And Vergas played the bouzouki…

2016-07-12

Disgraced former Paphos mayor and fraudster, Savvas Vergas played bouzouki, and ex TV presenter Elena Skordelli, jailed for her part in the murder of Sigma

FULL: Four guilty in Hadjicostis murder

2013-06-14

Costis Hadjicostis, father of the murdered Andis Hadjicostis   By Elias Hazou NICOSIA Criminal Court yesterday delivered a guilty verdict in the trial for the

The danger of ‘hidden’ cancers

2011-11-11

OVER HALF of the patients suffering from Neuroendocrine tumour cancer (NET) are misdiagnosed and are initially treated for other illnesses, while it could take up to seven years to correctly diagnose and treat the cancer, according to Menelaos Manoloukos, medical advisor of Novartis Oncology; the company in charge of the NET awareness campaign in Cyprus. 

Manoloukos was speaking at a press conference to mark of NET Cancer Awareness Day yesterday.

The awareness campaign included several events worldwide. In Cyprus, Novartis organised seminars for doctors, publicised information ads in magazines and distributed flyers to pharmacies, hospitals and offices. 

Nicosia courts on British territory ‘just a smokescreen’

2011-11-10

HOUSE Finance Committee head Nicholas Papadopoulos and British High Commission spokesman Paul Lakin could not confirm yesterday whether the Nicosia District Courts are ‘British territory’.

The issue arose on Tuesday at the House Finance Committee when the Land Registry Office said it had objections to any renovations and expansion of the courts due to a question of whether the land was actually returned from the British when Cyprus gained its independence in 1960.

“I don’t think it’s an issue, I think it’s just an excuse because they [the government] just don’t have the money [for the expansion],” said Papadopoulos.

“The last time they told us that the Antiquities Department had objections” he added.

Puppy and kitten perish in pet shop fire

2011-07-30

A NUMBER of animals were killed after a fire broke out at a Limassol pet shop on Thursday, the fire services said yesterday.

The blaze broke out at the Rosella pet shop on Aisopou Street at around 12.30pm. By the time fire fighters put out the blaze 30 minutes later a number of animals had already perished, including a puppy, kitten, birds and snakes, authorities said.

A devastated sounding shop owner was yesterday unable to speak about his loss.

He only managed to say the fire had started from a generator which he’d had to install to keep the electricity going to oxygenate his fish tanks, and blamed recent power cuts for the fault.

The blaze caused €30,000 worth of damage.

 

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