Blame game kicks off again
A FOOTBALL match on Sunday was called off at half-time because of crowd trouble.
The cancellation renewed concerns that despite any efforts, hooliganism on the island is far from being a thing of the past.
POLITICALLY motivated over-employment and early retirement in the public sector is still wrecking chances of economic growth in the north, union and business leaders said yesterday.
THE CONTROVERSIAL issue of a ferry service between occupied Famagusta and Latakia in Syria will be resolved soon, EDEK honorary president Vassos Lyssarides said yesterday.
Lyssaridies was speaking after a meeting with President Tassos Papadopoulos upon his return from Damascus where he met Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and other senior officials.
THE PURCHASE of heart surgery services from the private sector was suspended last week after the government accused interested parties of overcharging.
The argument broke out at last week’s House Health Committee meeting when public doctors stopped short of calling their private sector colleagues entrepreneurs in lab coats.
THE ROOT causes of trafficking in women for sexual exploitation are not analysed at all in the Cyprus National Action Plan nor in the legislative framework.
Retailers complain they weren’t warned in time
THE V.A.T. Service yesterday rejected claims that it had left shopkeepers and service providers in the dark on the new tax cuts introduced last Friday.
One VAT official claimed the changes had been known since last July and it was up to those affected to seek further information.
AN MAN was yesterday jailed for two years after seriously assaulting another man during a brawl outside a Nicosia kiosk.
Egyptian national Fady Nabil Faragalla, 28, had previously pleaded guilty to four charges of carrying a concealed weapon in public place, common assault, causing grievous bodily harm and illegal residence in Cyprus.
POLICE IN Cyprus are investigating a record number of complaints from the public who have been fallen victim to online scams.
According to police figures, 25 cases are being looked into, with figures showing that fraudsters have managed to defraud Cypriots out of around £100,000.
A COVERT operation by Turkish commandos to abduct Panayiotis Netzadi soon after his arrest was foiled by increased security around the convicted felon, if press reports were to be believed yesterday.
According to Simerini, police received a tip-off last year that a plan was in the works to “liberate” Netzadi from the custody of Greek Cypriot police.
THE KNIVES are finally out between the Papadopoulos and Christofias camps, after weekend accusations by AKEL that the President is consorting with former EOKA B operatives.
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