Editor’s choice: Readers’ letter Volunteering in a vacuum
WITH great interest I have just read Elias Hazou’s article, Academics question point of EU funding for peace, (Sunday Mail, October 28). In the article he focuses on a report, written by Dr Kate Flynn...
View ArticleTourist arrivals up despite drop in British visitors
TOURIST arrivals were up by 0.8 per cent in October compared with October last year, recording an increase for the sixth month in a row, Cyprus Statistical Service data show. According to the data,...
View ArticleA new look for Vasilikos
A NEW landscape at Vasilikos is taking shape as construction continues on the VTT Vasiliko Ltd’s fuel terminal which is currently employing 206 people.Work started last April and is expected to be...
View ArticleOvertime and bonuses could be cut in Paphos
A PAPHOS councilor has suggested municipality staff in Paphos have overtime and bonuses reduced, a move that would save €200,000 a year.“In 2011, we paid far too much in overtime and bonuses - it was...
View ArticleContractors left unpaid for government projects
Author: George Christou THE government has repeatedly said it was not going to default, but there are growing signs it is only paying salaries and leaving other debts unpaid.Companies that have...
View ArticleLenders ask for deeper cuts
BAILOUT talks between the troika and Cypriot officials continued yesterday amid reports that the lenders are asking for deeper cuts.Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly and Central Bank Governor Panicos...
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Divide over troika recalls dark days of 2004
Author: George Psyllides WITH no end in sight to the bailout negotiations, and economic problems piling up, the cash-strapped government appears poised to raid once more the coffers of profitable...
View ArticleBeggars have no rights to sovereignty or dignity
Author: Loucas Charalambous ALL THE TIME the troika was avoiding announcing an arrival date, our political demagogues were wondering why it was taking so long, worrying about the delay and stressing...
View ArticleOur View: Misinformation over bailout echoes 2004 referendum
A POLITICAL atmosphere reminiscent of the period preceding the 2004 referendum on the Annan plan has developed since the arrival of the troika. The troika has taken on the role that Alvaro de Soto’s UN...
View ArticleTales from the Coffeeshop: Let’s imagine our lives without a bailout
WHILE the government has stepped up its hate campaigning against the nasty neo-liberal loan sharks of the troika, there are reports that our EU partners have set an expiry date for our economy. It...
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Troika handed compromise proposals
Author: George Psyllides THE government last night handed international lenders a compromise proposal in what seems to be a last ditch effort to bridge differences between the two sides over the...
View ArticleWhat do Cyprus and Iceland have in common?
IT SOUNDS like the beginning of a joke: what do Cyprus and Iceland have in common? But the question was discussed in all seriousness yesterday during an EU enlargement discussion at the House of...
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Downer meets leaders on short trip to the island
PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias yesterday received Special Advisor of the United Nations Secretary General on Cyprus ?lexander Downer at the presidential palace to discuss developments surrounding the...
View ArticleLillikas denies ELAM links
Author: Elias Hazou PRESIDENTIAL candidate Giorgos Lillikas yesterday dismissed as a cheap political stunt allegations that his election staff includes members of nationalist groups.Speaking at a...
View ArticleHouse committee seeks information on foreign bank accounts
THE HOUSE watchdog committee yesterday asked the Finance Ministry for a list of Greek Cypriots who have money in foreign bank accounts.The committee also urgently asked for a meeting with Finance...
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Tel Aviv flights operating via Larnaca
FLIGHTS bound for Tel Aviv are being temporarily diverted to Larnaca airport due to the ongoing crisis in Gaza, the airport's operators said yesterday."A number of European airlines have been asking...
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Landmark luna park forced to close its doors
ONE of the oldest luna parks on the island is being forced to close down next month, bringing to an end 45 years of fun for residents of Nicosia.Tivoli Luna Park will shut its doors on December 20 and...
View ArticleDocuments describing blast cargo ‘disappeared’
A REPORT on the Monchergorsk vessel - whose cargo of munitions that was placed at a naval base had just exploded - contained a document referring to the cargo’s dangerousness that later disappeared, a...
View ArticleMan held over fatal stabbing
Author: Elias Hazou A MAN with a history of mental illness was yesterday taken into custody over the fatal stabbing of 23-year-old Apostolis Athanasiou in Limassol late on Monday.It later emerged that...
View ArticleOur View: We must cede some sovereignty to get bailout
WHILE there seems to have been agreement with the troika over the measures for the banking sector, most parties and presidential candidates are taking the obligatory defiant stand on other issues,...
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