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Call for greater regulation of animal trade
By Peter Stevenson CYPRUS has been implicated in a wildlife crime syndicate along with Russia, Singapore and Thailand. According to SOS, Save our Species, a wildlife trader arrested in Indonesia last...
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Liverpool crush Arsenal in style
Liverpool crushed Premier League leaders Arsenal 5-1 with a stunning display of attacking football at Anfield on Saturday that revived their title hopes and raised doubts about the visitors’...
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World’s eyes turn to sport as Winter Games hit stride
By Mike Collett-White RUSSIA’S Winter Olympics sprang into action on Saturday with the first full day of sporting contest, finally drawing the world’s gaze from militant threats, a widely criticised...
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Chelsea go top but Manchester City held
An Eden Hazard hat-trick swept Chelsea back to the top of the Premier League on Saturday when they beat Newcastle United 3-0 at Stamford Bridge after previous leaders Arsenal were thrashed 5-1 at...
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Focus on youth as Rotarians team up with culture capital
By Bejay Browne THE FIRST OF two events aimed at engaging youth in cultural activities will get underway in Paphos this month. Organised by the Paphos-Aphrodite Rotary club, who have teamed up with...
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DIKO elections much more than internal reshuffling
By Constantinos Psillides A LONG DAY dawns on Saturday for DIKO’s election committee officials when they regulate and monitor the biggest and most complicated internal elections the party has ever...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Flow of negative juices becomes a flood
By Patroclos IT WAS a fantastic week for our freedom-fighter politicians as they were handed one excuse after the other to show off their death-defying bravery, moral superiority, principled negativity...
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Our view: Energy and alliances behind US involvement
DESPITE our inclination for conspiracy theories, nothing was made of the leading part played by the Americans in the latest diplomatic efforts to get the talks started after years of Uncle Sam showing...
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Talks bolstered by AKEL support
By Peter Stevenson PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu will meet in the United Nations protected area of Nicosia at the Good Offices Mission on Tuesday at 11.30am, the...
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Flier Mayer wins downhill gold
By Alan Baldwin Matthias Mayer won Olympic downhill gold on Sunday to give the Austrian men’s team the perfect start to the Alpine skiing competition with the first major success of his fledgling...
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Anastasiades calls for unity ahead of talks
President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday urged the island’s political leadership, the media, and civil society to work together to achieve a viable solution that will secure a modern, European state for...
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United thwarted by last-gasp Bent goal for Fulham
An injury-time goal from Fulham’s Darren Bent inflicted more pain on struggling Manchester United as the bottom club rescued a 2-2 Premier League draw on Sunday while Tottenham Hotspur beat top-four...
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Swiss voters back quotas on immigration from EU
Swiss voters on Sunday narrowly backed proposals to reintroduce immigration quotas with the European Union, Swiss television reported – a result that calls into question bilateral accords with the EU...
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Severe weather cuts off rail links to southwest England
Severe flooding and landslips cut off rail links to large parts of southwest England for more than 24 hours at the weekend as the government came under pressure for its handling of storms battering...
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Canada, Germany strike winter gold, Russia basks in skating glory
Canada and Germany added to their gold medal hauls at the Winter Olympics on Monday, while Russia basked in the afterglow of its first title of the Games after the team figure skating victory...
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Supreme Court reprimands immigration over deportation order
By Constantinos Psillides IMMIGRATION department head Anny Shakallis and Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos were reprimanded by the Supreme Court on Monday for ignoring a court decision to release a...
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Funds for new domestic violence shelter
CYPRUS has signed a contract for the financing of the construction of a new shelter for victims of domestic violence under the Norway Grants 2009-2014. The project will be implemented by the...
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More power than ever in European elections
MORE THAN 500,000 Cypriots are being invited to vote in the European elections on May 25 to elect six representatives to the European Parliament for 2014-2019 period. According to an EU statement there...
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Minister defends extended shop hours
By Peter Stevenson SOME 5,000 people have been hired to work in the retail industry since last July as a result of the extended shop opening hours, Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said on Monday....
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Parole board stymied by lack of support
By Peter Stevenson THE number of inmates at the Central Prisons has fallen to 551 from roughly 700 following recent measures and early releases, chairman of the House human rights committee Sophocles...
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