Apollon moved to the top of the table of the Cyprus football championship after an impressive 3-1 away win against Anorthosis leapfrogging over fellow Limassolians AEL at the top who had held that position since their Saturday night win over Karmiotissa. Anorthosis took the lead in the 19th minute through...
Two goals from Sadio Mane just after halftime eased champions Liverpool to a 2-0 win over 10-man Chelsea in the Premier League season’s first heavyweight clash at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. A dull game never threatened to live up to the eight-goal thriller when the side’s met in July, and it proved...
Ten new cases of coronavirus were recorded by the ministry of health on Sunday, bringing the total to 1,600. Three relate to tests taken at the labs of state hospitals. The first was a person who had a travel history, having returned from the UK on September 9 and developing...
Top seed Simona Halep overcame Spaniard Garbine Muguruza 6-3 4-6 6-4 on Sunday to reach the Italian Open final and stay on course for her third straight WTA title. Romanian Halep, who skipped the U.S. Open amid the COVID-19 pandemic, won the Dubai title before the Tour was suspended and...
The back log of more than 2,000 outstanding complaints against lawyers is a ‘huge problem’ that is tarnishing the image of the legal system, the lawyer who hopes to be elected as the next head of the Bar Association has told the Cyprus Mail. “It also reflects on the people’s...
If such a transition is achieved, it will impact the energy Europeans use, the food they eat, the cars they drive and the homes they live in On 15 September the European Commission’s (EC) president, Ursula von der Leyen, proposed raising the target for carbon emissions cut by 2030...
Tens of thousands of people marched through Minsk on Sunday chanting “go away” on the sixth straight weekend of protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, keeping up the pressure on the veteran Belarusian leader to quit. At least 10 people were detained, Russia’s TASS news agency quoted police as saying. Videos...
Police warned on Sunday that during the visit of Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou traffic will be disturbed and called on the public to abide by police instructions. Her first visit will take place from Monday to Wednesday. Her visit to Cyprus is her first visit abroad since taking over the...
Son Heung-min scored four goals set up by Harry Kane as Tottenham Hotspur came from a goal down to overwhelm Southampton 5-2 on Sunday and earn their first Premier League win of the season. In an action-packed first half at St Mary’s, both sides had a goal ruled out by...
By Jill Serjeant Television shows “Succession,” “Watchmen” and “Schitt’s Creek” look set for multiple wins at Sunday’s Emmy awards, but the biggest buzz may be around the virtual ceremony and its potential for pajamas, alpacas, and designer Hazmat suits. Jimmy Kimmel hosts television’s highest honors in a live awards show...
Teachers unions on Sunday protested against passing on Friday by the House plenum of what distance learning was without any discussion with concerned parties beforehand. Oelmek, Oeltek and Poed are calling on the House education committee to readdress the issue so all parties can be consulted and an agreement reached...
President Donald Trump declared “the dawn of a new Middle East” in Washington on Tuesday as the United Arab Emirates and Bahrein signed public agreements with Israel for the first time. Not “peace agreements”, as Trump claimed, since neither country has ever been at war with Israel. Just documents involving...
Cypriots in Lebanon: traumatised but staying put For the small Cypriot community of Lebanon, the deadly blast on August 4 was a tipping point. Dozens of them chose to be evacuated on the flights from Lebanon to Cyprus in the aftermath of the disaster, but for others the ties...
Three people have died after Cyclone Ianos, a rare storm known as a medicane, battered Greece, flooding streets and homes, Greek authorities said on Sunday. Ianos uprooted trees and caused power cuts on the Ionian islands and the western Peloponnese. It swept through central Greece on Saturday, hitting the cities...
Britain is at a tipping point on COVID-19, health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday, warning that a second national lockdown could be imposed if people don’t follow government rules designed to stop the spread of the virus. COVID-19 cases have risen sharply in recent weeks to more than 4,000...
Politicians have remained silent over the art teacher whose paintings have caused controversy because they do not want to lose votes, Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Sunday. Speaking after leading the service at a church in Paphos, he also said the education ministry should take the matter more seriously as the...
Turkey is choosing to escalate tensions in Cyprus, Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides said on Sunday, calling for EU sanctions to be imposed straight away. In an interview with the Greek website iefimerida.gr, Christodoulides said the renewal of the Turkish navtex for actions in the Cyprus EEZ is indicative that European...
Views range from full support to resigned acceptance to outright rejection A federation is a form of a state structure and of state governance, which – at the local level – provides for a degree of autonomy. The degree of local autonomy varies from case to case and, as...
Eighty four migrants voluntarily returned to their countries from Cyprus on Friday, the UN’s International Organization for Migration announced on Sunday. Of these 21 were returned to India and 63 to Nepal. They were men and woman, mostly students who were not in a position to pay their college fees...
A fire that broke out at the Green Point in Sia, 150m from the state forest, at 1am on Sunday was brought under control by 2.30am, the fire service said. The fire burnt wild vegetation and some rubbish within the Green point. Thanks to the quick action of the forestry...
A 26-year-old arrested on suspicion of arson and causing damage to a mobile phone mast was on Sunday remanded in police custody for five days. The damage was caused to the mast on the night of April 11. On Sunday morning the suspect, who denies the charges, was taken to...
