Papandreou to visit next week

GREECE’S Foreign Minister George Papandreou will arrive in Cyprus next week for a series of meetings with the government and the island’s political leadership, it

Shares start the year on sluggish note

SHARES started the year on the downside yesterday in a sluggish session in which selling pressure depressed the index to 699.07 points, down 2.09 per

Limassol police round up illegal immigrants

EIGHTEEN illegal aliens were yesterday arrested in Limassol after an immigration department sweep. Ten Iranians, five Syrians and three Jordanians were rounded up after an

New Accountant-general appointed

PRESIDENT Glafcos Clerides appointed a new Accountant-general during a special Presidential Palace ceremony yesterday. Assuming the position, 42-year-old Lazaros Lazarou pledged to carry out his