FIVE men from Limassol were yesterday remanded in custody for their involvement in the violent brawl that forced the Emergency Room at Limassol General Hospital to close down for one and a half hour in the early hours of Sunday.
THE ARCHBISHOP has launched a new attack against the government, this time regarding the Education Minister’s circular to secondary schools – an issue that has received a lot of media coverage these past few days, with many expressing their dissatisfaction with the Ministry’s aims.
JUSTICE Minister Kypros Chrysostomides passed out during a memorial service at Apostolos Andreas Church in Polis Chrysochous on Sunday.
PAPHOS police released a young teenage girl detained for burglary at the weekend, when they discovered she was only 13 years old.
The girl had been detained on suspicion of breaking and entering into four houses in the district and stealing clothes, mobile phones and cash, amounting to a value of more than €4,000.
OVER 30,000 public school pupils will have access to a free school bus service from tomorrow, said Communications Minister Nicos Nicolaides yesterday, launching the first phase of a universal free bus service for pupils.
THE ARCHBISHOP’S suggestion to replace Family Court presidents with legally-qualified clerics has fallen on deaf ears.
His proposal was made in a bid to abolish the Ecclesiastical Court, which has been operating on a par with family courts in divorce cases for more than 20 years.
A 29-YEAR-old man from Limassol forged the signature of his 74-year-old grandmother, in order to sell a plot of land that belongs to the woman, police said yesterday.
POLICE ARRESTED 41 illegal immigrants believed to have entered the government-controlled areas from the occupied north in the early hours of yesterday morning.
TESTING of all the systems at the new Paphos airport began today, ahead of the opening ceremony on November 8.
The airport was completed on schedule and now rigorous testing will begin, to ensure all goes smoothly on the day.
THE MAJORITY of Greek Cypriots are pessimistic regarding the outcome of the talks on the Cyprus problem an opinion poll revealed at the weekend.
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