MOTORISTS and consumers beware. As of yesterday, the price of petrol, diesel and heating oil has risen again.
Pambinos Charalambous, President of the Petrol Station Owners Association yesterday told the Mail that petrol has risen by 0.6 cents, euro diesel by one cent and heating fuel by two cents.
TRAFFIC CAMERAS around the island were switched off at 4pm yesterday and are set to be dismantled, just three weeks shy of the first anniversary of their appearance.
Communications and Works Minister Maria Malaktou-Pamballi told state television the government had decided to terminate the contract with camera providers Electromatik, after the pilot scheme failed to deliver.
THE GO kart track in Paphos where a 12-year-old Belgian tourist was killed last month reopened yesterday after the court cancelled an injunction obtained by Yeroskipou Municipality to have its operation suspended.
At the end of last month, the Municipality managed to secure a court order shutting down the track until the investigation into the girl’s death was completed.
MOUNTING DEBT forced a Greek Cypriot at the centre of a land swap with a Turkish Cypriot to resort to the property commission in the north, it was revealed yesterday.
Mike Tymvios wrote to the government three years ago today, expressing his frustration at owning £25-million worth of land in the north, yet was unable to secure a loan to pay his family’s debts.
POLICE ARE clamping down on copyright laws, after it emerged that printing shops are copying university books and selling them on at half the price.
Syllabus books for the University of Cyprus, along with a number of other colleges, are being reproduced and sold at a cut price, which has provoked an intense reaction from the books’ authors.
AUTUMN is nearly upon us. According to astronomer Ioannis Fakas, the season officially begins tomorrow at 1.51pm with the autumn equinox.
The Director of the Fakas Institute explained that autumn will last until December 22, after which winter will begin.
LUXURY homeowners in Nicosia’s Aglandja municipality are upset that they are being charged more in garbage fees than owners of flats or normal sized houses.
The homeowners have questioned how the municipality had categorised the homes and what, for example, differentiated a ‘luxury’ home from a ‘super luxury’ home.
AYIA NAPA is aiming to build a recreational marina in a bid to promote tourism in the area and bring a different range of visitors to the village.
FED UP of litterbugs and environmental polluters, the Interior Ministry has decided to appoint rubbish inspectors who will have the authority to issue on the spot fines.
Although the fines will be determined according to the severity of the crime they will not exceed £200, reports said yesterday.
NEW HOMEOWNERS will have greater property security if an amendment that allows their contract of sale priority over developers’ mortgages is approved.
The issue was brought up for discussion at the House Legal Affairs Committee on Thursday and is backed by the Lands and Survey department.
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