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Credit card purchases down
CREDIT card purchases in Cyprus recorded a decrease between January-July 2013, compared to the same period last year, according to data released by JCC. The purchases during the above period stood at...
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AG’s office neither confirms nor denies probe into co-op boss’s loans
By George Psyllides A SENIOR state official neither confirmed nor denied on Monday whether instructions had been given to investigators to look into claims the outgoing head of the Central...
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UK’s Prince George is a rascal, says new father William
By Michael Holden PRINCE George, the baby son of Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate, is a bit of a rascal who does not sleep well and needs to have his diaper changed far too often, his father...
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CyTA unions call on board to resign
TRADE unions affiliated to the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) have urged the government to explicitly ask the entity’s board to step down. In a joint statement yesterday, a number of unions...
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White House: US did not seek detention of journalist’s partner
BRITISH officials gave their US counterparts a “heads up” before detaining the partner of the journalist who first reported secrets leaked by fugitive US intelligence agency contractor Edward Snowden,...
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Cigarettes worth thousands stolen
CIGARETTES worth €11,000 and a €800 computer were stolen from a supermarket in Paralimni on Monday, according to police. The 36-year-old owner of the supermarket reported to police that between 1.30am...
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Boy killed while riding his bicycle
A 13-YEAR-old boy was killed on Monday after colliding with an oncoming car while riding his bicycle home to Ayia Varvara village in the Nicosia district. At around 5.30pm, Alexandros Taliadoros was...
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Man City Ooze Class And Goals To Thump Newcastle
By Sonia Oxley Manchester City started their Premier League campaign in scintillating fashion on Monday with a stylish 4-0 win at home to 10-man Newcastle United as Manuel Pellegrini made a dream start...
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Overseas Cypriots to meet in Nicosia
Overseas Cypriots will meet in Nicosia on Wednesday and Thursday for the 17th meeting of the International Conference of Overseas Cypriots (POMAK-PSEKA). The conference of the Executive Council of the...
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Paphos’ Aphrodite Festival to feature L’Elisir d’Amore
The ‘Pafos Aphrodite Festival 2013’, to take place on September 6, 7 and 8, will open with the popular, romantic, comic opera L’Elisir d’Amore (The Elixir of Love) by Italian composer Gaetano...
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Industrial turnover down 12.8 per cent in May
Cyprus` industrial turnover in May declined to 109.0 units recording a decrease of 12.8 per cent year on year, figures released on Tuesday by Cyprus Statistical Service show. For the period January-May...
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Guardian says Britain made it destroy Snowden material
By Estelle Shirbon and Michael Holden The British authorities forced the Guardian newspaper to destroy material leaked by Edward Snowden, its editor has revealed, calling it a “pointless” move that...
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China doesn’t have much margin for error
By Chas W. Freeman, Jr China is on the rise. Its GDP will soon exceed that of the United States. It aspires to be acknowledged as a great world power. It is flexing its military muscle in ways that...
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Police call on parents to supervise their children after boy killed on bike
By Peter Stevenson CHILDREN between the ages of 10 and 12 should not be left unsupervised to ride their bicycles as they are not fully aware of possible dangers, according to head of Nicosia’s traffic...
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Offer to ex bank staff from CIM
CELEBRATING 35 years since its foundation, the Cyprus Institute of Marketing (CIM) announced on Tuesday it would be giving out five places to former bank employees in Nicosia and Limassol for the...
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Vassilikos power station returns to full operations
By Maria Antouna VASSILIKOS power station is back to full operation, two years after the July 11, 2011 explosion at the nearby Mari Naval Base which almost destroyed the plant and caused rolling power...
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Chelsea have back-up plan if Rooney chase fails
By Tony Jimenez Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has drawn up a contingency plan in the event he fails to land his number one target, Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, before the transfer window...
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US army judge to sentence WikiLeaks’ Manning Wednesday
By Medina Roshan Bradley Manning, the soldier convicted of giving classified US files to WikiLeaks, will be told at 10am EDT (1400 GMT) on Wednesday how much of his life will be spent in a military...
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APOEL and Apollon ready for Europa League playoff ties
By Nemanja Bjedov Cypriot champions APOEL have travelled to Belgium where they take on SV Zulte Waregem in Brussels on Thursday, as Apollon host French side OGC Nice at Nicosia’s GSP Stadium, in the...
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Court orders former minister’s arrest (updated 17:00)
The Limassol district court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of former interior minister Dinos Michaelides who is wanted by Greece in connection with money laundering. Michaelides, who has been...
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