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Time to look beyond sun and sand
Author: Peter Stevenson FACING hard times because of the crisis, with many hotels shutting for the winter due to crippling fuel bills, those in the mountains say it is time for Cyprus to move beyond...
View ArticleMosque charges
THREE youths, aged 17, 18 and 21, have been charged with vandalising an 18th century mosque in Denia last week, authorities said.In their testimonies the three Greek Cypriots said they had demolished...
View ArticleNearly half of computer owners use pirated software
Author: Stefanos Evripidou FINANCE MINISTER Vassos Shiarly yesterday called on businesses not to use unlicensed or pirated software, arguing that it hurts information technology (IT) businesses, tax...
View ArticleCY pilots say ‘no’ to plan
Author: Poly Pantelides PILOTS at ailing state carrier Cyprus Airways (CY) disagreed yesterday with a restructuring proposal, which includes a bigger contribution for their members, on the grounds the...
View ArticleNorway helps in money laundering battle
NORWAY WILL pay near one million euros to strengthen Cyprus’ anti-money laundering capabilities. A contract was signed last Friday between the Planning Bureau and the Unit for Combating Money...
View ArticleDiscussing the ‘nightmare scenario’
Author: Stefanos Evripidou THE ARCHITECTS of the Greek sovereign debt writedown are in Cyprus to present their positions on the eurozone debt crisis and the option of a possible debt writedown for...
View ArticleAG makes an offer to judges in wage cut dispute
Author: Elias Hazou THE SUPREME Court will reconvene on March 7 to continue hearing the case of the district judges’ appeal, after an offer yesterday by the Attorney-general to broker a deal...
View ArticleThe lows and new lows of the election campaign
Author: Stefanos Evripidou ONE MIGHT be forgiven for not noticing the election campaigns currently underway ahead of next month’s presidential election. This may be one of the most challenging periods...
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Candidates sound off on Cyprus issue
Author: Poly Pantelides THE three main contenders for the presidential elections in February 17 yesterday took on the Cyprus problem for the second televised live debate. The scene was set even...
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Stabbed man’s body found stuffed in suitcase
POLICE have arrested two people in relation to a gruesome murder of a Bangladeshi man, 25, after his stabbed and dismembered body was found, yesterday morning, stuffed into a suitcase in the boot of a...
View ArticleOur View: The painful truth is that we are in a very weak position.
AN ARTICLE which appeared in yesterday’s edition of Politis revealed that at the last Euro Group meeting, eight days ago, the issue of withdrawing emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) from Cypriot...
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Shiarly: we have nothing to hide
Author: Elias Hazou CYPRUS is ready to agree to any probe regarding its compliance with anti-money-laundering regulations, finance minister Vassos Shiarly said yesterday.But to date authorities have...
View ArticleSports tourism generates €20m in 2011
THE Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) is committed to strengthening sports tourism further, its chairman said yesterday, as visitors in 2011 recorded a 19 per cent rise.CTO chairman Alecos Orountiotis...
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All parties say their man came out on top. Greens lament no talk of the future
STATEMENTS made yesterday about the performance of the three main presidential candidates during Monday’s live televised debate raise a challenge. All parties claimed – but cannot all be right – that...
View ArticleMore petrol price rises to come
PEOPLE are trying to use their cars less as fuel prices have risen by about 13 cents a litre in about a month, the head of the petrol station owners’ association Stephanos Stephanou said...
View ArticlePolice probe drinks racketeering
Author: Elias Hazou POLICE are looking into possible racketeering being carried out at the expense of licensed distributors of beverages, the force’s spokesman confirmed yesterday.Police spokesman...
View ArticleAllegations Cyprus is a money laundering centre ‘unfounded’
Author: Elias Hazou ALLEGATIONS that Cyprus is a tax haven and money laundering centre for Russians are “unfounded” and “unjust”, House Speaker Yiannakis Omirou said yesterday.The island fully...
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Government has next three months financing covered
Author: George Psyllides THE government said yesterday it was on track to cover the state’s financing needs for the next three months, pending finalisation of a bailout that was not expected before...
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Budget cut means Nicosia will have to tighten belt
Author: Poly Pantelides NICOSIA municipality will get €400,000 less from the government than expected in 2013, which may overthrow plans for a balanced budget, Nicosia mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis...
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Body in suitcase man ‘killed because he wouldn’t get up’
Author: George Psyllides A 29-year-old Bangladeshi man stabbed his roommate to death because he refused to get out of bed to replace him at the hotel reception where they worked, the Nicosia district...
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