JUSTICE Minister Doros Theodorou was yesterday taken to task over the authorities’ failure to bring maverick drivers back on track and curb the high death toll on the streets.
Figures released by police showed an alarming surge in traffic violations and no improvement on the fatality rate, which continues to be the scourge of Cypriot society.
NO jail sentence could help the family forget the loss of two children, a Nicosia court said yesterday just before jailing a man for two-and-a-half years in connection with the deaths of two brothers in a traffic accident almost two years ago.
The accident happened in Kokkinotrimithia towards the end of November 2002.
TOP Turkish leaders left for the US yesterday for meetings with President George Bush and UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan where the next steps on Cyprus will be discussed.
At the same time, UN Undersecretary for Political Affairs Sir Kieran Prendergast completed his visit to the region yesterday when he met Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul in Ankara.
BRITAIN effectively put the final nail on the coffin of the EU Constitution yesterday when Foreign Secretary Jack Straw announced the government would postpone a referendum on the battered treaty.
AGGRESSIVE competition from the EU market is slowly driving farmers out of the business, with many deciding to cut their losses and bail out before things get worse.
THE GOALKEEPER of Nicosia football club Omonia was the victim of a bomb attack in the early hours of yesterday morning.
A blast targeted the car used by first choice goalkeeper Demetris Leoni, who signed last season from AEL Limassol.
A MAN from Paphos was remanded in custody for eight days yesterday in connection with the attempted murder of his sister’s lover.
TIME is running out for a young boy in the Philippines facing a death sentence unless his mother and aunt here in Cyprus can raise the £2,000 hospital deposit needed for the urgent surgery that may yet save him.
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