Minor heart op for Denktash

TURKISH Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash yesterday underwent a minor heart operation in Ankara, reports from Turkey said. The treatment, which involved inflating tiny balloons inside

EasyJet boss acquitted of manslaughter

By Jean Christou UK-BASED EasyJet’s Cypriot owner Stelios Haji-Ioannou and his father Loucas were yesterday acquitted by an Italian court of charges relating to a

A changing society

By Martin Hellicar THE DIVORCE rate in Cyprus has almost quadrupled in the past 16 years, the government demographic report for 1996 shows. The Statistics

Things looking good for tourism

By Bouli Hadjioannou INITIAL, encouraging indications from Britain suggest Cyprus expects a four to five per cent rise in winter tourism, and growth perhaps as

Doctors patch up differences with union

THE leadership of the doctors’ branch of civil servants’ union Pasydy withdrew their resignations yesterday after patching-up their differences with the union. The branch leadership