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Kerry joins nuclear talks as Iran, powers push for breakthrough (updated)
By Parisa Hafezi and John Irish U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and foreign ministers of five other world powers joined talks on Iran’s contested nuclear programme on Saturday with the two sides...
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More capital controls lifted
THE government has announced further relaxations to capital controls that will come into effect on Monday. The decree issued by the Ministry of Finance allows current accounts opened when borrowing...
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5c from Lidl’s Deluxe to help Arodafnousa
LIDL CYPRUS said that it will offer five cents from the sale of every Deluxe-brand item until the end of the year to the “Arodafnousa” day care centre in Nicosia to help the Anti-Cancer Society recruit...
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Nicosia’s Makarios to become ‘Christmas Avenue’ for a month
A PART of Nicosia’s Makarios Avenue will be pedestrianised to host a number of Christmas events from December 6 to January 6. The initiative by the “Lefkosiazo” volunteer group and the Nicosia...
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Islamist rebels capture Syria’s largest oilfield – activists
By Erika Solomon Islamist rebels led by al Qaeda-linked fighters seized Syria’s largest oilfield on Saturday, cutting off President Bashar al-Assad’s access to almost all local crude reserves,...
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Late Sturridge strike earns Liverpool 3-3 draw at Everton
By Mitch Phillips Daniel Sturridge scored an 89th-minute equaliser to give Liverpool a 3-3 draw at Everton on Saturday after the hosts had twice come from behind to lead 3-2 in one of the Premier...
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Silver for Kontides in Oman
By Nemanja Bjedov Pavlos Kontides earned a silver medal at the 2013 Laser World Championship at Oman’s Al-Mussanah Sports City on Saturday, trailing newly-crowned champion Robert Scheidt of Brazil by...
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Rich versus poor deadlock broken at UN climate talks
By Alister Doyle and Nina Chestney Almost 200 nations kept a plan to reach a new U.N. climate pact in 2015 alive on Saturday when rich and poor countries reached a compromise on sharing out the efforts...
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Bi-communal restoration project well under way
By Ralli Papageorgiou A BI-COMMUNAL committee established five years ago to protect and preserve the rich cultural heritage of Cyprus has already restored several places of worship and monuments on...
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Sunday Mail Financial advice column: Capital Gains Tax and the disposal of...
By George Mountis A QUERY from a reader begging for clarification on Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is the theme of this week’s article. CGT is imposed on ‘gains’ from disposal of immovable property situated...
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Government stuck between US and Russia over airbase use
By Stefanos Evripidou CYPRUS APPEARS to be stuck between a rock and a hard place over a Russian request for use of its Andreas Papandreou military airbase in Paphos, it emerged on Saturday. Local daily...
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Gas chief in LNG warning
By Stefanos Evripidou CYPRUS MUST do everything possible to secure use of Israeli gas at a planned LNG terminal on the island, or else risk jeopardising the whole project, said national gas company...
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Clerides’ death, a release from the hypocrisy
By Loucas Charalambous INEVITABLY, the insufferable hypocrisy that for so long has plagued the political life of this peculiar country also infected the passing of Glafcos Clerides. In fact, it could...
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Our View: EAC’s arguments against privatisation are disingenuous
DATA released by Eurostat this week show that electricity prices for Cypriot households during the first half of 2013 dropped by a paltry 0.76 per cent compared to the same period last year. Yet the...
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Looking to Europe for work
By Constantinos Psilides LIKE THEIR relatives in the 1950s, 60s and 70s before them, Cypriot youth are being forced to leave the island in search of work. In the European Union as a whole, unemployment...
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Johnson bowls Australia to victory in Ashes opener
Rejuvenated Australia paceman Mitchell Johnson blitzed England with a haul of five for 42 to lead his country to an emphatic 381-run victory in the first Ashes test on Sunday. It was a first win in 10...
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Rampant Man City put six past hapless Tottenham, United held
Rampant Manchester City shredded the Premier League’s meanest defence with a 6-0 thrashing of Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday while Manchester United’s surge up the table stalled after a 2-2 draw at...
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Vettel takes record ninth consecutive win
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel won the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday to chalk up a record ninth victory in a row, and 13th of the Formula One season. Australian team mate Mark Webber bowed out of the...
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Berlusconi to break with government in budget vote
By Paolo Biondi Silvio Berlusconi’s party will vote against the government in a confidence vote over the 2014 budget and will announce its withdrawal from the ruling coalition, a source in his Forza...
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Pope attacks ‘tyranny’ of markets in manifesto for papacy
By Naomi O’Leary Pope Francis attacked unfettered capitalism as “a new tyranny” and beseeched global leaders to fight poverty and growing inequality, in a document on Tuesday setting out a platform for...
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