ISRAEL IS reportedly sounding out the government over a request to station military jets at the Andreas Papandreou airbase in Paphos. 

If the reports prove accurate, the first-time visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Cyprus next week may coincide with a ground-breaking shake up of geostrategic dynamics in the region. 

FOR EVERY €100 of an electric bill, only about €70 accounts for the actual cost of electricity, the remaining €30 covering various fees imposed by the power utility, an opposition MP said yesterday.

Lefteris Christoforou, chairman of the House Commerce Committee, was commenting on the rising number of complaints by consumers over their high bills.

FORMER Turkish Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktash, who died last month, has reportedly been nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, according to the daily Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris.