Police say illegals were being transported to the Republic from the occupied areas
THE police are believed to have uncovered a trafficking ring that was transporting illegal immigrants from the occupied areas to the south.
FRESH DEMANDS for the speedier identification of the remains of the Missing were made yesterday by the Committee of Relatives of the Missing.
Relatives are also calling for details of the circumstances surrounding the missing persons’ disappearance to be released.
A SAILOR has been arrested after police found close to 133 grams of cannabis in his possession.
The Spaniard, who works from a fishing boat based out of Larnaca, was spotted vandalising cars parked around the port’s perimeter.
He was approached by an off-duty Drugs Squad officer, who discovered four-and-a-half grams of cannabis on the man.
Public school pupils and teachers yesterday decided to join forces in a bid to rescind the University of Cyprus’ (UCy) decision to accept students with international accreditations.
The aim is to create a coordinated body that will be occupied solely with the issue and more specifically, with changing the UCy decision.
The transformation of Solomos Square in Nicosia will be complete by the summer of 2009, the Communications and Works Ministry announced yesterday.
Following a meeting with the Guidance Committee in charge of public transportation issues, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Makis Constantinides, announced a number of decisions that had been made.
Greek nationalist graffiti was found yesterday sprawled on the old building of the English School, Nicosia.
Slogans included anti-AKEL slogans and ‘E.S. is Greek’. Insults were also sprayed next to the name Antonis Antoniou, the same name as one of the school’s economics teacher who is known for his pro-rapprochement political position.
ONE in three children in Cyprus and the EU suffer from some form of allergy, with the condition rife at this time of year on the island due to an increase in olive pollen.
“Olive trees are this year producing more blossom, meaning pollen levels are higher than in the previous few years,” President of the Allergy Institute, Dr Andreas Liveris, said yesterday.
THREE people have been arrested on suspicion of forging and circulating customs documents in an alcohol scam.
During an investigation into the illegal circulation of alcoholic drinks by Customs in 2006, it was discovered that an offshore company had issued 25 customs documents relating to the importation of 25 crates containing alcoholic drinks from Holland.
“We Are Not Living Off Prostitution”
THE ASSOCIATION of Night Club Owners (SYNKENTHEA) has blasted Minister of Interior plans to stop issuing visas to non-EU women coming to Cyprus to work at cabarets.
The government yesterday criticised Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat’s statements regarding a two state solution and ‘the virgin birth’ of a new state, which it said were unproductive and unconstructive.
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