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After a season in which he had already reached dizzy heights, Andy Murray saved the best to last by outclassing Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 to claim his first ATP World Tour Finals title and secure the year-end top ranking on Sunday. Against a player who has so often been his nemesis, Murray produced a relentless […]

By Ingrid Melander and Michel Rose Former prime ministers Francois Fillon and Alain Juppe were seen qualifying for a second round runoff of France’s conservative primaries on Sunday, first partial results of the vote showed, in what would be a major upset for ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy. According to results based on 2,912 polling stations out […]

MIDDLESBROUGH 0 CHELSEA 1 Chelsea replaced Liverpool at the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 victory at Middlesbrough on Sunday. It was the London side’s sixth successive win without conceding a goal and put them a point ahead of the Merseyside club and Manchester City. The league’s leading scorer, Diego Costa, hit his […]

By Bejay Browne FRUSTRATED residents of Peyia in Paphos that were so proud of their neighbourhood watch scheme – the first on the island – have formed a new community-based organisation because they believe the original initiative has suffered since being taken over by the local municipality. The Peyia Neighbourhood Watch scheme took several years […]

A 65-year-old hunter was injured on Sunday when he lost his balance and feel three metres into a ravine in the Larnaca area, police said. The man was out hunting near Kofinou at around 9am with two other people when he fell. He was taken to Larnaca hospital and was found to have suffered head […]

Police announced on Sunday they would be launching a seat-belt campaign from Monday until November 27. Some 54 per cent of road fatalities in 2015 were not wearing a seat belt. In the five years between 2010 and 2014 the figure was 66 per cent. During the upcoming campaign, special attention will be paid equally […]

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is under “active consideration” to serve as U.S. Secretary of State along with other candidates, Vice President-elect Mike Pence said on “Fox News Sunday.” Romney, who met President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday, was a critic of Trump during the campaign. Pence said that Romney was willing to be considered […]

Although the new, stricter rules cost banks more they are largely happy to pay the added cost because it eventually helps save money that could be lost to fraudulent clients, fines and brand-tarnishing reports Angelos Anastasiou Central Bank directives issued in recent years in a bid to address every possible loophole in the know-your-customer and […]

At least 16 people died and 50 were wounded in Libya in four days of clashes between rival factions in the southern city of Sabha, a health official said on Sunday. According to residents and local reports, the latest bout of violence erupted between two tribes after an incident in which a monkey that belonged […]

French voters were choosing a conservative presidential candidate on Sunday in a primary contest whose winner is seen as likely to become head of state in next spring’s election. With the French left in disarray under the deeply unpopular President Francois Hollande, pollsters suggest that the centre-right presidential nominee will meet and defeat the National […]

Following the bail-in, depositor and bondholder protests dominated Bank of Cyprus’ shareholder meetings. That was not the case at last month’s AGM though when the single complaint the bank’s directors heard was from a customer and shareholder. The anti-money laundering scrutiny of transactions was time-consuming and costly for the customer, therefore more flexibility was needed, […]

Non governmental organisation Reaction has called for everyone to unite in the war against traffic accidents and for further investments to be made in new technologies and personnel. He was speaking on the occasion of World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims which takes place on the third Sunday of every November. This year`s […]

Germany’s Angela Merkel told leading members of her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) on Sunday that she wants to run for a fourth term as chancellor in next year’s election, senior party sources told Reuters on Sunday. The 62-year-old conservative is widely seen as a stabilising force in Europe amid uncertainty after Britain’s vote to leave […]

A cargo ship with 23 people onboard was being evacuated off the coast of Dover on Sunday after it collided with a stone barge and started to take on water, the Coastguard said, as Storm Angus marked Britain’s first named storm of the winter. Coastguard Duty Commander Steve Carson said: “The weather conditions this morning […]

By Bejay Browne PAPHOS renal unit is appealing to the ministry of health to expand the centre as the number of patients needing lifesaving dialysis treatment is increasing so much nurses are having to work night shifts to keep up with the demand. Dr Lakis Yioukkas, who runs the renal unit at Paphos general hospital, […]

A Limassol man, 31, was arrested on Sunday for alleged possession of child pornography, police said. He was also in possession of an unlicensed gun. Police said a search of the man’s home in Limassol found a desktop, laptop, ten USBs and eight hard drives. One of the hard drives contained over 1,000 child porn […]

A barrel bomb killed a family of six in rebel-held eastern Aleppo early on Sunday, a war monitor, a rebel and two medics said, while rebel shelling killed seven children at a school in the government-held sector, state television reported. The medics said the al-Baytounji family had suffocated to death because the barrel bomb, which […]

By Stelios Orphanides While the implementation of anti-money laundering and terrorist financing legislation relies to a large extent on computerised systems operated by banks and other corporations, decision-making by humans in key positions ultimately determines the degree of compliance. The major burden rests upon the shoulders of the compliance officers who have to use their […]

Queen Elizabeth will invite U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for a state visit to Britain next year to try to cement close ties between the two countries, The Sunday Times newspaper said. Citing two ministers and a senior official close to Downing Street, the Sunday Times reported that discussions between British officials and Trump’s team would […]

A 33-year-old motorcyclist was killed in Limassol in the early hours of Sunday, police said. Andreas Ephraim was riding his high-powered vehicle with a passenger along Eleftheria Street in the town at around 5.40am and veered off towards the pavement, hitting the metal barriers, skidding and overturning. He was killed on impact with the ground […]

If the talks between the two Cypriot leaders in Mont Pelerin are successful, it will be the final approach for completion of negotiations, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said on Sunday. Speaking at a memorial event for former president Glafcos Clerides, the founder of ruling Disy, Kasoulides said: “There is now a great opportunity. For the […]

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out at Western “bullying” and “hypocrisy” during his first meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and said when it came to alliances, the United States could not be trusted. In talks with Putin during an Asia-Pacific summit in Lima, Duterte held nothing back in his views about major powers like […]

The head of the Combating Money Laundering Unit, widely known by its Greek acronym Mokas, said that until since the beginning of 2011 until the end of June 2016, it has secured 95 convictions in court. The unit, a division of the attorney general’s office, which is tasked with coordinating Cyprus’ efforts to tackle money […]

President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci are due to begin two days of talks on Sunday in Mont Pelerin in Switzerland in an attempt to wrap up discussions on territory. They had met at the same resort between November 7-11 but despite progress failed to reach a deal. The new talks are […]

Borussia Dortmund ended Bayern Munich’s unbeaten run, edging a 1-0 win on Saturday thanks to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s 12th goal of the season, cutting the gap between the champions and their biggest title rivals to three points. Gabon international Aubameyang made the most of Dortmund’s frenetic start, tapping in an 11th-minute assist from Mario Goetze, who […]