Christian Eriksen’s penalty on his 100th appearance for Denmark earned his side a 1-0 win over England in their Nations League clash at Wembley on Wednesday as the hosts played more than half the game with 10 men. Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Eriksen powered his spot kick past Jordan Pickford...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, that he was disappointed there had not been more progress in Brexit trade talks, his office said on Wednesday. “The Prime Minister noted the desirability of a deal, but expressed his disappointment that more...
An 18-year-old motorcyclist critically injured in a crash last week in Limassol has died, reports said on Wednesday. The youth had been fighting for his life since, initially at Limassol hospital and later at Nicosia general hospital’s ICU where he was transferred due to the severity of his injuries. A...
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters says it is “defensible” to charge £14.95 for a match on a pay-per-view basis – but said that broadcasters were ultimately responsible for setting the price. The league announced last week that matches in October not selected for regular television coverage would be available...
France will impose a nightly curfew on almost one third of the country’s 67 million people to tackle a resurgent coronavirus, but a new national lockdown is not envisaged, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday. Macron announced the curfews, which will take effect from Saturday and run from 9 p.m....
Some Cypriots are pretending to sell their passports online, others are enraged over the tarnishing of the country’s reputation following the Al Jazeera broadcast focusing on the citizenship by investment programme, which led to the scrapping of the current scheme on Tuesday. “Passport for sale, barely used” one local posted...
Hundreds of people on Wednesday assembled outside the Nicosia conference centre, currently hosting parliament, to protest and demand the resignation of House president Demetris Syllouris who appeared in an undercover video offering to help a Chinese businessman with a criminal record secure citizenship. The demonstrators, who staged a similar event...
Premier League clubs on Wednesday rejected plans put forward by Liverpool and Manchester United for radical changes to the league’s structures and finances and said they would conduct their own review of the game. The “Project Big Picture” proposals would have seen an increase in funds for the 72 clubs...
It is very important for the Greek Cypriot side to realise that what they have been fearing, thinking and believing with regards to the fenced-off area of Varosha in Famagusta was slowly becoming a reality due to Turkey’s actions, ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou said on Wednesday. Neophytou was speaking...
Let’s revisit the numbers. 21 shots against 8 from the opposition. 70 per cent possession. 622 passes with 88 per cent pass accuracy. 7 goals scored with none conceded. You need not have watched a single second of the game between the Cyprus national under-21 football team and their Dutch...
Israel approved more than 1,300 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Peace Now settlement-monitoring group said, in the first such go-ahead since it suspended annexation plans in the territory. The decision drew an angry response from Palestinians, who seek to establish a state in the...
Embattled House president Demetris Syllouris said Wednesday he will not object to having his parliamentary immunity lifted as part of an investigation into potential malfeasance after he appeared to offer his help to a Chinese businessman with a criminal record secure citizenship through the island’s investment programme. Syllouris made public...
The first-ever Cyprus-Saudi Arabia Business Association was officially launched on Wednesday in Nicosia under the auspices of the Cyprus Chambers of Commerce (Keve), opening new prospects for promoting economic and trade relations between the two countries. More than 80 companies have joined the Limassol-based association which is expected to play...
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has family connections to at least two firms in Cyprus, as EU states prepare to go after his money, according to EUobserver, a non-profit, investigative online publication established in Brussels in 2000 On Monday, EU countries, including Cyprus, agreed to freeze Lukashenko’s financial assets if they...
The palace was forced to backtrack on Wednesday after President Nicos Anastasiades was caught on camera warning journalists not to ask him questions about the Al Jazeera expose on the passport scheme or they would “bear the brunt [of his wrath]”. Anastasiades was attending an event Tuesday evening and media...
Neymar overtook Ronaldo and moved into second place behind Pele on Brazil’s all-time goalscoring list after notching a hat-trick in a 4-2 victory over Peru on Tuesday in a World Cup qualifier. The Paris St Germain striker now has 64 goals, two more than Ronaldo and 13 behind Pele, who...
Cypriot sailor Pavlos Kontides has finished in 16th place in his final competitive appearance of the season at the 2020 Laser European Championship in Gdansk, Poland. Kontides’ final position was far from a desirable result, with the final ranking considered to be below expectations.The Limassol Nautical Club athlete will now...
Octavia is showing you some training skills for today’s afternoon video, She’s such a clever one and always in a mood for training and always willing to work for treats. Age: 2 years Breed: German Shepherd Dog x Bruno Jura hound Find her link below: http://ow.ly/WiuC30rc5Sk
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the co-chairs of the Minsk group were stalling in dealing with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and repeated that the region should be given back to Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan accused Armenia on Wednesday of trying to attack its gas and oil pipelines and warned of...
A 23-year-old man was fined €1,000 and had his licence suspended after he was found speeding during early morning hours on Wednesday. Limassol district court fined the motorist €900 for speeding and an additional €100 for driving without car tax. He also his driving licence suspended for a month. Police...
By Richard Dickenson One of the Emperor’s wisest sayings was ‘Let China sleep. When she awakens the world will be sorry.’ The Chinese themselves had a saying, ‘Chinese kill one enemy, enemy kill one thousand Chinese. Very soon, no more enemy. Now consider this scenario, purely imaginary, quasi-conspiracy theory stuff,...
The Famagusta district court issued a two-day remand for four more people aged 41, 22, 29 and 21 who were arrested on Wednesday for breaching the Dherynia checkpoint. Two other people, aged 25 and 27, were also remanded for three days on Wednesday. On Sunday night, about 250 nationalists charged...
The health ministry on Wednesday announced that coronavirus cases were detected in four businesses in Limassol and one in Nicosia. The announcement is per a decree stipulating that authorities need to announce the names of businesses and services in the public and private sectors in cases coronavirus cases are detected...
