President decorates Cypriot Olympic medalist

Posted on August 10, 2012

President Demetris Christofias decorated on Friday Cypriot Olympic silver medalist Pavlos Kontides with the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Cyprus.

Addressing an official ceremony at the presidential palace in the presence of state, political …

A top medical specialist from Whittington Hospital has been selected to be part of the team at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Panos Thomas will join a team of six selected by the Medical Organising Committee for the Olympics to …

WORLD champion Paralympic sprinter Antonis Aresti has made Luton his training base and has been using Active Luton facilities at Stockwood Park.

 The Cypriot runner and gold medal favourite will be competing in the 200 and 400m sprints in the …

Legal experts are having difficulty seizing a Cypriot property owned by a fraudster who embezzled more than £660k from a Cotswold nature trust.

Dennis Grant, the former chief of the Cotswold Water Park Society, was jailed in 2011.

A Gloucester …

 Anorthosis and Omonia’s dream of Europa League football this season ended in disaster on Thursday night while APOEL cruised into the playoffs.
Anorthosis, who were playing their 100th game in Europe, will be fearing the worst after their 3-0 home …

 Pavlos Kontides, the only Cypriot who has won an Olympic medal, returned to his hometown last night to a hero’s welcome, with jubilant friends, relatives and fans cheering him as the bus that carried him from the airport approached Limassol …

Cyprus welcomed back home last night 22-year old Pavlos Kontides, the only Cypriot who has won an Olympic medal, with elation and cheers, as the Cyprus Airways flight that carried him home from London touched down.

Fire engines lined up …

Eroglu: what happened at Kokkina showed to the world that Turkey’s active and effective guarantees include military intervention
Turkish Cypriot daily Gunes newspaper (09.08.12) reports that Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has reiterated the Turkish view that a time limit …

Cyprus has dismissed as unfounded attempts by Ankara to politicize a UN meeting on the protection of geographical names, saying Turkey as an occupation power has destroyed the Republic’s cultural heritage in the areas it occupies since its troops invaded …

Cyprus Popular Bank chief Sarris resigns

Posted on August 9, 2012

Cyprus Popular Bank announced on Thursday that its non-executive chairman Michalis Sarris has resigned his post.

In a press release the Bank notes “Michalis Sarris has resigned the post of the Non-Executive Chairman and member of the Board of Directors,” …