Archive for 2017

Exeter 2 Barnet FC 1

Barnet looked to have picked up a deserved draw away to promotion hopefuls Exeter thanks to Ryan Watson’s fine free-kick, cancelling out Kane Wilson’s opener. But Jake Taylor sent the Bees home unhappy after striking in stoppage time.

The Bees …

Premier League Round Up

Mohamed Salah took his goal tally to 23 in all competitions with a second-half double to help Liverpool come from behind to beat Leicester City 2-1 at Anfield in the Premier League on Saturday.

Chelsea had no such struggles at …

The number of residents in Cyprus travelling abroad increases in November 2017 

On the basis of the results of the Passengers Survey, 94.796 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in November 2017 compared to 93.354 in the corresponding month last year, recording an increase of 1,5%, according to the Statistical …

Cyprus sees record tourist arrivals in November and first 11 months of 2017 

There was a record of tourist arrivals in Cyprus last November and during the first 11 months of 2017, according to data released today by the Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus.
 
On the basis of the results of …

Pafos passes the baton of European Capital of Culture to Valletta and Leeuwarden 

Pafos, the city on the southwest of Cyprus, which was the European Capital of Culture for 2017, has passed on the baton to the cities of Valetta (Malta) and Leeuwarden ( Netherlands) during an event held on Friday evening.

The …

British National Archives on Cyprus:Callaghan “not prepared” to give evidence on talks with Turkey before Turkey’s 1974 invasion 

A limited number of files on Cyprus dating from 1976 are included in the latest release of Foreign Office archives in London.
 
The files include a letter by the then Foreign Secretary James Callaghan (dated 28 January 1976) to the …

Cyprus fully exercises its sovereign rights

Cyprus is a sovereign country and as such it fully exercises its sovereign rights, President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades has said, replying to questions regarding Turkish provocations in Cyprus` Exclusive Economic Zone.

Turkey, whose troops occupy Cyprus’ northern part …

Appeal to trace missing vulnerable 16-year-old girl who has links with Enfield

Police are appealing to trace a vulnerable teenage girl who is believed to be in London.

Alexandra Zurawaska, 16, was last seen at around 19:00hrs on Monday, 25 December in South Yorkshire.

Since then, she is thought to have travelled …

Fire in Manchester apartment block

Firefighters are tackling a blaze in an apartment block in Manchester city centre.

A spokesman for Manchester Fire said the ninth and 10th floors of a 12-storey block on Joiner Street were on fire and 12 engines are at the …

Presidential hopefuls pledge to reunite Cyprus and to work for economic recovery 

Reuniting Cyprus and economic recovery were the main messages presidential hopefuls sent here today to the electorate, as they submitted their candidacies for January’s elections.

A total of nine candidacies were submitted. Each candidate was proposed by one person and …