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EU doubts CY plan will ensure long-term viability
By Constantinos Psillides THE EU Commission announced on Tuesday that it has started an in-depth probe into whether Cyprus Airways’ (CY) proposed restructuring plan was viable and whether Cyprus acted...
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Film review: Saving Mr Banks****
By Tracy Phillips I thought I was too old to be sobbing at Disney movies. Saving Mr Banks proved otherwise. You can’t believe how annoying it is, having to scrabble around in the deepest recesses of...
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Erdogan struggles with Merkel’s scepticism on Turkish EU bid
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan urged Angela Merkel to throw Germany’s full weight behind his country’s bid to join the European Union but there was no sign the chancellor had been swayed from...
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Confusion, doubt as pakistan tries to talk to Taliban militants
Pakistan’s much-awaited talks with the Taliban got off to a shambolic start on Tuesday after government negotiators failed to turn up at an agreed time following days of confusion over who should...
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Joint declaration appears to have been agreed
By Jean Christou The joint declaration, on which the resumption of Cyprus talks depends, appears to have been agreed even though the government spokesman avoided confirming it on Wednesday. The...
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Christmas Avenue attracted nearly 240,000 people
Around 240,000 people visited Christmas Avenue which had been set up on Makarios Avenue in the capital during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday period, Nicosia Municipality said on Wednesday....
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Nicosia Municipality changes opening hours
Nicosia municipality has announced changes to its opening hours and that of the municipal cashier’s office. Public service opening hours at Nicosia Town Hall will be between 7.45am and 3.45pm while...
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Building sector ‘dictatorship’ says union
By Peter Stevenson UNIONS have accused building contractors of not paying employees on time, of cutting wages, and in some cases having not paid workers for months. Employees do not speak up because...
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IOC eyes Games revamp as Sochi opening nears
By Karolos Grohmann WHILE Sochi scrambles to get ready in time for Friday’s opening ceremony, the International Olympic Committee cast its eyes past the most expensive Games ever staged and began to...
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‘If you don’t like the price, put a cap on it’ say station owners
By Peter Stevenson IF THE Commerce Ministry is unhappy with what petrol stations are charging at the pumps then it should set a price cap, the head of the station owners’ association Stefanos Stefanou...
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Spate of bombings in Baghdad kills 34
A spate of bombings in Baghdad killed at least 34 people on Wednesday, including several blasts near the heavily-fortified “Green Zone” and a busy square in the centre of the capital, Iraqi security...
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Talks break down in Panama Canal contract dispute
A planned extension of the Panama Canal, one of the world’s most important shipping routes, was thrown into doubt on Wednesday after a group of companies said its talks with Panama’s government over...
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Photiou wants to slash military service to 14 months
By Constantinos Psillides DEFENCE minister Photis Photiou is going ahead with plans to reduce military service from 24 months to 14 and implementing a plan to modernise the National Guard, according to...
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Apoel triumph, AEL checked
By Iacovos Constantinou Apoel continued their impressive form with a well deserved 2-1 win over Anorthosis and coupled with the unexpected draw of leaders AEL closed the gap at the top to four points....
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Turkey tightens internet controls as govt battles graft scandal
Turkey’s parliament has approved internet controls enabling web pages to be blocked within hours in what the opposition decried as part of a government bid to stifle a corruption scandal with methods...
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Gambling raid in Nicosia
Nicosia police arrested two people and confiscated a number of computers and televisions from a betting shop in Strovolos as part of an operation to stamp out illegal gambling on Wednesday. Officers...
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BirdLife launches ‘Spring Alive’
BirdLife International launched the Spring Alive 2014 on Thursday, an annual activity programme that deals in bird-watching and observing migratory patterns of birds in Europe. According to a press...
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President says “serious prospects” of talks resuming (updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday there were “serious prospects” that long-stalled talks to reunify the island could resume between the estranged Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities....
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Man wanted for forgery and fraud
Police are searching for Loizos Petrides, 39, from Larnaca in connection with a number of cases including forgery, obtaining property under false pretences and the use of counterfeit credit cards at...
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ECB, U.S. data help buoy global stocks, euro
THE euro rose against the dollar on Thursday after the European Central Bank gave no sign of an imminent interest rate cut while better-than-expected U.S. unemployment data helped lift major world...
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