Archive for 2018
Two injured after explosive device goes off outside church in central Athens
A homemade explosive mechanism blew up outside Aghios Dionysios church in the upscale Athenian district of Kolonaki on Thursday morning injuring a policeman and another man, Greek media reported.
The device was placed inside a metallic box discovered by a …
Enfield Pond Life!
Thanks to the successful restoration of Forty Hall’s pond island, the new feature will soon offer the many wild-fowl who visit shelter and a place to nest in coming months.
The Friends of Forty Hall Park have worked with Enfield …
Appeal for information following North London stabbing
Detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying five men and a vehicle in connection with an investigation into a stabbing in north London.
Police were called at 23:25hrs on Thursday, 27 September to reports of a serious …
Cyprus bans Sri Lankan curry leaves
The Sri Lankan Consulate in Catania, Sicily in Italy had informed Sri Lankan passengers not to bring curry leaves from Sri Lanka to Italy, Cyprus, Greece and Malta because the EU had prohibited curry leaves under the EUROPHYT notification.
Issuing …
Plastic bag fee ‘to double to 10p’ and include every shop
The 5p fee for plastic carrier bags in England will be doubled to 10p, and extended to all shops, under plans set out by the environment secretary.
The change is contained in a government consultation aimed at further reducing the …
Cyprus tops list of cheapest winter sun destinations
UK holidaymakers wanting to begin the new year with a bargain winter sun trip should head to Cyprus, according to new research.
Post Office Travel Money analysis found the city of Paphos has the lowest cost out of 12 popular …
Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel and the unpredictable President Trump
There is widespread satisfaction – even enthusiasm – over the support for Greece being expressed by American officials both privately and publicly, as well as over the exceptionally fruitful tripartite partnership between Greece, Cyprus and Israel.
Expectations are justifiably high …
Premier League Round up
Manchester City suffered their second straight defeat in the Premier League for the first time in two years after going down 2-1 at Leicester City in a goal-packed set of Boxing Day fixtures.
Tottenham Hotspur routed Bournemouth 5-0 as they …
Turkey fines opposition TV channels for on-air comments: Insulting the president is considered a crime in Turkey.
Turkey has fined two of the last television channels critical of the government over on-air comments which allegedly insulted the country’s president and encouraged civil disobedience, a television watchdog official told Reuters on Wednesday.
A talk show on Halk TV …
Cypriots among most educated EU citizens, Eurostat finds
The share of Cypriots with a tertiary level of educational attainment is among the highest in the EU, a Eurostat study found. See HERE
In 2017, more than half (55.8%) of Cypriots aged 30-34 had completed tertiary education, the second …
