Новости за 29.02.2020

Liverpool’s amazing unbeaten run of success in this season’s Premier League was ended in unfathomable fashion on Saturday as struggling Watford hammered the European champions 3-0 at their ecstatic Vicarage Road stadium. Ismaila Sarr ignited the sensation, stunning Liverpool with two goals in six second-half minutes before he set up...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds are expecting their first child together, Sky News said on Saturday. The couple have also got engaged to be married, it said. The announcement means Johnson will become the first British prime minister to marry in office for 250 years,...

Marcos Alonso struck twice for Chelsea as they stormed back from a goal down to snatch a 2-2 draw away to AFC Bournemouth in their Premier League clash at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday. With both sides playing open, attacking football, Chelsea took the lead in the 33rd minute when...

Political parties criticised the government for the week-long closure of four checkpoints on Saturday as the president refused to budge saying there was ‘no other choice’. Firing back, main opposition Akel called for an end to the ‘unilateral decision’ to suspend crossing at the four checkpoints, spokesman Giorgos Loukaides said....

Police said on Saturday evening they would examine video footage from a protest at the shuttered Ledra Street crossing earlier in the day for possible criminal offences in connection with scuffles that broke out when some demonstrators barged through the barricade to the north. Video footage showed police trying to...

The United States signed a deal with Taliban insurgents on Saturday that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan over the next 14 months and represent a step toward ending the 18-year war in the nation. While the agreement creates a path for the...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday laid the foundation stone at a ceremony for the new multi-million Limassol Arena. The new stadium, which is expected to be finished by summer 2021 and cost €28 million, will be home to the three Limassol-base football clubs, AEL, Apollon, and Aris. Setting the foundation...

Where do you live? I live on my own, in Nicosia, on the Platy hill. What did you have for breakfast? Plain coffee and poached eggs with salmon, and rocket salad Describe your perfect day Waking up by a sandy beach, on a spring day, with no one around but...

By Chris Michael Q: As there have been no confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported in Cyprus, does it mean that the risk of imported cases on the island is decreasing? A: China’s stringent epidemic prevention and control measures are not only for the health and well-being of its own people,...

The Larnaca court on Saturday re-remanded for five days a 37-year-old man suspected of orchestrating a shooting in Ayia Napa two weeks ago from behind bars at the Nicosia central prisons. The 37-year-old, Demetris Mamalikopoulos, was one of two Greek hitmen who murdered five people in Ayia Napa on June...

March is yet another busy month for Paphos’ Technopolis 20 cultural centre as it has three concerts lined up in the first 10 days. Flute melodies, jazz standards and classical music will sound as various musicians and ensembles take the stage, inviting audiences on a musical journey. First up is...

Five Serie A matches scheduled for this weekend, including the clash between Juventus and Inter Milan, have been postponed because of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, Italy’s football league said on Saturday. All five games, which also include matches between AC Milan-Genoa, Parma-Spal, Sassuolo-Brescia and Udinese-Fiorentina, will be played instead on...

Sir Philip Rutnam, the top civil servant at the Home Office, has quit his post and launched a blistering attack on Home Secretary Priti Patel. He said he had been the target of a “vicious and orchestrated briefing campaign” which he accused Ms Patel of orchestrating. In a statement released...

President Nicos Anastasides said on Saturday there had been “no other choice” but to close crossing points to try and pre-empt a potential spread of the coronavirus as the government faced a fierce backlash and protests over the move. Four crossings to the north were shut down early Saturday for...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had asked President Vladimir Putin for Russia to step aside in Syria and leave Turkey to deal with Syrian government forces alone, after 34 Turkish soldiers were killed this week. Government forces, backed by Russian air power, have waged a major...

Today’s technology allows anyone to be able to zoom in closer than ever to the celestial bodies. These new images really peak the curiosity about what is really out there.

As four crossing points to the north were shut down early Saturday, the queue to go north at Nicosia’s Ayios Dhometios checkpoint reportedly stretched for three kilometres. Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Saturday more nursing staff would be brought to the crossing point “We have found that more nursing...

Greek police fired teargas against groups of migrants throwing stones on its border with Turkey, live images from Greece‘s Skai TV showed. It showed groups of people hurling stones towards Greek police from the Turkish side of the border on Saturday morning. Media were not permitted to approach from the Greek...

Follow in the footsteps of well-known chef Alain Ducasse with these recipes   Fancy Ratatouille (Serves 4) 2 white onions 4 garlic cloves 2 aubergines 2 long green courgettes 4 courgette flowers 2 red peppers 2 ripe tomatoes 1 sprig of green basil 1 sprig of purple basil Olive oil...

Russia and Turkey have agreed to reduce tensions on the ground in Syria’s Idlib province while continuing military action there, the Russian foreign ministry said on Saturday following several days of talks in Ankara. “Concrete steps to achieve lasting stability in the Idlib de-escalation zone were considered,” the ministry said....

Sadio Mane insists the Premier League title race has been anything but “easy” for Liverpool despite Jurgen Klopp’s running away with the crown in 2019-20. The Reds have dropped just two points through 27 games in what has become a record-breaking campaign. A first top-flight triumph in 30 years is...

The big game of the final round of the regular season will take place on Monday between bitter local rivals Apoel and Omonia. However, the final day will also decide which one of AEL, Pafos FC and Nea Salamina will grab the sixth and last slot in the top group....

Fourteen irregular migrants from Syria entered Cyprus in the early hours of Saturday through Athienou, a buffer-zone village in the Larnaca district, authorities said. According to police around 2.30am, a police patrol from Athienou station found the migrants wandering in the village. The group consisting of nine men, three women...

An apartment building in Larnaca was evacuated in the early hours of Saturday due to dense smoke from a fire that broke out in a nearby house. No one was injured in the house where the fire started, nor from the apartment building. According to police, around 3.15am the fire...

Each year the French Institute of Cyprus and the Association Friends of Cinema in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassies of Switzerland, Lebanon, Austria and Romania presents the Francophonie Film Festival. This year, in its 15th edition, a series of film...