CENTRAL Bank Governor Christodoulos Christodoulou yesterday categorically denied any involvement in business dealings between his daughter and commercial banks over a new institute set up for the training of banking staff.
TURKISH Cypriot ‘Deputy Prime Minister’ Serdar Denktash yesterday denied that he was the one who met secretly with President Tassos Papadopoulos in a last ditch attempt to postpone the referendum on the Annan plan, but it is now an open secret that he was the one.
THE NIKIFOROS military exercise is to be cancelled for the third year running, reports said yesterday.
According to Politis newspaper, the decision, made in Athens on Wednesday, was “unofficially suggested” to the government, which then agreed. Unlike previous years, however, the official announcement will come from the Cyprus government and not from Greece.
MISCONCEPTIONS about pesticides and lack of information are two common reasons for public concern about their effect on food safety and quality, the Cyprus Crop Protection Association (CCPA) said yesterday.
ACCORDING to international computer surveys, Cyprus is poised for rapid growth in high-speed Internet use.
THE Holy Synod agreed yesterday that their holy brother, Bishop Neophytos of Morphou, could continue his activities in the occupied diocese but under certain conditions.
The clerics met to discuss the Cyprus problem, the Church’s role in the EU and briefly, the possibility of elections for the throne of the archbishop.
AKEL spokesman Andros Kyprianou yesterday declined to rule out a possible meeting between the party’s leader Demtris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot ‘Prime Minister’ Mehmet Ali Talat.
Kyprianou was commenting on decisions taken at AKEL’s central committee meeting on Thursday, where the results of the Euro elections were discussed along with the Cyprus issue.
A chance to RAISE cultural awareness in Cyprus has been given to the island with the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE) holding its conference at the Famagusta Gate in Nicosia today and tomorrow, with free entrance to members of the public.
SIMERINI: “Critical Synod meeting”. The Holy Synod was yesterday meeting to discuss the urgent matter of holding elections for a new archbishop. If one bishop requests that the elections be held, the clerics must take a vote either to accept or reject the proposal. If the balance changes, elections could be held within 40 days.
WE have had a dreadful summer; London has had the wettest August on record. But just as we thought all was lost, out of the blue — and to help combat those post-summer blues — the hottest weekend all year takes place!
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