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Cyprus gets four proposals for interim gas supplies
Cyprus state gas company DEFA said on Monday it has received four proposals to supply natural gas to the island, an interim solution for power generation before its own reserves come on line. DEFA did...
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Film review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier***
By Preston Wilder Let’s recap, as the Marvel Masterplan enters its post-Avengers phase (a.k.a. ‘Sequels for Everybody’). Thor stands for whiskery adventure fantasies set on far-off worlds (and,...
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‘Holy Fire’ coming to Cyprus on Saturday
By Alexia Evripidou THE Holy Light, an Orthodox Easter tradition also referred to as the ‘Holy Fire’, is to be collected from Jerusalem this week by Archimandrite Jerome of the Church of Cyprus and...
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Syria rebels driven from Maaloula
By Firas Makdesi Syrian soldiers backed by Hezbollah fighters recaptured the town of Maaloula, north of Damascus, on Monday, military sources and state television said, further squeezing rebels’ supply...
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Libya starts trial of ex-Gaddafi officials, sons absent
By Julia Payne Libyan prosecutors opened the trial of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi’s sons and more than two dozen of his ex-officials on Monday in a major test for the North African state’s...
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Separatist unrest spreads in Ukraine
By Thomas Grove and Richard Balmforth Pro-Russian separatists on Monday ignored an ultimatum to leave occupied government buildings in eastern Ukraine while another group of rebels attacked a police...
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Bail set at $6 million for Utah woman suspected of infant killings
A judge set bail at $6 million on Monday for a Utah woman suspected of killing six infants after giving birth to them, then stuffing their bodies into cardboard boxes which were found at a house where...
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Restoration of Othello Tower to start
THE maintenance and restoration of the Othello Tower in the occupied town of Famagusta will start within the next few days, Takis Hadjidemetriou, the Greek Cypriot Chairman of the Joint Technical...
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House Ethics MPs face dilemma over list of names
By Elias Hazou A PARLIAMENTARY inquiry into the financial meltdown of March 2013 will likely name some but not all the names which the House ethics committee has come across during its investigations....
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Limassol police sets up ‘lambradjia patrol’
By Constantinos Psillides LIMASSOL police is clamping down on uncontrolled Easter bonfires by establishing a special task force to curb the phenomenon and cut down on burn-related injuries, said...
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Bases police find cocaine at illegal casino
By George Psyllides THE British bases (SBA) said on Tuesday that a large amount of a substance believed to be cocaine was seized during a raid on an illegal casino in Trachoni village on Monday...
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Around 280 co-op employees to take early retirement
By George Psyllides SOME 280 employees in the co-operative sector have opted to take an early retirement scheme, a figure that is close to the target set initially, it emerged on Tuesday. Citing...
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China defends its legitimate South China Sea rights
By Shen Dingli China is now facing challenges to its maritime claims. The Philippines has just filed a lawsuit to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea against China over a dispute...
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Berlusconi to do community service
By Ilaria Polleschi and Silvia Aloisi An Italian court on Tuesday ordered former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to serve a tax fraud sentence by doing community service and set travel restrictions...
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Indian voters lured by cash handouts, drugs, bootleg liquor
By Sanjeev Miglani Indian election officials have seized a record $36 million dollars of cash concealed in cars, private planes and even ambulances that they say was destined to buy off voters and pay...
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Fans prohibited at Tsirion until stadium made safe
By Angelos Anastasiou REPORTS of structural risks to the safety of spectators at Limassol’s Tsirion stadium have prompted a decision by the Cyprus Football Federation (KOP) to ban fans from games until...
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BoC cuts interest rates for over 4,000 ‘vulnerable’ borrowers
By George Psyllides The Bank of Cyprus (BoC) has cut the interest rates to the loans of 4,200 people belonging to vulnerable groups by up to 1.0 per cent, its chairman said on Tuesday. Christis...
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Bitcoin’s Brewster breaks his silence
By Elias Hazou Danny Brewster, founder and CEO of bitcoin marketers Neo & Bee, has broken his silence to respond to reports circulating about him of late. Posting on reddit on Tuesday, Brewster...
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Nigeria rebels abduct more than 100 schoolgirls
By Felix Onuah and Lanre Ola Suspected Islamist insurgents abducted more than 100 female students in a night raid on a government secondary school in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state, a teacher said on...
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Man who killed his father jailed for 15 years
MARIOS Melanitis, 34, was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in prison for manslaughter after stabbing his father to death earlier this year. Melanitis murdered, Christodoulos Melanitis, 59, last January...
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