POLICE have arrested three British nationals believed to be part of a ring that has already stolen around £20,000 from bank accounts around the island with the use of forged credit cards.
CYPRUS AIRWAYS yesterday acknowledged problems with flight delays which has put the airline bottom of the list in punctuality in 2006 but promised the situation would improve this year.
TELECOM giant CyTA has been fined £22,000 for abuse of its dominant position in the industry, in denying competitors access to its automated SMS centre.
The penalty was handed down by the Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC), which ruled in favour of a complaint made by Golden Telemedia against CyTA.
ALL OF THE island’s municipalities will soon have their own recycling units for old cars and electrical equipment.
The Cabinet will be given the complete management plan by the end of April, while the public information campaign is expected to begin soon.
“But what we must first manage is the current situation,” said Interior Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis yesterday.
EDUCATIONAL psychologists dealt with almost 3,000 cases during the academic year 2005-2006, it was reported yesterday.
The Education Ministry service, which is open to teachers, parents/guardians, as well as children with learning difficulties, emotional and/or behavioural problems, adjustment difficulties, physical handicaps, operates on a group or individual level.
THREE MEN were yesterday remanded in police custody in connection with the attempted murder of carpenter Andreas Klakides from the Nicosia district village of Dhali.
FOREIGN MINISTER George Lillikas wrapped up a visit to Moscow yesterday with a speech briefing Russian oil companies on the exploitation of hydrocarbon deposits in the island’s exclusive economic zone.
THE EUROPEAN Parliament Committee on Culture and Education in Brussels heard a series of proposals yesterday for the protection of the cultural heritage of Cyprus, at the initiative of the Committee’s Chairman Nicos Sifounakis.
POLICE will continue to arrest drunk drivers, the Justice Minister announced yesterday, though violators will be detained only in exceptional circumstances until the law is amended.
GASTROENTERITIS was possibly behind the stomach complaints suffered by eight National Guard commandos on Easter Sunday, the Health Minister announced yesterday.
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.
