'Supermarkets are killing us' say butchers
Author: Jacqueline Agathocleous BUTCHERS ARE threatening to import pork, in response to the anomaly in Cyprus of having high pig prices and low pork prices as a result of “unfair competition” from...
View ArticlePotato growers charged by police, who acted as protest escort
POLICE have charged the leaders of potato farmers organisations with violating traffic regulations during a protest last week.Famagusta police spokesman George Economou told the Cyprus News Agency...
View Article'No question of default on debts'
Author: George Psyllides CYPRUS will not default on its debts, the government said yesterday, amid a raging war of words with the opposition.“We will not default on our payments; I am stating it...
View ArticleInvestigators will report any criminal liability
A PROFESSIONAL services firm hired to investigate why the country's two largest banks had to seek state support will also seek evidence of potential criminal offences, the Cyprus News Agency reported...
View ArticleBank of Cyprus chairman resigns 'for health reasons'
Author: George Psyllides BANK of Cyprus (BoC) chairman Theodoros Aristodemou has resigned for health reasons, it was announced yesterday.Aristodemou, a property developer, said in a letter to the...
View Article'The Republic has a place for everyone'
Author: Stefanos Evripidou GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN Stefanos Stefanou yesterday defended the government’s decision to hire a Turkish Cypriot at Cyprus’ permanent representation in Brussels, citing...
View ArticleMinister agrees that the 'farmers are hard done by'
Author: Jacqueline Agathocleous SHEEP AND goat farmers were yesterday promised a series of measures to help their profession survive, though Agriculture Minister Sophoclis Aletraris made it clear...
View ArticlePolice say there's nothing illegal in filming protests
Author: George Psyllides POLICE only video-record trouble that may take place during gatherings, the chief of police said yesterday, as he defended the force against criticism that it was keeping...
View ArticleOur view: Some perspective needed when it comes to personal data protection
A HUGE fuss has been created over police officers filming farmers during last week’s violent demonstration outside the presidential palace.Among the detractors was the commissioner for the protection...
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Christofias laments 'state of the domestic front' to Diaspora
Author: George Psyllides PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias yesterday lamented the sorry state of the domestic political front and what he called the “lack of understanding” in the country, saying it is...
View ArticleThree more hooligans sentenced to jail
THREE men were yesterday sentenced to seven and five months in jail in connection with fan violence that saw a European football match abandoned in August.Two of the men, aged 22 and 26, were jailed...
View ArticleUCLan cuts fees by almost €3,000
TO MARK its opening, UCLan (University of Central Lancashire) Cyprus, the Republic’s only British university, will subsidise all students who register this year, it was announced yesterday.UCLan said...
View Article‘Don’t listen to empty promises’
Author: Poly Pantelides SHEEP and goat farmers must not be swayed by empty promises from deputies that they will continue getting a state subsidy, which was halved this year and is due to expire...
View ArticleIrate motorist runs over police officer
POLICE are on the lookout for a motorist who ran over a policeman on Wednesday afternoon, after he attempted to book him for running a red light.According to police, the incident took place at a little...
View ArticlePlenty more fish in the sea after farm cages sabotaged
IT WAS fisherman’s paradise yesterday in the Limassol area after thousands of sea bream were released from a nearby fish farm.The company which owns the farm, off Governor’s Beach, said the cages had...
View ArticleNo knowing how much was really taken in sunbeds scam
Author: Jacqueline Agathocleous FAMAGUSTA District Court yesterday remanded 13 municipal beach workers for eight days, after they were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of embezzling a reported...
View ArticleAKEL: more growth, less austerity
Author: George Psyllides THE austerity enforced by international lenders in other countries has not resolved any problems, ruling AKEL leader Andros Kyprianou said yesterday, reiterating that what is...
View ArticleBank union rejects early retirement scheme
Author: Elias Hazou BANK employees yesterday turned down an early retirement scheme offered to a section of Popular Bank staff, and served notice that any similar plan that might follow must bear...
View ArticleOur View: Authorities finally showing zero tolerance for football hooliganism
THE AUTHORITIES must be congratulated for getting tough with the football hooligans and adopting a zero-tolerance approach. Yesterday another three hooligans were given prison sentences (seven months...
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ECB bid to beat eurozone crisis
THE EUROPEAN Central Bank yesterday unveiled its most ambitious plan yet to halt Europe's financial crisis with a pledge to buy unlimited amounts of the government bonds of countries struggling to...
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