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Say cheese: halloumi mooted for confidence building
Author: Peter Stevenson BRITAIN believes the European Commission could use halloumi as a confidence-building measure to improve Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot relations.According to the...
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Free training for would-be farmers
Author: Maria Gregoriou THE MINISTRY of agriculture is accepting applications from the unemployed to take part in free agricultural training sessions.The programme is part of the government’s attempt...
View ArticleCode of conduct and ethics for public workers
Author: Stefanos Evripidou THE CABINET yesterday approved a Code of Conduct and Ethics for public workers, authorising the finance minister to take the necessary steps to ensure its implementation....
View ArticleEurozone finance ministers to ratify Cyprus’ first bailout tranche
EUROZONE finance ministers will on Monday politically ratify the agreement reached at the technical level for the disbursement of Cyprus’ first tranche of €3 billion out of the €10 billion EU-IMF...
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Stavrakis says he objected to excessive spending
Author: George Psyllides FORMER finance minister Charilaos Stavrakis yesterday blamed the banks and their regulator for the collapse of the economy as he portrayed himself as the “bad” minister who...
View ArticleOur View: Government needs a concrete, comprehensive proposal for a LNG plant
ON THE SURFACE President Anastasiades’ visit to Israel was a success. He had a productive though short meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he met President Peres, members of the Knesset and...
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‘Indecisiveness and delays led to bailout’
Author: Poly Pantelides CYPRUS was censured by top EU officials yesterday for its foot-dragging over a bailout from as early as November 2011 when the first warnings were issued, to the clinching of...
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Kurdish families camp outside interior ministry
Author: Maria Gregoriou AROUND 150 Kurdish refugees from Syria have been camped outside the interior ministry since April 29, waiting for an answer for their application for subsidiary...
View ArticleNadir renounces British citizenship
JAILED Turkish Cypriot tycoon Asil Nadir has renounced his British citizenship in order to return to Turkey, reported Turkish Cypriot daily Afrika yesterday.According to the paper, the Turkish Cypriot...
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‘Boosting TV ratings at the expense of a child’
Author: Peter Stevenson CHILD Commissioner Leda Koursoumba yesterday called on the media to act with more responsibility and critical judgement when broadcasting stories of any kind about children....
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Pressure builds for resumption of Cyprus talks
Author: Stefanos Evripidou FOREIGN MINISTER Ioannis Kasoulides will meet today with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington after meeting with the U.N. chief in New York a day earlier. The...
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Flooding in Nicosia after heavy thunderstorm
A FLASH thunderstorm lasting some two hours swept through the capital yesterday afternoon, flooding dozens of basements and trapping motorists in their cars.The downpour of rain and hail started around...
View ArticlePrevious government hired over 5,000 people in four years
FROM 1995 to date, the number of people employed in the broader public sector has increased yearly by about 2 per cent, an official yesterday told the panel that is probing the circumstances that led...
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Kazamias: Greek haircut was lesser of two evils
Author: Elias Hazou Ex-finance minister Kikis Kazamias said yesterday he was not aware whether former President Demetris Christofias either sought or received guidance before sanctioning a 2011...
View ArticleOur View: Without a Cyprus settlement it will be difficult to exploit our...
NATO General Secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen angered the Cyprus government and all the political parties after stating that drilling for natural gas and oil should start only after there was a...
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CBC boss sees no reason to quit
Author: George Psyllides CENTRAL Bank of Cyprus (CBC) Governor Panicos Demetriades said yesterday he had no intention of resigning, as a rift with the government appeared to persist over the way he...
View ArticleNEW: Iran recalls ambassador after extradition to US
Iran has recalled its ambassador to Cyprus for consultations after an Iranian national was recently extradited from the island to the United States on suspicion of violating U.N. arms sanctions,...
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Defence minister shocked at number of needy in Larnaca
Author: Peter Stevenson DEFENCE Minister Fotis Fotiou expressed his shock at the hundreds of people queuing up to get aid from the Larnaca community market, after his visit there yesterday. The...
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Soldier killed in car accident AN 18-YEAR-OLD national guardsman, Andreas Aresti was killed yesterday in Paphos when the car he was a passenger in struck a mound and flipped over, police said....
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Municipality angered by indifference to flood woes
NICOSIA Municipality yesterday blamed the government for the havoc caused on the roads after the flash thunderstorm in the capital on Thursday.In a statement, the municipality said the government had...
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