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Kofinou shooter gets 25 years
THE LARNACA criminal court yesterday sentenced 33-year-old Prodromos Hadjipanayi to 25 years for manslaughter and 15 years for the attempted murder of four people in Kofinou in March last year...
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AG’s office handed BoC probes
THE ATTORNEY-general’s office was yesterday handed two previously withdrawn probes drafted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to Bank of Cyprus. The SEC had recalled its findings...
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End of an era for the co-ops
By George Psyllides THE co-operative movement pledged to regain ownership of its banks within a reasonable time following their nationalisation, the head of the Co-operative Central Bank (CCB) said...
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Teachers want contract brethren made permanent
By Peter Stevenson MEMBERS of secondary school teachers union OELMEK protested outside the education ministry yesterday against a decision preventing public school contract teachers from becoming...
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Ministers vow to put an end to noise pollution
By Maria Gregoriou THE INTERIOR, justice and agriculture ministries hope to have a bill ready for parliament to amend the noise pollution law by the end of the year. During a meeting yesterday at the...
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Our View: Downer is an easy target for party demagogues
THE UN Secretary-General’s special representative Alexander Downer cannot say anything in public without sparking the obligatory knee-jerk reaction by the spokesmen of the smaller parties who seem to...
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Talks on interim gas supply fall through
By Elias Hazou TALKS with preferred bidder Itera on interim supplies of natural gas are officially at an end, the Natural Gas Public Company DEFA said yesterday. In a brief statement, DEFA said it had...
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Couple assaulted and robbed in their home
Two armed men stormed a Limassol home on Thursday evening, beating and robbing its residents. The men, who wore hoods and carried a shotgun and a knife, assaulted the Russian couple inside their...
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The great mismatch: the foreigners are showing us how to live
By Pavlos Loizou OVER THE past few weeks I have grown more concerned about the mismatch between Cyprus’ society and economy. Cyprus’ society comprises of four different groups. The first and second...
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The real thieves of public money
By Hermes Solomon Marc Faber, the noted Swiss economist and investor, has voiced his concerns for the US economy, stating, “I think somewhere down the line we will have a massive wealth destruction. I...
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BoC must be allowed to deal with big NPLs separately
By Loucas Charalambous ONE OF the most serious issues that will need immediate attention by the new board of the Bank of Cyprus will be what to do with the very big non-performing loans (NPL) on its...
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Greens website to give charity information
INFORMATION about the work of environmental charities and other organisations working on the island will next month be included on the Green Party website. The scope of this section of the website is...
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In times of rising prices exhibition looks at ways of saving energy
MORE than 85 exhibitors will gather next weekend in 6,500 square metres of space to showcase products and services to help cut the cost of power, a sensitive issue in times when people’s incomes are...
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Brits continue to set up home here
By Bejay Browne AFTER the turmoil of the banking crisis in March and fears about foreigners flocking from the island, those in the industry in Paphos say more have arrived in the last few months than...
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Coffeeshop: Kick-ass leaders finally take helm at BoC
THE BANK of Cyprus finally has a board representing it new shareholders, but looking at its composition it would be no exaggeration to say that our only hope are the Russian directors. They are the...
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Our view: Government needs to be wary of creating impression state finances...
NO PUBLIC sector group has defended its privileges and interests with the tenacious single-mindedness displayed by state school teachers. When the troika proposed they taught an extra period a week so...
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Foreign policy to focus on more than the Cyprus problem
By Stefanos Evripidou THE LAST six months have seen a fundamental shift in Cyprus’ foreign policy, away from “doubtful” positions of the past to a “clear and assertive” stance on key developments in...
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Cyprus eyes investors, may not need full privatisation-president
Cyprus may need to only partly privatise state-owned enterprises to meet one of the conditions of its international bailout, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday. The €10 billion euro bailout...
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Emotional Shelvey apologises to Swansea fans
By Ed Osmond Swansea City midfielder Jonjo Shelvey struggled to conceal his emotions after taking a leading role at both ends of the pitch in the 2-2 Premier League draw with his former club Liverpool...
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Britain’s coalition might not survive to next election says minister
By Peter Griffiths British Business Secretary Vince Cable has said it is “possible” that the coalition between his Liberal Democrats and Prime Minister David Cameron’s centre-right Conservatives could...
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