http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/Copyright 2008. All rights reserved.MAKARIOS Droushiotis’ article “Zurich, from curse to blessing in disguise” (Cyprus Mail, October 1, 2008) gets full marks on impartiality and adherence to facts. Yet a few points need .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4430Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:23 GMTTHERE are a staggering 185,000 people on the stop list to prevent them either entering the country if they are considered foreign undesirables or leaving if they are residents whom the authorities do .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4429Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:22 GMTPARTLY preaching, partly encouraging and partly cautioning, The Elders left their mark on Cyprus yesterday convinced, they said, that the two leaders were on the verge of an agreement.The sight of .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4428Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:22 GMTA BILL ensuring the Social Security Fund’s (SSF) viability until 2048 was submitted to Parliament yesterday.Presenting the proposed amendments in a joint meeting by the House Labour and Finance .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4427Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:21 GMTA 65-YEAR-old Larnaca district grandfather was yesterday sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment for sexually abusing a mentally challenged teenage girl over a period of six months.The man, .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4426Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:21 GMTTHE PARENTS of a two-year-old boy critically injured in a fire on Wednesday morning were yesterday praying for a miracle.Doctors fear the little boy, known as Joseph, could be brain dead.The .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4425Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:20 GMTSHARE prices in Cyprus responded positively yesterday to the twin moves of global interest rate cuts and the state’s pledge to guarantee all bank deposits up to €100,000.After losing around 15 per .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4424Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:20 GMTA GREEK Cypriot history teacher yesterday said the issue of revising school books was becoming more urgent.Teacher Pavlos Pavlou was speaking at the launch of four new alternative history books on .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4423Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:19 GMTTHE GREEN Party has called President Demetris Christofias to meet his pre-election promise of proclaiming Cyprus a genetically-modified-free country. According to the Greens, no progress has been .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4422Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:18 GMTTHE POLICE officers accused of the inhumane, harsh and humiliating treatment of two students caught on camera three years ago were yesterday called to answer to charges.The Nicosia Criminal Court .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4421Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:18 GMTTWO BRITONS were injured when a small two-seater aircraft went down at Paphos airport yesterday morning. Forty-four-year-old Brian Sping and Katy Fox were attempting to take off on board a Cessna 150 .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4420Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:17 GMTMENTAL health is among EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou’s top priorities after it emerged that the majority of deaths among young people in Europe are the result of suicide.The biggest .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4419Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:17 GMTWHEN it comes to their electrical bills, Cypriot consumers are being ripped off because vested interests and the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) want to keep their grip on the energy market, .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4418Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:16 GMTTHE CYPRUS Tourism Organisation (CTO) has issued guidelines to the public on diving and snorkelling in Cyprus following the death of a UN peacekeeper in an accident last weekend. Glafkos Cariolou, .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4417Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:15 GMTAN ESTIMATED half billion euros, collected annually through taxpayer contributions for the country’s defence budget is being allocated for other uses.While military expenditure has been greatly .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4416Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:14 GMTFOUR suspects, including a former police officer, were yesterday remanded in custody for eight days in connection with one of the island’s largest cocaine busts, police said.The suspects, two Cypriot .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4415Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:14 GMTUN Special Advisor Alexander Downer said yesterday that achieving success in the Cyprus issue would require great acts of statesmanship.Downer was speaking after a meeting with President Demetris .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4414Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:14:14 GMTTHE MAIN purpose of British generals, it sometimes seems, is to say aloud the things that American generals (and British diplomats) think privately but dare not say in public. Things like: “We’re not .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4413Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:11:52 GMTANYONE who experienced the torture of driving around Nicosia’s streets during rush-hour on Monday and Tuesday might take comfort from the thought that the traffic pile-ups cannot get worse. This is a .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4412Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:11:51 GMTTRUCK drivers in Paphos are threatening to dump hard rubble wherever they can find an empty space.A problem has arisen as residents of Mamonia village in Paphos have been blocking the access road to .http://www.cyprusedirectory.com/articleview.aspx?id=4411Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:11:51 GMT