion if you may about working women in Cyprus and beyond. It’s a collection of topics – gender inequality, the...

With Liverpool now enjoying a 19-point lead at the top of the Premier League, there is little drama in the destiny of the title but there remains plenty of intrigue over who will finish in the Champions League slots, particularly the fourth spot. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, currently fifth...

The Limassol derby between bitter ‘enemies’ AEL and Apollon at the Tsirion stadium on Sunday takes centre stage this weekend in round 18 of the Cyprus football championship. Leaders Anorthosis should have an easy afternoon at home to bottom of the table Doxa Katokopias while Omonia, who are just one...

The number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China has risen to 259, the country’s health authority said on Saturday, as the United States announced new border curbs on foreign nationals who have been in China. The province of Hubei, the centre of the epidemic, remains under virtual quarantine,...

Sofia Kenin will be making her debut in a Grand Slam final when she faces Garbine Muguruza for the Australian open title on Saturday but what she lacks in experience the American more than makes up for in courage and confidence. Muguruza has been in three previous Grand Slam finals,...

60.3 per cent of Cypriots are dissatisfied with democracy, just above the 58 per cent average in a broad survey published by the University of Cambridge. In a report released earlier this week, researchers from Cambridge University’s new Centre for the Future of Democracy analysed a data set of more...