THE REMAINS of a human skeleton that were discovered close to Spilia Village on Wednesday have been linked with foul-play.
The Chief of Police, Iacovos Papakostas, stated that forensic examinations have concluded that a crime had taken place and the death was not natural.
NEITHER looming recession nor fuel costs have lowered the registration of private saloon cars, which climbed 28.5 per cent in September, the Statistics Department said yesterday.
According to the figures, private saloon car registrations in September rose to 5,090 from 3,962 in the same month last year.
A 29-YEAR-old lawyer from Limassol, Fotis Theoclytou was yesterday sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for drug dealing and possession.
“Instead of standing on the stand of Justice, fighting crime and corruption, he stands on the defendant’s stand,” the Criminal Court judge stated passing the sentence.
EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer Boel and Commissioner for Health Androulla Vassiliou yesterday launched a pan-European school milk campaign from Limassol.
The ‘Milk – Drink It Up’ campaign was launched in a festive atmosphere during a celebration prepared by the pupils and teachers at Panayia Triherousa elementary school in Limassol.
A JOINT venture between telecommunications company MTN and Cyprus based Amaracos Holdings promises to be a landmark in the field of telecommunications in Cyprus.
Amaracos Holdings is jointly owned by Shacolas Group of Companies and Panos Germanos.
BANK Employees’ Union (ETYK) yesterday called all its members to a three-hour strike this Monday.
The union said the strike was a gesture of support to two National Bank of Greece (Cyprus) colleagues who were “without cause and arbitrarily” dismissed and to their remaining NBG colleagues who were “terrorised and blackmailed” on a daily basis.
DELAYS in starting work on a new parliament building are likely to result in a jump in the final cost from €44 million to over €80 million, Communications and Works Minister Nicos Nicolaides said yesterday.
LOCAL authorities and secondary school students took innovative action to raise awareness of road safety yesterday in the centre of Nicosia yesterday.
Students of the Faneromeni high-school congregated outside City Plaza in Makarios Avenue and while being supervised by police officers took on the role of traffic wardens.
FOUR teenagers, two 14-year-olds, one 15-year-old and one 16-year-old attacked and robbed a 30-year-old asylum seeker from Egypt in a Limassol street, police said yesterday.
THE ASSOCIATION of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA) yesterday called for emergency measures to save tourism, as figures showed a plunge in arrivals of 11.6 per cent from Britain last month.
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