Archive for 2011
Alzheimer’s: Diet ‘can stop brain shrinking’
A diet rich in vitamins and fish may protect the brain from ageing while junk food has the opposite effect, research suggests.
Elderly people with high blood levels of vitamins and omega 3 fatty acids had less brain shrinkage and …
Cyprus will address any potential threat from Turkey
The Republic of Cyprus will continue to act with respect to international law and take measures to address any potential threat from Turkey after the announcement verifying the existence of hydrocarbons in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus, the Minister …
PIP breast implants rebranded and sold by company registered in Cyprus
PIP breast implants suspect for causing breast cancer were rebranded to M-implants and sold by a company registered in Cyprus and operating in the Netherlands.
According to statements by the Cypriot Minster of Health Stavros Malas, the Ministry is investigating …
Cyprus census records 21.7% increase in population
Cyprus` population reached 838,897 persons on October 1, 2011, compared to 689,565 during the previous census in 2001, recording an increase of 21.7% over the past ten years, according to the preliminary results of the 2011 census, presented by the …
Spain set to fire opening salvos in austerity drive
Spain’s centre-right government will announce billions of euros in savings measures on Friday, using its first decrees since sweeping to power at November elections to give the nation a foretaste of tougher austerity to come.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has …
Eroglu on the Cyprus negotiation talks
According to illegal Bayrak Television (27.12.11), the Turkish Cypriot leader, Dervis Eroglu in statements today (yesterday) while receiving a delegation from the Turkish Confederation of Labor Unions, has once again criticized the Greek Cypriot side for resorting to delaying tactics …
La Senza may find backer in former owner
TV Dragon Theo Paphitis is considering to financially back La Senza.
Theo Paphitis has contacted his former firm, La Senza, to ‘offer assistance’ following the appointment of KPMG last week to advise on a possible restructuring.
Paphitis, who launched his …
Cyprus will lose motivation for a solution after EU term presidency
Ozgurgun alleges that the Greek Cypriot side will lose its motivation for a solution after Cyprus’s EU term presidencyTurkish Cypriot daily Gunes (28.12.11) reports that Huseyin Ozgurgun, self-styled minister of foreign affairs of the breakaway regime, has alleged that the …
Schools encouraged to offer meal deals to pupils
Schools are being encouraged to offer more cut-price meals in a bid to entice more pupils back into their canteens.
Many secondary students stop eating school lunches, often tempted by cheap local take-aways, the government says.
Schools wanting to offer …
Air strike kills 35 in southeast Turkey – officials
Turkish warplanes killed at least 35 people in an air strike in southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border overnight, apparently mistaking smugglers for Kurdish militants, a pro-Kurdish party and local officials said Thursday.
Turkish warplanes strike militant targets regularly in …
