Новости за 13.06.2020

Hugo Lloris says Tottenham cannot afford to lose games when the Premier League season resumes as they make an improbable tilt at Champions League qualification. Spurs resume their campaign after a three-month hiatus against Manchester United next Friday, a blockbusting clash which could have a decisive say on their European...

The safety of tourists is a top priority for Greece as it opens its airports to foreign visitors, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday on a visit to the popular holiday island of Santorini. International flights to and from the country’s main airports will resume on June 15, after...

Anti-racism protesters rallied again around Britain on Saturday, with scuffles breaking out in London as counter-demonstrators also came out to protect monuments targeted for their links to colonial history. Statues of historical figures including Winston Churchill – Britain’s World War Two leader whom protesters call a xenophobe – were boarded...

No new Covid-19 cases were detected on Saturday the health ministry announced, with the number of total confirmed cases remaining at 980. In total 1,613 tests were carried out. Until Saturday afternoon, two patients were on ventilators at the Nicosia general hospital’s intensive care unit. Two patients are being treated...

Where do you live? In one of the most beautiful Nicosia neighbourhoods with my family. What did you have for breakfast? Hot coffee Describe your perfect day A an excursion with friends in nature, in the mountains. Best book ever read? I was never into books, or reading in general...

An Australian man has been sentenced to death in China, authorities said on Saturday, a development that could further escalate tensions between the two countries. Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was providing consular assistance to the man, without identifying him. Australian and Chinese media have identified...

Queen Elizabeth viewed a socially-distanced military ceremony at Windsor Castle to mark her official birthday on Saturday, after the coronavirus pandemic forced cancellation of the usual large parade of soldiers through central London. It was the queen’s first official public appearance since the country went into lockdown in late March....

President Nicos Anastasiades will hold late on Sunday afternoon, a telephone conversation with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in the context of his contacts with heads of European institutions. According to a written statement by government spokesman Kyriakos Kousios, issues related to the efforts to...

The recreation centres’ association (Pasika) on Saturday described as unfair this week’s tightening of the operation regulations for bars and restaurants arguing that the majority was being punished for the disobedience of a small minority. Head of Pasika, Fanos Leventis, told Cyprus News Agency that it was unfair to punish...

It started with parrots and peanuts. Which, though a wonderfully alliterative beginning, is not a connection that’s frequently made. “Back then,” says 38-year-old clinical dietician turned manufacturer Constantinos Lambrides, “my parrots were probably eating more nutrients than I was! It was 2016; I’d just bought a new blender to cut...

A nine-year-old girl was attacked by a dog on Friday evening outside the apartment building she is living in Paphos. According to the Cyprus News Agency the incident took place at around 7pm when the dog, reportedly an Akita, attacked the girl while its owner was walking it. The dog...

IBM will cease sales of its facial recognition services, CEO Arvind Krishna announced earlier this week, saying a “national dialogue” is needed on whether the technology should be used or not. His statement also included support for a new initiative to improve police accountability and to decrease police violence. In...

Gyms, casinos and other recreational activities resumed on Saturday around three months after the lockdown was imposed. Casinos, dance and martial arts schools, gyms, theme parks and luna parks are now allowed to reopen as part of relaxation of measures against the spread of Covid-19. Gyms will operate at half...

Staying up to date with the festival and events agenda this summer is tricky business. Dates and locations keep changing, cancellations are flying in and there is a general ambiguity as to how big social events will be allowed to be, if they take place. Measures over coronavirus keep changing,...

Bus company employees said on Saturday they would go on a 24-hour strike on Wednesday across the island, except Nicosia, in protest over the loss of transport contracts. A lockdown of public transport has not been ruled out. According to Haris Therapis, representative of the coordinating committee of Limassol’s Emel,...

With the checkpoints between the two sides of Cyprus having been closed, due to coronavirus, since mid-March – even though other measures have been relaxed, and even the airports have opened – a group of Greek and Turkish Cypriots (plus some non-Cypriots) arrange to meet across the divide, in a...

Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll overtook Britain’s on Friday to become the second highest in the world with 41,828 dead, but the World Health Organization said the nation’s health system was standing up to the pressure. “The system as such from the data we see is not overwhelmed,” the WHO’s top...

Police on Saturday said seven business managers and employees were booked during checks the previous night on measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In total 479 checks were carried out. A police representative told the Cyprus News Agency that three reports were made in Paphos concerning a tavern that...

Harold Varner III opened with a triple bogey and closed with a flurry of five birdies over his last six holes to claim sole possession of the lead at the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday. Playing the back nine first at the...

Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty as Juventus were held to a 0-0 draw by 10-man AC Milan on Friday but the Turin side still squeezed into the Coppa Italia final as the season restarted following a three-month stoppage for the novel coronavirus. Juve qualified for Wednesday’s final on away goals...

The mad street hunt running around the streets of Old Nicosia answering questions and discovering the city returns this June after a long break. The Nicosia Street Quest has been sending out curious explorers since 2016 in a game spread out across the city. The team to answer the most...

The massive forest fire in Akrounta, Limassol that was raging since Friday afternoon was finally brought under control overnight the forestry department said on Saturday. The fire burned an area of around 60 hectares, 37 of which is in the state forest in Limassol. It burned pine trees and wild...

By Cate Cadell and Ryan Woo A district of Beijing was on a “wartime” footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of Covid-19. Concern is growing of a second wave...

By Nancy Lapid Requiring the wearing of masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in areas at the epicentre of the global pandemic may have prevented tens of thousands of infections, a new study suggests. Mask-wearing is even more important for preventing the virus’ spread and the sometimes...

“Wellness is here to stay,” trumpets Advertising Age. The reference publication for the advertising industry notes that the category for ‘wellness’ products – in which, for example, being beautiful converges with being healthy – is now at $4.2 trillion. The category includes products like Sweet Reason, a CBD beverage brand...