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Schools to focus on responsible drinking
By Maria Gregoriou KENTHEA, a non-governmental organisation against addictions, is planning to start running a programme from September to educate parents and students in schools on alcohol consumption...
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Community garden to feed the needy and promote self worth
By Bejay Browne A COMMUNITY garden set up by a church in Paphos is helping to feed those in need as well as promoting a sense of self worth to volunteers. Pastor Allan Hodgson of the Paphos Christian...
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Questions raised over north’s call for property exchange
By Poly Pantelides A CALL by the Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ urging Turkish Cypriots to seek property exchanges with Greek Cypriots via the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) is both legally and...
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A daily erosion of independence and editorial freedom
By Simon Bahceli TURKEY’S High Court ruling on Monday sentencing twenty journalists – along with numerous military officials, politicians and university scholars – to prison terms ranging from six...
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Akamas landowners use crisis to press cash-strapped state for more development
By Stefanos Evripidou AKAMAS RESIDENTS and landowners yesterday called on the government to save the state money it does not have by foregoing compensation promised landowners in exchange for...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: The pillars of a dishonest society
By Patroclos THERE is no more entertaining spectacle than watching two alpha males of Kyproulla’s ruling elite that contributed, in their own way, to the current economic catastrophe, taking swipes...
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Our View: There have been benefits from the troika’s involvement
WHEN the idea of charging people that used the state hospitals, including their A&E departments, there was public outrage. The politicians protested, public sector unions threatened strikes and...
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The road back from zero trust
By George Psyllides BANK OF Cyprus (BoC) may have officially come out of administration and look ‘healthy enough’ in black and white after seizing 47.5 per cent of uninsured deposits, but there is no...
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Suspect detained in murder investigation
A Romanian national, 31, has been detained in connection with the murder of a compatriot, found dead in Nicosia on Friday afternoon. Authorities had initially ruled out foul play but the post mortem...
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Israel names Palestinians to be freed before peace talks
By Jeffrey Heller Israel on Monday named 26 Palestinian prisoners to be freed this week under a deal enabling U.S.-backed peace talks to resume, although Palestinians said these had been undermined by...
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Fans attack ref in pre-season football friendly
By Peter Stevenson Referees have called for stricter punishments after football fans attacked a referee on Saturday following a pre-season friendly. The attack against Leondios Trattos, the chairman of...
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Woman reports €10,000 stolen from car
A 39-year-old woman from Georgia reported to Paphos police that €10,000 cash and a credit card had been stolen from the glove compartment of her car. The woman told officers that the money was taken...
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Moscow track a puzzler for world champion Bolt
By Justin Palmer Winning gold medals comes as second nature to Usain Bolt. But the sprint king who usually packs a punch in any stadium, in any city, was left pondering the “different feeling” he got...
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Baghdatis slump continues in Cincinatti
MARCOS Baghdatis recorded his eleventh first round exit in twelve tournaments as he suffered 6-3, 6-2 defeat to Frenchman Julien Benneteau in the opening round of the Cincinnati Masters. The...
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Trading in CY and 15 other companies suspended
RESTRUCTURING of the national carrier Cyprus Airways (CY) continues, the communications minister said on Monday, as stock market authorities suspended trading of the company’s shares for failure to...
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Hungarian man, 98, dies awaiting trial for Nazi-era crimes
By Gergely Szakacs and Marton Dunai A 98-year-old Hungarian man has died awaiting trial on charges of torturing Jews and helping send them to Auschwitz in World War Two, his lawyer said on Monday....
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Mursi backers call for marches to foil Egypt crackdown
By Yasmine Saleh Supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi urged Egyptians to take to the streets on Monday to thwart any police crackdown on two Cairo protest camps that thousands of Islamists...
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Christofias: Archbishop unable to control what comes out of his mouth
By Poly Pantelides ARCHBISHOP Chrysostomos is unable to control what comes out of his mouth, former president Demetris Christofias said on Monday, a day after the Primate accused him of much of the...
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Co-op’s chief plays down extent of NPLs
By George Psyllides THE HEAD of the Central Co-operative Bank (CCB) yesterday sought to play down the scale of non-performing loans (NPL) in the sector, which will receive €1.5 billion in taxpayer...
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An internet where the spies are not out of control
By Gwynne Dyer EDWARD Snowden is safe from American “justice” for the moment, and he will certainly go down as the most effective whistle-blower in history. His revelations are going to cause a...
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