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Four to go to trial in land deal
By Elias Hazou LARNACA district court yesterday referred to criminal trial four suspects in connection to a multi-million land transaction involving the pension fund of telecoms utility CyTA. The...
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Court hears tale of drinking, violence and death
By Peter Stevenson TWO Romanian men aged 57 and 46 were remanded for eight days by the Larnaca district court yesterday in connection with the murder of a Romanian woman on Monday. The woman,...
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SGO sell-off coming soon
By Peter Stevenson THE GOVERNMENT will go ahead with the privatisation of semi-government organisations (SGOs) very soon because it is part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the troika,...
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Recycling bag leads to Mavrou surveillance probe
By Maria Gregoriou POLICE are investigating a possible case of surveillance being carried out on former interior minister Eleni Mavrou after a number of documents to do with the National Council were...
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Footbridge records more than 45,000 crossings
By Maria Gregoriou NICOSIA municipality has calculated that since July 24 when the temporary footbridge connecting Stasinou Avenue with old Nicosia was opened, more than 45,000 people have crossed in...
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Our View: The sole responsibility of the secret service should be national...
A MEMBER of the secret service KYP is under disciplinary investigation after files containing surveillance information were found in his possession. The information was about politicians and ordinary...
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Last-ditch talks with Russia’s Itera
By Elias Hazou A HIGH-RANKING officer from Russia’s Itera will be holding talks with officials here tomorrow in an apparently last-ditch attempt to close a deal on interim supplies of natural gas....
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Waxing lyrical
By Alix Norman When he’s good, I call my other half ‘honey’. And though I may consider myself the queen bee in the relationship, I will admit – in writing – that he’s the bee’s knees. You can see where...
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Cabinet establishes ‘public consultation day’
THE CABINET yesterday established a public consultation day to be held every four months, gave the green light for the creation of a national committee on research, innovation and technological...
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Kato Pyrgos school strike enters fourth day
By Peter Stevenson PUPILS from the primary school in Kato Pyrgos Tylliria protested for a third day yesterday by not entering their classes. All 50 children, with the support of their parents refused...
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Caution urged over ‘guaranteed job’ offer
By Peter Stevenson DESPERATE times call for desperate measures with thousands of unemployed showing an interest in paying a one-time fee of €1,220 to a company in Larnaca in order to get a job, sources...
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AKEL leader feels like he too is being watched
By Peter Stevenson IN THE wake of a spare of surveillance-related reports this month, AKEL leader, Andros Kyprianou said yesterday he feels like he is also being watched. Asked on Sigma TV yesterday...
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Cabinet enrages AKEL with CBC appointment
THE CABINET yesterday appointed two executive members to the board of the Central Bank (CBC), prompting a fierce reaction from main opposition AKEL. The government handed executive powers to board...
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Georgiades: biggest dangers have been overcome
By George Psyllides THE BIGGEST dangers for the banking sector have been overcome, the finance minister said yesterday, following the election of a board to the island’s biggest lender, the Bank of...
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Natural gas production tests and the day after
By Constantinos Hadjistassou PRODUCTION tests, also known as drill stem tests, are a milestone in the development of a hydrocarbons field and its conversion into a proved reserve. The process primarily...
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Erdogan is not Turkey’s only problem
By Dani Rodrik TÜRKAN Saylan was a trailblazing physician, one of Turkey’s first female dermatologists and a leading campaigner against leprosy. She was also a staunch secularist who established a...
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Our View: New BoC board must ruthlessly pursue a plan of action
AFTER weeks of speculation and public bickering the Bank of Cyprus’ new shareholders elected a board of directors, at an ill-tempered AGM. The 16 new members included six Russians who lost big amounts...
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Long-awaited flame ignited at Block 12
By Poly Pantelides THE long-awaited offshore natural gas production test got underway yesterday and the flame was finally ignited following the repair of a glitch that temporarily halted the process...
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Downer to meet Davutoglu
By Stefanos Evripidou UN SPECIAL Adviser Alexander Downer is due to inform Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu today on the Greek Cypriot proposal for the return of Varosha as a massive...
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Supreme Court rejects AG appeal against murder acquittal
By Stefanos Evripidou THE SUPREME Court rejected an appeal by Attorney-general Petros Clerides against a decision by Paphos Criminal Court on a murder case for which the only suspect – a former...
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