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Furious Pamboridis tells doctors: you are not above the law
By Evie Andreou and Annette Chrysostomos Furious Health Minister Giorgos Pamboridis on Monday told state doctors they were not above the law as his ministry tries to reduce waiting lists but is being...
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Economic benefits will be passed on to the taxpayer, Georgiades says
THE government will pass on to taxpayers any benefits deriving from the recovery of the economy, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Monday. “If we continue on this steady course, this is our...
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Election debate sees party leaders lock horns
DISY boss Averof Neophytou and AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou on Tuesday locked horns on everything from the Cyprus problem to domestic affairs, during a debate hosted by the European University Cyprus....
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‘Renting out nature’
The town planning department has dragged the Ayios Tychonas community council in Limassol to court over a beach bar that is operating without proper licencing. The bar in question is La Isla, which has...
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Exit polls on Sunday not illegal, but results after 6pm
CONDUCTING exit polls is legal, but it is an offense to announce the results before the voting is over, the Ministry of Interior’s election service announced on Wednesday. Five days before the Sunday...
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‘No one will escape prosecution’, pledges AG
ANY individuals named as being implicated in a criminal case will be prosecuted, irrespective of their name, Attorney-General Costas Clerides said on Wednesday in response to criticism that Greek...
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Party leaders and former officials share 51 police guards
A TOTAL of 51 policemen are being paid to guard party heads and former state officials, the Justice Ministry said in an announcement on Tuesday, declining to identify how many were based on security...
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Omonia fans clash with police ahead of Cup final, woman arrested (2nd update)
FANS of Omonia football club brawled with members of riot squad MMAD on Wednesday afternoon, after setting fire to tyres outside their fan club in Pallouriotissa, Nicosia, and obstructing the Fire...
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Shooting for the stars at the Palace
A TEENAGE student from Nicosia was the central figure of the first-ever stargazing event at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday, having urged (and convinced) the nation’s leader to open the grounds...
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EgyptAir says flight from Paris to Cairo missing with 66 on board (Updated)
EGYPTIAN AVIATION OFFICIALS SAY THEY BELIEVE MISSING EGYPTAIR PLANE CRASHED INTO THE SEA * Flight MS804 went missing soon after entering Egyptian airspace * Airbus A320 carrying 56 passengers, 10 crew...
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Deadline for tenders for Paphos municipal market but confusion abounds
THE deadline for tenders competing for the project to upgrade Paphos municipal market is on Friday midday, according to a spokesman for Paphos municipality. He told the Cyprus Mail: “Opening of the...
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House leader calls on voters to ‘stand up and be counted’
THE final day of the campaign for Sunday’s parliamentary elections had little to add, with outgoing House Speaker calling on voters to stand up and be counted, while parties took a last swing at...
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Police say they had no other option but to shoot man who took son hostage...
Police were tightlipped on Saturday as confusing accounts emerged of the exact circumstances under which officers shot dead a 41-year-old Egyptian man in the Larnaca district after he threatened to...
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Alarm at ‘wholesale destruction’ of Pentadaktylos
THE Pentadaktylos Mountains above Nicosia are facing the threat of total destruction from uncontrolled blasting at quarries, with large swathes of the range already having disappeared....
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Voter turnout 60 per cent at 5pm (Update 7)
Voter turnout rose to 60 per cent by 5pm on Sunday, CNA reported, citing the election service with only one hour to go until ballots closed. Percentages were down 10 to 20 per cent in all districts...
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Eight-party parliament for Cyprus (Update 8: adds more comments from party...
PANCYPRIAN RESULTS EXIT POLLS DYSI-34%* AKEL-33%* DIKO-16%* EDEK-9%* GREEN-2%* SOLID.4%* CIT. ALL NA* ELAM CyBC 29.5-32.5% 26.5-29.5% 12-14% 5-7% 4-5% 4-7% 5-7% 3.5-4.5% ANT1 29.5-33.5% 25.5-29.5%...
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Members of Parliament declared
Chief Returning Officer Constantinos Nicolaides announced the 56 new MPs at the early hours of Monday morning, at the Filoxenia Conference Centre, in Nicosia, after all the ballots and preference...
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Election outcome doesn’t bode well for settlement, political observer says
General apathy with public affairs, but likewise frustration with the credit crunch and disappointment with politicians went a long way toward one-third of registered voters not bothering to cast a...
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Turkish Cypriot side restricts Orthodox church services in north
All Orthodox churches in the north will only be able to have religious ceremonies once a year from now on except for Apostolos Andreas, Apostolos Barnabas and Ayios Mamas following a new policy by the...
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EDEK leader under attack from his own party (updated)
EDEK leader Marinos Sizopoulos was left with another blow to his party on Tuesday as yet another party member resigned, bringing the tally up to three since Sunday’s parliamentary elections. Paphos...
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