PRESIDENT Tassos Papadopoulos yesterday met with the President of the European Parliament Hans Gert Poettering in Brussels, with whom he discussed the Cyprus problem, the accession of Cyprus to the Eurozone and the European Council.
A 57-YEAR-OLD pedestrian was killed yesterday morning after he was mowed down by an oncoming car as he tried to cross a Nicosia street, police said.
Andreas Tsaggarides from Ayious Trimithias village was killed at around 7.45am as he tried to cross Ifigenias street in Acropolis. Tsaggarides was the 39th person killed on the road this year.
THE PARLIAMENT yesterday approved amendments to the law regulating Cyprus’ entry into the Eurozone.
The new bill, submitted to Parliament by the Finance Ministry, aims at fine-tuning the four bills forced through in March to meet EU deadlines.
A CARDIOLOGIST has warned that a shortage of a common medicine could be putting thousands of people’s lives at risk.
Doctor Louis Kontozis, who works at the Evangelismos Clinic in Paphos, yesterday told the Mail that the shortage of warfarin “seems to be quite major”.
THE OWNERS of a cruise ship sunk off the Greek island of Santorini have no plans to salvage the oil-filled wreck because of the risk of causing further environmental damage, they said yesterday.
Nurses warn lives at risk over understaffing
PATIENTS’ lives would be jeopardised if plans to use this year’s nursing school graduates in several new hospital departments went ahead, a senior nurse said yesterday.
THREE people have been arrested and remanded in police custody on suspicion of practising sorcery.
Police moved and arrested the suspects, one of whom proclaimed himself to be an “African medium”, after an undercover policeman paid money for the medium to solve his personal problems.
The suspects’ arrest prompted a response from the police chief.
A NICOSIA Court yesterday heard how a Kurdish man tried to pass into the south with a false identity card because he needed to feed his family.
The plea was heard during the remand hearing of the 31-year-old, who investigators have stated is under investigation for conspiracy, identity fraud, illegal entrance into Cyprus and illegal residence in Cyprus.
A SEMINAR aimed at promoting gender equality and encouraging a more active role for women in the workplace was yesterday deemed “a great success” by its organisers.
The Director-General of the Cyprus Hoteliers Association, who are one of the coordinating partners, explained that there were over 300 delegates present.
HOLLAND has been singled out as the country from which large quantities of drugs were imported recently to Cyprus, Larnaca Criminal Court heard yesterday.
The conclusion was reached following two serious drug-related cases, where it emerged that almost 34kg of cannabis seized at Larnaca airport came from Holland.
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