THE UN’s beleaguered special envoy Alexander Downer fended off a barrage of questions yesterday on leaked UN documents, insisting that the negotiation process was not about him but about finding a solution.
DESPITE repeated admonishments by the auditor-general, the telecommunications authority (CyTA) continues to give generous bonuses to employees who choose to retire early, lawmakers heard yesterday.
CYPRUS has launched an advertising war with a Lebanese tour operator who was promoting ferry services to the north from Tripoli via Latakia in Syria.
A NEW ‘revolutionary’ and painless method for preventing the haemolytic disease of the newborn was announced yesterday by the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING).
AYIOU ANTONIOU Street in Paphos, known as Bar Street, is to be given a new lease of life following a series of complaints by visitors and establishment owners over what a dump the area had turned into in recent years.
The bar and club owners, pushed to the limit, decided to take matters into their own hands.
LICENSED private-lessons teachers are taking matters into their own hands in a bid to stop the operation of unlicensed institutes, and the illegal practice of state teachers giving private afternoon lessons.
THE INAUGURAL event for the newly refurbished Peristerona House takes place today. This opening of the building will be marked with the launch of a book about the Basilica at Soli at 7.30pm.
The Bishop of Morphou, Neophytos, said yesterday “The aim of the centre is to host events and activities that promote the cultural heritage and civilization of all Cypriots.”
THE MEDIA-GENERATED hysteria against UN Special Representative Alexander Downer continues unabated. Journalists, asking Downer questions after yesterday’s meeting with President Christofias, kept returning to the matter, even though the Australian kept repeating the same answer.
RELATIVES and friends who were gathering in the village of Armou, Paphos, for the funeral of a 57-year-old man yesterday afternoon found out at the last minute that they were about to bury a complete stranger.
As the mourners gathered to send off one of their community, they learned that the object of their grief was to be found at his home in the village, alive and kicking.
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