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Copenhagen Zoo staff get death threats
COPENHAGEN Zoo’s scientific director and other staff have received death threats after a healthy giraffe was killed to avoid inbreeding among the long-necked beasts there, the zoo said on Monday. But...
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Weak utility stocks limit broader gains for FTSE
FRESH political pressure on British utilities hit the sector’s stocks on Monday, limiting broader gains in the UK’s top equity index although it rose for the fourth straight session. The blue-chip FTSE...
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PrimeTel secures licence for 4G network
PRIMETEL has successfully managed to secure the licence for a third mobile network in Cyprus and is evolving from Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) to Mobile Network Operator (MNO). This...
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AEL extend lead at the top
By Iacovos Constantinou Ebo who had replaced the ineffective Oriol early in the second half scored the only goal of the game between leaders AEL and fourth placed Ermis Aradippou that sent AEL four...
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Downer steps down
UN Special Envoy Alexander Downer is stepping down as the UN Secretary-General’s special adviser, Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. In a statement welcoming the resumption of Cyprus talks, Ban said: “I also...
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Russian ice hockey mania sweeps Games, mild weather a worry
By Mike Collett-White Attention at the Winter Olympics turned on Tuesday to the eagerly awaited men’s ice hockey competition even before a puck had been shot in anger, as host team Russia and...
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More than 100 killed in military plane crash in Algeria
A military transport plane carrying members of the armed forces and their relatives crashed into a mountain in eastern Algeria on Tuesday, killing more than 100 people, a local official said. “The...
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Colourful society
Seven municipalities in Nicosia have spent over €126,000 over the last year on the Colourful Societies programme that aims to promote multiculturalism and support third country nationals. The programme...
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US urges end to threats in and around Cyprus
The US on Tuesday stressed the importance of upholding peace and security in and around Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean and urged all parties to “avoid any threats or other actions or statements...
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Police attack
TWO policemen were taken to hospital on Monday after they were attacked by a 25-year-old man wielding a pocket knife in Polis Chrysochous. According to reports, the 25-year-old was being watched by...
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Cyprus and Israel mount joint military exercise
DEFENCE minister Fotis Fotiou said on Tuesday relations with Israel were entering “a new phase” as the two countries held a joint military exercise in Cypriot airspace. Codenamed ‘Onisilos-Gideon’, the...
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Syrian authorities question over 300 men from besieged Homs-UN
Syrian authorities have detained 336 men who left Homs and are still questioning most of them without direct supervision by any neutral third party, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The men, deemed...
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Italy and US police crack big mafia drug ring
Police in Italy and New York broke up a major trans-Atlantic mafia ring on Tuesday, arresting 24 people accused of plotting to move hundreds of millions of dollars in drugs between South America, Italy...
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Priority remains LNG plant says minister
By Elias Hazou CYPRUS is looking at several options for developing its hydrocarbon reserves but its priority remains the construction of an onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, energy minister...
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Mass grave found in C.African Republic; UN warns of ‘cleansing’
A top UN official warned on Wednesday of “ethnic-religious cleansing” in the Central African Republic, as peacekeepers uncovered a mass grave at a military camp occupied by Muslim Seleka rebels in the...
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EAC workers strike, warn of more to come
By Peter Stevenson Employees from the Electricity Authority (EAC) went on strike on Wednesday, while staff from the telecoms authority CyTA will strike on Thursday to protest against the privatisation...
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Out-of-control bamboo plants caused Paphos power cuts
TALL BAMBOO plants were on Wednesday blamed for a fault in the main overhead power cables which supply electricity to Tala village and surrounding areas in Paphos. Residents and businesses experienced...
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Battle on Lebanese border as Syria talks falter
President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and fighters from Lebanese ally Hezbollah pounded Syria’s strategic border town of Yabroud on Wednesday, activists said, in apparent preparation for a new offensive...
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Storm, bringing deadly ice and snow, slams US southeast
A deadly winter storm brought heavy snow, freezing rain and a possibly historic accumulation of ice to the southeastern United States on Wednesday, causing hundreds of thousands of power outages and...
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Drama in Russian mountains as Games get first downhill tie
By Mike Collett-White In a finish even a Hollywood scriptwriter would struggle to match, the women’s downhill at Russia’s Winter Olympics produced a tie for gold for the first time on Wednesday, on a...
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