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No margin for error as arch-rivals take centre stage
By Mike Collett Two fiercely intense, always passionate, local rivalries with even more spice than usual take centre stage in the Premier League this weekend when Manchester United face Liverpool and...
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Heads roll in co-op sector
A NUMBER of co-op officials have been dismissed mainly because they had granted loans irresponsibly, it emerged on Friday, as the new Central Co-operative Bank (CCB) top brass warned it will not...
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New cabinet members sworn in (updated)
Three new ministers were sworn in on Friday, amid reports that President Anastasiades has decided to appoint former education minister Kyriacos Kenevezos and former defence minister Photis Photiou...
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Northern Ireland’s richest man among four dead in crash
By Ian Graham Northern Ireland’s richest man Edward Haughey was among four people killed when a civilian helicopter crashed in eastern England on Thursday evening, the pharmaceutical company he owned...
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A minute with Peter Droussiotis President of the National Federation of...
Where do you live? I live in London with my wife Carolyn and three daughters Isabella, Alexandra and Theodora. Best childhood memory? Riding pillion on my dad’s motorbike on the old Nicosia road with...
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Battle to avoid the drop hots up in Cyprus
By Iacovos Constantinou WITH two more rounds to go before the football championship enters the playoff stage, the top six teams have already booked their places. At the wrong end of the table though,...
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CyTA land trial adjourned until March 28
By staff reporter The case against seven suspects implicated in a suspicious land deal involving the pension fund o state telecoms company CyTA was adjourned on Friday to give time to the defence to...
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30,000 uninsured vehicles on the roads
By George Psyllides An estimated 30,000 vehicles on the road are without insurance, officials said on Friday, warning that it was a phenomenon that directly affected road safety. “The economic...
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Leaked documents purport to reveal Turkish graft allegations
By Humeyra Pamuk and Nick Tattersall A Twitter account behind a string of leaks in a Turkish corruption scandal has posted what it presented as prosecution files accusing former government ministers of...
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Time of the essence on Varosha, says Kasoulides
Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Friday that the give-and-take part of the Cyprus talks would probably begin next month. In an interview with London Greek Radio, Kasoulides also said that...
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Five betting shops raided by Paphos police
Five betting shops were raided in Paphos on Friday night, in a coordinated effort by police to battle illegal gambling. According to a police report, officers confiscated 27 computers. Officers...
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Car destroyed in arson attack
The car of a British Cypriot man in Larnaca was destroyed on Friday night, as a result of arson, police said. The €30,000 car was parked in Aristolelis Valaoritis street, near the Larnaca port...
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Tanker of suspected stolen Libyan oil spotted off Cyprus
Cypriot marine authorities were on Saturday monitoring a tanker, suspected of transporting stolen quantities of oil from Sidra port of Libya. According to the foreign ministry, the government, as well...
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New arrest in case of Peristerona shoot-out
By Constantinos Psillides A 29-YEAR-OLD man was arrested on Saturday in connection with the shoot-out that took place in Peristerona village, in the Nicosia district on February 28, according to...
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Crimea to vote in Russia referendum, Moscow vetoes UN move (Updated)
Pro-Russian leaders in Crimea made final preparations on Saturday for a referendum widely expected to transfer control of the Black Sea region fromUkraine to Moscow, despite an outcry and threat of...
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England crush Italy but still need French favour
By Terry Daley England scored seven tries in an emphatic 52-11 victory over Italy on Saturday but their hopes of winning the Six Nations championship still depend on Ireland losing or drawing with...
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One in five women have been victims of physical abuse
One in five women in Cyprus over the age of 15 have been the victims of physical or sexual violence at the hands of a partner. The figure was cited on Saturday by Ombudswoman Eliza Savvidou at an event...
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Eleven remanded after volleyball clashes
By Constantinos Psillides Eleven people from Nicosia were remanded for three days on Saturday by the Limassol court after the Omonia- Anorthosis volleyball match on Friday turned violent. The match was...
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Supreme Court overrules forced resignations of three officers in 2005...
By Constantinos Psillides THE Supreme Court has overruled the forced resignations of three police officers convicted in 2011 of beating up two students during a routine check along the Armenias street...
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10-man City keep title hopes alive with win at Hull
Manchester City bounced back from their FA Cup and Champions League exits to win 2-0 at Hull City despite playing for 80 minutes with 10 men to keep alive their Premier League title hopes on Saturday....
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