WE’VE all cursed as illegally parked cars have snarled up the traffic on a four-lane avenue, just widened by the government at great expense and inconvenience… And we’ve probably all flouted parking regulations ourselves, stopping on a double yellow line or climbing onto a pavement… just for a minute, honest.
PHILELEFTHEROS: “Kilos of drugs coming from the North” Large amounts of drugs are coming from the North to Larnaca and Nicosia. Loucas Adamou, 29, from Frenaros was recently found with a kilo of cocaine, 3,000 ecstasy pills and 12kg of cannabis that he bought from a Turkish Cypriot in Ayia Napa. He informed police of his accomplices, one of whom was also arrested and named Adamou as his supplier.
DIKO deputy and legal adviser of the Administrative Committee for Apostolos Andreas Zacharias Koulias yesterday delivered a letter to President Tassos Papadopoulos objecting to the Cabinet’s decision last week to allow controversial work to go ahead on the chapel building.
THE JUSTICE minister came under fire yesterday for suggesting that certain lawyers might be involved in “human trafficking” in helping illegal immigrants gain political asylum. Doros Theodorou said on Tuesday that police arresting illegal immigrants were often presented with a local lawyer’s business card and a claim for political asylum.
THE GOVERNMENT said yesterday it was obvious that Turkish Foreign Minster Abdullah Gul had not wanted to discuss the Cyprus issue on his trip this week to Athens.
TURKISH Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash said yesterday he had refused to meet US State Department Co-ordinator for Cyprus Thomas Weston after the American envoy expressed his concerns over the elections in the north in December. “He asked for a meeting and I told him I’m not here,” said Denktash as he was leaving for Turkey yesterday.
FORMER Justice Minister Alecos Shiambos yesterday called on the government to take the necessary steps towards the creation of special juvenile courts and detention centres following the arrest of a 17-year-old student and his detention at the Nicosia Central Prisons.
TWO IRANIAN students – one just 17 – are being held at the central prisons awaiting trial on charges of illegal entry into the Republic, police confirmed yesterday. The 17-year-old, who is studying at a college in the north, was arrested on Friday together with an 18-year-old friend after attempting to cross over to the free areas for a visit.
A CONFLICT of interest threatens to taint the findings of a long awaited report on the stock exchange fiasco.
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