‘Cyprus decides,’ says Simitis

By Jean Christou GREECE and Cyprus fuelled already intense speculation over the Russian S- 300 missiles by remaining tight-lipped as to their fate after a

Spyros and MPs snub Israel

By Charlie Charalambous HOUSE president Spyros Kyprianou said yesterday he was ready to postpone a trip to Israel following the capture of two Israelis charged

Masked gunmen rob Larnaca bank

By Charlie Charalambous TWO MASKED men carried out a daring armed robbery in Larnaca yesterday morning, getting away with around £25,000 on a motorbike. Soon

Three charged with raping boy of 13

THREE young men were yesterday charged with repeatedly raping a 13-year-old boy at a village in the Nicosia district over the past two months. The

Kurds end Ocalan hunger strike

KURDS in Cyprus ended a two-week hunger strike yesterday believing their charismatic leader Abdullah Ocalan was no longer threatened with extradition to Turkey. But despite

Bone marrow appeal

A DESPERATE plea for bone-marrow has been made by the Karaiskakeio Foundation. In an appeal to the media and public yesterday, the charity said there

Building less but bigger houses

PEOPLE are building less houses but the ones being built are bigger than ever before, according to latest statistics. For the third year in a