FOR SALE

2012-03-27

For Sale Detached house Pervolia. 600sqm plot, 280sqm build, deeds. 4 bedroom, dressingroom, en-suite, lounge, dining, office, conservatory, cloakroom,, kitchen, utility. 8x4mtr pool, pool house, shower. Central heating, aircon, fly screens, shutters. 2 minutes walk to village. Satallite/internet. 97692293   €480,000

 

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2012-03-27

CELEBRATE CHILDREN’S BOOK DAY in Nicosia, Saturday morning, March 31. Book signing by author of Our Travels Through Cyprus, a guidebook for kids. All welcome. PHILOTHEOU’S, 3 Demokratias Ave, Ay. Dhometios. Tel. 22 352 219

 

Varosha at the forefront

2012-03-27

 

TURKISH Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu took the ‘official UN line’ on Varosha last night after remaining tight-lipped all day following reports that Varosha could be opened to its Greek Cypriot residents on July 1 – under Turkish Cypriot administration.

The report in Turkish daily Milliyet naturally drew strong reactions from the Greek Cypriot side, which said any proposals, which violated UN resolution would be rejected.

“Actions that aim to create impressions and go beyond decisions of the international organisation [UN] or violate them are not accepted by the Greek Cypriot side,” said Government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou. 

Turkey and the north remained silent about the reports for much of the day yesterday.

‘Turkey not acting in good faith’

2012-03-27

THE GOVERNMENT roundly rejects any proposals on the fenced-off area of Famagusta which violate UN resolutions, said government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou yesterday. 

A report in yesterday’s Turkish daily Milliyet suggested Turkey was preparing to open the ghost town Varosha to its Greek Cypriot residents but under Turkish Cypriot administration on July 1, coinciding with Cyprus taking over the EU Presidency. 

“Actions that aim to create impressions and go beyond decisions of the international organisation or violate them are not accepted by the Greek Cypriot side,” said Stefanou. 

Our View: Problems in the banking sector must not be left to fester

2012-03-27

THE RE-CAPITALISATION drive of Cyprus’ two biggest banks has not gone well. They still have a couple of months to meet the capital targets set by the EU, and it is looking increasingly likely that they may have to seek state assistance.

The Bank of Cyprus failed to raise the €1 billion it needed through a rights issue and the exchange of convertible securities, the deadline for which was a week ago. The capital it raised was short of the target by €400 million. It could still try to find investors abroad to make up the shortfall, but in this economic climate and with the banks short-to-medium-term prospects less than rosy it will be far from easy.

Symmetry of slaughter

2012-03-27

AFTER Mohamed Merah died in a hail of French police bullets last Thursday, people who had known him talked about “a polite and courteous boy” who liked “cars, bikes, sports and girls.” His friends had trouble believing that he had murdered seven people, including three children, in a ten-day killing spree in the city of Toulouse, and none of them believed his claim to be a member of al-Qaeda. “Three weeks ago he was in a nightclub,” one said.

Four pump cheats named

2012-03-27

THE NUMBER of petrol stations allegedly cheating customers rose to four yesterday, all of which were named by Commerce Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis, who said however that following checks,  data showed the phenomenon was limited.

Sylikiotis said that the four petrol stations under suspicion were: Total Plus at 57 Ammochostos Avenue, 1016 Nicosia; Lukoil at 228 Tseri Avenue, 2044 Nicosia; Lukoil at 67 Artemidos Avenue, 6027 Larnaca; and Total Plus at 21 Aphrodite Avenue in Tremithousa, 8270 Paphos.

All four petrol stations are no longer part of the commerce ministry’s cheap petrol stations’ online guide, Sylikiotis said.

Cattle farmers pledge to spill even more milk that sheep counterparts

2012-03-27

 

CATTLE farmers are threatening measures against a government decision to gradually increase the amounts of goat and sheep milk in halloumi to meet a 1985 prototype on the cheese.

“To solve a (milk) surplus problem faced by goat and sheep farmers, they will create a surplus problem with cow milk,” the head of the Cyprus Cattle Farmers’ Association Nicos Papakyriacou said yesterday during a Sigma TV lunchtime programme.

He was referring to an agreement to gradually increase the proportion, and by extent the net amount, of goat and sheep milk in halloumi – which cattle farmers say is not feasible.

15 football hooligans charged and released

2012-03-27

 

POLICE have arrested 15 football fans in connection with violence that broke out after a match between the youth teams of Nicosia rivals APOEL and Omonia on Sunday.

The clashes resulted in five policemen being injured and hospitalised.

The incidents came just two days after the two teams met in the championship on Friday, which again resulted in profound violence, when two Omonia fans were attacked in their car at GSP Stadium’s roundabout and almost set alight, when two APOEL fans on motorbikes threw a flare in the car window. This was after the car was completely smashed up with crowbars and bats.

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