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‘Somebody needs to care about them’
Author: Bejay Browne MORE than 50 of the 250 families in the outlying areas of Paphos who volunteers say need urgent help, have had their electricity cut as they are unable to pay their bills, it...
View ArticleUNCLOS: Progressive, and even revolutionary, change
Author: Andreas Jacovides “THE tenth day of December 1982 was a milestone of multilateralism,” wrote UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in the foreword of a booklet to mark the 30the anniversary of the...
View ArticleCyTA shows off its teleconferencing capabilities
Author: Peter Stevenson TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant CyTA flexed its muscles yesterday, presenting its teleconference capabilities with the ‘Telepresence’ service. Attending the demonstration which also...
View ArticleMilitary area in north being dug for graves of the missing
THE COMMITTEE on Missing Persons (CMP) has begun digging for possible burial sites within a fenced Turkish military area in the occupied areas, said Aristos Aristotelous, the Greek Cypriot member of...
View ArticleEx minister wins ‘Turkish slur’ case
Author: George Psyllides THE Nicosia district court has ordered an MP to pay a former minister around €35,000 in compensation for suggesting live on air that he had been bribed by a company to promote...
View ArticleDIKO says Lillikas camp ‘in a panic’
Author: Stefanos Evripidou THE ELECTION race has hit a low point, though perhaps not its lowest, with presidential campaign teams exchanging accusations of engaging in dodgy campaign tricks. DIKO’s...
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Builders vote to strike indefinitely
CONSTRUCTION workers decided yesterday to continue their strike indefinitely, while the union patrols became embroiled in a fight in Paphos when a contractor tried to recruit strikebreakers to continue...
View ArticleVillage leader faked €23,000 theft
THE 49-year-old former community leader of Klonari village was remanded in custody for six days yesterday by the Limassol district court after allegedly faking a car burglary to cover a €23,000 hole...
View ArticleNo more business class for state officials
THE government has suspended state officials’ perks such as flying business class as part of a raft of austerity measures to shore up the economy, it emerged yesterday.According to a circular issued by...
View ArticleEAC says it’s doing what it can to help poor families
Author: Bejay Browne BRITISH ex pats living in Paphos have responded to an urgent appeal and are rallying to donate goods to go towards feeding 250 families who are in desperate need.After the dire...
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DISY leader and missus worth over €2.3m
Author: Stefanos Evripidou PRESIDENTIAL candidate Nicos Anastasiades yesterday disclosed his personal assets, and those of his wife, adding up to over €2.3m. The total sum of his personal wealth, as...
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Rare glimpse into Ottoman rule
Author: Poly Pantelides AS THE Ottoman era drew to an end in Nicosia death was a common event, people used mules to travel, camels as work animals, and visitors to Larnaca were put up in a church...
View ArticleBirds found
Thirty protected wild birds were found by the Larnaca game fund and police in two restaurants, where a fine dodger was also arrested.During a police campaign against poaching police arrested a person...
View ArticlePresidential candidates back policies they have taken no action on so far
PRESIDENTIAL candidates say they are in favour of democratic reform and transparency but none have demonstrated this in practice, a think tank has said.“It is worth asking why reformation [on democracy...
View ArticleDeportee arrested
A 38-year-old man followed a man in a car and threatened him in Protaras on Friday night, ran away, and later attacked police with a broomstick and a kitchen knife, authorities said.The Bulgarian man...
View Article‘State officials not ruled by party politics’
Author: Poly Pantelides GOVERNMENT offices and officials are independent of any political party, AKEL said yesterday as the furore surrounding the leak of confidential information from the Central...
View Article13 Limassol families left without a home
THIRTEEN Limassol-based families each paid hundreds of thousands of euro for residential estates in Fasoula but have been left hanging after the contractor and property developer folded without ever...
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For sale: moufflon at €1,200 each
Author: Peter Stevenson THE Forestry Department is looking at increasing the sale of moufflon, deer, wood for burning and seeds for various plants in an effort to boost state coffers.The department...
View ArticleOur view: without a radical change of mentality and work practices in the...
CYPRUS has lost its edge as a financial services centre, said former President George Vassiliou who conducted a survey of a sizeable number of law, auditing and tax advisory firms. Presenting the...
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Tales from the coffeshop: A triumph of hope over experience
THE COMMIE apparatchiks running the Central Bank decided to call in the cops to investigate the leaking of the ‘sensitive’ information about the European Central Bank’s plan to stop offering emergency...
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