AN ILLEGAL immigrant was killed and another seriously injured early yesterday morning when they tried to escape arrest after crossing from the occupied areas, police said.
The incident occurred at around 6.30am after police received a tip-off that a group of 50 Syrian immigrants were in the Aradippou-Avdellerou area in the Larnaca district.
CYPRUS GOT the thumbs up from a group of visiting European Parliamentarians for its handling of the large flow of asylum seekers and irregular migrants to the island.
The Committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs (LIBE) came to Cyprus for a three-day visit to ascertain the minimum standards set for the reception of asylum seekers and irregular migrants.
A 36-YEAR-old Egyptian man was yesterday remanded in custody for two days in connection with Monday’s hit-and-run, which left one man dead and a teenager in critical condition, police said.
The accident occurred in Deftera in the Nicosia district on Monday afternoon.
A 23-YEAR-old man from Limassol who had been wanted in relation to a series of theft and burglary cases has finally been caught, police said yesterday.
A 58-YEAR-old Nicosia man was yesterday remanded in custody for eight days in connection with the arson attack against Cyprus Turf Club manager Eftychios Hadjieftychiou during the early hours of Monday, police said.
THE PLANS for the Paphos-Polis Chrysochous highway and all big public construction projects will be presented to the Cabinet in the next few weeks so priorities can be set.
This was the message from Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis yesterday, who was invited to the House Communications Committee to explain the delays in starting work on the road.
A TEAM from the Commerce Ministry’s Consumer Protection Service (CPS) will be handing out leaflets today at Larnca airport, warning against bogus holiday clubs.
THE FINANCE Minister yesterday ruled out financial aid to Eurocypria after the House Finance Committee on Monday called for a radical overhaul of the charter airline.
THE POLICE are to launch a road safety campaign targeting third country nationals after it emerged that 42 per cent of people killed on the tarmac this year have been foreigners.
According to Assistant Director of the Police Traffic Unit Demetris Demetriou, of the 31 fatalities seen so far in 2008, 13 have been foreigners.
THE POLICE and the Health Ministry yesterday warned they would start implementing the law fining drivers that smoke in their cars with children under the age of 16 on board.
They were responding to a campaign about children and passive smoking launched yesterday by the Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends (PASYKAF).
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