SIGNS of a growing rift between the civil administration and the Turkish military are emerging in the north, with the Chief of Turkish armed forces calling on the ruling Republican Turkish Party (CTP) to “prove its Turkishness” after the party failed to play the national anthem and hold a minute’s silence for Ataturk and the martyrs at its AGM on Sunday.
THE law in Cyprus falls seriously short when it comes to protecting children from internet crime, the Chairman of the House Crime Committee warned yesterday.
HEALTH Minister Charis Charalambous continued his defence of the situation at the old Nicosia General Hospital yesterday, claiming that the human bones found had originated from unrelated excavations.
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A CABARET owner was shot dead outside his club on Nissi Avenue in Ayia Napa last night, killed by a bullet to the head, police said.
THE government said yesterday it was not correct to talk of shipwrecks or deadlocks when it came to the technical committees, but admitted there was a complication.
POLICE have arrested a man from Paphos suspected of having conned just over 20 companies and shops around the island out of thousands of pounds worth of merchandise, ranging from chickens to plasma screen televisions.
The 40-year-old suspect was arrested by Paphos police after being named by his alleged accomplice, who is serving a three-year prison sentence.
A NICOSIA Court yesterday jailed a man from Anthoupolis after he pleaded guilty to 23 cases involving burglaries, assault and drug related offences.
Panayiotis Panayi, a.k.a. Panaoui, 25, was yesterday sentenced to two and a half years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to over 50 charges.
THE PUBLIC health services have become increasingly concerned over the shortage of volunteer ambulance drivers at rural health centres, reports said yesterday.
The problem has become so widespread that it is affecting the transportation of patients to and from peripheral hospitals, Phileleftheros said.
A BRITISH man has been jailed for two months by a Nicosia District Court for illegally hiring builders who did not have work or residence permits.
Larnaca resident Steve Sheed, 54, pleaded guilty to several charges relating to hiring five Bangladeshi and Pakistani nationals without work permits.
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