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‘This is not my place any more’
WHEN Roulla Savvidou, 56, from Kythrea visited her childhood home on April 24, 2003, for the first time in 29 years, she could not believe her eyes when she saw the Turkish Cypriot family living there...
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Another monument to our division
Author: Stefanos Evripidou CYPRUS MARKS the tenth anniversary since the opening of the checkpoints on Tuesday, which ended 29 years of physical separation between the two communities, adding another...
View ArticleAPOEL open up huge lead after beating AEK
Author: Nemanja Bjedov APOEL coach Ivan Jovanovic was delighted with his side’s 1-0 victory over AEK in the championship playoffs at the GSZ Stadium in Larnaca on Sunday afternoon which opened up a...
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Dog days for Cyprob negotiations in Nicosia
THE United Nations (UN) is very sympathetic towards the struggle the Cypriot people now face, UN Special Advisor on Cyprus Alexander Downer said yesterday after a meeting with President Nicos...
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Ten years on mixed feelings about crossings
Author: Peter Stevenson ON THE morning of April 23, 2003 Nicosia was inundated with thousands of people waiting in disbelief and anticipation as news spread the crossing point at the UN-controlled...
View ArticleCorruption in Cyprus growing says poll
Author: Poly Pantelides CORRUPTION is Cyprus is growing, residents polled for years by an independent body dedicated to fighting it said yesterday.Almost everyone or 91 per cent of those polled said...
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Land Registry officials accused of corruption and bribery
Author: Stefanos Evripidou A NUMBER of “corrupt” public officials at the Land Registry Department have been dipping their hands into the honey jar, Interior Minister Socrates Hasikos said yesterday,...
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Second member quits committee of inquiry
Author: Elias Hazou FORMER supreme court judge Panayiotis Kallis has resigned from the committee of inquiry tasked with probing the circumstances which led the economy and banking sector to the brink...
View ArticleEU Parliament likely to back forced losses on wealthy failed bank depositors
Author: Claire Davenport THE European Parliament is likely to back plans to impose losses on wealthier depositors in failed banks while shielding smaller savers, its lead negotiator on the rules said...
View ArticleLawsuits against bail-in begin at Supreme Court
Author: Stefanos Evripidou THE SUPREME Court yesterday began hearing 53 applications filed against last month’s Eurogroup decision to resolve Laiki Bank and force losses on uninsured depositors at the...
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Currency controls expected to be lifted ‘within weeks’
Author: Michele Kambas CURRENCY controls are expected to be lifted within the next few weeks, definitely within the next six months, finance minister Haris Georgiades has said.Georgiades said he...
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Loss of second committee member feeds into AKEL propaganda
ONLY ONE of the original three members of the committee set up to investigate the causes of the collapse of the economy is still in his place – Giorgos Pikis. The other two members of the line-up sworn...
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Insurers downplay impact of haircut
Author: Elias Hazou INSURANCE companies yesterday sought to downplay the possible impact on policy holders as a result of the deposits haircut.Under a decree issued by the Central Bank, insurance...
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Nicolaou sworn in to inquiry panel
FORMER Ombudswoman Iliana Nicolaou was sworn in yesterday at the Presidential Palace, before President Nicos Anastasiades, replacing Panayiotis Kallis on the committee of inquiry into the economy,...
View ArticlePush to boost tourism from Holland
Author: Peter Stevenson OFFICIALs from the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) met with the heads of the Dutch Association of Travel Agents along with journalists from the country’s three biggest...
View ArticleTurkish Cypriot teen left alone after Turkish father kicked out
Author: Stefanos Evripidou A 17-year-old school pupil has been left to fend for himself after his father was deported from Cyprus following nine years living in the country. Turkish national...
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Former leukaemia sufferer pleads for help for Paphos boy
THE DEFENCE ministry is calling on people to step up their efforts to give blood so that a viable bone marrow donor can be found for five-year-old leukaemia sufferer George Philippides from...
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Man burns to death in truck fire
A 66-YEAR-old man burnt to death yesterday while his son, 44, was in critical condition after the truck they were in was engulfed in flames on a rural road in Nicosia.Gavril Yerolemou died at around...
View ArticleESM grants stability support to Cyprus
Author: Stefanos Evripidou CYPRUS IS on track to get €3 billion by the end of June after the Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) yesterday decided to show “solidarity” and...
View ArticleCBC: urgent need for rate reduction
Author: George Psyllides THE CENTRAL Bank (CBC) is trying to create conditions under which banks could reduce their interest rates on deposits, which could eventually lead to a cut in borrowing rates,...
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