AS EARLY as the beginning of this month, lawyers appealing a landmark decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the Arestis case knew their challenge had no legal basis, press reports said yesterday.
CONFUSION reigned yesterday over claims and denials that Turkey was ready to open its airspace to Greek Cypriot traffic.
Ankara is being pressured by the EU to open its ports and airports to Greek Cypriot traffic under the customs union protocol it signed with the 10 new member states, including Cyprus.
DETERGENTS used in Cyprus now carry new labelling and biodegradability requirements now that Cyprus has implemented the latest European regulation on detergents.
The new directive was passed in the house on October 8, 2005, and is in the process of being written into the national legislation.
THE legislature this week agreed on a watered-down version of a bill drafted by the Attorney-general’s office governing the extradition of Cypriots to EU and third countries.
A DEFENCE lawyer yesterday asked a Nicosia court to show leniency to his clients, caught by police gambling with dice, arguing that millions of pounds were lost in casinos and cabarets in the north.
THE SUPREME Court has ruled in favour of police officer Nicolas Nicolaou, who took the state to court over its failure to pay him his overtime hours.
A MAN was yesterday jailed for nine years for the manslaughter of his girlfriend.
Sajeeva Lanka Sirisena de Silva Pilipannage, 28 from Sri Lanka, had been charged with beating his 32-year-old girlfriend Mirosha Shiromi, also from Sri Lanka, on February 6, 2005. The attack left the woman in a comatose condition until she succumbed to her injuries five days later.
SIX OF the 39 EU women hailed as role models by an international study are Cypriot, even though fewer women on the island hold senior positions than elsewhere in Europe.
The figures emerged from a report by the Chambers Against Stereotypes in Employment (CHASE), which examines the situation in Europe for women in male-dominated financial sectors.
AT THIS time each year, the International Conference Centre in Nicosia fills with hordes of high-school students trying to juggle piles of prospectuses in both hands as they attempt to get their puzzled minds round the idea of further education.
A SECONDARY school teacher has been arrested on suspicion of running an illegal betting shop.
The 44-year-old man, who has not been named, apparently only held a horse racing licence, but police discovered a number of partly completed football pools coupons that had not gone through an approved machine at his Nicosia shop.
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