TWO ANCIENT campsites on the coast of Cyprus, found this year by archaeologists, may be the earliest evidence of long-distance, open-water seafaring in the Mediterranean, undermining beliefs that ancient mariners never ventured into open seas.
Pressure for north’s law changes said to be coming from the top
TURKISH Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is personally leaning on the Turkish Cypriot authorities to amend its constitution to allow the restitution of properties to Greek Cypriot refugees, media reports said yesterday.
Cypriot growers face foreign challenge
IT APPEARS that Cypriot potato growers have got more than just the government to battle to save their declining profession.
Local hoteliers hail new era in Cypriot tourism
DOMESTIC tourism has doubled in the past year with Cypriots taking more short breaks at home than ever before, the Hoteliers Association PASYXE said yesterday.
THE BRITISH EU Presidency has referred two EU regulations for financial assistance to Turkish Cypriots and direct trade with the north to a working group of the Council and then the Committee of Permanent Representatives.
JUST FOUR months after a devastating strike that ended in a violent confrontation with police, truck drivers are once again threatening to take to the streets.
SOCCER referee Costas Theodotou has resigned after repeated threats against his life, reports said last night. Theodotou quit after receiving threatening phone calls at home from supporters unhappy with the quality of his refereeing, according to the Associated Press (AP).
SWISS FOOD Company Nestl? announced yesterday that it has withdrawn all baby milk products that had been contaminated with ink.
The traces were found in Italy and other European countries, though the company has assured that the traces do not pause a threat to infants’ health.
THE INTRODUCTION of an Education Unit for children with special needs to Cypriot public schools has been met with an overall positive response. But people are also sceptical.
THE INLAND Revenue Department of the Finance Ministry has announced an 8.7 per cent increase in tax earnings in the first ten months of the year to around £504.9million.
The increase is up £40m compared to the £464.6m collected in the same period of 2004
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