Archive for 2014
Our Sporting Highlights of the Year 2014
Wales and Cyprus Teams in Cardiff for Euro qualifier
January
The KOPA Football League began with Rizokarpasso at the top of the First Division with New Salamis second and Brotherhood leading the second division and Arachne second spot. AEL were …
Barbaros anchors off shore of occupied Famagusta port
Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen (31.12.14) reports that the Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa vessel, which had completed its seismic research and after the NAVTEX ending, anchored off the shore of occupied Famagusta port at 20.15 yesterday evening.
According to the paper, …
AirAsia QZ8501: First bodies returned to airport
Reuters
The first two bodies from the AirAsia Flight QZ8501 crash have arrived back in the Indonesian city of Surabaya, where relatives are waiting.
Next of kin have been asked for DNA samples to help identify the victims.
The Airbus …
New Year honours
The creators of the World War One ceramic poppy display at the Tower of London have joined acting grandees Joan Collins and John Hurt on the New Year Honours list.
Ceramic artist Paul Cummins and theatre designer Tom Piper …
Why Greece’s early election makes the EU nervous
Political turbulence is back in Greece as voters face a snap election on 25 January.
The radical left Syriza bloc is ahead in opinion polls and rejects the EU’s bitter austerity medicine – blamed for massive job cuts and a …
Stolen Cyprus Frescoes Displayed in House of Lords
On Tuesday 16th December in the House of Lords on the instigation of David Burrowes MP, Baroness Berridge of the Vale of Catrine hosted an event entitled ‘Blood, Treasure and Islamic State: War, Extremism and the Looting of Culture’. The …
Man in Escalator fall
A man is in a life-threatening condition after falling from a height from an escalator in a department store in south-west London.
Emergency services were called to Peter Jones in Sloane Square, Chelsea, at about 13:05 GMT where a man …
UN is reportedly exerting efforts for the resumption of the Cyprus talks
UN is reportedly exerting efforts for the resumption of the Cyprus talks after Barbaros seismic explorations vessel leaves Cyprus’ EEZ
Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (26.12.14) reports that Turkish Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa seismic explorations vessel will leave Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic …
British mother found dead in Cyprus
Police are investigating the death of a 44-year-old British woman whose body was found near a church in Limassol.
According to the authorities, the mother-of-five who is married to a Cypriot and permanently resides on the island was found on …
North buys Greek Cypriot property worth €240m
The occupation regime’s ‘Immovable Property Commission’ has spent €240 million on purchasing Greek Cypriot land in the occupied areas since being established nine years ago. The occupation regime has indicated it believes the commission is the most effective means of …
