Author:  Alexia Saoulli   A 28-YEAR-OLD man was yesterday remanded in custody for six-days on suspicion of trafficking two young girls from Cameroon. The suspect, who is also from Cameroon, was arrested following allegations by Alexandra, 17, and her sister Murielle, 15, that they had been held in his Nicosia home for four months before he kicked them out last Thursday. The girls have ... Full story

Author:  Helen Christophi A VIETNAMESE woman locked in a garage during the hours she was not working was fed only bread and water, immigrant support group KISA has claimed. Full story

Author:  Stefanos Evripidou TURKEY’S EU accession will be the “golden formula” that automatically resolves all the fears and suspicions held by both communities on the island, Turkey’s EU chief negotiator Egemen Bagis said. Full story

Author:  Patrick Dewhurst and Helen Christophi A LACK OF space for industrial rubble in Nicosia is forcing building contractors to dump it in surrounding villages, it emerged yesterday. The storage area at Kotsiatis rubbish dump where rubble from demolition sites such as Nicosia’s old general hospital should be going, is now full, forcing firms to look elsewhere while space is made. The space shortage ... Full story

Author:  Elias Hazou BE WARNED, all you ne’er do wells ducking paying that speeding ticket: don’t be surprised if John Q Law stops you at the airport, asks a lot of questions, demands you pay up or, in the worst case, stop you from travelling abroad. Sound Orwellian Full story

WORK TO construct a road through the north that would link the capital with isolated communities in the west of the island will begin in a couple of weeks, officials said yesterday. Presidential commissioner George Iacovou said work on the Kato Pyrgos to Limnitis road will start on March 15 and should be completed by August. Full story

Author:  George Psyllides MERITOCRACY, modernisation and improvement of the government’s productivity are the obligation of ministers, President Demetris Christofias said yesterday, during the swearing-in ceremony of two new ministers. Erato Kozakou Markoullis and Demetris Eliades took over the portfolios of Communication and Agriculture respectively Full story

Author:  George Psyllides THE RE-OPENING of petrol stations yesterday afternoon was declared a victory for the consumer by Commerce Minister Antonis Paschalides as a people everywhere sighed with relief. The three-day-old fuel shutdown was beginning to approach crisis point yesterday morning with reports of overnight petrol theft, empty schools and banks, patients’ problems, ruined holidays and increasingly irate motorists Full story

Author:  Patrick Dewhurst THAT THE petrol crisis has revealed our over dependence on cars will not surprise many on the island. However, what is surprising is how even a temporary petrol scarcity has impacted on so many areas of peoples' lives. Full story

Author:  Nathan Morley THIEVES siphoned petrol from three cars and a motor bike at an apartment block in Paralimni in Wednesday night in the first reported case of theft during the fuel strike. Full story