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€123,000 theft
Unsettled weather
Fire damages bookies
Energy call to EU
Maths medals for Cyprus

Judge leads Greece

ATHENS - Greece put a senior judge in charge of an emergency government on Wednesday to lead it to new elections on June 17 and bankers sought to calm public fears after the president said...

Palace talks

NICOSIA - The UN Secretary General’s Special Representative on Cyprus, Alexander Downer, visited President Christofias Wednesday to discuss the future of the Cyprus talks.
Afterwards he said...

Talks on track

NICOSIA - Discussions with “Noble Energy” concerning the planning for the transfer of natural gas from gas reserves, discovered in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone, enters its final stage,...

Cup final beckons

NICOSIA – Newly crowned Cypriot champions AEL will be hoping to cap off a memorable season by winning the double as they take on Omonia in the final of the Cyprus Coca-Cola Cup on Wednesday night.
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Filoxenia opens

NICOSIA - President Christofias has inaugurated the “Filoxenia” conference centre, fully renovated to meet the needs of Cyprus’ EU Council rotating presidency due to begin on July 1.
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Greeks to go to polls again on June 17
Downer discusses future of Cyprus efforts with President
Talks on gas production are on schedule
Champions AEL to face Omonia in big final
Renovated centre ready for presidency

Local news

16 May 2012 17:25

€123,000 theft

NICOSIA - A man was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of stealing €123,000 from the car of a private security company.
According to the police report, the victim briefly parked outside a...

16 May 2012 17:24

Unsettled weather

NICOSIA - The weather will continue to be unsettled throughout the week, with the Meteorological Service forecasting rain and storms, and a small drop in temperature.
Today will be...

15 May 2012 11:00

Fire damages bookies

NICOSIA - A bookmaker’s shop in Poulios Avenue, Pallouriotissa was damaged by a malicious fire last night.
Police say the fire was extinguished by the Fire Service at around 1.45am.
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Sports news

16 May 2012 09:51

Ferdinand to miss Euro 2012

LONDON - Defender Rio Ferdinand will be omitted from England's Euro 2012 squad which is due to be announced by new national team manager Roy Hodgson later on Wednesday, according to British media.
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16 May 2012 09:50

New bidders seek Euro 2020

NYON - Georgia and a combination of Scotland, Wales and Ireland declared their interest on Tuesday in hosting the European Championship in 2020, joining Turkey in the race to stage the event for the...

15 May 2012 09:33

Scholes to stay another year

MANCHESTER - Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes will play on for another season, the Premier League club's manager Alex Ferguson said on Monday.

The 37-year-old former England...

Economy

15 May 2012 14:12

Bills sale

NICOSIA-- Cyprus on Monday sold 467 million euro in two separate auctions for 13-week and 30-day Treasury Bills which were oversubscribed by 172% and 209% respectively.
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15 May 2012 14:11

Bank in talks with government

NICOSIA - Cyprus Popular Bank says that it is in talks with the Finance Ministry and Central Bank on a possible recapitalisation.
The bank said in a statement Monday that it is...

14 May 2012 16:33

Support to Banks

NICOSIA-President Christofias has pledged that the government will exhaust all means to maintain the banking sector's robustness for the benefit of all.
Addressing the 44th Conference of the...