Новости за 11.05.2024

Famagusta is currently suffering a water shortage due to a malfunction in the pipe which connects the town with the Panagra reservoir, the town’s Turkish Cypriot mayor Suleyman Ulucay said on Saturday. He said the north’s water board had informed him that water is now being transported to his town...

Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou extolled the virtues of roses at the village of Agros’ 16th Rose Festival on Saturday. She described the festival as “a celebration which aims to highlight the cultivation of roses as well as the promotion of traditional products prepared with the processing of roses.” Speaking about...

Burnley were relegated from the Premier League after a 2-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday left Vincent Kompany’s side five points from the safety zone with one game remaining. The result left 19th-placed Burnley with 25 points from 37 games, giving them no chance of moving out of the drop zone as they...

Just two weeks remain until the Limassol Boat Show returns – the largest boat show in the Eastern Mediterranean region – as its organisers say. More than 35,000 visitors and 120 exhibitors are expected to attend this edition which is set to take place at the Limassol Marina on May...

The two monks from the Osiou Avakoum monastery who are under investigation for alleged money laundering and sexual activity with each other were paid their salaries, their lawyers said on Saturday. They said Tamassos Bishop Isaias had on March 5 handed down instructions that the monks, archimandrites Nektarios and Porfyrios,...

The murder of Thanasis Nicolaou “proved the existence of the deep state”, the Green Party said on Saturday. They said his mother Andriana Nicolaou was “finally vindicated” by the Limassol district court’s decision on Friday, that he had died by strangulation and not suicide. “She stood against the system, against...

Israel called on Saturday for Palestinians in more areas of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah to evacuate and head to what it calls an expanded humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi, in a further indication that the military is pressing ahead with its plans for a ground attack on Rafah. In a post...

Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Saturday that another one of the hostages abducted during its October 7 attack on Israel has died. Hamas released a video saying that Nadav Popplewell, who was taken hostage from the southern Israeli community of Kibbutz Nirim, died after being wounded in an Israeli strike in Gaza. The Israeli...

The official death toll from devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to 153 people across three provinces, the Taliban’s interior ministry said on Saturday, while the World Food Progamme said it was double that. The WFP, which operates throughout Afghanistan, said on X that floods had killed more than 300 people....

Rafa Nadal said he was still in two minds about whether he will play in the French Open starting this month after he was eliminated from the Italian Open in straight sets by seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz on Saturday. Poland’s Hurkacz beat Nadal 6-1 6-3 in the second round to...

Manchester City hit the top of the Premier League with one week of the season remaining as two goals by Josko Gvardiol and one each for Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez sealed a 4-0 demolition of Fulham on Saturday. City’s stroll in the London sunshine, their seventh successive league win and 16th consecutive victory...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and his predecessor Mustafa Akinci exchanged barbed statements over their respective stances on the Cyprus problem on Friday and Saturday. Akinci began the tit-for-tat, making a rare public intervention to criticise Tatar’s refusal to agree to a tripartite meeting with United Nations envoy Maria Angela...

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England’s James Anderson will retire from Test cricket after the first Test against West Indies at Lord’s in July, the fast bowler said on Saturday. Anderson, 41, is the most successful pace bowler in Test history with 700 wickets, behind only Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and Australia’s Shane Warne (708)...

Turkish Cypriot doctors on Saturday warned of unlicenced individuals performing hair transplants in the north. According to the Cyprus Turkish medical association (KTTB), police on Friday carried out a raid on an illegal hair transplant clinic and people were found to be working without authorisation. They added that legal action...

Three people from Paphos who were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of having carried out 20 burglaries were handed eight-day remands on Saturday. The trio, a 36-year-old woman and two men aged 35 and 32 years old, had first appeared at the Paphos district court on Friday, but proceedings had...

The ringleader of an extreme body modification conspiracy who cut off men’s genitals and uploaded videos to his ‘Eunuch Maker; website was jailed for a minimum of 22 years in a London court on Friday. Norwegian Marius Gustavson was involved in several highly dangerous procedures which included removing the penis or testicles...

A 27-year-old man was arrested in connection with a robbery which took place in Larnaca on Monday, police announced on Saturday. The man had reportedly robbed a 31-year-old woman at knifepoint and managed to take what police described as a “small amount of money” from her. The police’s investigation into...

Five people were arrested in Paphos on Friday night following an incident involving the throwing of rocks and pieces of wood due to a reported financial dispute. A policeman on duty in the town at around 11.10pm noticed a man chasing two other people up a street and throwing rocks...

The Biden administration said Israel‘s use of U.S.-supplied weapons may have violated international humanitarian law during its military operation in Gaza, in its strongest criticism to date of Israel. But the administration stopped short of a definitive assessment, saying that due to the chaos of the war in Gaza it could not...

U.S. President Joe Biden joked on Friday that he wished former President Donald Trump had injected himself with a little bleach, resurrecting one of Trump’s more head-scratching moments from the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Biden, at a fundraising event south of San Francisco for his re-election campaign, said...

World number one Novak Djokovic required medical attention after being struck in the head by a water bottle following his second-round win against France’s Corentin Moutet at the Italian Open on Friday. The Serbian was signing autographs after his easy 6-3 6-1 victory against the lucky loser when he was...

French superstar Kylian Mbappe confirmed his departure from Paris Saint-Germain after this season, opening the door for his expected move to join Real Madrid. PSG plays Sunday against Toulouse, Mbappe‘s last appearance in front of the home crowd, and finishes with a French Cup final May 15 against Lyon. Mbappe posted his farewell thoughts...

Homework has long been a staple of the educational experience, often viewed as a tool for reinforcing learning and assessing student understanding. Despite its educational importance, many students struggle with timely completion, facing obstacles such as procrastination, distraction, and a lack of motivation. These challenges can make homework seem like...

An 82-year-old man from Paphos was arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning on suspicion of attempted murder. The man reportedly fired a shot inside a building in a village in the Paphos district, hitting a light. Four people sustained injuries as a result. Police are now investigating possible...