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Is there hope at last for Apostolos Andreas?
Author: Poly Pantelides SUCCESSIVE plans to renovate Apostolos Andreas Monastery in occupied Karpasia date back years but have all stumbled over who is to administer and fund the project.In the...
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Poignant anniversaries mark Remembrance Day
Author: Colin Smith Winston Churchill called the fourth volume of his history of the Second World War, which covers all of 1942, The Hinge of Fate explaining in its preface: “…because in it we turn...
View ArticleChurch plea
Archbishop Chrysostomos II yesterday called on any members of the flock wishing to offer him gifts on the occasion of his Name Day this Tuesday to make a donation instead to the needy pupils of Cyprus....
View ArticleTractor death
A 78-year-old man was killed on Friday when the tractor he was driving overturned, throwing him into a ditch.At around 4pm on Friday, Patroclos Kyriacou from Kalo Chorio Orinis left his home on his...
View ArticleDo you live dangerously?
A LOS Angeles-based television production company is searching for personalities working high-risk jobs outside of the United States for an upcoming American TV series. Red Varden Studios is now...
View ArticleTroika talks focus on banks
Author: Stefanos Evripidou NEGOTIATIONS with the troika continued yesterday at the Central Bank and Finance Ministry, with the main focus on the amount needed for the recapitalisation of the banks and...
View ArticleCommerce minister hits back
COMMERCE Minister Neoclis Sylikiotis yesterday hit back at critics of the government’s handling of the second round of licensing, saying there was a “concerted effort” to undermine Cyprus’ credibility....
View ArticleOur view: AKEL guilty of sacrificing country’s future to satisfy its own...
FOR AS LONG as it was in opposition or junior partner in a government coalition AKEL was able to fool people into thinking it was a dependable and responsible political force that worked for the good...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Latest conspiracy against Kyproulla made in Germany
THE INTERNATIONAL headquarters for the plotting and development of conspiracies against our long-suffering Kyproulla has moved from London to Berlin, events in the last couple of weeks seem to...
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Awarding of gas licences could cost billions
Author: Makarios Droushiotis IS THE government's decision to award four offshore gas exploration licences in the best interests of the island? It seems not. A lot of eyebrows have been raised after...
View ArticleIncrease in card use for paying bills
CYPRUS’ residents used their cards more for paying the bills and less for shopping between September and October, the island’s main clearing agency JCC transactions said yesterday.Users swiped €173.5...
View ArticleMen charge in AG life attempt plot
SEVEN CHARGES including conspiracy to commit murder were filed yesterday at the Nicosia District Court against three men suspected of plotting to assassinate Attorney-general Petros Clerides.The three...
View ArticleTen years for killing neighbour
THE LIMASSOL Assizes court yesterday sentenced a 74-year-old man to ten years’ imprisonment for shooting dead his neighbour following an argument, killing the victim in front of his wife and teenage...
View ArticlePolish Olympian sold medal to help sick girl
Author: Alexandra Anastassiades THE bronze winner for windsurfing in this year’s London Olympics, Zofia Klepacka, set personal interests aside and sold her first Olympic medal to help a four-year-old...
View ArticleCypriots may be on bank’s tax evasion list
Author: Stefanos Evripidou BRITISH TAX authorities are combing through a list of over 8,000 names, allegedly including 134 Greek Cypriots, of offshore account holders at HSBC bank in Jersey searching...
View ArticleHefty bonuses for out-going cabinet
PRESIDENT DEMETRIS Christofias and his cabinet will receive one-off bonuses at the end of their five-year term totalling close to €1.2 million, a popular daily reported yesterday. As troika...
View ArticleFrustration with Cyprus over sluggish talks
Author: Nathan Morley THE WOES OF CYPRUS were briefly discussed last night during the Eurogroup meeting, but not in a substantive way as the Greek crisis dominated talks.An EU spokesman would only...
View ArticleTroika delve deep into gas plans
Author: Elias Hazou CYPRUS’ potential lenders turned their eye yesterday to what could be a future cash cow for the island - the natural gas reserves still lying untapped off the coast.A troika team...
View ArticleSchools need discipline and structure
ABOUT a hundred secondary school children took a day off yesterday in order to go to the education ministry to protest against the shortening of the work placement week from five to three days. The...
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Doubts over new bailout deadline
Author: Elias Hazou AS NEGOTIATIONS with international lenders look set to drag on, the near-bankrupt government could now miss a new deadline for having a bailout package approved by eurozone finance...
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