Archive for 2013
Unemployment at 17% in October in Cyprus
Unemployment at 17% in October, says Eurostat
Unemployment in Cyprus was 17% in October, up from 16.8% in September, data released on Friday by Eurostat shows.
In absolute numbers 75,000 people were registered as unemployed, in Cyprus, in October.
According …
Barnet win in FA trophy game
Ulrich Landvreugd said Hayes & Yeading did not give Barnet a “present” in the FA Trophy first round and admitted the 1-0 victory was more important than the Bees’ performance.
The game certainly wasn’t a classic and Hayes arguably deserved …
Bale scores his first hat-trick for Real Madrid
Gareth Bale struck his first Real Madrid hat-trick and set up another goal in a thumping 4-0 La Liga victory over Real Valladolid on Saturday.
With the injured Cristiano Ronaldo still absent, the Welshman knocked home two rebounds and slid …
Arsenal go seven clear as Ramsey sinks old club
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey indulged his new scoring habit with two goals in a 3-0 win at his old club Cardiff City as the visitors opened up a seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League on Saturday.
Welshman …
Greece’s ultra-right party holds rally in survival struggle
About 1,000 supporters of Greece‘s Golden Dawn party gathered outside parliament on Saturday to protest against the pre-trial detention of their leader Nikolaos Mihaloliakos on charges of forming a criminal organisation.
Clad in black clothes, carrying torches and Greek …
Bomber kills 10 at funeral in northern Iraq
(Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral procession in a northern Iraq town on Sunday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 25, police said.
The attack took place in Muqdadya, 80 km (50 miles) northeast …
Violation of the buffer zone in occupied Zodia area
Statement by the regime on the violation of the buffer zone by the Turkish army and Turkish Cypriot farmers in occupied Zodia area
Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen newspaper (29.11.13) reports that Ramazan Biryilmaz, director of the so-called housing and …
Cypriot police officer breaks Ivorian’s leg during identity check
Dozens of bystanders in Nicosia witnessed a police officer using excessive force against Sylvain Somé, from the Ivory Coast. They took photos, videos and complained to the local anti-racism NGO ‘Kisa’ as an officer broke his leg. From his hospital
Cypriot team unfurls Greece flag in Trabzon
Photographs of the Cypriot football team Apollon Limassol touring the Sumela Monastry in Turkey’s Trabzon province have been released. The team, which was in Trabzon for a match with Turkey’s Trabzonspor on November 27, is well-known for its ties with …
Eroglu: We want a new state and not a continuation of the Republic of Cyprus
Turkish Cypriot daily Star Kibris (29.11.13) reports that Turkish Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu said that Turkish Cypriots want a new state and not a continuation of the Republic of Cyprus. He claimed that they haven’t yet seen any compromise from …
