Новости за 01.03.2020

Pep Guardiola said his Manchester City players were hungry for silverware before Sunday’s League Cup final and they duly gobbled up an eighth trophy of his reign to prove themselves the insatiable gluttons of English football. City secured a third straight League Cup and fifth in the last seven seasons...

One of the leading Greek heavy rock bands, the Villagers of Ioannina City, comes from the mountains of Epirus to the Cypriot capital for a single performance on Friday. They are deeply influenced by Greek nature and cosmic phenomena and infuse their unique brand of heavy psychedelic rock with folk...

After a highly successful 2019, Egypt and the East Med face several challenges By Charles Ellinas Egypt had another successful year in 2019 and this was showcased at the country’s annual petroleum show, EGYPS-2020, held mid-February in Cairo. But 2020 is turning out to be a pivotal, but challenging, year...

Everton and Manchester United drew 1-1 at Goodison Park in the Premier League on Sunday in an enthralling game which ended in VAR drama. A dreadful error from United keeper David De Gea gifted Everton a third-minute opener – the Spaniard dawdled on the ball after a pass-back from Harry...

‘David and Goliath’ case saw ex-Eoka fighters compensated by UK government By Nick Theodoulou The British law firm which took on the might of the British government and delivered 33 elderly Greek Cypriots long-awaited recompense has been nominated for a prestigious award. In what has been described as a David...

A law ostensibly to ease access to medical cannabis has faltered over interpretation and suspicion By Evie Andreou Expectations raised that medical cannabis might be more readily available after the law on drugs was amended a year ago have faded rapidly because little has changed, patients and activists say. The...

The carnival season was due to be brought to a close on Sunday evening with a party in Limassol starting at 9pm at the old port. This followed the main parade which passed through the centre of the town from 1pm. Thousands took part and thousands watched as floats and...

By Gwynne Dyer First there was ‘Macbeth’, the Shakespeare play (1606). It’s a bloody play even by Shakespeare’s demanding standards, with Lady Macbeth as the chief inciter to violence. Then there’s ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’, a short novel by Nikolai Leskov (1865) that was later turned into an opera by Shostakovich....

President Donald Trump on Sunday said travelers from countries at high risk of coronavirus would be screened before boarding and upon arrival as the government scrambled to reassure Americans after the first death in the United States. Officials from Washington state on Saturday said a man in his 50s with...

Gardening with Patricia Jordan With lengthening days and more sunshine, this is the time of year when you can really enjoy gardening. The soil is reasonably moist and everything is looking fresh. Garden centres are full of exciting plants just waiting to be planted in your gardens. However, it doesn’t...

By Ali Kucukgocmen and Ellen Francis Turkey said on Sunday it had destroyed air defence systems, more than 100 tanks and downed two planes belonging to the Syrian army as part of an operation it launched after an air strike killed dozens of its soldiers last week. Tensions in northwest...

Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides on Sunday had a phone conversation with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias, and was informed about the situation on the Greek-Turkish border and the Greek islands following Turkey’s decision to allow migrants to cross into Europe. Nicosia supports Greece’s request for an extraordinary session of the...

A suspected terrorist who was held in a camp with asylum seekers for 13 months was freed this week when the supreme court ruled that the authorities had provided no evidence against him. The bizarre case highlights the difficulties facing the Cypriot authorities as they attempt to determine the status...

By Alper Ali Riza THE aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was at the port of Limassol last week. Her sailors disembarked on shore leave to drink and have fun as sailors do after the privations of life at sea. The last time I remember French sailors on shore leave in...

A 25-year-old man from Larnaca will be operated on at Nicosia general hospital following a traffic accident which saw a pole that formed part of the protective barrier at a pedestrian crossing lodged in his thigh. Chief of the Larnaca Traffic Police Haris Hadjiyiasemi said at around 6am on Famagusta...

A patient who reported to the Limassol general hospital on Saturday who had recently travelled to Milan tested negative for Covid-19, the health minister said on Sunday. The 36-year-old man had no symptoms but he was tested as a precautionary measure. Posting on Twitter, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannides said he...

Swiss people should consider dropping the everyday greeting of kissing each other on the cheeks, to avoid spreading the coronavirus, Switzerland’s Health Minister Alain Berset said in remarks published on Sunday. In Switzerland, as in neighbouring France, it is common for women and people of opposite sexes to greet each...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber said on Sunday it hoped to build an even closer cooperation with the Shipping Deputy Ministry, for the further growth of Cyprus Shipping, aiming for even more tangible results. In a press release to mark two years since the establishment of the Shipping Deputy Ministry, the...

In response to ECB accommodative monetary policies and persistently high levels of excess liquidity, Cyprus banks have continually effected reductions in interest rates By Leslie Manison The current situation of ultra-low and negative interest rates in Cyprus has stemmed mainly from the accommodative monetary policies of the European Central Bank...

Nine villages got together to promotes one of their biggest assets: honey By Annette Chrysostomou Nine honey producing villages in the Larnaca region are part of a new project to promote bees and bee products. Under the European Medfest programme with the Troodos Network of Thematic Centres as partner, Kato...

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Sunday expressed the hope that the “mistake of closing four crossing points” would be corrected. According to posts on social media he had a further conversation with President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday about the situation the closure has caused at Ayios Dometios, where long...

Britain is planning for the global coronavirus epidemic to get worse, health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday, describing the outbreak as a “very, very significant challenge”. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a meeting of the government’s emergency response committee on Monday, signalling a stepping up of Britain’s preparation...

Archbishop Chrysostomos on Sunday said those who had pushed their way through the police cordon during a demonstration on Saturday against the closure of the Ledra Sreet checkpoint had behaved in an “unacceptable” manner. “The police and the soldiers were ordered by the government, and all those who went into...

By Christos P. Panayiotides Dear Mayor IN YOUR recent interview published in daily Phileleftheros, you stated that in order to address the Turkish plans for Famagusta it is necessary to secure a unified front between the government and the political parties. You added that in order to achieve the desired...

A 62-year-old man from Limassol died in Nicosia general hospital on Saturday night after being critically injured in a traffic accident last Sunday on Makarios Ave in Limassol. The accident happened at 7.45pm on February 23 under circumstances that are still being investigated when a motorcycle driven by a 28-year-old...