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Minister in call for drug abuse help
THERE have been 142 drugs-related deaths in Cyprus since 2004, the justice minister said on Wednesday, as he emphasised the need to treat users as people in need of help and not as criminals. In a...
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Darcis and Azarenka lead Wimbledon injury exodus
By Martyn Herman The All England Club’s medical rooms were overflowing as the third day of Wimbledon resembled a casualty ward with Rafa Nadal’s conqueror Steve Darcis one of five players to withdraw...
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Wimbledon results (updated Wednesday 17.30)
Results from Wimbledon Men’s Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday 15-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) beat Guillaume Rufin (France) 7-5 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 25-Benoit Paire (France) beat Stephane Robert (France) 6-4...
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Manslaughter plea in property killing
A 33-YEAR-OLD man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of Panayiotis Stavrou, 54, over a property dispute in the village of Kofinou. Prodromos Hadjipanayi had originally...
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Couple arrested for Paphos burglaries
A COUPLE have been arrested in connection with a number of burglaries in Paphos after police were tipped off by a British woman. According to reports the woman, who is a permanent resident on the...
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Wimbledon results (updated 19.45)
Results from Wimbledon Women’s Singles Round 2 matches on Wednesday Michelle Larcher de Brito (Portugal) beat 3-Maria Sharapova (Russia) 6-3 6-4 25-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) beat Garbine Muguruza...
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Ryanair increases Paphos flights
By Bejay Bronwe LOW cost carrier Ryanair has added seven new destinations to its winter programme, a move welcomed by local tourist officials. Ryanair’s new winter schedule means Paphos will see 24...
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US Senate passes sweeping immigration legislation
By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro The U.S. Senate has approved a landmark immigration bill that would provide millions of undocumented immigrants a chance to become citizens, but the leader of the...
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Banking sector collapsed due to lack of national policy says report
CYPRUS had no coherent national policy to manage its large banking sector and there was no effective system of supervision, eventually leading to a disaster, an independent commission said yesterday....
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Outrage as Brits lose sunshine benefit
By Bejay Browne BRITISH pensioners living in Cyprus have been stripped of their winter fuel allowance, announced as part of changes in the spending review by UK Chancellor George Osbourne. British...
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Our View: Radical co-ops plan deserves to be put into action
MANY important points about the banking sector were raised yesterday by David Lascelles, chairman of the Independent Commission on the Future of the Cyprus Banking Sector. Lascelles painted a gloomy...
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EU accord doesn’t back Cyprus used as guinea pig theory
By Elias Hazou YESTERDAY’S accord among EU finance ministers to force investors and wealthy savers to share the costs of future bank failures may or may not be viewed as confirmation that Cyprus was...
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Bank burgled but thieves leave empty-handed
Unknown individuals broke into a Paphos village co-operative but apparently left empty-handed, police said on Friday. Authorities scrambled to the scene after the co-op’s alarm sounded at 3am. The...
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Second gold medal for Cyprus
Cypriot athlete Nektaria Panayi won a gold medal in the long jump on Thursday in the 17th Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey. This is the second gold medal for Cyprus and the sixth overall. The...
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Paphos police arrest mugging suspect
Paphos police on Friday arrested a Greek man, 19, and were seeking his 24-year-old brother in connection with several tourist muggings. Police said four assaults against female tourists had been...
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‘A stitch up from beginning to end’
A 2011 land deal, where the pension fund of telecoms authority (CyTA) purchased a plot in Larnaca for some €20 million, was “a stitch-up from beginning to end,” interior minister Socrates Hasikos told...
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Solar car challenge in Paphos
By Bejay Browne A solar-powered car challenge which will take place in Paphos this weekend will see six teams battling it out for two top prizes. The ‘Solar Car Challenge’ is now in its fourth year and...
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Egypt violence builds, American among dead
By Abdelrahman Youssef and Tom Perry Two people, one an American, were killed when protesters stormed an office of Egypt’s ruling Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria, adding to growing tension ahead of...
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DISY calls for deeper public sector cuts
By Stefanos Evripidou RULING PARTY DISY on Friday called for a further shrinking of the wider public sector, noting that Cyprus had the most expensive public sector in the eurozone as a share of its...
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Minister and CyTA clash over land dispute
By Peter Stevenson CYTA CHAIRMAN, Stathis Kittis, and Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos continued their public spat on Friday with Kittis hinting that the minister’s insults over a controversial land...
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