THE JUSTICE Minister yesterday said police would intensify surveillance in Yermasoyia’s Galatex nightspot centre, as well as in other Limassol sites, after allegations emerged of underage drinking and drug use in the area.
Despite claiming that the media had exaggerated the issue and made unsubstantiated allegations, Justice Minister Sophocles Sophocleous then made a tacit
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Shame on you Cyprus Mail for letting your normally exacting editorial standards drop so low as to publish the ‘review’ of Dancecyprus by Dara Milovanovic. We are of course all entitled to our personal views, but when these are published under the guise of objective criticism, we should be held to a higher standard.
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I’d like to congratulate Theatro Ena for their fantastic performance of Pierre Bourgeade’s ‘To Diavatirio’ on Saturday night (December 16) at their new location in Limassol. I enjoyed it tremendously not only because the acting was exceptionally good but also because of the stage design which was cleverly done. I was only disappointed to see so little people.
THE Committee of Missing Persons (CMP) hopes to be able to return the first sets of remains to families concerned by April 2007.
A 21-YEAR-old man was remanded in custody yesterday on suspicion of uploading indecent photos of three young women on the internet.
The photos, featuring the three women from Nicosia naked in compromising positions, had been circulating the internet for months.
PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos yesterday sent out a strong message to soldiers currently undertaking their military service that he would do everything in his power to eliminate nepotism from the National Guard.
SOVEREIGN Base Area (SBA) police officers will now be able to detect how fast drivers are travelling even when they are not parked by the roadside.
A new speed detection device enables officers to record speed when their own vehicles are stationary, following a car and even when they are in front of a moving vehicle.
THE shooting to death of two men in a brawl over casino debts in occupied Karavas on Wednesday night has prompted a debate over gambling in the north.
The Turkish Cypriot leadership has already closed down the two casinos involved and seven people have been arrested.
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THE OWNER of late-night kiosk Dracumel in Strovolos sustained serious head injuries on Wednesday night when balaclava-clad thieves beat him with a crowbar and tied him up, before disappearing with his day’s earnings.
AN ALBANIAN man was arrested in Larnaca during the early hours of yesterday morning for pulling a knife on a neighbour after a heated debate regarding last week’s municipal elections.
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