Archive for 2012
Alexandra Palace voted second best venue for events
Alexandra Palace is a better venue than Somerset House, the Saatchi Gallery or Old Spitalfields Market, according to industry insiders.
The iconic Victorian building – which this year hosted Holland Heineken House, Red Bull’s Empire of Dirt and a number …
Theo Paphitis star of Glasgow
Theo Paphitis yesterday celebrated the launch of his seventeenth UK Boux Avenue Lingerie store by cutting the ribbon at Silverburn, Glasgow in front of an excited and eager crowd. The glamorous label had lingerie lovers racing to get their hands …
Babies of Cyprus go in search of their past
More than 2,000 Jewish babies were born in internment camps in Cyprus between 1946 and 1949. The British government had sent their parents to the camps for trying to enter Israel illegally. Those babies are now in their 60s and …
Palestine recognised as sovereign state by UN
The UN General Assembly, in the face of strong opposition from the US and Israel, has voted overwhelmingly to enhance Palestine’s diplomatic status at the United Nations.
The resolution was approved by 138-9 on the General Assembly, which is dominated …
Cyprus Police scams warning
POLICE are warning people to be extremely careful of con artists after a spate of scams this past month across the island.
In Limassol a 67-year-old man was the target of pickpockets on Wednesday. The man was walking along Ayios …
Cyprus first real test of austerity
CYPRUS saw its first real taste of austerity-related unrest yesterday when hundreds of casual government workers due to be laid off, stormed first through the Finance Ministry and then Parliament.
A total of 992 seasonal government employees will be out …
