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Cyprus in hot water with EU over oil stocks
By Stefanos Evripidou THE EUROPEAN Commission decided on Thursday to refer Cyprus to the EU Court of Justice for failing to adopt EU laws on minimum oil reserves –the same day the energy ministry...
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Woman dies in head-on collision
A 21-YEAR OLD woman died Thursday in an horrific head-on collision on the Vrysoulles-Frenaros road, Famagusta district. The victim was a passenger in a car driven by a 24-year-old Greek Cypriot man. At...
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Russian joy on ice at Winter Olympics
By Mike Collett-White The women’s figure skaters provided a thrilling climax to Thursday’s Winter Olympics action when Russian Adelina Sotnikova claimed gold, but a skier’s decision to pull out of the...
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Bomb hoax at Anorthosis meeting at Nicosia hotel
A bomb hoax Thursday evening temporarily halted proceedings at what was an already stormy meeting of the Anorthosis football club. At around 7.40pm a call was placed to the DIAS media group warning...
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Parties fail to comply with law on finances
By Constantinos Psillides MAJOR political parties on the island have again failed to provide the state audit office with party finances reports for 2013. The audit service notified the parties on...
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Lakkotrypis: no pipeline to Turkey without Cyprus solution
By Peter Stevenson Without a solution to the Cyprus problem, transporting natural gas to Turkey via a pipeline is not an option, Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Friday. During a joint press...
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Israeli wants end to CY flights’ monopoly, MPs hear
By Constantinos Psillides The Israeli Civil Aviation Department is threatening to put a stop to Cyprus Airways (CY) flights to Israel if Cyprus doesn’t ratify the EU-Israel aviation agreement,...
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Ukraine peace deal signed, opens way for early election
Ukraine’s opposition leaders signed an EU-mediated peace deal with President Viktor Yanukovich on Friday, aiming to resolve a political crisis in which scores have been killed and opening the way for...
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Turkey scraps ‘coup plot’ courts in battle over judiciary
By Orhan Coskun TRUKISH lawmakers on Friday abolished special courts which had convicted hundreds of alleged military coup plotters, as Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan battles a new foe he sees as using...
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At £300,000 a week, Rooney at United for four more years
England striker Wayne Rooney has signed a four-year contract extension with Premier League champions Manchester United that will keep their prize asset at the club until June 2019. United announced the...
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No celebration for Ukraine gold at Sochi, says Bubka
Ukraine’s second Winter Olympic Games gold medal will not be celebrated as the country’s Sochi team sticks together amid deadly clashes in anti-government demonstrations in Kiev. Vita and Valj...
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Kiev crowds want Yanukovich out, despite deal
EMOTIONAL crowds on Kiev’s Independence Square rounded on opposition leaders on Friday after they signed an agreement with President Viktor Yanukovich to end a protracted crisis, and said they would...
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Olympics: Two doping cases hit games, Canadian men beat US in hockey
By Mike Collett-White SOCHI (Reuters) – Two athletes tested positive for banned substances on Friday in the Sochi Olympics‘ first doping cases, but an emotional gold for crisis-torn Ukraine and ice...
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DIKO votes to quit coalition over handling of Cyprus talks
By Angelos Anastasiou GOVERNMENT coalition party DIKO voted to abandon the ruling alliance just after midnight Friday, citing disagreement with the terms for the resumption of negotiations on the...
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Our View: No easy task to clean up office of the Guardian
IT WAS a common secret that corruption was rife at the state body administering abandoned Turkish Cypriot properties in the Republic, but until a few weeks ago nobody ever dared mention it. This was...
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Port strike ‘bringing economy to its knees’
By George Psyllides and Peter Stevenson PORT workers enforcing a work to rule are dealing a serious blow to the economy, Communications Minister Tasos Mitsopoulos said yesterday, as businesses urged...
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Ukraine parliament removes Yanukovich, who flees Kiev in ‘coup’
Ukraine’s parliament voted on Saturday to remove President Viktor Yanukovich, who abandoned his Kiev office to protesters and denounced what he described as a coup after a week of fighting in the...
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From jail, Venezuela protest leader urges resistance
Venezuela’s jailed protest leader urged supporters on Friday to keep demonstrating peacefully against President Nicolas Maduro despite violence that has killed at least six people and rocked the OPEC...
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Arson attack on Larnaca home
A house in Larnaca caught fire late Friday causing extensive damage, police said. The house was vacant as the owners were away. According to the police report, a neighbour called the police at 1.50am...
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Couple arrested in drugs case
Police arrested a 32-year old man and a 29-year old woman from Limassol on Friday, in connection with a drug trafficking case. According to the police report, the couple are accused with illegal...
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