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Flurry of activity as new government gears up
Author: Stefanos Evripidou AFTER A full day of comings and goings by politicians and businessmen to the DISY offices in Nicosia yesterday, President-elect Nicos Anastasiades said that by today, the...
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Reduced budgets but more needy students
Author: Peter Stevenson BEING a student in this day and age is becoming harder with an increasing number of students now applying for some form of financial aid to help support themselves through...
View ArticlePeyia residents advised to step up security
Author: Bejay Browne RESIDENTS and home owners in Peyia in Paphos are being encouraged to install added security measures to try to curb burglaries in the district. The warning comes in the wake of a...
View ArticleBurial dilemma for family of Old Calendarist
Author: Poly Pantelides FINDING themselves on the wrong side of the law after burying their father in a private field, the family of an Old Calendarist – a group that separated from the Orthodox...
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‘Indignant’ revisit palace to see off Christofias
Author: Stefanos Evripidou AROUND 200 people turned up last night outside the Presidential Palace to see off President Demetris Christofias on his last night in power and commemorate the 13 dead of...
View ArticleGreens enthused by expanded mandate
Author: Poly Pantelides INSTITUTIONALISING the job of environment commissioner will improve the way environmental issues are being handled in Cyprus, the Green Party said yesterday.President-elect...
View ArticleThe official new cabinet line-up
Foreign Minister: Ioannis Kasoulides (DISY) Born August 10, 1948, Kasoulides served as Foreign Minister in the Clerides government from 1997 until 2003. He was most recently an MEP Finance Minister:...
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Anastasiades announces all-male cabinet
Author: George Psyllides PRESIDENT-elect Nicos Anastasiades yesterday announced his cabinet, which included a couple of new faces but no women, which resulted in some criticism.“There is a specific...
View ArticleNew haircut rumblings dismissed
DISY said yesterday that statements made by a European Central Bank policymaker not ruling out a haircut of bigger depositors in Cypriot banks, only served to undermine the credibility of the...
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Our View: Disappointing start with male-dominated party-heavy new cabinet
THERE is no shabbier business in Cypriot politics than the horse-trading that goes on before the announcement of the members of the Council of Ministers by a new president. Party leaders, party...
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Sarris: time to resolve this once and for all
Author: George Psyllides OUTGOING Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly said yesterday the government had funds to cover its obligations until May, as its eight-month wait for an international bailout...
View ArticlePoverty risks dropped but still high for elderly
Author: Poly Pantelides THE LATEST EU-wide statistics on the risk of poverty or social exclusion in the EU placed Cyprus just below the EU average, but the country fared far worse in terms of the...
View ArticleFiscal surplus of 61 million euros recorded in January
A FISCAL surplus of €61.41 million, or 0.35 per cent of Cyprus' GDP was recorded in January, according to data released yesterday by the ministry of finance.The same data shows that in January 2012,...
View ArticleTalks to begin on interim gas supply
THE NATURAL Gas Public Company (DEFA) is due to begin discussions next week with one of three companies interested in supplying Cyprus with natural gas until the island can start bringing in its own...
View ArticleState losing money due to north airport
Author: Stefanos Evripidou THE STATE is losing millions of euro in revenue due to increased passenger traffic at Tymbou (Ercan) airport in the occupied north, according to reports. Phileleftheros...
View ArticleFour new Ryanair flights from Paphos
Author: Bejay Browne RYANAIR looks set to operate four new flights out of Paphos airport from the end of March, although the low-cost airline is being cagy about making an official comment.The Paphos...
View ArticleNicolaou ‘will restore confidence in the police’
Author: Poly Pantelides PROMISING a number of administrative and judicial changes including introducing a Constitutional and an Administrative court, new Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said...
View ArticleOur View: Polite reminders not the way to collect fines
THE POLICE seem satisfied with the method they have introduced for collecting unpaid fines. We refer to the threat of preventing people who have not paid their fines from flying out of the airport. In...
View ArticleOur View: Let’s hope new environment council is as effective as former...
CHARALAMBOS Theopemptou, who served as Environment Commissioner since the creation of the post in 2006, received hundreds of messages of support from well-wishers on his Facebook page and blog site...
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Sarris gives nod to CyTA privatisation
Author: Stefanos Evripidou NEW FINANCE Minister Michalis Sarris yesterday left open the door to the privatisation of telecommunications company CyTA, arguing that this could help in getting Cyprus out...
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