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Final messages before big day
Author: Poly Pantelides THE REMAINING two presidential rivals last night locked horns for the last time before tomorrow’s election, with the economy and the Mari tragedy taking centre stage during...
View ArticleOur View: Bailiffs’ attempt to seize state cars nothing more than a publicity...
THE GOVERNMENT may have made a complete mess of the economy, but this in no way justifies what happened at the finance ministry on Thursday morning, when bailiffs arrived with court warrants to seize...
View ArticleAnastasiades knows what to do, but is he brave enough?
Author: Loucas Charalambous POLITICS and football have one thing in common - springing surprises. Let us turn the clock back, some 3,200 days to April 2004. This was when the DISY chief Nicos...
View ArticleShop owners protest in Paphos
SHOP owners in the Tombs of the Kings area in Paphos yesterday protested plans to build a dual carriageway, which they said would put them out of business.Entrepreneurs, who blocked the road briefly,...
View ArticleFour Syrians remanded over fake passports and illegal entry
FOUR Syrians – two men and two women – were yesterday remanded in custody for four days in connection with impersonation and illegal entry into the Republic, Larnaca police said.The four were arrested...
View ArticleHand grenade explodes at the entrance to a Larnaca nighclub
A hand-grenade exploded in the early hours of yesterday at the entrance of a Larnaca night-club, which had been closed at the time, police said yesterday.The incident happened at 3am.The club is...
View ArticlePolice investigating sudden death of boy, 13, at martial arts class
POLICE were yesterday investigating the sudden death of a 13-year-old boy who collapsed during training on Friday at a martial arts gym in Athienou.A port-mortem did not shed any light as to the...
View ArticleTales from the Coffeeshop: The black and white propaganda show
Author: Patroclos ‘BLACK propaganda’ dominated the final week of the election campaign, which was no bad thing as advertising the opponent’s weaknesses is much more fun for the general public than...
View ArticleOur View: Anastasiades needs to be given a strong mandate
FOR MANY, today’s election result is a foregone conclusion. After all, Nicos Anastasiades, had secured an almost unassailable lead with his impressive 45.4 per cent of the vote last Sunday, his rival...
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‘It’s in the hands of the voters now’
Author: George Psyllides CYPRIOTS are voting today for a new president who will have to swiftly negotiate a bailout agreement that will bring the country back from the brink of bankruptcy but not...
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Cyprus votes for president as clock ticks on bailout deal
UPDATED: CYPRIOTS are voting today for a new president who will have to swiftly negotiate a bailout agreement that will bring the country back from the brink of bankruptcy but not without the pain of...
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Nicos Anastasiades wins presidential election
DISY chief Nicos Anastasiades cruised to victory in Cyprus' presidential runoff vote, winning 57.48 per cent of the vote, one of the highest in the Republic’s history.Anastasiades, 66, will take the...
View ArticlePolling statement spat much ado about nothing
Author: George Christou THERE had to be one last row before the president was elected and the parties put the election campaign behind them. It was sparked by a statement made by Nicos Anastasiades...
View ArticleLittle time to celebrate as tough decisions must be made
Author: Elias Hazou PRESIDENT-ELECT Nicos Anastasiades must navigate a minefield on taking office, juggling Cypriot and foreign interests against a backdrop of an urgently needed bailout.The...
View ArticleA glimpse at the future cabinet
Author: Elias Hazou MICHALIS Sarris is tipped for the hot seat of finance minister in the new DISY-DIKO administration, and is Anastasiades’ top pick for the key portfolio, the Mail is reliably...
View ArticleHow Anastasiades victory compares to previous elections
Nicos Anastasiades’ 57.48 per cent victory last night gave him the highest score in a run-off election in the post-1974 era.The final tally stood at 57.48 per cent for Anastasiades, compared to 42.52...
View ArticleMarked presence of invalid votes and abstentions
Author: Elias Hazou THE HIGH abstention rate, counter-balanced by a high occurrence of invalid votes, were what shaped the result of yesterday’s presidential elections.The final tally stood at 57.48...
View ArticleAKEL: It’s not really a defeat
Author: Stefanos Evripidou THE MOOD may have been sombre at the Stavros Malas campaign headquarters last night but just a few streets away, the AKEL top brass were quietly tickled that the outgoing...
View Article‘I will be Nicos not president’
Author: Poly Pantelides THOUSANDS of jubilant supporters yesterday celebrated the victory of DISY chief Nicos Anastasiades in the presidential elections’ run-off against AKEL-backed Stavros...
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Our view: Anastasiades must show the courage of the Annan days now he is...
PRESIDENT-ELECT Nicos Anastasiades has come a long way since the days of the 2004 referendum when he became a political pariah, attacked and abused by all the political parties and the government of...
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