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Backed into a corner over SGOs
Author: Elias Hazou WITH THE troika at the gates, election campaign declarations are taking a back seat to the exigencies of salvaging the economy. Pledges that the so-called ‘profitable’...
View ArticleProposed UN visit over arms was ‘merely routine’
FORMER foreign minister Marcos Kyprianou said yesterday the impression that the UN was prevented from visiting Cyprus over the munitions on the Monchegorsk had blown out of proportion what was a...
View ArticleBetter use of police IT systems would reduce crime
Author: Poly Pantelides AIMING to tackle crime by sourcing information better, newly appointed justice minister Ionas Nicolaou wants to create an independent anti-crime committee to analyse statistics...
View ArticleInspiration and information at TEDxNicosia
Author: Poly Pantelides HUNDREDS of people spent last Saturday at the Pallas theatre in Nicosia for TEDxNicosia, for a day full of speeches and conversation on how to “regenerate, rethink, and react”,...
View ArticleArrest in car shooting death
POLICE arrested a 28-year-old man from Larnaca on Saturday night as a suspect in last Friday’s killing of 26-year-old Stefanos Vasiliades, who died from a gunshot to the head.“The suspect was arrested...
View ArticleArrested for murder of taxi driver ten years ago
Author: Peter Stevenson POLICE in Paphos arrested a 39-year-old from Larnaca yesterday in connection with a murder ten years ago in Paphos. According to Paphos police, 48-year-old taxi-driver...
View ArticleOfficials deny any delay in gas drilling
Author: Elias Hazou OFFICIALS here are confident that Noble Energy can start confirmation drilling at the Aphrodite 1 well this summer, and have also confirmed the possibility of a second prospect in...
View ArticleArchbishop: church’s bank has been wrongly caught in troika net
Author: Elias Hazou ARCHBISHOP Chrysostomos has threatened to sue the previous government for placing Hellenic Bank - of which the church is a major shareholder - in the troika’s crosshairs.The...
View ArticleGreece and Cyprus will turn crisis into opportunity
Author: George Psyllides CYPRUS will rise again, President Nicos Anastasiades said yesterday, stressing his determination to take all necessary measures to beat the island’s economic woes that brought...
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Our View: Resumption of pay cuts saga keeps heat on Supreme Court
THE SAGA OVER the cuts to the pay of judges returns to the Supreme Court today, when the Attorney-General is expected to present the case of the state. On January 28, the lawyers representing the...
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Signs of climb down on corporate tax rate
Author: George Psyllides THE GOVERNMENT appears prepared to agree to a small increase in Cyprus’ corporate tax rate to stave off IMF pressure for investors to take losses on bank deposits as part of...
View ArticleDrilling in other blocks could begin next year
Author: Stefanos Evripidou DRILLING IN other blocks of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) could start in early 2014, said former energy chief Solon Kassinis yesterday. Speaking from Milan to state...
View ArticleFormula One coverage up in the air
Author: Peter Stevenson THERE IS uncertainty over whether people on the island will be able to watch live coverage of the opening race of the Formula One Championship this Sunday.The first race will...
View ArticlePutting an end to late-payment culture
BY THIS Saturday, EU member states will be expected to have put in an end to what the Commission calls the damaging late payment culture that endangers small and medium-sized businesses. “Every day...
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Dog poisonings being investigated
Author: Maria Gregoriou A NUMBER of dogs have died from suspected cyanide poisoning in the Lania and Finikaria areas lately, from eating a substance known as candlewax poison.One dog owner from Lania...
View ArticleUnpaid doctors refuse to work on-call
Author: Maria Gregoriou DOCTORS at Limassol hospital’s emergency room have lashed out against not having been paid for on-call services since May 2012 by refusing to work on stand-by.This has resulted...
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Atmospheric dust reaches record levels
Author: Maria Gregoriou THE DUST in the atmosphere coming from the Sahara hit record levels yesterday, marking the air quality map with numerous red dots, or danger zones.“The dust in the atmosphere...
View ArticleDeal on terms for independent audit
CYPRUS and international lenders yesterday agreed on the terms of reference of an independent audit into the island’s anti-money laundering legal framework and its implementation, which is one of the...
View ArticleConfusion over IMF participation
Author: Stefanos Evripidou CYPRUS APPEARS to be entering the final lap in terms of convincing international creditors to agree to a bailout of the tiny island but confusion still reigns over whether...
View ArticleOur View: Recession has highlighted real need for NHS
IT WAS inevitable that the queues and waiting lists at state hospital would grow as a result of the recession. Living standards have fallen dramatically, with the number of long-term unemployed...
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