Archive for 2013

Fans queue from 5am to meet Peter Andre

PETER ANDRE was in Liverpool to launch his two new fragrances for women.

Eager fans started to queue as early as 5am this morning outside Superdrug in Liverpool One in anticipation of Peter’s arrival at 11am.

Hundreds of fans were …

President Anastasiades meets EU Council and Commission Presidents

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades met on Friday in Brussels with the Presidents of the European Council and Commission, Herman van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso respectively.

The meeting, which took place after the EU Council, focused …

EU contribution to co-funded projects in Cyprus increases

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades has managed to secure the increase of co-funding from the EU, through the Multi-Annual Financial Framework, to 95% from 2014 to 2017.

This means that for every €100 for a project, €95 …

UN’s goal to support end of division in Cyprus, UNFICYP chief of mission says

The United Nations has one overarching goal, to support for the day when Cyprus division ends in a mutually agreed comprehensive settlement, said Thursday Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus and UNFICYP Chief of Mission, Lisa M. Buttenheim.

Speaking …

Mystery girl Maria’s parents found in Bulgaria by DNA

DNA tests have confirmed a Bulgarian Roma couple as the biological parents of mystery child Maria, found in Greece last week, Bulgarian officials say.

They identified the couple as Sasha Ruseva and Atanas Rusev.

The officials are investigating whether the …

Tragedy for engaged couple in Cyprus

A woman from Denbighshire who collapsed and died in Cyprus just an hour after celebrating her engagement had suffered a heart attack, say police.

Nerys Lloyd-Crabtree, who was 52 from St Asaph, fell ill suddenly on the island on Monday.…

Bulgarian Woman Says “Maria” the Roma girl May Be Hers

A Roma woman in remote town in central Bulgaria has undergone DNA testing as authorities investigate if she is the mother of a suspected abduction victim in neighboring Greece known as “Maria” whose case has triggered a global search for …

New school to be built in Enfield

new £7.5million school for pupils excluded from mainstream education will be built in Enfield.

The purpose-built learning centre, in Bullsmoor Lane, will be on the site of horticultural nursery and it will share some resources with neighbouring Chapel Manor Primary …

Another case: Greek couple in Athens charged with abduction after allegedly buying Roma baby

A Greek couple faced a prosecutor on Friday charged with abduction after reportedly purchasing an infant from a Roma woman in Zefyri, northern Athens, for 4,000 euros.

The 53-year-old man and 48-year-old woman were arrested in the area of Ano …

Anonymous donor gives €400,000 to University of Cyprus to help poorer students

AN anonymous donation of €400,000 to the University of Cyprus (UCY) will be given to the student welfare association.

Half the donation will be distributed to students within 2013 and the other half within 2014, UCY said.

“This noble and …