D.I.K.O. yesterday rubbished rumours claiming its leader Tassos Papadopoulos could not speak due to a throat condition, which required an operation.

A 72-YEAR-OLD woman was yesterday rushed to hospital with head injuries when she was knocked over by an oncoming car while trying to cross the road.

A FIFTY-FIVE year old woman was arrested on Monday night after attempting to rob a Limassol bakery at knifepoint.

The attempted robbery took place at the ‘Sun Fresh’ bakery on Ayia Filaxeos Street at 7.45pm.

THE COUNCIL of Europe’s (CoE) Secretary-general, Walter Schwimmer, said yesterday the CoE fully supported a solution to the Cyprus problem and would contribute towards the reconciliation of both communities on the island.

ALECOS MARKIDES’ decision to run against President Glafcos Clerides has sparked conflict within DISY, as both men come from the same party. This is despite Markides’ saying his candidacy was independent.

DISY’s political bureau has already said it would support Clerides though the final decision would be taken by the party’s supreme council on Saturday.

MARCOS Baghdatis yesterday left his Paris training base to fly to Australia in preparation for this year’s Open.

A POWERFUL car bomb exploded in Makedonitissa on Monday night, destroying a BMW worth an estimated £35,000.

According to police reports yesterday the device went off at 8.15pm in the parking lot of a block of flats on Elia Papakyriakou street.

The car belonged to 38 year-old Andreas Symeou from Makedonitissa.

Big freeze should ease, while dams have 20 per cent more water than last year

THE BIG freeze in Cyprus should ease this week, director of weather services Kyriakos Theophilou said yesterday.

THE UNIVERSITY of Cyprus will be opening its Polytechnic School starting next academic year, the administration announced yesterday.