A-levels 2012: Top grades down this year

Posted on August 16, 2012

Mixed emotions as students in England and Wales find out their results and plan for rising tuition fees

There has been a fall in the proportion of A-levels awarded an A or A* grade for the first time in over …

Ecuador has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Thursday, a day after the British government threatened to storm the Ecuadorean embassy in London to arrest the former hacker.

Britain has said it …

AN Arsenal fan has been cleared of wounding a Tottenham Hotspur supporter who lost part of his ear in a pub brawl.

Thomas Hart and Glenn Hammett were involved in an angry confrontation when football banter turned sour in the …

Barnet and Southgate College’s A-Level students are celebrating a 95 per cent pass rate.

More than 500 students were given results in 35 subjects today and they were some of the best the college has ever had.

The A-Level students …

 

Turkish Cypriots sang and danced calling for the Turkish army to go home
Under the title “Songs and dances for ‘Ayse return home’”, Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika newspaper (16.08.12) reports that the youth organizations of the New Cyprus Party …

Annual tourist arrivals increased by 3.4% in Cyprus, according to a Passenger Survey published by the Cyprus Statistical Office.

Tourist arrivals in July came to 371,453 compared to 359,104 in July last year.

This is mainly due to an increase …

Τhere can be no settlement of the Cyprus problem without the return of Morphou under Greek Cypriot administration, President Demetris Christofias maintains in public and at the negotiating table, according to Presidential Commissioner George Iacovou.

Addressing members of Morphou Municipality, …

IKEA, best known as the world’s largest furniture retailer, plans to build a budget hotel chain across Europe, following a trend for cheap-but-cool accommodation driven by low air fares and increasingly price-conscious business travellers.

The 100 hotels, which will not …

EU, Turkey and Cyprus: Opportunity Lost?

Posted on August 16, 2012

Once an important reason for Ankara’s compromising position toward Cyprus, the EU nowadays seems to be facing important challenges in pushing Turkey toward a final resolution of the long-standing dispute.

The Cyprus problem has always been a “cornerstone” of Turkish …

A Spanish mayor who became a cult hero for staging robberies at supermarkets and giving stolen groceries to the poor sets off this week on a three-week march that could embarrass the government and energize anti-austerity campaigners.

Juan Manuel Sanchez …