INDONESIAN police are pursuing a Cypriot suspected of committing fraud using the internet, and are investigating his participation in a possible money laundering operation.

THE GRIEVING father of a young Greek Cypriot student killed in a horrific car crash involving a drunk driver in New York late last year has gone to the US to demand punishment for the man who killed her.

President gives embattled education minister his full support

THE CONSTANT barrage of criticism against education reform is “incomprehensible”, President Demetris Christofias stressed yesterday during a review of his first year in office.

THE RULING communist party, AKEL, was wrong to seek postponement of Cyprus’ entry to the eurozone, given the subsequent economic crisis, confessed President Demetris Christofias yesterday.

THE REDUCTION of the eurozone’s base interest rate to 1.5 per cent creates new conditions for Cyprus’ credit system, Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis said yesterday.

OVER HALF of Turkish Cypriots say they would not vote for the 2004 Annan plan if it were put again to referendum, a poll in Kibris newspaper has revealed.

In 2004, over 63 per cent of Turkish Cypriots voted for the plan compared to only 24 per cent of Greek Cypriots.

WOMEN ARE still very under-represented in economic and political decision-making positions, and yet, they represent 59 per cent of all new university graduates.

According to s new Eurobarometer, three out of four Cypriot women, along with most other European women, agree that politics are too male-dominate.

IN LIGHT of repeated recent displays of hooliganism at football matches, police yesterday announced a series of measures ahead of tomorrow’s match between two of the island’s top teams.

The match, between Anorthosis and Apoel, will take place at Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca at 4pm.

A CAR BOMB went off during the early hours of yesterday in Limassol, police said.

The explosion went off at around 3.25am while the vehicle was parked in an empty field outside the 24-year-old owner’s home. The bomb caused a fire which destroyed the woman’s car completely, police said.