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Apollon, APOEL not resting on laurels despite promising Europa openers
By Nemanja Bjedov Neither Apollon nor APOEL were resting on their laurels a day after securing promising results in their Europa League play-off openers. On Thursday night Apollon caused shock by...
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Obama says won’t rush into costly Syria entanglement
By Erika Solomon President Barack Obama called the apparent gassing of hundreds of Syrian civilians a “big event of grave concern” but stressed on Friday that he would not rush to embroil Americans in...
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Michaelides likely to spend weekend in hospital
Former minister Dinos Michaelides, wanted in Greece in connection with money layndering, will remain in hospital for two more days undergoing treatment for heart problems, it was announced on Friday....
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AKEL to propose exemption of first residence from IPT
Main opposition AKEL said on Friday it will resubmit an amendment to the immovable property tax that will exempt the first residence, as a spat with the government continued unabated. AKEL also accused...
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Orphanides: if Christofias had only taken five minutes…
By Staff Reporter Former Central Bank Governor Athanasios Orphanides told an inquiry on Friday that if former president Demetris Christofias had bothered to take five minutes to listen and act, the...
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Explosions kill 42 outside two mosques in Lebanon’s Tripoli
Twin explosions hit two mosques in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Friday, killing at least 42 people and wounding hundreds, intensifying the sectarian strife that has spilled over from the...
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Christofias’ legal advisers say inquiry panel is illegal
By George Psyllides THE FORMER president’s legal advisers suggested on Friday that an investigating committee looking into the collapse of the economy was illegal, a day after Demetris Christofias...
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Fort Hood shooter convicted of massacre, could get death penalty
By Karen Brooks and Jana J. Pruet A military jury convicted U.S. Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan of all 13 charges of premeditated murder and all 32 charges of attempted premeditated murder on...
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Youth arrested after jewellery stolen
Paphos district court Saturday remanded a 20-year-old man for four days in connection with a case of burglary in Yeroskipou in July. According to a police spokesman the 20-year-old was arrested on...
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Hamilton seizes fourth pole in a row
By Alan Baldwin Lewis Hamilton snatched his fourth pole position in a row for Mercedes on Saturday with a last-gasp flying lap after a dramatic rain-hit qualifying session at the Belgian Formula One...
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Arsenal ease past Fulham to end crisis talk
Arsenal put to bed talk of an early season crisis with a fluent 3-1 win at Fulham to register their first Premier League points of the season on Saturday. Lukas Podolski scored twice after Olivier...
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Four killed in oil industry helicopter crash off Scottish coast
Four people were killed when a helicopter carrying oil workers crashed into the sea off Scotland’s Shetland islands, the fourth incident in the area involving different models of the widely used...
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Saturday Premiership results
Fulham 1 Darren Bent 77 Arsenal 3 Olivier Giroud 14, Lukas Podolski 41, 68 Halftime: 0-1; Attendance: 32,600Fulham 1 Darren Bent 77 Southampton 1 Jose Fonte 88 Sunderland 1 Emanuele Giaccherini 3...
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Distracting the Germans before elections
Cyprus is a way of taking German voters’ attention away from their own bigger problems. German Public Debt is €2.2tn, bigger than the French economy. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaueble admitted...
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Still waiting for title deeds
I’m a Cypriot born in the UK and I bought my house in Oroklini In 2007 and was told I would have my title deeds within two years and I’m still waiting. Wouldn’t it be good economic policy for the...
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If my family were not here I would never return.
I am an English Cypriot visitor on holiday who has just witnessed an event that makes me ashamed to be Cypriot. How Cypriots treat animals beggars belief. Unfortunately my parents’ neighbours decided...
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A political crime is a violation of the law for political reasons
Your editorial “There must be justice for Christofias’ political crimes” (August 18, 2013) is demonstrating a lack of understanding of the role of the law in a constitutional democracy in relation to a...
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How we treat our creatures is a showcase of what we are
The question arises every summer “Why do people keep dogs if they can’t treat them properly?” With regard to Eve Polycarpou’s letter (Sunday Mail August 18th), Limassol is no better (or should that be...
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Nadal, Williams sisters cruise at US Open
By Julian Linden Rafa Nadal made an ominous return to the U.S. Open on Monday while the sister act of Serena and Venus Williams shared the spotlight as the last grand slam of the year got under way....
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Supreme Court hears Michaelides’ appeal
Lawyers representing former minister Dinos Michaelides, wanted by Greece in connection with money laundering, were on Tuesday arguing their appeal against his extradition before the Supreme Court....
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