THE GUN possession fiasco took a political turn yesterday after the names of several politicians with firearms permits were leaked to the media.
Meanwhile, the man at the centre of the controversy, Chief of Police Andreas Angelides, returned from abroad and assured that he was “strong enough to reply to all the questions”.
STARTING today drivers caught by police smoking with a minor on board should expect to pay a £30 fine, according to a law passed by the House yesterday.
IN A lightning move, the government yesterday slapped unsuspecting smokers with a 20-cent increase on a packet of cigarettes, introducing the first in a series of tax increases ahead of EU membership.
The hike, which took immediate effect, had been decided during yesterday morning’s Cabinet meeting.
A LAND Survey Department official and a businessman, both from Nicosia, were yesterday remanded in custody for eight days in connection with a suspected land expropriation scam.
THE GOVERNMENT said yesterday it would protest a decision by the Turkish Cypriot regime to extend its ‘territorial waters’ from three to 12 nautical miles.
PARENTS at a Nicosia school are reported to be up in arms over a video presentation linking the scouts to freemasonry.
PEOPLE need to take calcium throughout their lives and not just in their early years, as many people falsely believe, a leading nutritionist said yesterday.
NICOSIA Municipality has suggested a number of alternative car parks in preparation for the beginning of works on Byron Avenue on June 3. Plans to
THE Electricity Authority (EAC) yesterday confirmed it has slapped a businessman whose meters were allegedly found to have been tampered with a £200,000 bill for unpaid electricity.
U.N. SPECIAL envoy Alvaro de Soto is taking a “more intense and more active” part in the direct talks to solve the Cyprus problem since the recent visit of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Government Spokesman Michalis Papapetrou said after yesterday’s meeting of the National Council.
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