Archive for 2012
Nicosia: €200,000 diamonds stolen from house
Gold and diamonds, worth more than €200,000 were stolen Monday from a house in Strovolos, Nicosia.
Police said the house was broken into between the hours of 10am and 1pm. The stolen items were being kept in a suitcase.
Cyprus …
Larnaca drug haul
A 24-year-old Larnaca couple have been arrested in connection with the seizure of 4kg of synthetic drugs.
The package had been under surveillance and was delivered to a courier company in Larnaca addressed to one of the two persons arrested.…
Cyprus: No possibility for default
No possibility for default, Finance Ministry says
Cypriot Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday there is no possibility for the Republic of Cyprus to default, as all current financing needs have been secured.
“With regard to reports in the Cypriot …
London Tube strike on Boxing Day confirmed by Aslef union
London Underground drivers are to strike on Boxing Day, and 18 and 25 January in a row over bank holiday pay, the Aslef union has said.
A stoppage is likely to affect Tube services across the capital, causing disruption for …
Cyprus new voters to submit application
Cyprus’ Electoral office has called on new voters to submit an application in time in order to get registered in the Electoral List and issue of a Voting Card for the Feb. 17, 2013 Presidential election.
Half a million people …
KOPA League Round UP
First Division
Apoel 6 Olympia 1
The clash of the day was League leaders Apoel versus Olympia who were leading one nil with a goal scored by Sam in the 10th minute. Apoel got back into the game and …
Messi leaves Falcao and Ronaldo trailing in La Liga
Barcelona’s relentless pace at the top of La Liga, fired by the insatiable Lionel Messi, has left their closest rivals Atletico and Real Madrid all but throwing in the towel before the midway point of the season.
Any doubts about …
2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Bradley Wiggins says being voted 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year is possibly his greatest triumph.
The 32-year-old cyclist claimed Olympic time trial gold in the summer after becoming the first Briton to win the Tour de France.
He …
Newtown victims Funerals begin as schools confront tragedy
The small Connecticut town shattered by an act President Barack Obama called “unconscionable evil,” holds on Monday the first two of 20 funerals for schoolchildren massacred in their classrooms last week.
Meanwhile, schools across the country will reopen their doors …
