Sir,

Two recent stories in your paper have provoked this letter. The first was in your edition of May 5, ‘Fan riot sparks police boycott threat’.

A LARNACA Court has remanded a man accused of shooting a man after an armed robbery for a further eight days.

The suspect, Zanettos Tsapatsaris, 27 from Nicosia, has reportedly made a written confession to police and is set to be charged next week at the Larnaca Criminal Court.

A C.I.D. investigator was left egg-faced yesterday after putting the wrong date on an arrest warrant for a woman accused of stealing around £19,000 from the company she works for.

As a result of the mistake, the judge had no choice but to release the woman with the investigation still in its early stage.

Police make plans to add 120 traffic cameras to island’s roads

MOTORISTS beware: a further 120 traffic cameras are set to go into operation by October if an evaluation of the system next month gives the all clear.

AGRICULTURE Minister Photis Photiou yesterday urged Parliament to await the results of the Cabinet’s investigation into the proceedings followed during the state’s controversial purchase of two fire-fighter helicopters, before examining the matter further.

PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos will likely stand for re-election in February irrespective of whether he has the backing of all three coalition partners.

That was the consensus yesterday from political circles, 24 hours after the incumbent announced he was “interested” in running for a second term.

AS INTEREST in the Cyprus State Fair plunges further this year and more exhibitioners drop out, one can’t help but wonder: whatever happened to the island’s flagship trade expo?

Gone are the days when the State Fair was considered one of the most exciting events of the year and an event no Cypriot wanted to miss.

AKAMAS RESIDENTS who choose to embrace a government plan to protect the peninsular will be the first to benefit, Agriculture Minister Photis Photiou has said.

The minister was speaking after a meeting on Tuesday afternoon to present the plan to representatives from the Akamas Community Councils.

A DISGRUNTLED ex-husband has been arrested and detained in police custody on suspicion of trying to blow up the house of his former wife.

Tasos Zyntilis, 39 from Paralimni, was arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning after police officers found a homemade bomb and knives in his car.