Baby Zoe on her way for life saving operation
By Bejay Browne AN 11-DAY-OLD baby girl was transported to Israel on Friday to undergo a life saving operation paid for by the ministry of health. “An ambulance collected Zoe from the hospital at...
View ArticleFree clinic in old Nicosia [VIDEO]
We visit a free clinic run by Volunteer Doctors in old Nicosia, and talk to both staff and patients. To watch the video, go to http://videos.cyprus-mail.com/
View ArticleAttorney-general blames MPs for extradition obstacle
By George Psyllides AUTHORITIES will seek the extradition of former interior minister Dinos Michaelides, wanted by Greece in connection with money laundering, despite seemingly insurmountable legal...
View ArticleVenizelos: Greece-Cyprus priorities unchanged
By Peter Stevenson THE ECONOMIC crisis will not change the national priorities of Greece or Cyprus, Greece’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos said on Friday Venizelos met...
View ArticleEcon probe will continue, government decides
By George Psyllides THE GOVERNMENT on Friday decided that an inquiry into the island’s economic debacle could continue its work, even though a parallel criminal probe has also been launched. The...
View ArticleConcerns over frozen food storage
By Peter Stevenson PUBLIC HEALTH services are on alert and have targeted checks on frozen goods in supermarkets during the current ‘high-risk’ period of high temperatures and an economic crisis. The...
View ArticleReports that Cypriot pick up trucks smuggled into Syria
By Stefanos Evripidou THE NUMBER of double cabin trucks sold to foreigners this year has tripled compared to the same period last year, fuelling rumours that the Cypriot-registered cars have ended up...
View ArticleAuditor-general bemoans lack of staff
By Poly Pantelides THE AUDITOR general has warned her office is short-staffed and cannot respond to its existing tasks, let alone take on – as it could – the job of monitoring the implementation of the...
View ArticleOur View: Extradition hurdle exposes our irrational lawmaking
IT IS VERY difficult to understand some of the laws that are made by the legislature. The law about the extradition of Cypriot nationals against whom European arrest warrants have been issued is a case...
View ArticleCabinet tackles loan restructuring
By Stefanos Evripidou THE GOVERNMENT yesterday announced a series of measures to ensure banks and their clients reach a fair compromise on how to restructure existing loans under today’s challenging...
View ArticleBartoli routs Lisicki to win Wimbledon title
By Ed Osmond MARION Bartoli overwhelmed an out of sorts Sabine Lisicki 6-1 6-4 on a sun-drenched Centre Court to win her first Wimbledon title on Saturday. Frenchwoman Bartoli, seeded 15th, took full...
View ArticleUN chief recommends extension of UNFICYP mandate
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has recommended that the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) be extended for a period of six months, until January 31, 2014, noting that “UNFICYP...
View ArticleLions end 16 years of failure with crushing win
By Nick Mulvenney THE British and Irish Lions made a blistering start, rode an Australian fightback and ran out record 41-16 winners in the decisive third Test yesterday to end a 16-year wait for a...
View ArticleUnderage drinkers
MEMBERS OF the Crime Prevention Unit (CPU) gatecrashed a party in Lakatamia on Friday night attended by 500 people, mostly teenagers, and fined the 22-year-old organiser for having underage drinkers...
View Article€13,000 confiscated after raid
POLICE CONFISCATED nearly €13,000 on Friday night after a raid on premises that had been converted into a casino in the Yermasoyia area of Limassol. Police spokesman Andreas Angelides said members of...
View ArticleSnapshots of austerity
By Poly Pantelides An ongoing British-based theatre project aims to capture how Europe’s long-running recession has affected its citizens, from hope to despair to first-person accounts of a turning...
View ArticleCan gas drive down our electricity prices?
By Elias Hazou CYPRUS inches closer to making up its mind on whether to import interim supplies of natural gas – but the million-dollar question still stands: will it drive down sky high electricity...
View ArticleI must defend our former central bank governor
By Loucas Charalambous I DISAGREE with the scurrilous campaign unleashed by Politis against the former governor of the Central Bank Christodoulos Christodoulou in relation to the supposedly suspicious...
View ArticleTruth: Where can you find it? How can it benefit you and your family?
JEHOVAH’S Witnesses believe that all, including those who are not Witnesses, will benefit from the positive content and practical suggestions of the 2013 District Convention with the theme ‘God’s Word...
View ArticleCOFFEESHOP: Taking personal responsibility is a criminal offence in a country...
AGRICULTURE minister and Eurocock Nicos Kouyialis had no doubt in his mind that the Newcastle Disease virus that has hit poultry in the last couple of weeks, forcing the authorities to put down almost...
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