Archive for 2013

Paris beats London to best student city title again

Paris has beaten London to the title of best city for students, for the second year, according to the latest ranking.

London missed the top slot by only two points, according to the latest QS Best Student Cities list.

Manchester …

Bombs in busy Baghdad markets and streets kill 19

Six bombs exploded in busy markets and streets across Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 19 people and wounding 66, police and medical sources said.

The explosions, which took place around the same time, were the latest in a series of blasts …

Greece qualify for World Cup Finals

Greece has qualified to its third ever World Cup finals after beating Romania 4-2 on aggregate at the qualifying playoffs, as it followed up its 3-1 home win last Friday with a 1-1 draw in Bucharest on Tuesday.

The players …

Turkish Cypriot politicians attend Clerides funeral

Turkish Cypriot politicians attended today the funeral of the late former President of Cyprus Glafcos Clerides. 


Present at the funeral were, among others, former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat and his spouse Oya, the Secretary General of the Republican

France, Portugal reach World Cup after heroics

France produced one of soccer’s most famous comebacks on Tuesday to scrape into next year’s World Cup finals via the playoffs while Portugal blazed through after Cristiano Ronaldo conjured up a sensational hat-trick.

The two European heavyweights will be joined …

Germany beat England at Wembley

Germany continued their World Cup preparations with a win and maintained their long unbeaten run at Wembley Stadium when they took advantage of some poor defending to beat England 1-0 in a relatively low-key friendly on Tuesday.

The decisive goal

How the Turkish Cypriot press covered the death of former President Clerides

Almost all Turkish Cypriot daily newspapers on Saturday (16.11.13) covered on their front pages the death of the former President of the Republic of Cyprus, Glafkos Clerides.

Kibris newspaper covers the issue under the title “Glafkos Clerides lost his life”,

Clerides laid to rest

Hundreds of people gathered today at the Constantinou and Elenis Cemetary in Nicosia, where the former President of the Republic Glafcos Clerides is now at rest in the family grave with his beloved wife Lilla.

With the arrival of Cleride`s …

US urge all parties in Cyprus to resume peace talks

Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot negotiators are making important progress and the US urge all parties to make the most of the current window of opportunity and to restart comprehensive talks, Jennifer Psaki, Spokesperson of the US State Department has …

Turkish Foreign Ministry issue a statement for the passing of Glafcos Clerides

Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (17.11.13) issue the following statement regarding the passing of the former President of the Republic of Cyprus, Glafcos Clerides.

“We are saddened by the news of the passing of Glafcos Clerides, a lawyer and politician