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Excavator stolen
An excavator worth €40,000 has been stolen in Kissonerga, Paphos. According to a police spokesman, on Monday a Paphos resident reported that between 11am on April 27 to 8am on April 28, unidentified...
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Police fail to track down former convict
ANDREAS Onoufriou continued to elude capture on Monday as a nationwide manhunt for the former convict entered its fifth day. Onoufriou, 63, has been on the run since last week when a group of 10...
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Assad seeks re-election as Syrian civil war rages
By Dominic Evans Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Monday he would seek re-election in June, defying calls from his opponents to step aside and allow a political solution to the country’s...
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‘I’m no hero,’ declares footballer who saved a life
By Alexia Evripidou A FOOTBALLER who saved the life of a player from an opposing team during a match, declared on Monday he did not want to be seen as a hero. During the Anorthosis versus AEL game on...
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Focus cash trail investigation extended (updated)
By George Psyllides NO OFFICIAL information will be given concerning payments made by a company, Focus, to political parties before an ongoing investigation has been completed, Attorney-general Costas...
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Fugitive former convict ‘fired at police while holding his child’ (updated)
By George Psyllides A fugitive former convict opened fire at police officers while holding his five-year-old son in his arms before he surrendered, officers said on Tuesday, as a five-day manhunt came...
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Deadline for tax returns
The deadline for the manual submission of tax returns to the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is Wednesday, April 30, while online submissions through the TAXISnet system may be carried out until July...
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Car torched in Larnaca
Arsonists torched a luxury car in Larnaca early on Tuesday, causing more than €20,000 in damage. Witnesses saw two men fleeing the scene on a motorcycle, police said. The car was parked in a field...
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Cypriots use credit cards less but spend more
By Constantinos Psillides Cypriots use their credit cards less frequently but when they do use it, spend larger sums, according to a report by the European Central Bank (ECB) that studied credit card...
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Turkish Cypriot Sufi Shaykh Nazim still in hospital
LEADER of the Sufi Naqsibendi –Haqqani Order Turkish Cypriot Shaykh Nazim al Qubrusi, aged 92, has been in hospital being treated for respiratory and heart conditions for the past 12 days. Doctors say...
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Rebels seize regional Ukraine HQ (update 3)
By Vasily Fedosenko Hundreds of pro-Russian separatists stormed government buildings across one of Ukraine’s provincial capitals on Tuesday and opened fire on police holed up in a regional...
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Cyprus’ prison registers 140 inmates per 100 places
By Angelos Anastasiou CYPRUS, along with Serbia, Italy, Hungary and Belgium, were the countries found to present the highest concentration of inmates in their prisons, a European Council report said on...
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Turkey’s Erdogan calls on US to extradite rival Gulen
By Gulsen Solaker Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he would ask the United States to extradite an Islamic cleric he accuses of plotting to topple him and undermine Turkey with concocted...
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Gunmen storm Libyan parliament
By Ahmed Elumami Gunmen stormed Libya’s parliament on Tuesday and opened fire, forcing lawmakers to abandon a vote on the next prime minister, witnesses said. Parliament spokesman Omar Hmeidan said...
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Fugitive taken to Larnaca cell after hospital visit (wrap)
By George Psyllides FUGITIVE former convict Andreas Onoufriou was locked away in a Larnaca jail cell on Tuesday night pending his court appearance on Wednesday morning after he fired shots at police,...
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Kenevezos gets Athens posting
By Angelos Anastasiou Former Education Minister Kyriakos Kenevezos has been appointed ambassador to Greece, effective July 1 until the end of the administration’s term, the government announced on...
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State deposits some of its cash in three local banks
The cabinet decided on Wednesday to deposit part of the state’s available liquid funds to three Cypriot banks: the Bank of Cyprus, the Hellenic Bank and the Cooperative Bank with an unspecified...
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Cyprus sells €100m, 6-year bond in private placement (updated)
By Michele Kambas Cyprus raised 100 million euros in a six-year bond via a private placement with an overseas investor on Wednesday, the finance ministry said, in the island’s first international debt...
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Actor Bob Hoskins dead at age 71
British actor Bob Hoskins, whose roles ranged from London gangsters to FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover and who starred opposite a cast of cartoon characters in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”, has died after a...
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Juventus, Benfica in defiant mood ahead of Europa semi-final
By Brian Homewood Juventus and Benfica are both in defiant mood ahead of Thursday’s Europa League clash where a single goal for the Serie A side would take them to their first European final for 11...
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