DIGGING began yesterday at a site in the Paralimni area where it is believed an unspecified number of Turkish Cypriots were buried in a mass grave after they were killed during the intercommunal troubles of 1963-1964.
IN A sudden move, the non-profit organisation Nicosia for Art (NFA), established by Nicosia Municipality for the sole purpose of overseeing European Contemporary Art Biennale Manifesta 6 (M6), has terminated its contracts with both the Amsterdam-based International Foundation Manifesta (IFM) and three curators responsible for developing the biennale’s concept and implementation, Florian Waldvogel,
THE Competition Commission (CC) yesterday found that the arrangement between subscriber channel LTV and its platform administrators Multichoice was in violation of competition laws.
LTV dominates the pay-TV market in Cyprus with some 60,000 subscribers.
A FOREST fire broke out at 5.30am yesterday morning between Platres and Pera Pedi, near the water reservoir.
According to the Forestry Department’s senior conservator, George Pattihis, the fire “is thought to have started near a creek at the bottom of a valley. The exact cause is not yet known, with the police investigating how it started.”
A 22-YEAR-old Briton was yesterday released without being charged in connection with a fatal gliding accident on Thursday.
The victim, Paul McGough, 41, was killed when his motorised hang glider plunged to the ground in the Melanda area of Avdimou village, Limassol.
AKEL general-secretary Demetris Christofias yesterday called press reports surrounding an expected Cabinet reshuffle a bunch of fairy tales.
Christofias was responding to further speculation in the media over who would be ‘in’ or ‘out’, if President Tassos Papadopoulos finally decided on a reshuffle.
A CONGOLESE asylum seeker was killed on Thursday night after being hit by a car suspected to have been racing other cars.
The accident occurred at around 11.45pm on Thursday night on Christodoulos Hadjipavlou Street, when 31-year-old Kasongo Katunga was run down by a 24-year-old man from Limassol.
A HIGH ranking police officer yesterday pleaded not guilty to indecently assaulting a fellow officer on New Year’s Eve in 2002.
SIX HUNDRED Limassol children, including 100 whose families survive on welfare benefits, will not this year be allowed to enjoy a week’s holiday at a long established mountain region summer camp, after the Education Ministry put a stop to the distribution of organisers’ application forms at all local public primary schools.
PARTY leaders met yesterday for two hours to begin work on appointing re-elected and newly-elected deputies to the various parliamentary committees.
According to reports from the House, a new meeting will be held on Tuesday as the parties failed to agree on the composition of some of the committees.
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