Airline strike showdown

By Jean Christou OVER 3,000 travellers will be affected today by a 24-hour Cyprus Airways (CY) strike, which began at midnight as part of a

Bomb threat at the US embassy

POLICE were last night searching the area surrounding the American embassy in Nicosia for explosives after a bomb threat was received by three local television

Guarded welcome for G8 resolution

By Jean Christou THE GOVERNMENT yesterday offered a cautious official welcome to Sunday’s G8 resolution on Cyprus, though privately it is understood to be pleased

Suspect confesses to dam murder

By Martin Hellicar AN ARADIPPOU man has admitted killing former special policeman Fotis Petrakides on April 2 this year. The bullet-riddled body of father-of-three Petrakides

Woman charged with stabbing father

A 42-YEAR-OLD Larnaca housewife was yesterday charged with attacking her father with a kitchen knife. Mother-of-two Irini Xeni was charged by Larnaca CID for assaulting