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Armed men seize government HQ in Ukraine’s Crimea, raise Russian flag (updated)
Armed men seized the regional government headquarters and parliament in Ukraine’s Crimea on Thursday and raised the Russian flag, alarming Kiev’s new rulers, who urged Moscow not to abuse its navy base...
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Baghdatis goes down in Acapulco
By Nemanja Bjedov MARCOS Baghdatis has been beaten 6-1 6-4 by fourth-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the Round of 16 of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco. This was Dimitrov’s fifth win over...
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Contested bill ensures long day at the House
By Constantinos Psillides It will be a long day for the House and workers in semi-governmental organisations on Thursday as MPs decide the future of the EAC, CyTA and the Cyprus Ports Authority. In...
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Sheep killed in highway collision
Sixteen sheep were killed on Wednesday evening when cars ploughed into a herd that wandered onto the motorway near Pissouri, police said. Police received a call at around 7.30pm that a flock of sheep...
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Rejection of SGO sell-off throws next aid tranche into doubt
By Elias Hazou PARLIAMENT on Thursday failed to adopt a controversial privatisation plan, potentially throwing into disarray an international bailout programme of the island and endangering the next...
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Our View: Just another old-school Cypriot politician
NICOLAS Papadopoulos may have considered his election as DIKO leader last December the crowning achievement of his political career. This was the ideal launching pad for his presidential ambitions and...
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‘Breaking the ice’ with the motherlands
By Stefanos Evripidou THE TWO negotiators tasked with ending the island’s ongoing division yesterday held “historic” parallel meetings with Greek and Turkish diplomats in Athens and Ankara, breaking...
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Military airport in Ukraine’s Crimea taken over by Russian soldiers, Fleet...
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet said on Friday its forces had not seized or taken any other action at a military airport near Sevastopol, the port on Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula where the fleet is based,...
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Hot Spurs in Europa comeback, Porto and Napoli win
By Toby Davis EMMANUEL Adebayor scored twice in four minutes as Tottenham Hotspur overturned a two-goal aggregate deficit to beat 10-man Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3-2 over two legs on Thursday to reach the...
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Referee’s car bombed
A car used by a football referee was bombed in the early hours of Friday in Nicosia, reports said. The vehicle is used by Leontios Trattos, a first division and international ref. Police said the...
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Govt. to re-sumbit privatisation bill to parliament (updated)
The government will re-submit privatisation legislation to parliament, the spokesman said on Friday, a day after lawmakers rejected the roadmap and put an international bailout programme at risk....
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Cabinet resigns, asked to stay until March 15 (update 2)
The entire cabinet submitted its resignation on Friday but President Nicos Anastasiades asked them to remain in place until March 15. Ministers put their resignations at the disposal of the president...
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Top meets bottom as Chelsea out to pile pressure on neighbours Fulham
By Michael Hann TOP meets bottom in the Premier League on Saturday when leaders Chelsea make the short trip across west London to Fulham (5pm) looking to consolidate their title bid and increase the...
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Arrest after antiquities stash found at home of Paphos man
A 58 year old man from Peyia, Paphos, was arrested on Thursday for illegal possession of ancient coins and other antiquities, a police spokesman said. Acting on a tip, Paphos CID detectives conducted a...
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Paphos voted one of best wedding destinations in the world
By Bejay Browne PAPHOS has been recognised as one of the best wedding destinations in the world by travelers in an online poll. Traveler feedback and industry research which is collated by FlipKey.com...
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Island’s urban model will turn floods into catastrophes
By Stefanos Evripidou EXTREME weather conditions, such as floods, are expected to intensify in the near future and have multiple catastrophic effects due to the urban development model in Cyprus,...
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Co-ops’ recapitalisation deal signed and sealed
By Angelos Anastasiou THE bailout of co-operative credit institutions (CCIs) with €1.5 billion in troika loans was sealed on Friday with the signing of the recapitalisation agreement between the...
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Next days and weeks in Ukraine will be telling
By Theo Kyriacou IT WASN’T supposed to turn out like this when representatives from Germany, France and Poland, along with opposition politicians signed an accord last Friday that envisaged, among...
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Can Greece exit the eurozone?
By Stelios Papadopoulos ANY observer of the Greek political scene is aware of the fact that the radical leftwing SYRIZA party is leading the polls by large margins raising the probability that the next...
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Our View: Shameless populism back on display during privatisations’ vote
PERHAPS the political situation has improved a bit. A year after the heroic ‘no’ of our deputies that led to the hair-cut of deposits some sense of responsibility was evident at legislature on Thursday...
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