Comment: Annan plan had no place in election debate
Author: Makarios Drousiotis THE DISAPPOINTMENTS in last Monday’s televised election debate were not the presidential candidates, but the four journalists who stayed glued to the Annan plan.Until...
View ArticleOur View: Better checks and balances needed for office of president
A FEW weeks before we elect a new president, perhaps it would be worthwhile to consider the staggering powers enjoyed by the President of the Republic constitutionally. In effect the president could be...
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Surtitles light the way for non-Greek speakers
Author: Poly Pantelides WOULD you like to go to the theatre more often but find it’s all Greek to you? Greek speakers and the hearing impaired can now enjoy the Cyprus theatre organisation’s (THOC)...
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A disastrous folly: the destruction of the Karpas
Author: Simon Bahceli WHEN a family of nature-loving Germans took me on my first trip to the tip of the Karpas peninsula in the late 1980s, it took a whole day to get there. Having left Kyrenia early...
View ArticleCYPRUS IN BRIEF
Group of individuals sought after man shot POLICE were yesterday seeking a group of individuals – thought to be foreign EU nationals – suspected of shooting and slightly injuring a 29-year-old Nicosia...
View ArticleOnline tool for undecided voters
Author: Stefanos Evripidou STILL WONDERING who to vote for in this month’s presidential election, or whether to vote at all? Having a hard time deciding which candidate represents your positions on...
View ArticleRadical changes to facilitate mobility
THE interior ministry is preparing a bill designed to minimise risks to people with disabilities or reduced mobility when accessing roads and buildings, the government said yesterday.“The objective is...
View ArticlePIMCO report not made public
Author: George Psyllides THE company tasked with assessing the recapitalisation needs of Cypriot banks ahead of a bailout delivered its final report yesterday but the results were not made...
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Crisis hits ambulance service
Author: George Psyllides IT APPEARS that those hoping to see a new ambulance service being rolled out early this year will have to wait, as the long-awaited and much-needed upgrade has fallen victim...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: Almost free of the commie yoke
Author: Patroclos ONLY TWO weeks away from elections that will peacefully free us from the communist yoke and allow us to view the future with a little less pessimism, our establishment feels it...
View ArticleOur View: Economy will benefit from deregulation of industrial relations
THE RECESSION could not have left industrial relations unaffected. Unions have gone on the warpath after the announcement of a universal pay freeze by employers’ organisations and the many years of...
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Who will save the Karpas?
GREEK Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots are mobilising to try and stop the carving up of one of the last bastions of nature in Cyprus, the remote Karpas peninsula in the north, which is being destroyed...
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Protesters block chemical factories
THE RESIDENTS of Pera-Chorio Nisou closed off two chemical factories on Sunday, found within the village’s residential area, which are supposedly responsible for serious health problems being...
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‘Lack of communication’ led to miscarriage confusion
Author: Peter Stevenson A SERIES of misunderstandings was responsible for a pregnant woman being told by hospital staff that she had suffered a miscarriage when she hadn’t, Health Minister Androulla...
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EU has Cyprus leverage, but will it use it?
Author: Paul Taylor FOR THE first time since Cyprus joined the European Union nearly a decade ago, its partners have financial leverage to press for a settlement of the island's almost 40-year...
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New cancer cases number 3,000 a year
Author: Peter Stevenson THERE are around 3,000 new cases of cancer a year in Cyprus, Health Minister Androulla Agrotou revealed yesterday in a speech to mark World Cancer Day. According to the...
View ArticleMediator for bond dispute
THE island’s two big banks seem to support a proposal to appoint a mediating committee to look into allegations that people were misled into buying high-yield bonds, effectively losing their money...
View ArticleEight proposals for interim gas supply
Author: Elias Hazou THE Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA) has received eight proposals from companies interested in supplying the island with limited quantities of natural gas.The deadline for the...
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DISY leader seeks to refute ‘dodgy dealings’ claim
Author: Elias Hazou ATTORNEY-GENERAL Petros Clerides said yesterday the unit for combating money laundering (MOKAS) would probe allegations of dodgy financial dealings implicating the law firm of...
View ArticleRussia ready to ‘soften’ loan terms
Author: George Psyllides RUSSIA said yesterday it was considering extending the maturity of a €2.5 billion loan to help Cyprus manage its debt crisis, rather than offering a new loan."We are ready for...
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