Bill seeking asset filings every seven years
MAIN opposition party DISY yesterday tabled a bill mandating that all citizens submit a statement of assets every seven years.The proposed legislation is intended to complement a bill tabled by DISY...
View ArticleDeputies unhappy with CB response on bank probe
LAWMAKERS appeared unhappy yesterday with the response they received from the Central Bank to their query regarding the terms of reference of a professional services firm hired to look into what led...
View ArticleNicosia bus drivers warn of strike action
Author: Stefanos Evripidou BUS DRIVER unions yesterday gave the Nicosia bus company OSEL ten days to come up with around a million euros to plug the gap in benefit payments before going ahead with a...
View ArticleQuick action with water could have saved child’s eye
Author: Jacqueline Agathocleous THE HEAD of the Paphos Medical Association yesterday admitted that a seven-year-old girl whose sight in her left eye has been jeopardised after a state dentist...
View ArticleSkip full of slashed shoes causes a stir
Author: Stefanos Evripidou THE DUMPING of old stocks of unworn shoes by a well-known shoe company caused havoc and confusion on Ledra Street yesterday. The Ecco store at the bottom of Ledra Street...
View ArticleLeaked report talks of risky investments
Author: Elias Hazou As far back as two years ago regulatory authorities were aware of reports that commercial banks were selling financial instruments to investors without adequately explaining the...
View ArticleCypriot leads breakthrough in kidney transplant field
A CYPRIOT doctor has led a team of researchers to a breakthrough in the engineering of new kidney tissue from a patient’s own cells that could revolutionise the field of kidney transplants and save...
View ArticleS&P downgrade cites ‘policy inertia’
FOLLOWING Moody’s, ratings agency Standard and Poor’s has also downgraded Cyprus further into junk status citing “policy inertia” due to the presidential elections and faster than expected...
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Shiarly: ‘troika not trying to harm Cyprus’
Author: George Psyllides FINANCE Minister Vassos Shiarly yesterday sought to put to rest talk that international lenders wanted to harm Cyprus, reminding that they would be providing the island with...
View ArticleOur View: Politicians sending wrong message to poachers
THE COMMITTEE Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) was in Cyprus for the third autumn in succession in its ongoing campaign to stop illegal bird-trapping. With the help of Cyprus police, during their two-week...
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A true taste of history
Author: Zoe Christodoulides FOR THOSE visitors to Cyprus who want a genuine sense of the history and culture of the island - even down to the way food tasted hundreds of years ago - help is now at...
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Armou homes on verge of collapse
Author: Bejay Browne DESPITE the promise of help from the Paphos district office seven months ago, residents of a small housing development which is rapidly sliding down a hillside in Armou, say...
View ArticleAppeal for food and clothes
THE NON-governmental organisation Future Worlds Center (FWC) yesterday called on members of the public to provide help in collecting food and clothes for families who are living in extreme poverty and...
View ArticlePersonal appearance waiver available for some applicants for US visas
THE US embassy in Nicosia, in an effort to make it easier to travel to the United States to work, study and visit, will begin a programme to waive in-person interviews for some applicants, it said...
View ArticleFascinating glimpse into how travellers viewed Cyprus
Author: Jacqueline Agathocleous SCIENTISTS from nine different countries arrived in Athens on Thursday to study a collection of over 2,000 books and more than 600 atlases and maps depicting Cyprus...
View ArticleMan who assaulted girl freed after political intervention, MP charges
AKEL MP Irene Charalambidou yesterday said she was shocked to hear a man who admitted to sexually assaulting a young girl had been released by police, following an intervention from an unnamed...
View ArticleBulk of troika funds for the banks
Author: Jacqueline Agathocleous CENTRAL BANK (CB) Governor Panicos Demetriades yesterday said that Cyprus’ debt was manageable and that the bulk of assistance from international lenders would go into...
View ArticleTales from the Coffeeshop: Why are the evil Troikans after caring co-ops?
Author: Patroclos WHAT is it about the co-op banks and the co-op movement that cause every single politician to be overcome with cheap sentimentality? Why do the politicians become emotional and...
View ArticleOur View: We can’t treat the bailout like the Cyprus problem
THERE have been convergences among the political parties on the counter-proposals prepared by the finance ministry. Most of these convergences, as was expected, were of a negative nature. They all...
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Bank wrote off AKEL company debts
Author: Staff Reporter A DEBT of €6.5m owed by the AKEL-controlled Delta Trading company was written off by the Bank of Cyprus in 2006, bringing the total loans the party controlled firms have not...
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