THE British government yesterday slammed Transport for London (TfL) – the body that administers London’s buses and tube trains – after it announced a ban on advertisements for Turkish Cypriot tourism, saying the move flew in the face of UK policy to lift the economic isolation of the north.
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I have to admit that I am in full agreement with the recent letter by Nicos Margolis. I am not surprised at the Cypriot Armenians’ attitude towards the re-unification of Cyprus.
Too many Armenians over 30, especially those in Cyprus, have an understanding of politics that has often led to disastrous results.
A BRITISH man living in Cyprus has had to order his medication from the UK after his local pharmacy said they “had run out of stock and did not know if they would be getting further supplies”.
POLICE were searching for a drugs suspect who managed to escape after a car chase in Nicosia on Tuesday night, a court heard yesterday.
A second man, suspected of being the man’s accomplice, was remanded in custody for eight days in connection with possession and intent to supply around 238 grams of heroin.
STUDENTS of the Melkonian Educational Institute (MEI) staged a walkout and peaceful protest in front of the founders’ mausoleum yesterday, demanding that the decision to close the school in June, announced a year ago yesterday, be overturned.
THE Holy Synod looks set to discuss how a paralysed Greek Cypriot man, Marios Stylianou, got out of his wheelchair and walked last Saturday on a visit to the church of the Apostle Barnabas in the north.
THE two children of a teenage mother who died from a suspected drug overdose are “in good hands and are going to be safe”, the Welfare Department said yesterday.
The body of 19-year-old Georgia Perdiki was found in a Larnaca hotel apartment at around midday on Tuesday by a chambermaid. A substance believed to be heroin was found in the room, along with a syringe next to her body.
PENSION funds dabbling in the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) were at the centre of attention yesterday, as the net of the Suphire’s ‘lost millions’ appeared to widen.
THE RECENT scandal of the missing £9.2 million from the pension fund of the Electricity Authority (EAC) and the subsequent investigation of financial company Suphire has rocked the investment world and shaken the retirement dreams of employees across the market.
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