Happy feasting at Easter

UNLIKE SO many years past, hospitals in Cyprus did not see an influx of overeaters from this year’s Easter festivities. Easter Monday was a quiet

Tickets for the big game

TWO TURKISH Cypriot youths yesterday crossed over to the south with the sole purpose of visiting the Omonia Nicosia football club fan club and securing

Greek Cypriots apprehended

TWO GREEK Cypriots were detained by the Turkish Cypriot regime for crossing the Green Line at an unauthorised point. The two youths attempted to drive

President owes TC money

A 77-YEAR-OLD Turkish Cypriot man claimed President Tassos Papadopoulos owed him money since 1974, Politis reported yesterday. Mehmet Boshnak told the daily that he knew

Papacostas dies

THE CHAIRMAN of the Peoples’ Coffee Grinding Company (Laikon Kafekopteion), Andreas Papacostas died from a heart attack in his home on Saturday night. He was

Police increase Easter patrols

TRAFFIC POLICE yesterday announced special measures to try and limit the number of road accidents on the island as thousands of Cypriots take to the

Baby zebra for Limassol zoo

LIMASSOL Zoo has seen its second birth of a zebra foal. The foal, which weighed 25 kilos was born to the zoo’s only two zebras

News in Brief

Arms raid POLICE found ammunition buried in Larnaca district on Sunday after a tip- off. The team located a military G3 rifle, a Sterling submachine

Tourist killed

A 65-year-old Swiss tourist was killed in a road accident yesterday in the Paphos district. Verena Haeni was driving a rented car from Peyia towards

Death fall

AN 87-year-old woman died yesterday after falling from a staircase in Paphos. Maria Charalambous was found at 11am outside the Yeroskipou old age home where