A NICOSIA man has been arrested and remanded in police custody on suspicion of breaking into three houses in the Nicosia villages of Latsia and Yeri belonging to three separate women.
Police are currently looking for a second man believed to the suspect’s accomplice.
State considers moving part of Lymbia plant
THE GOVERNMENT is willing to examine the possibility of moving certain parts of the waste disposal plant in Lymbia further away from the community’s residents, the Government Spokesman said yesterday.
LARNACA Municipality has expressed its “great concern” over the Lymbia community’s protests.
In an announcement yesterday, the district called on the government to offer protestors all the necessary information so works can finally begin on the waste disposal plant.
LYMBIA village was calm yesterday following Tuesday’s storm where disgruntled residents caused traffic chaos by blocking off the Nicosia highway.
The roads in and out of the village were clear, with few people out and about in the quiet streets.
Reactions to the violent protests were mixed, with people all too eager to put their point of view across.
POLICE EFFORTS to find who was behind the murder of a 20-year-old Kristina Polyntsova this week are continuing relentlessly, police chief Charalambos Koulentis said yesterday.
Tour guides outraged as state set to close museums at 4pm
THE CYPRUS Tourist Guides Association has slammed the government’s decision to close museums one day per week and to reduce their opening hours.
From May 1, museums around the island will close on Mondays and will also shut up shop an hour earlier at 4pm.
TOYS REPLACED electrical appliances as the most high-risk products to consumers in 2006 with more notifications that ever before, according to the annual report of RAPEX, Europe’s Community Rapid Information System.
OUT OF nearly one million trips taken from Cyprus last year, 60 per cent were holidays, with Greece still being the main destination for Cypriot tourists, the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA) said yesterday.
THE BANK of Cyprus (BoC) has dismissed out of hand a friendly offer for cooperation from arch-rivals Marfin Popular Bank, setting the stage for a battle for the minds and hearts of shareholders.
A 60-YEAR-OLD woman recovering from major cancer surgery has died just two days after inexplicably being removed from the intensive care unit.
According to Alithia newspaper, which reported the story, the 60-year-old woman was recuperating after having undergone an operation to remove a malicious tumour in her abdomen.
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