A BOMB blast yesterday rocked the Nicosia suburb of Aglanjia and destroyed a car belonging to a retired police inspector.
Police said the 4.20am explosion was caused by a high intensity, home-made device placed on the rear wheel of the £4,000 Mazda. The car was parked in the underground parking place of Andreas Sevmenidis’ home on Demetras Street.
POLICE found a stash of 1500 full army cartridges in an open space in the Cape Greco area near Paralimni yesterday.
The cartridges were in an excellent condition and submitted for analysis. Famagusta CID is investigating the case.
FOREIGN Minister Ioannis Cassoulides flew to Moscow yesterday for five days of talks with the Kremlin to discuss efforts to solve the Cyprus problem and the latest tentative move towards peace.
As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, Russia has always advocated a solution to the island’s division within the framework of UN resolutions.
TURKISH Cypriots from the Platform of 41 organisations demonstrated for peace last night in a peaceful gathering in occupied Nicosia.
A LIMASSOL man aged 23 was yesterday remanded in custody for eight days suspected of receiving by post a teddy bear stuffed with 360 grams of cannabis.
EMPLOYEES at three hotels in Limassol have threatened strike action in 10 days unless employers meet their demands for pay and improved working conditions, representatives from trade unions SEK and PEO said yesterday.
Employees at the Mediterranean, the Ajax and the Nirvana hotels yesterday told bosses they would stage a walkout unless their claims were taken seriously.
Police are searching for 33-year-old Limassol businesswoman Eleni Louka Ioannou, whom they want to question in connection with an alleged case of forgery and securing
ZULU warrior dancers from South Africa are performing twice today, once at the Englezakis Ostrich Farm in Ayios Ioannis, just outside Nicosia, at 6pm and then at Skali in Agalandjia at 9pm.
By Martin Hellicar
LONDON and Nicosia yesterday agreed there was no health risk from an antenna which the British bases (SBA) want to add to their mast site at the Akrotiri salt lake, and which sparked a riot in July.
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