Only one quarter of Greek Cypriot youth characterise themselves as European, whilst 15 per cent of Turkish Cypriots did so in a new survey released yesterday. Some eight per cent of Greek Cypriot youth and five per cent of Turkish Cypriot youth said they felt Middle Eastern, while a whopping 70 per cent of Greek Cypriot youth and 66 per cent of Turkish Cypriot ... Full story

LATEST available figures for tourism show an 11 per cent drop in arrivals for 2009, and a 17 per cent drop in revenue, Cyprus Hotels Association (PASYXE) President Haris Loizides said yesterday. If the tourism industry was to stand any chance of recovering, dogmatic thinking, bureaucratic snags and time-consuming procedures” needed to be left far behind,” said Loizides Full story

A BRITISH woman snatched her daughter twice from her Turkish Cypriot husband but her child ended up blaming her for not getting to know her father and his family and cut all contact with her mother for nearly five years. Full story

THE SOFTWARE industry in Cyprus lost $15 million due to piracy in 2008, it emerged yesterday but measures are being stepped up with the launch of a Mystery Shopper campaign nationwide to root out fakes. “In Cyprus, a new era in combating software piracy has emerged Full story

BUSINESSMAN Sir Stelios Haji-Ionnou will today award bi-communal enterprises with €50,000 each during a ceremony that will be held in Nicosia. Haji-Ioannou, the founder of easyGroup, is personally funding the awards to promote islandwide, bi-communal business cooperation between entrepreneurs. He believes it is a step to bolster cooperation and mutual trust between the island’s divided communities. Full story

THE DESECRATION of Tassos Papadopoulos’ grave and the theft of his remains last week was a vile and abhorrent act which society condemned with all its might. Full story

POLICE yesterday said they have questioned numerous individuals in connection with the stolen remains of late former president Tassos Papadopoulos but so far there has been no breakthrough in the case that shocked the island. Between Thursday night and Friday morning, unknown individuals dug up the grave of Papadopoulos, stealing his remains in an act of desecration that has left authorities baffled. Full story

CLUES MAY be lacking into the motive behind the theft of Tassos Papadopoulos’ body but rumours are definitely not in short supply One of the scenarios is that the act was political. President Demetris Christofias even described it as the work of provocateurs. Full story

FOREIGN MINISTER Marcos Kyprianou yesterday hit back at critics, including from his own party, of the government’s handling of the conclusions of the European Council regarding Turkey’s EU accession path. Kyprianou held a 90-minute press conference to drive home the point that the line followed at last week’s EU summit was the one decided by the National Council. Full story

CIVIL SERVANTS are being paid their Christmas bonuses early this year in a bid to boost the economy amid the recession, Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis said yesterday. Some 60,000 public workers will be receiving their 13th salary on December 23, instead of the last day of the month as in previous years. “In our effort to stimulate the psychology of the market in the ... Full story