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States must do more to invest in health
By Joanna Kozakou STATES are under unprecedented pressure to achieve the correct balance between universal access to high quality health services and adhering to budgetary constraints. As the European...
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Amnesty International weighs in on California prisons hunger strike
By Ronnie Cohen Amnesty International weighed in on a 22-day-old hunger strike in California prisons on Tuesday, calling solitary confinement conditions faced by protesting inmates an “affront to human...
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How to cure Cyprus’ liquidity ills
By Joseph E Sarachek LET’S say you’re in the back room of the talks that took place over the weekend between the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC), the finance ministry and the troika (the European Central...
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Our View: It will take much more than positive statements to restore confidence
THE SAGA of the bail-in of the Bank of Cyprus’ uninsured deposits ended yesterday, when the percentage of the haircut was officially announced by the Central Bank and Ministry of Finance in a joint...
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BoC out of administration
By Poly Pantelides CENTRAL Bank (CBC) governor Panicos Demetriades yesterday signed over the Bank of Cyprus’ (BoC) to its interim board, officially announcing the bank’s exit from administration...
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APOEL held to disappointing draw
By Nemanja Bjedov APOEL could only manage a 1-1 draw against Slovenian champions NK Maribor in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie on Wednesday night at the GSP...
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Luxury car arrives by air to meet birthday deadline
By Peter Stevenson AN as yet unnamed Russian businessman is due to get a very special surprise present when he celebrates his birthday today: an Aston Martin Cygnet that has been flown in from Britain....
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Stadium manager fears for public safety
By Peter Stevenson THE MANAGER of GSP stadium in Nicosia has warned that thousands of lives could be at risk if police do not act swiftly to remove the sandwich vans blocking the emergency exits during...
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Delays to extradition of former minister’s son
MICHALIS Michaelides, the son of former interior minister Dinos Michaelides, was in Limassol district court on Wednesday, appealing the European arrest warrant issued against him and his father by...
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Officials accused of pulling back on poaching clampdown
By Waylon Fairbanks THE BI-ANNUAL Bird Protection Report released on Wednesday accused the authorities of hampering environmental groups’ efforts to document and prevent the illegal poaching of song...
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Egypt’s rulers want to break up Brotherhood vigils
By Asma Alsharif and Maggie Fick Egypt faced the prospect of fresh bloodshed on Thursday after the country’s army-backed rulers signaled they would move soon to disperse thousands of supporters of...
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Former Laiki chairman opposed links to Vgenopoulos
By Stefanos Evripidou THE FORMER executive chairman of Laiki (Popular) Bank Kikis Lazarides yesterday denied he was at loggerheads with the Hong Kong-based bank HSBC when the latter wanted to take a...
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Laiki depositors seek direct say on BoC shares
By Poly Pantelides DEPOSITORS with what was formerly the island’s second biggest bank who have seen their money disappear overnight, said on Wednesday they wanted direct control of their 18 per cent of...
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OUR VIEW: Troika endorsement welcome, but no quick fix remedies
GOVERNMENT confidence that the troika would issue a positive quarterly review of the implementation of the memorandum of understanding proved justified. “Our overall assessment is that Cyprus’...
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State to become ‘exclusive owners’ of co-op banks
By Stefanos Evripidou THE STATE will become the “exclusive owner” of the co-operative movement under an agreement reached with the troika on how to bailout the co-ops, it transpired on Wednesday. IMF...
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Part-time jobs on offer for unemployed teachers
THE EDUCATION ministry hopes to offer jobs to unemployed teachers on a part-time basis for the coming school year it said yesterday. The ministry is hoping to hire between 500 and 700 for all-day...
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Former CyTA board member defends land deal
By Poly Pantelides A FORMER board member of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA) yesterday joined the chorus defending the pension fund’s investments as sound and justifiable. Charalambos...
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Most refugees would leave Cyprus if they could
By Waylon Fairbanks SOME 87 per cent of refugees in Cyprus said they would leave if they could as they saw no way of improving their lives on the island, according to a new survey The report entitled...
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Muslim Brotherhood can be part of the problem or part of the solution
By Dr Heba Elmarassi I HAD just assumed my post almost over a month ago as Ambassador Designate of Egypt to Cyprus, when my country, the biggest and most populous Arab country, witnessed a turning...
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Cleveland abductor Castro defiant as he gets life in prison
By Kim Palmer The Cleveland school bus driver who abducted, imprisoned and repeatedly raped three women was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without parole, plus 1,000 years, after one of his...
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