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Little sign of festive cheer
Author: Poly Pantelides and Christos Theodorides THE CHRISTMAS lights are on, though in less abundance than last year, and the streets are crowded, but fewer and fewer people are willing to spend...
View ArticleWestern Union employee mugged
A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN was mugged as he was heading home on foot with a backpack containing deposits from Western Union where he was working, on Sunday night in central Nicosia.The 30-year-old Pakistani...
View ArticleOver 2,000 new entrants to labour market
AN ADDITIONAL 2,500 people entered Cyprus’ labour force in the third quarter (Q3) of the year, the latest data from statistical services show.The labour force amounted to 442,483 in Q3 versus 439,954...
View ArticleFutsal first division matches on hold
Author: Peter Stevenson THE CYPRUS Football Association (CFA) has announced, after marathon talks that it has put futsal’s first division on hold until further notice. This comes after police sent...
View ArticleAustrian economist’s comments ‘arbitrary and groundless’
Author: Elias Hazou THE GOVERNMENT has again been put on the defensive after a senior EU economist accused Cyprus of stalling the signing of a bailout deal.Thomas Wieser, chairman of the Economic and...
View ArticleSeeing past the allure of glossy gadgets
Author: Zoe Christodoulides AS THE weekend before Christmas brought on a mad rush to the shops while parents island-wide whipped out the children’s ‘wish lists,’ one has to wonder if the true meaning...
View ArticleMan critical after shootout with cops
Author: Elias Hazou ONE man was yesterday left in critical condition, and two more were in custody, after a dramatic car chase and shootout with police One of the alleged perpetrators, a Greek...
View ArticleOur View: A return to the spirit of Christmas… but at what cost?
ALTHOUGH there is probably a significant number of people in Cyprus who have been left untouched by the economic crisis, the vast majority have felt it in one way or another but this has not stopped...
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Pulling together in difficult times in Paphos
Author: Bejay Browne IN PAPHOS, which has been hardest hit by the wave of unemployment, authorities, businesses and the general public have joined forces to ensure needy families won’t be left...
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Touched by the generosity of people
Author: Poly Pantelides THOUSANDS of needy families across Cyprus have received help for the holidays over as the public rallied behind a growing mobilisation of in all districts to help those less...
View ArticleCyprob back in the limelight as elections draw nearer
Author: Stefanos Evripidou AFTER MONTHS of wrangling over the economic woes of the country, the government and opposition yesterday joined forces to reject Turkish reports of a UN proposal to hold a...
View ArticleArmed gang involved in buffer zone sheep rustling
GANGS of animal rustlers are targeting livestock in areas close to the UN-controlled buffer zone according to police. Most recently, livestock from the areas of Dali, Lympia, Potamia and Athienou...
View ArticleSuspect in Christmas Eve shootout dies
SAVVAS Xenophontos, the Greek-Cypriot man who was involved in a car chase and shootout with the police on Christmas Eve, was killed by a bullet from a firearm according to state pathologist Eleni...
View ArticleSuspected wife killer to face trial
A 62-YEAR-OLD former policeman is due to stand trial for the premeditated murder of his wife, aged 56, who was found dead in the couple’s living room in early December.Larnaca district court has...
View ArticleDrunk driver to be charged on three counts in Filipino death
THE 26-year-old drunk driver who hit and killed a domestic worker while she was sweeping the pavement outside her workplace last Saturday will be charged on three counts, said police yesterday. The...
View ArticleChristofias: history will vindicate me
Author: Stefanos Evripidou WHEN PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias leaves office next February, he will do so confident that history will vindicate his decisions, despite feeling bitterness for the “harsh...
View ArticlePimco report to be verified
Author: Elias Hazou THE CENTRAL BANK is today expected to announce the name of the consultancy selected to verify a due diligence of Cypriot banks carried out by investment company Pimco.Pimco has...
View ArticleRussia: no bilateral loan for Cyprus
Author: Elias Hazou RUSSIA does not intend to grant Cyprus an interstate loan because the associated risks are too great to be assumed by any single creditor, Russia’s deputy finance minister has...
View ArticleOur View: And this man is Turkey’s minister for Europe?
IF THERE’S one thing Turkish politicians are not short of, it’s chutzpah.Turkey’s minister for Europe, Egeman Bagis, sparked off an internal row on the Greek Cypriot side yesterday by raising the...
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