Cameras and copper stolen
Police received a report from the head teacher of a primary school in Limassol that between 1.30pm on Friday and 7am yesterday, 80 metres of copper pipe, valued at around €2,250 and six security...
View ArticlePetrol station owner mugged
THE 60-YEAR-OLD owner of a petrol station in Mazotos in Larnaca was mugged as he got home on Sunday night by two masked men who reportedly got away with as much as €100,000 police said. He had just...
View ArticleCrushed by tractor
A 79-YEAR-OLD man was crushed to death on Sunday afternoon by his tractor in Orounta village, police said. At around 3.45pm, Peristerona police station received a call that an accident had occurred in...
View ArticleOne in four do not endorse any candidate
ALMOST one in four Cypriots are not as yet endorsing any presidential candidates, because they plan to either abstain or put in a blank ballot or are undecided, an opinion poll has shown. The poll...
View ArticleMunicipalities struggle with funding cuts
MUNICIPALITIES are still in danger of grinding to a halt for lack of funds, the head of the municipalities’ union Alexis Galanos said yesterday.He was speaking at the union’s annual general...
View ArticleSkordelli says she never met key witness in trial
Author: Poly Pantelides FORMER television presenter Elena Skordelli yesterday told Nicosia criminal court that politicians had intervened on her behalf to obtain a job at Sigma.Skordelli faces murder...
View ArticleFormer Kofinou workers still waiting for payouts
FORMER employees for the Kofinou slaughterhouse yesterday protested outside the presidential palace because they are still waiting on due payments, they said.Carrying banners speaking of ‘empty...
View ArticleHearts of Gold award 2012 nominees announced
Author: Bejay Browne THE nominations for the annual Paphos Hearts of Gold award 2012 have been announced.Sixteen adults and seven children have been nominated by members of the public. All of the...
View ArticlePrivate pharmacies can be centres for providing health services
Author: Peter Stevenson THE PHARMACEUTICAL Association of Cyprus yesterday presented a document titled ‘Blueprint’, which deals with the role that private pharmacists play in healthcare and public...
View ArticleHealth ministry budget up in the air
Author: Poly Pantelides DESPITE meeting yesterday in parliament to discuss the 2013 budget for the health ministry, its top administrator said he was unable to say what the budget would actually be...
View ArticleTeachers protests against austerity
CONTRACT teachers yesterday protested against austerity measures that would see around 1,000 of them without jobs next year.Flanked by retired educators, student associations and teachers' unions, the...
View ArticleTala residents say sewage charge stinks
Author: Bejay Browne RESIDENTS of Tala village in Paphos will meet today to decide whether they want to start paying for a sewage system which their community leader says may not even begin for a...
View ArticleAGs office hits back at money laundering report
Author: Stefanos Evripidou THE LEGAL Service yesterday rejected reports in the British press that the Cypriot authorities refused to investigate claims of Russian money laundering through the island’s...
View ArticleBusking is not illegal, AG to rule
FOLLOWING the Nicosia police chief’s apology to a group of busking musicians who were charged with “illegal fundraising” during a musical festival, the Attorney-general is due to confirm that street...
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Council of Europe concerned over central prisons
Author: Stefanos Evripidou THE COUNCIL of Europe’s anti-torture committee today releases a report criticising the continued ill-treatment of those held by police in Cyprus and prison...
View ArticleThree months in jail without trial
Author: Stefanos Evripidou A SUSPECTED victim of labour and sexual exploitation is being forced to spend at least three months in jail awaiting trial on theft charges made by her Limassol employer...
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EU: farming puts huge pressure on water resources
Author: Poly Pantelides THE EUROPEAN Commission has identified a range of weaknesses in Cyprus’ water management, top among them the extent of pressure placed on the system by irrigation needs.As...
View Article‘Bailout bills’ to be submitted for urgent approval
Author: George Psyllides THE government is expected today to submit a batch of bills for urgent approval by parliament, as it scrambles to meet the terms of a bailout agreement and score points ahead...
View ArticleOur View: Bus strike has exposed the weaknesses of public transport business...
THE RECESSION and the acute shortage of state funds have finally forced the government to re-examine the suspect business model of the public bus system it introduced two years ago. In a way, this has...
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Over 20 jobs a day lost in past year
GOING ON 8,000 jobs were lost in Cyprus in the past 12 months, bringing the total number of unemployed people to 39.522 at the end of November, figures released yesterday revealed. The figure...
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