PRESIDENT Glafcos Clerides underwent successful surgery to remove a polyp growth from his large intestine yesterday morning.
Surgeons said 81-year-old Clerides’ post-operative condition was stable and that they believed the tumour to be benign, though they will not know for sure until Monday, when results of a biopsy will be ready.
THE DOCTORS had promised that President Glafcos Clerides’ polyp removal surgery would be a "routine" operation.
In medical terms, the 8am operation may have been just that, but outside the Evangelistria clinic where it took place, the normal routine had been replaced by a frenzied media circus.
THE EQUITY market rose 1.22 per cent yesterday, lifted by a buoyant performance in the banking sector, which continued to advance on speculative buys.
The all-share index climbed 6.7 points to a close of 556.89 on a turnover of £37.8 million, slightly higher than Thursday’s 33.7 million.
DIKO Deputy Marios Matsakis has branded the training of British troops outside their specific Sovereign Base Areas as illegal, after a 15-year-old boy had his hand mutilated by what is thought to be discarded British army ammunition on Holy Saturday.
DRUGS seized during a police sting operation could have originated from the occupied areas, the Famagusta district court heard yesterday.
Investigators told the Larnaca based court that Turkish currency found on a Sotira man led them to believe the drugs might have came from the north.
A PAPHOS court yesterday remanded for eight days four people accused of cashing in around £28,000 worth of shares using forged documents.
The suspects were arrested after Demos and Froso Nearchou complained to police that someone had stolen their Hellenic Bank share titles, which were due to come through the mail.
THE Paphos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus Ltd has spent £228,000 to buy 2,507 collapsible seats with the aim of boosting opera tourism to the island.
The private festival company was established last year, and put on a production of Verdi’s Aida at Paphos Castle in September.
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