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Our View: The stupidity of port workers’ overtime pay
THE overtime ban by the port workers that caused big losses to the economy and was lifted yesterday, is a reminder of the absurd way things operate in the public sector. When the ban was in place,...
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Cyprus probes Ukraine assets
By Stefanos Evripidou FOREIGN Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said yesterday there was suspicion that one or two of the 18 Ukrainians targeted by the EU with sanctions for embezzlement of public funds...
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US army general’s accuser gives tearful account of alleged sex crimes
By Colleen Jenkins A US Army general twice forced a female captain to engage in oral sex when she tried to break off their illicit sexual relationship during their deployment in Afghanistanin 2011, the...
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Malaysia Airlines plane crashes in South China Sea with 239 people aboard –...
By Anuradha Raghu and Nguyen Phuong Linh A MALAYSIA AIRLINES flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew went missing in area near the South China Sea on Saturday as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing...
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Arrested for explosives in car
A PERSON, sought in connection with a car found on March 2 containing weapons and explosives and investigated by British Sovereign Base Authorities (SBA) police, was arrested in a hotel in Limassol on...
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Shop break in
A STORE in Larnaca was broken into and merchandise worth approximately €20,000 was stolen early on Saturday. A police spokesman said that the store’s alarm went off at 05:40 am and subsequent...
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Car fire
A FIRE early on Saturday seriously damaged a car belonging to a 70-year-old man in Limassol. No one was injured. A police spokesman said that the fire was reported at 04:30 am on Saturday, while the...
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Vendetta link to village house fires
By Angelos Anastasiou A FIRE which broke out in the home of a Turkish Cypriot family in Kato Arodes early Saturday morning while they were away could be part of a personal crusade against the extended...
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Crimea PM says ‘no one’ can cancel referendum
The pro-Russia prime minister of Ukraine‘s Crimea peninsula has defended a decision to hold a referendum on whether the region should join Russia, saying on Saturday that “no one” could cancel the...
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Government committed to LNG plant
ENERGY minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis reaffirmed the government’s commitment to constructing a natural gas liquefaction terminal on Saturday, and noted that the new cabinet will be called on to make very...
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Personalising the crisis
By Zoe Christodoulides IF YOU happen to be a regular user of Facebook, then it’s more than likely that you’ve come across pictures of friends, acquaintances or well known local personalities holding up...
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Vasilikon winery broadens its horizons
By Bejay Browne AN AWARD-WINNING winery set in the heart of Paphos’ wine-producing region is in the midst of expanding its operations by opening a wine bar at its impressive new facility in time for...
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Arsenal score four to beat Everton in FA Cup
By Sam Holden Two goals from late substitute Olivier Giroud and one apiece by Mesut Ozil and Mikel Arteta secured Arsenal’s place in the FA Cup semi-finals with a 4-1 win against Everton at the...
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UNFICYP: a living fossil of the Cold War
By James Ker-Lindsay THIS WEEK saw the fiftieth anniversary of a true milestone in the history of the Cyprus problem – the establishment of UNFICYP, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus....
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Lessons from Mother Russia’s adventures in Crimea
By Patroclos BEING principled and sensitive souls, we Kyproullians were quite shocked by the totally hypocritical stance of the detested West, which includes our duplicitous EU partners, towards Mother...
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Our View: Bill to protect primary residences is misguided
DEPUTIES are always on the look-out for worthy causes to embrace and thus show they are the real protectors of the people. Given the low regard politicians are held in at present, finding a worthy...
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Storm of protest over Archbishop’s anti-gay comments
By Angelos Anastasiou GAY RIGHTS’ activists have condemned Archbishop Chrysostomos’ latest tirade against homosexuality and said the church is irredeemably alienating itself from the real world....
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Russian forces tighten grip on Crimea despite US warning
By Alissa de Carbonnel Russian forces tightened their grip on Crimea on Sunday despite a U.S. warning to Moscow that annexing the southern Ukrainian region would close the door to diplomacy in a tense...
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Suicide bomber kills 32 in Iraqi city of Hilla
By Ali al-Rubaie A suicide bomber driving a minibus packed with explosives killed at least 32 people and wounded 147 on Sunday in the southern Iraqi city of Hilla, police and medical sources said. The...
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Malaysia investigators probe possible airport security lapse (updated)
INTERPOL SAYS “EXAMINING ADDITIONAL SUSPECT PASSPORTS” USED TO BOARD MISSING MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT International police agency Interpol said at least two passports recorded as lost or stolen in its...
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