PRESIDENT DEMETRIS Christofias picked up the phone to Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat yesterday following the cancellation of the talks that were due to take place earlier in the day.
Although the leaders spoke together, it was clear that all was not forgiven.
MORE THAN half of convicts at the Nicosia Central Prisons are drug users or pushers, the Justice Minister admitted yesterday during a meeting of the House Legal Affairs Committee.
THREE MEN have been remanded in connection with the discovery of two kilos of cannabis, which arrived from Lebanon through a private air express transport company, police said yesterday.
The arrests of the men, aged 24, 25 and 32, were made as a result of the co-operation of the Drug Prevention Unit (YKAN) with Lebanese authorities.
THE SONS of two army officers will be prosecuted for insubordination after they failed to enlist, Defence Minister Costas Papacostas said yesterday.
Papacostas had ordered an investigation, following reports, to determine whether any officers’ sons had been draft dodging.
WITH THE INFLUX of immigrants to the island, the need to cater for alternative requirements has grown. One street in Old Nicosia, running from the Omeriye mosque up to Ohi Square, demonstrates this clearly.
Shop after shop advertises halal meat with colourful signs in Arabic, English and Greek.
PRESIDENTIAL Commissioner George Iacovou has said he hopes the UN sponsored talks between President Christofias and Turkish Cypriot Leader Mehmet Ali Talat will resume next week.
NEW MEASURES to assist ailing tourism will from now on go through an “efficiency filter”, the Commerce Minister announced yesterday, adding that this year’s measures had managed to avert huge drops in arrivals.
The new measures would be announced in October Minister Antonis Paschalides told the
House Commerce Committee.
IT SEEMS culture will be the first victim of government cutbacks, with the ambitious Cyprus Cultural Centre project yesterday thrown on the chopping block as part of efforts to tackle the global financial crisis.
POLICE WARNED yesterday that irresponsible reporting of the events surrounding the Omeriye Mosque in Nicosia could help fuel racial hatred.
AUTHORITIES from the British Bases (SBA) yesterday reiterated their stance on the matter of pollution on Curium beach, saying they were treating the issue “extremely seriously”. The statement came in response to a report on the pollution on CyBC TV on Tuesday.
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