Our View: PV systems clearly threaten the EAC’s power monopoly
WE WOULD have thought that the authorities of a country that boasts the highest electricity rates in Europe would not have been averse to exploring the possibilities provided by renewable energy...
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Toddler back with parents after abduction
Author: Stefanos Evripidou POLICE ARE on the hunt for those responsible for kidnapping an 18-month-old child from his grandmother’s verandah in Limassol yesterday, triggering a massive search for the...
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Rolling out the grandkids
Author: George Christou ALL THOSE expecting the usual barrage of election-day clichιs were not disappointed yesterday as all candidates and party leaders made the obligatory post-voting statement in...
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Frail Clerides ‘came to vote for Nicos Anastasiades’
A FRAIL former president Glafcos Clerides was accompanied by Nicos Anastasiades to the Lycavitos School polling station in Nicosia.“I came and voted,” he said. “I voted for Nicos Anastasiades.”Asked if...
View ArticleECB ‘needs someone they can talk to’
EUROPEAN Central Bank board member Joerg Asmussen said yesterday he hoped a financial rescue agreement that would include privatisations with a new Cyprus government could be reached by the end of...
View ArticleFrom ‘Nasty’ to ‘Nice Nick’, Anastasiades closer to the throne
Author: Michele Kambas CONSERVATIVE chief Nicos Anastasiades's first round victory in Cyprus's presidential elections yesterday marks a stunning comeback for a veteran politician whose career was...
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Malas rallies support, woos Lillikas
AKEL-backed Stavros Malas, who has secured a place in next Sunday’s runoff ballot, sought to rally supporters last night by promising that ultimate triumph was still in their grasp.“This battle shall...
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Jubilation turns to disappointment to hope at DISY offices
Author: Poly Pantelides At DISY headquarters people burst into celebration yesterday when state broadcaster’s CyBC exit poll gave DISY leader Nicos Anastasiades a majority win, only to become...
View ArticleAlmost one fifth of voters abstain
ALMOST one-fifth of registered voters did not bother to visit a polling station yesterday, more or less confirming previous analyses.Preliminary data on the final turnout put the total at 82.84 per...
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Exit polls were way off the mark
Author: Elias Hazou CYPRIOTS have proved themselves unreliable respondents, bamboozling all the exit polls which yesterday projected an outright victory for Nicos Anastasiades.All the pollsters were...
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Our View: Malas did well but winning is out of the question
IN THE END, there will be a run-off election on Sunday between DISY leader Nicos Anastasiades and AKEL candidate Stavros Malas who edged out Giorgos Lillikas by two percentage points. Anastasiades who...
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A towering lead but not enough
Author: George Psyllides DISY leader Nicos Anastasiades won yesterday’s presidential vote but failed to garner the required majority and will now face off against AKEL-backed Stavros Malas in a runoff...
View ArticlePaphos family still living in limbo
Author: Bejay Browne A FAMILY of four living at a stricken development in Armou in Paphos remain in limbo, unsure of their future, after their homes were declared unfit for habitation in November last...
View ArticleRemand for woman suspected of killing her newborn
A WOMAN who gave birth in secrecy at a farm in Famagusta was remanded for eight days yesterday suspected of concealing the birth and of manlaughter, after a state pathologist said a post mortem...
View ArticleHelios defendants acquitted in Cyprus
Author: Elias Hazou NICOSIA Criminal Court yesterday acquitted all the defendants in the trial for the 2005 Helios aviation disaster, spelling the end of legal proceedings here more than seven years...
View ArticleCB seeks troika approval to inform banks on their needs
Author: Elias Hazou THE CENTRAL Bank will reportedly seek international lenders’ approval to officially inform banks about their recapitalisation needs, thus enabling the banks to accurately inform...
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Draghi: bailout must be linked to ‘dirty money’ monitoring
Author: Elias Hazou A FINANCIAL rescue package for Cyprus must be accompanied by close and continuous monitoring of its progress in implementing anti-money-laundering policies, the European Central...
View ArticleCyBC wins battle of the ratings
HUNDREDS of thousands of people were glued to their TV sets on Sunday for an average of over six hours, watching the presidential election coverage, according to the AGB Cyprus Nielsen audience...
View ArticleAuthorities prepared for any new cyber threat to elections
Author: Peter Stevenson THE government’s IT systems withstood a cyber attack which attempted to block the release of election results on Sunday. Authorities were on alert throughout election day after...
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‘People have grown tired of politicians’ baseless promises’
Author: Peter Stevenson THE upward trend of voter abstention in recent years was much in evidence during Sunday’s first-round when 16.86 per cent of the public chose not to bother contributing to the...
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