Police say only a quarter of burglaries ever solved
ALMOST 75 per cent of all the burglaries which that took place last year went unsolved, according to the latest police statistics.
Out of a total of 2,830 reported burglaries across the island, only 725 were solved, a success rate of 25.6 per cent.
A LEADING Nicosia gynaecologist yesterday lambasted the Health Ministry for failing to secure sufficient quantities of a drug used to stop premature labour in pregnant women.
Dr Andreas Papapetrou told the Cyprus Mail the tocolytic agent ritadrine had been out of stock for the past two to three weeks, jeopardising the welfare of unborn babies.
THE COMMITTEE on Missing Persons (CMP) yesterday announced that it had finalised its project proposal for the Exhumation, Identification and Return of Remains of Missing Persons in Cyprus.
HOPES of a Turkish Cypriot football team returning to football pitches in the south were quashed dashed yesterday after its the club’s chairman said that there would be no such move just yet.
PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos is set to give is set to give his final verdict on the law concerning Public Service temporary workers, which was approved at the Plenum’s final session last week, Government Spokesman George Lillikas announced yesterday.
AN MAN of Arab extraction was yesterday fined £863 for grabbing a Polish woman’s mouth after she had refused to let him kiss her.
The 32-year-old man, who is married and lives in an apartment in Aglantzidja, was initially charged with assault and attempted rape but had the charge of attempted rape dropped by the prosecution after admitting the charge of assault.
AUTHORITIES ARE reportedly upbeat about getting closer to cracking solving a recent murder case that shocked the public with its cold-blooded immediacy.
“IF YOU’RE a good payer, your name will not appear on the database.”
That was the verdict of Areeba’s Deputy Managing Director Bassel Jamaleddine who was speaking about the credit rating system used by the telecoms giant. He reassured the public that it does not infringe on their privacy.
IN WHAT was considered an industry first, the ongoing turf war between international beer makers Budweiser and Budvar has been resolved in a Cyprus court.
Though only valid in Cyprus, the deal is the first trademark settlement between the companies since World War II.
Anheuser-Busch and Budvar are disputing the Budweiser and Bud trademarks in more than 40 countries.
A MECHANIC from Geri was injured yesterday after being attacked by a gang of men angered by the mechanic’s refusal to reimburse them for a cylinder one of the men had purchased.
Three of the alleged attackers appeared at a Nicosia Court and were handed remands in connection with the attack.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
