‘Panicking, we hid in the bathroom’ By Emilia Christofi It was a Saturday morning, August 24, 1974, ten days after the second wave of the Turkish invasion. Charalambos Zenou and Paraskevoula Charalambous from Troulloi village in the Larnaca district were the only two people from their immediate family who decided not to seek refuge in […]
Starting with the consumer goods market, the latest data from the Consumer Product Price Watch, released by the Consumer Protection Service, highlights a significant uptick in prices. In June, 28 out of 45 basic product categories experienced price increases, with 24 of these rising by less than 3 percent from the previous month. Rising fuel […]
British house prices rose for a third month in a row in May, increasing by an annual 2.2 per cent after a 1.3 per cent rise in April, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday. The ONS’s gauge of private rents increased by 8.6 per cent in the 12 months to June, slowing slightly […]
Collaborative firefighting efforts between Cyprus and British forces were praised Friday in a news release from the British bases. The statement included comments from Minister for Agriculture Maria Panayiotou and Sovereign Base Marshal Peter Squires. This summer has already witnessed 13 major fires in Cyprus – higher than the seasonal average. These fires follow a […]
It is exactly 50 years today that Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus, was launched and within a few weeks – by August 16 – the offensive was completed, with the invasion force spreading eastwards and westwards and dividing the island into a north and south. In less than four weeks, several thousand people were killed while […]
