Author:  Stefanos Evripidou THE GOVERNMENT yesterday urged Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to put words into practice following his call for peace on the island. “Turkey needs to move from words to deeds and demonstrate that they want a solution in Cyprus,” said government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou, adding, “what’s important is not what is being said but what everyone does” 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

WHEN the previous government decided in 2003 to offer free healthcare to all Turkish Cypriots with a Cyprus Republic ID card, it never considered the implications of its decision. It seemed a good idea at the time, as the checkpoints had just been opened and the government wanted to show that it considered Turkish Cypriots citizens of the Republic and would treat them as ... Full story

Author:  Alexia Saoulli THE EMERGENCY services such as ambulances, fire engines and police cars were provided as much fuel as they needed during the three-day strike, they said yesterday. “For obvious reasons emergency services reached agreements to have their vehicles filled up without having to use the only remaining petrol stations open to the public,” a police officer said. Taxi drivers and bus companies ... Full story

Author:  Patrick Dewhurst ON TUESDAY the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, CyBC will launch its digital platform, alongside the present analog system, allowing any viewers with the correct television to watch clearer digital pictures, access interactive services and view extra channels. For viewers with older televisions, however, the move could mean forking out as much as €120 to access all services, when the analog network is ... Full story