THE MAN being held in connection with the abduction, rape and murder of 20-year-old Janka Kovacova has told police he knew the victim.
“The night he abducted her, he said he was waiting in the area looking for just any woman, but that he knew her,” a police source told the Cyprus Mail yesterday.
BOTH Civil Aviation and ajet—formerly known as Helios—are in trouble with the European Commission and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for not complying with EU air safety standards.
Moreover, the embattled airline risks being placed on the EU’s blacklist—effectively banning it from operating inside EU airspace.
School girl whose mother was deported can’t go through with idea without revealing herself to authorities
SIXTEEN-year-old Irena Voitovichi was yesterday disappointed to learn that having herself adopted by her best friend’s mother in an effort to stay in Cyprus and attend school this year was not going to be possible.
TURKEY may be behind the surprise resignation of four right-wing parliamentary deputies, sources in the north said yesterday.
TWO teenage boys were injured during the early hours yesterday after a police patrol car collided with their moped in Paralamini, leading to an all out brawl including assaults against police officers, injuries and unlawful damage.
Just after midnight, Paralimni police station received a phone call that on Grivas Digenis Avenue young people were causing a disturbance.
Andreas Christou hands over reins of Interior Ministry to stand for Limassol mayor
OUTGOING Interior Minister Andreas Christou officially handed over the ministry to his successor, Neoklis Silikiotis, at a ceremony at the Presidential Palace yesterday morning.
Residents’ concerns over Peyia building orgy
URGENT action has been called for after serious concern emerged over the stability of some homes and buildings in Peyia.
AN AGREEMENT to build a new sewage treatment plant in the north has been reached between Nicosia Mayor Michalakis Zampelas and the Mayor of north Nicosia, Cemal Bulutoglulari.
Zampelas yesterday told the Cyprus Mail that the two-year construction project will begin next year at a cost of 47 million euros.
THE TRIAL of a former Ambassador, accused of sexually harassing his two secretaries, continued yesterday with the fianc? of the secretaries denying that his partner was in love with the Cypriot official.
THE Single Market Observatory of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) yesterday collected contributions from members of Cypriot civil society during a public hearing it had organised in Nicosia.
As a peripheral Member State with a unique location and in a complex situation, Cyprus deserves particular attention, the European Commission said last week.
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.
