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A present from Cyprus for a future king
DELIGHTED by the recent royal birth to Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Cyprus based children’s book author, Jonathan Ayre, sent two of his books, The Tiger Who Wasn’t! and Hatty And The Hard...
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Tales from the Coffeeshop: A curious outbreak of non-performing brains
By Patroclos SOMEONE had some fun at poor old Patroclos’ expense last week, spreading rumours about foreclosure proceedings by the bank because of our establishment’s non-performing loans. The only...
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Our view: Co-op vote proves that AKEL is the enemy within
EVERY rational person in this country knows that cheap populism, opportunism and irresponsibility were the main contributing factors that led the state to bankruptcy. Even when the red warning lights...
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Courts stymied by laws dating back to 1954
By Poly Pantelides UNLESS THE antiquated system Cyprus inherited from its former colonial government is overhauled, the move to digitise court procedures will make little or no difference to the...
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Woman critical, man dead in Larnaca shooting incident
A 50-year-old Larnaca man shot and critically injured a Romanian woman, 32, before taking his own life, police said on Sunday. Christos Rossos is said to have shot the woman in the early morning hours,...
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Djokovic, Nadal set up blockbuster U.S. Open final
World number one Novak Djokovic and number two Rafa Nadal set up a mouthwatering men’s singles final at the U.S. Open with victories in the semi-finals at Flushing Meadows on Saturday. Monday’s U.S....
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Vettel forges ahead with Italian GP win
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel won the Italian Grand Prix at a canter on Sunday to move 53 points clear of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in the Formula One championship after six victories from 12 races. The...
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Serena Williams beats Azarenka in US Open Final
Serena Williams repeated as U.S. Open women’s champion by holding off a battling Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1 in a windblown final at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday. Williams bounded in a...
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Turkey needs to launch a Cyprus ‘charm offensive’
By Stefanos Evripidou IF TURKEY wants to solve the Cyprus problem, as the most powerful party in the equation, it needs to launch a charm offensive on Greek Cypriots, who are currently in a completely...
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Restaurant review: Yialos tavern, Pissouri
By Eleni Messiou Yialos in Greek means a bay, or the seashore and how fitting a name for this charming local restaurant, spectacularly facing the picturesque bay at Pissouri. The first thing that...
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Anastasiades: We cannot afford another failure
By Stefanos Evripidou CYPRUS CANNOT afford another failure in efforts to solve the decades-old division of the island, said President Nicos Anastasiades yesterday. Speaking at the Presidential Palace...
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Government plays down Syria fears
By Stefanos Evripidou THE GOVERNMENT was at pains yesterday to stress the role of Cyprus as a centre of “stability and peace” in the region, following media reports of British, Turkish and Syrian war...
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New opportunities for Cyprus-Egypt relations
EFFORTS TO explore and exploit hydrocarbon reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean has opened up new opportunities for further enhancing strategic relations between Egypt and Cyprus, said President Nicos...
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Gas test almost back on track
By Elias Hazou AN OFFSHORE natural gas production test at the Aphrodite-2 well should get back on track by midweek, a senior official said yesterday. Charles Ellinas, chairman of the Cyprus National...
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Moody’s: Cyprus vulnerable to ‘major restructurings’
CYPRUS is vulnerable to “major restructurings” of its debt over the coming years, Moody’s Investors’ Service has said. Financial news portal Stockwatch reported last night that Moody’s had issued a...
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Hamlet on the Potomac
By Gwynne Dyer THE psychodrama in Washington grows ever more bizarre. John Kerry, the Secretary of State, hyperventilates about the disasters that will ensue if the United States does not bomb Syria –...
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Our View: Obama put his credibility on the line with Syria
THE UNITED STATES has given President Bashar al-Assad one week to hand over his stock of chemical weapons. Failure to comply would lead to military attack, said secretary of state John Kerry yesterday,...
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Determined to drive the burglars out of Peyia
By Bejay Browne NEIGHBOURHOOD watch patrols will take to the streets of Peyia in Paphos today in a bid to prevent an increasing number of burglaries. According to Peyia community policeman, Spyros...
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AG suspends case against former CBC boss
THE attorney-general has suspended the prosecution of former Central Bank governor Athanasios Orphanides who was one of the defendants in a private criminal prosecution against members of the former...
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A minute with Professor Athanasios Gagatzis, Vice rector at the University of...
Where do you live? I’ve been leaving here in Nicosia for the last 17 years. Best childhood memory? I am not a positive man in general and that’s why I tend to be hardly ever satisfied even when it...
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