Archive for 2013
Painting bought for £400 is revealed to be a Van Dyck worth around £400,000
A painting bought for £400 and featured on the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow has been revealed to be a Sir Anthony Van Dyck portrait worth about £400,000.
Father Jamie MacLeod, who runs a retreat house in north Derbyshire, took the artwork …
Hezbollah fighters train in Cyprus, claims report
Reports have claimed that the US secret service has identified camps in Cyprus that are used by members of the Lebanese Hezbollah group for military training purposes.
The Politis newspaper quoted the Kuwaiti source Al Ray, which reported that a …
Earthquake shakes Cyprus
An earthquake shook Cyprus around 5.30 pm on Saturday. Initial reports state that the tremor was felt all over the island. People reported that they felt the earthquake, contacting radio stations and posting in social media outlets
Police said phone …
Edgar Davids and Carl Fletcher were sent off as Barnet were beaten 2-1
Edgar Davids was sent off again and Carl Fletcher was also dismissed as Barnet were beaten 2-1 at Salisbury City.
Chris McPhee scored the opening goal for the home side but Jake Hyde’s near-post flick levelled the contest.
In the …
100’s of Santas take part in Nicosia charity run
Hundreds of ‘Santas’ took part in CyTA’s Santa Run in the centre of Nicosia on Saturday. Participants gathered at the Cytashop in Lycavitos and took off around town from there, ending at the Onasagorou Street branch where a party was …
Man City go top of the Premier League
Manchester City ground out a 1-0 win over struggling Crystal Palace to go top of the Premier League and champions Manchester United continued their recent revival with a 1-0 victory at Norwich City on Saturday.
With leaders Arsenal not playing …
Peter Andre sings to the aged
Singing superstar Peter Andre was top of the pops with older people in Burgess Hill after helping to transform a sitting room at Age UK West Sussex.
The celebrity led an ITV ‘60 Minute Makeover’ team who arrived under a …
VAT in Cyprus to rise from 18% to 19% on January 13
The VAT Service announced that vallue added tax will increase to 19% from 18% from January 13, 2014 onwards, while the reduced-taxed rate for certain goods and services will also go up to 9% from 8%.
However, the increase does …
Cyprus unpaid footballer had to sleep in his car
A PORTUGUESE footballer playing for a second-division Paphos team was forced to sleep in his car and live off borrowed money because the club has not been paying him, the island’s footballers’ association (PASP) charged on Friday.
Hugo Coelho, 33, …
Cypriot awarded the Thurn und Taxis award
Charalambos Neophytou, a Cypriot scientist from Nicosia, has been awarded the Thurn und Taxis award for forest sciences, in Germany.
The award is given once a year to young scientists that exhibit outstanding performance in forestry research and was introduced …
