By Alex Mita
A NICOSIA District Judge yesterday rejected a police request for the eight-day remand of 20 foreign men seeking political asylum and blasted the force for not complying with the asylum law.
The men, 11 Turks, three Palestinians, three Syrians and one Pakistani presented themselves at the Paphos Gate police station on Tuesday seeking political asylum.
By a Staff Reporter
A MECHANIC aged 35 from Nicosia was arrested yesterday in connection with charges of illegal modification of a car engine. Police allege that the mechanic was responsible for altering the performance of a car used by 21-year-old Michalis Ioannou, who was killed in a road accident last Sunday.
By Alexia Saoulli
CYBC television yesterday refused to comment on accusations that it had humiliated Archbishop Chrysostomos this week by broadcasting footage of the primate apparently unable to answer questions by its reporter.
By a Staff Reporter
BRITISH Airways is to introduce its first direct Paphos-London flights from October, the airline announced yesterday.
The new twice-weekly service to Gatwick will complement the airline’s present service linking Larnaca and London.
By Stefanos Evripidou
AFTER two and a half hours of tit-for-tat wrangling, heated debate and strong accusations, parliament finally passed a bill on roadside billboards yesterday, paving the way for the removal of most billboards within the city and moving back those lining the highway, while also putting a ban on mobile advertising units.
By a Staff Reporter
INTERIOR Minister Andreas Christou said yesterday the government had decided to annul a provision in the law that imposes fines on people who are late in registering their children’s births.
At present, the law states that people who are late in registering their children are fined £15 for the delay on top of the £1 for the birth certificate.
By Elena Fysentzou
THE Electricity Authority (EAC) said yesterday it was allowing customers to pay hefty bills for the March-April in two monthly installments following complaints about the increase in prices.
By Jean Christou
ECONOMISTS were divided yesterday on the Central Bank governor’s warning that the government had to curb public spending or face problems with the EU’s Maastricht criteria.
By a Staff Reporter
TWO world renowned free-divers went to Limassol yesterday to break the world record in free-diving — one suffered from the ‘bends’ and the other became the new Men’s Constant Ballast World Record Holder.
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