A FORMER public servant was yesterday jailed for two and a half years for causing the death of a colleague by negligent driving.
Charalambos Ioannou, 43, was found guilty by a Nicosia District Court of causing the death of 58-year-old colleague Michalis Papetsios
THE NATIONAL Bank of Greece and bank employees union ETYK have agreed on talks to resolve a dispute that could set a precedent on labour disputes within the sector.
In a deal brokered by Labor Minister Antonis Vassiliou, the two sides agreed to the establishment of an independent arbitration committee, whose verdict will be binding.
THE Labour Minister has promised the aunt of an eight-year-old girl, who is in the care of Social Services, that she will not be put up for adoption to an outside family.
Minister Antonis Vasiliou’s announcement on Thursday came just days after Marilena’s aunt was told her application to adopt her had been rejected.
TRADE unions at the EAC remained defiant yesterday against government plans for a Liquefied Natural Gas offshore facility, even after it seemed their board of directors had left them out to dry.
On Thursday, the EAC board endorsed the government blueprint, in what came as a shock twist to many.
THE ISLAND’S largest retail group said yesterday it would reduce its prices in an effort to ease fears that the island’s adoption of the euro in January 2008 would prompt a bout of profiteering.
The Shacolas Group, which imports items ranging from fork lifts to face creams, said price reductions would be about one per cent across the board when converted to euros next year.
POLICE have arrested a 31-year-old Filipino woman on suspicion of the attempted murder of her Jordanian boyfriend.
Investigators have also arrested a 29-year-old friend of the suspect, also from the Philippines, who is believed to have helped her hide from arresting officers.
Both women are also under investigation for illegal residence on the island.
TWO DRUG addicts from Nicosia were jailed yesterday after pleading guilty to burglary in two separate cases.
Both men, who had drug and alcohol related problems, had previous convictions, with both judges saying they had no choice but to remove them from society.
DOZENS of prospective travellers hoping to secure cheap tickets on offer to any one of six destinations on Cyprus Airways’ flight route yesterday patiently queued for almost an hour at the airline’s Nicosia offices.
THE heavily pregnant Romanian mother who was discovered working construction in order to support two young children will receive a monthly benefit of £320, the Labour Minister said yesterday.
A DISPUTE over the price of milk has threatened to escalate into a full-scale row similar to the illegal meat scam that made newspaper headlines in the run-up to Easter earlier this year.
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