US looking at Pangalos no-fly plan

By Martin Hellicar THE U.S. is “discussing” a proposal by Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos for the creation of a no-fly zone over Cyprus. “There

Packed house hears rogue professor

By Martin Hellicar A FORMER Turkish army captain made famous by his public claims to have witnessed horrific atrocities committed against Greek Cypriots during the

House approves £205 million defence budget

THE HOUSE plenum yesterday unanimously approved the £205 million defence budget for 1998, including provisions for the purchase of further Russian T80-U tanks. Reports of

Hercus officially appointed to Cyprus post

U.N. SECRETARY-general Kofi Annan has officially announced the appointment of Dame Ann Hercus as his Deputy Special Representative in Cyprus. The 56-year-old new UN resident

Over a million letters lie unsorted

By Andrea Sophocleous THE CRISIS of undelivered mail — piled up since last week’s postal strike – – continues with over one million letters and

Police were mystery ‘thieves’ of photos

POLICE removed an entire anti-racism photographic exhibition from Eleftheria Square to protect it from vandals after several of the photos were mysteriously ripped up. But