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Helios convictions upheld in Greece
Author: George Psyllides A GREEK court of appeals yesterday upheld a 10-year prison sentence for three executives found responsible for a 2005 Cypriot airliner crash, which killed all 121 passengers...
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Award winning author and artist Niki Marangou dies
Award winning author and artist Niki Marangou died on Thursday in a car accident in Egypt. She was one of three passengers in a car driven by a local man who crashed under unknown circumstances just...
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‘The power of the family’
Author: Peter Stevenson ONE IN twelve businesses is family-run in Cyprus compared to one in 250 in the UK according to consultant Paul Thomas, who will be holding a seminar in cooperation with the...
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Designer gear at bargain prices
Author: Bejay Browne THE days of rummaging around in bargain bins of tangled up secondhand clothes in a musty-smelling shop are long gone, at least for customers at a newly opened store in Paphos.At...
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‘Winds of change’ stop blowing for Turkish Cypriots
Author: Simon Bahceli JUST over a year ago, a Turkish Cypriot cross-party ‘parliamentary’ committee concluded an investigation into whether police in the north used torture in their prisons and police...
View ArticleTwo arrested in bank card scam
POLICE arrested two people in Larnaca yesterday in relation to an ATM bank card fraud worth €16,000.A Greek Cypriot man, 38, and a 19-year-old Bulgarian woman were arrested after a bank complained...
View ArticleFirst stone laid for Limni development project
Author: Poly Pantelides PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias yesterday lay the foundation stone for a huge development work, including golf courses, at Limni, near Polis Chrysochous in Paphos, and while it...
View ArticleMost under 35s say politicians are useless
Author: Poly Pantelides POLLS on this month’s presidential elections have focused on who people intend to vote, but a non-governmental organisation (NGO) asked people aged 35 or younger to agree or...
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Where the candidates stand on the big issues
Author: Elias Hazou WITH the elections just a week away, many of us may still be puzzling over who is the ‘right’ person for President, or, who would be the lesser evil. The blitz of the electoral...
View ArticleOur View: It’s critical that voters choose who’s best for the country
CYPRUS goes to the polls next Sunday to elect a new president. After the five, catastrophic, years, the outgoing president bequeaths a presidency that could only be described as a poisoned chalice....
View ArticleTales from the Coffeeshop: At least the dams are full
Author: Patroclos ALTHOUGH this has been the shortest and most low-key election campaign, since the days Makarios stood as the only presidential candidate, it still seems like it has dragged on for a...
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Entering the final stretch
Author: Poly Pantelides THIS TIME next week Cypriots will be in the process of voting in a new government and for the first time ever the main issue will be the economy, and not the Cyprus...
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Five crew killed in ship drill
FIVE crew members died in an emergency drill on a Cypriot- owned cruise ship in the Canary Islands on Sunday.Cables snapped on a lifeboat and it plunged 20 metres to the ocean and fell upside down,...
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‘A new era of strategic partnership’
Author: Elias Hazou THE GOVERNMENT yesterday signed an agreement transferring 30 per cent of Noble Energy’s gas exploitation rights on offshore Block 12 to Avner Oil & Gas and Delek Drilling, the...
View ArticleDaily dose of mudslinging
Author: Poly Pantelides AS SUNDAY’S presidential elections edge closer, ruling party AKEL yesterday accused the election forerunner of arrogance, and EDEK-backed Giorgos Lillikas threatened a daily...
View ArticleDISY leader widens his lead
MAIN opposition DISY leader Nicos Anastasiades has widened his lead over his two main challengers a week before presidential elections, three polls showed on Sunday, as voters looked for a fresh pair...
View ArticleMore promises from candidates as elections draws near
PRESIDENTIAL frontrunner Nicos Anastasiades yesterday unveiled a proposal that would allow people to demand legislation passed by parliament – under certain conditions -- on matters that affect...
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Candidates butt heads on economy and domestic issues
Author: Poly Pantelides THE THREE main contenders in Sunday’s presidential elections yesterday discussed the economy and domestic policy for the third and final televised live debate, broadcast by...
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Prices drop for some meds but new ‘transaction fee’ for prescriptions
Author: Poly Pantelides and Peter Stevenson SCROLL DOWN FOR TEXT FILE OF FULL PRICE LISTTHE HEALTH ministry released a new price list for pharmaceuticals yesterday revealing some reductions in...
View ArticleCyprus aid ‘not a one-way street’
Author: George Psyllides EUROPEAN Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen has warned that Cyprus could default if there was a delay in granting financial assistance to the island, putting...
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