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Thatcher aide Lord McAlpine, falsely accused of child abuse, dies aged 71
By Costas Pitas; Former aide to Margaret Thatcher and ex-treasurer of Britain’s Conservative Party, Alistair McAlpine, who was wrongly accused of child abuse in a BBC report that led to a major crisis...
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Pope ‘won’t be lenient with predator priests’
By Philip Pullella Pope Francis will not show leniency towards paedophile priests because truth and justice are more important than protecting the Church, the Vatican’s former sex crimes prosecutor...
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Attempted murder in Meniko
Reports on Saturday evening said a man in Meniko village in the Nicosia district had attempted to murder his father with a knife. Preliminary information said the incident happened just before 6.30pm...
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Arsenal and City stay neck-and-neck at the top
By Mike Collett Arsenal stayed top of the Premier League with Manchester City breathing down their necks as the two front runners maintained their winning streaks with victories over Fulham and Cardiff...
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The government plays a blinder with the UK, but what about the Russians?
By Nathan Morley IT’S BEEN a funny old week. As Britain finally loosens its grip on the sovereign bases – the Russian military have been given the green light to use the Limassol port and the airbase...
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Don’t praise CyTA retirement scheme, ask what it means
By Loucas Charalambous LAST MONDAY the top brass of CyTA appeared before the House finance committee and explained its scheme for the voluntary retirement of staff. As was reported, the legislature was...
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Woman’s desperate search to find Greek Cypriot dad
By Bejay Browne A DESPERATE British mum of four has turned to the Sunday Mail for help as her twenty year long search for her Greek Cypriot biological father has so far failed to uncover his...
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Play but no pay: how foreign players were cheated
By Peter Stevenson THE ONLY information 28-year-old Senegalese professional footballer Gora Tall had to go on when making a choice about leaving Portugal to play in Cyprus was that of his agent. His...
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Ecocity project full steam ahead
By Constantinos Psillides THE INDEPENDENT initiative, aiming at producing design proposals to turn Famagusta into a model reunited ecocity, is entering its fourth day today, with project members...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Fantasies of a geo-political midget
By Patroclos CONFUSION surrounds the future of the man we all love to hate Big Bad Al. Has he abandoned the golf courses of Kyproulla for good or will be returning for another round on the grassless...
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Our View: Too many differing policies with regards to NPLs
THE ASSOCIATION of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA) expressed concern over reports that the banks would be putting up for sale hotels unable to repay their loans. In an announcement it said that lists of...
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‘Prison inmates hated director’
By Angelos Anastasiou ALMOST too much has been said on the current situation in Cyprus Central Prisons over the last week. Contraband, corruption, a seriously controversial prison director, criminal...
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Inspired Ivanovic stuns Serena in Melbourne
By Nick Mulvenney An inspired Ana Ivanovic blew the race for the Australian Open women’s title wide open with a stunning upset of overwhelming favourite Serena Williams in the fourth round on Sunday....
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Eto’o hat-trick all but ends United title hopes
Samuel Eto’o's hat-trick lifted Chelsea to a 3-1 win over Manchester United on Sunday which all but ended the champions’ slim hopes of defending their Premier League title. Two first-half goals and one...
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‘Big four’ through in Melbourne
By Nick Mulvenney Rafa Nadal came through his first proper test to storm into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday but Maria Sharapova was ushered to the exit after a second big shock in...
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Police say they raided a ‘sex party’
Police raided a house in the village of Moniatis in Limassol on Saturday night and broke up what they said appeared to be an organised ‘sex party’. Limassol CID chief Ioannis Soteriades told the Cyprus...
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Building permits down 27.3 per cent in first ten months of 2013
Building permits recorded a 27.3 per cent drop during the period January to October 2013, compared to the same period in 2012, data released on Monday by the Cyprus Statistical Service showed....
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Over 1,000 dinner guests
By Alix Norman Cooking and contacts and chat – oh my! It’s certainly a curious combination, but then who wouldn’t relish the chance to connect with fascinating new friends over culturally exotic...
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Two confirmed cases of H1N1 at private clinic
The health ministry on Monday announced that two patients at a private clinic had been diagnosed with influenza A (H1N1) also known as swine flu. The ministry did not name the clinic. Swine flu is a...
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New life for old tyres
European project kicks off in Limassol By Peter Stevenson AN environmentally friendly European project aimed at reusing by-products from tyre recycling in expensive concrete structures was launched...
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