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A growing need for someone to talk to
Author: Bejay Browne CYPRUS Samaritans are urging anyone who feels lonely or depressed at this time of year to call them, and say they have expanded their services to cope with the growing number of...
View ArticleFocus on DNA evidence in Limassol stabbing
POLICE investigations continued yesterday into the murder of 34-year-old Yiannakis Christodoulou on New Year’s Day with no sign of the two culprits who sped away from the scene. Christodoulou, aka...
View ArticleJobless to man election centres
EIGHT hundred unemployed degree-holders were randomly drawn from a list on Wednesday night at the district office of Nicosia, as part of an island-wide effort by the interior ministry to provide...
View ArticleA great place for a child to be born in 2013
CYPRUS beat out Britain and France, coming in 23rd place in a list of 80 countries ranked according to whether they were a good place for a child to be born in 2013.The ‘where-to-be-born ‘index was...
View ArticleEarly ‘official’ sales period starts to boost business
Author: Peter Stevenson DESPITE many shops having started their sales before Christmas, the Pancyprian Association of Clothing and Footwear a member of the small shopkeepers union POVEK, announced...
View ArticleA bad winter but hopes high for summer season
Author: Bejay Browne THE winter tourist season in Paphos has been one of the worst in the past ten years but according to industry professionals, there is a glimmer of hope.The manager of the Paphos...
View ArticleWorking out the kinks in new time system
Author: Poly Pantelides VARIOUS sectors of the public service are still trying to work out the kinks in the new working hours that were agreed under the bailout terms with international lenders.State...
View ArticleOpposition concerned over debt sustainability
Author: George Psyllides OPPOSITION parties DISY and DIKO yesterday called for an emergency meeting of the House Finance Committee to discuss ways of keeping the island’s debt sustainable and avoid...
View ArticleCB governor: banking sector ‘turning the page
Author: George Psyllides THIS YEAR will be full of challenges, Central Bank Governor Panicos Demetriades said yesterday, with the need to successfully implement the bailout adjustment programme taking...
View ArticleOur View: Petrol station owners should not have a say in the opening of new...
PETROL station operators called an indefinite strike from midnight in an attempt to prevent the licensing of new stations. The measure was implemented in the Famagusta district from Wednesday, with...
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Motorists queue to fill up tanks
Author: Stefanos Evripidou and Daphne Vrahimi MOTORISTS snaked in long queues at petrol stations across the island last night ahead of today’s indefinite strike by petrol station owners demanding a...
View ArticleChristofias’ swansong scales new heights of absurdity
Author: Loucas Charalambous WHENEVER we hear the statements made by President Christofias and AKEL’s top brass we become confused. We form the impression that either we are living in another country...
View ArticleIncreased number of tourists expected in 2013
CYPRUS is expected to attract an increased number of tourist arrivals in 2013, tourism minister Efthymios Flourenzou said yesterday.The newly established direct flights between Cyprus and Ukraine as...
View ArticleEfforts to reduce polling expenses in forthcoming Presidential elections
A TOTAL of 1,100 polling stations will operate across Cyprus for the upcoming Presidential elections, scheduled for February 17, Chief Returning Officer Andreas Assiotis said yesterday. Assiotis also...
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Grave concern for stolen religious treasures
GRAVE concern for the future of religious treasures seized by the Turks and held at a police station in Munich, Germany, since 1997 has been expressed by the founder of Walk of Truth, Tasoula...
View ArticleChinese-Larnaca airport deal is dead
A SUPPOSEDLY multi-million investment deal with a Chinese company to develop the old Larnaca airport is dead, the government said yesterday.“I would say it is finished for good,” Communications...
View ArticleUK Greek Orthodox primary being taken to court in head scarf row
THE PARENTS of a Muslim girl are taking the UK’s only Greek Orthodox primary school to court for refusing to let her wear a headscarf.The story has been reported across several media outlets – in the...
View ArticleArrests for New Year’s Day murder
TWO suspects have been detained in connection with the murder of a 34-year-old man in Limassol on New Year’s Day, police said yesterday.The two men, aged 32 and 23, were arrested on Friday night and...
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DISY leader brands Christofias as a monomaniac
Author: George Psyllides MAIN opposition leader Nicos Anastasiades yesterday described President Demetris Christofias as a monomaniac and urged him to come clean on whether he had agreed to...
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Tales from the coffeeshop: Tof the terrible congratulates himself for job...
WE WOULD like to wish a happy and healthy New Year to all our customers. We have omitted the adjective ‘prosperous’ from our wishes, in case anyone thought we were taking the piss or engaging in black...
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