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Old rivalries resume as Djokovic hires Becker
By Martyn Herman BORIS Becker once shared a bitter rivalry with Ivan Lendl across the net and now the two former world number ones will try to outwit each other from courtside after the German’s shock...
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EAC pledges holiday supply to those who have been cut off
The EAC said on Wednesday it would not cut power to non-paying customers during the holiday season, and the 700 homes in Cyprus that have had their electricity supply cut may apply to have it...
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Debate starts on first post-bailout budget
By Constantinos Psillides PARLIAMENT kicked off a two day marathon session on Wednesday afternoon, as legislators start the haggling process aimed at approving the €6.62 billion 2014 budget by...
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ESM approves €100 million disbursement to Cyprus
The Board of Directors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) approved Wednesday the disbursement of €100 million to Cyprus. This follows the approval of the updated Memorandum of Understanding...
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Restaurant Review: Murphy’s, Nicosia
By Alexander McCowan There was a time when the only food dispensed in a public house was a bag of Smith’s Crisps containing a tiny screw of salt. How times have changed. The pub is now the first dining...
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Germany frustrates Europe with bid to curb banking union
Germany is standing firm against the use of euro zone money to back a scheme for tackling troubled banks, dousing hopes still harboured by its peers that the bloc will unite behind lenders in...
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Bank Of Cyprus posts €1.94 billion nine-month net loss (Updated)
Bank of Cyprus posted a €1.94 billion net loss in the first nine months of the year. The bank said the loss included a €1.45 billion loss from discontinued operations and from disposal of its Greek...
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Missing elderly man found dead
An elderly man who had gone missing from his home in Orounda village in the Nicosia district was found dead on Wednesday morning in a ditch just outside of the village. Police had put out an...
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Investment framework must improve
Cyprus must improve its institutional framework for attracting and facilitating foreign, Commerce and Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Thursday during a meeting with British entrepreneurs....
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Power struggle in Turkey continues
Istanbul’s police chief has been removed from his post, local media reported on Thursday, two days after the sons of cabinet ministers and prominent businessmen close to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip...
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Police run biggest deportation op yet
By Peter Stevenson Police carried out one of their largest operations on Thursday as 55 Bangladeshi nationals, who were illegally on the island, were deported. A total of 115 officers were escorting...
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Taking it slow
THEO PANAYIDES meets a respected photographer who travels to Asia for the beauty of the light there, and has found the same qualities in Cyprus Jean-Marc Payot looks nonplussed (to be fair, most...
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Murdoch’s UK paper hacked phone of Kate Middleton – court
Staff working for Rupert Murdoch’s defunct British tabloid the News of the World hacked the phone of Kate Middleton, the wife of Queen Elizabeth’s grandson Prince William, it was revealed in a London...
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Ten years for drug smuggler
By Constantinos Psillides A MAN was sentenced to ten years in jail on Thursday after almost 12 kilos of cannabis were found in his possession. The Larnaca Criminal court judge, who handed down the...
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Atletico flop likely to end Ronaldinho’s World Cup dream
By Brian Homewood Ronaldinho’s hopes that a good performance at the Club World Cup might earn a Brazil recall have been dashed by Atletico Mineiro’s shock elimination at the hands of Raja Casablanca....
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Wizz Air announces flights from Larnaca to Kiev and Belgrade
By Peter Stevenson WIZZ Air, the largest low-cost, low-fare airline in central and Eastern Europe will be flying from Larnaca to both Kiev and Belgrade, with ticket prices as low as €24.99 one way. The...
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Saab shares leap as Brazil deal secures Swedish fighter project
SHARES in Swedish aerospace firm Saab leapt by a third on Thursday after it beat U.S. and French rivals to win a $4.5bn fighter deal with Brazil, strengthening its hand in competing for export orders...
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Cabinet green-lights probe into transport chief
THE government on Thursday launched an investigation into allegations of misconduct concerning the head of the road transport department Sotiris Kolettas. The cabinet has appointed state treasurer Rea...
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Education, prevention, detection and deterrence key in combating doping in...
By Richard W. Pound All of the stakeholders in sport are fully aware of the high prevalence of doping and the dangers it presents, both to the health of athletes and to the integrity of competitions....
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Uganda passes law meaning life imprisonment for some homosexual acts
Uganda’s parliament passed a law on Friday that makes some homosexual acts punishable by life in prison, a spokeswoman for the legislature said, a move that raised alarm among gays who are already...
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