A MAN whose decomposing body was found floating face-down in the water off Nissi Beach in Ayia Napa has been named as Peter Brecka, 30, from Slovakia.

The discovery was made at 6.30am yesterday with police quickly blocking off the popular beach entrance for several hours as investigators checked the scene.

PARLIAMENT will soon start reviewing laws regarding the punishment of child sex abuse offenders.

According to the Chairman of the House Legal Affairs Committee, Ionas Nicolaou of DISY, the penalties for such crimes are currently way too low and he has prepared a bill to change that.

THE NEW traffic camera system that will operate next year will have three times as many cameras as the system that worked two years ago.

This, according to Communications Minister Nicos Nicolaides, will mean the new system will cost significantly more than the previous one.

ANOTHER young man has lost his life on the island’s roads, bringing this year’s death toll up to 49.

Charis Charalambides, 20, who was in the passenger seat of his 19-year-old friend’s car, was killed in the early hours of yesterday morning near the village of Simou, as they were heading towards Polis Chrysochous.

A YOUNG woman from Limassol said yesterday she had been raped by her ex-fiance while eight months pregnant with his baby.

According to the 25-year-old, the incident took place a little over a month ago but she was too scared to inform the police as he was threatening her.

THE PROCESS of transporting drinking water from Greece is now running smoothly, the Executive President of Ocean Tankers, Michalis Ioannides, confirmed yesterday.

THE Social Welfare Office has come under fire after it was revealed that a divorcee’s application was left untouched for over a year, despite the presence for months of all the necessary information.

Ombudswoman Iliana Nicolaou investigated the complaint against the Social Welfare Office and revealed the negligence of the case.

TWO MONTHS of anticipation and anxiety have finally ended for Cypriot students who took British A-Level exams, following the official announcement of the results last week.

Schools around the island confirmed yesterday that the grades were very satisfying.

THE COUPLE remanded in connection with charges of running a brothel in Strovolos were released on bail yesterday.

The 40-year-old Cypriot and his 30-year-old Russian wife were arrested on August 5, after police raided the brothel parading as a massage parlour. Police confiscated a book with 160 names and numbers of clients and a hard disk containing explicit footage of clients.