Archive for 2014
Greek PM urges lawmakers to avoid snap election
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras warned lawmakers on Saturday against the snap election that will be called if he loses a key presidential vote in parliament next week, but said he was confident of winning if Greeks did go to …
Premiership Round Up
Manchester City squandered a gilt-edged opportunity to close the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea when they let slip a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at home to struggling Burnley on Sunday.
Chelsea stuttered to a 1-1 draw at Southampton …
Greek olive oil producers hoping to strike gold
k olive oil producers are nursing high expectations this season as the exceptionally bad year in Italy resulting from the destruction of crops by bad weather and the olive fruit fly, as well as the very low output in Spain, …
Rescuers struggle to reach burning ferry in heavy seas off Greece
Passengers aboard a car ferry that caught fire off the coast of Greece early on Sunday pleaded for help as rescue vessels struggled to approach the burning vessel in high winds and rough seas.
The Norman Atlantic, carrying almost 500 …
AirAsia flight carrying 162 people goes missing in Southeast Asia
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s air force was searching for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that went missing on Sunday after the pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya …
Cyprus to discuss with political leaders developments related to Turkish NAVTEX
The Government is expected to assess the situation as it will evolve until December 30, the date on which the Turkish NAVTEX (Navigational Telex) will expire.
Turkey’s NAVTEX, issued on October 3, reserved a large swathe inside Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic …
Ex-Bolshoi ballet dancer goes missing in Cyprus
81-YEAR-OLD ex-Bolshoi ballet dancer, Vlason Stanislav, has been missing from his Limassol home since Friday morning, police said on Saturday.
The 81-year old, who suffers from dementia, was last seen at around 8:00am and appeared to be in good health. …
Kidnapped’ boy found in Paphos hotel
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy, that was reported missing on Christmas Day along with his 53-year old father, has been found at a hotel in Paphos, police said.
According to the wanted bulletin issued by the police, the father took the boy …
Erdogan tells Europe to stop criticising Turkey
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan slammed European countries on Friday for criticising deteriorating press freedom in Turkey and said they should instead try to find a solution for what he said was increasing Islamophobia in the continent.
Turkish police earlier this …
