Forest fire warning ahead of long, hot summer
Author: Peter Stevenson THE government aims to slash the number of forest fires this summer by raising public awareness and increasing the efficiency of the fire department, the justice minister said...
View ArticleGovernment offers little hope to Kurdish refugees
Author: Maria Gregoriou KURDISH refugees who have been camping outside the interior ministry for 15 days were told yesterday that the government cannot offer them subsidiary protection.Three members...
View ArticleCY board resigns over redundancy package
Author: Stefanos Evripidou THE BOARD of national carrier Cyprus Airways (CY) has handed in its resignation in protest at the government’s promise to find €20m in compensation to pay outgoing workers...
View ArticleSwift action pledge for Bank of Cyprus
Author: Elias Hazou THE INTERIM board at the Bank of Cyprus (BoC) has pledged to take all necessary steps so the bank can swiftly move away from its current status of being under administration, the...
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Robber shot three times by police officer
Author: Peter Stevenson A KNIFE-WIELDING suspected robber was critically injured early yesterday after being shot three times by a plain clothes police officer at a bakery in Lakatamia.According to...
View ArticleOur View: Taming cost of municipalities can only come via reduction
The evolution of local government in Cyprus is testament to the insistence of our politicians on setting the wrong priorities when formulating policy. This is the reason we have ended up with 30...
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EU releases first two billion euros in bailout aid
Author: Stefanos Evripidou THE EUROGROUP gave its blessings to the disbursement of €3 billion to Cyprus yesterday, with the first €2 billion already sent to the island as part of the first tranche of...
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More fishermen to opt out of profession
Author: Poly Pantelides UP TO 80 fishermen are expected to opt out of the profession this year, as overfishing and dwindling fish stocks draw dolphins closer to shore waters looking for food while the...
View ArticleAG and CBC boss to appear before MPs
THE ATTORNEY-General and the Central Bank Governor are expected to appear before Parliament’s ethics committee next week to discuss how the country’s banking system came close to collapse. Head of the...
View ArticleProbe ordered into police shooting
Author: Peter Stevenson ATTORNEY-general Petros Clerides has appointed a three-person committee to investigate the events which led to a plainclothes police officer shooting and severely injuring an...
View ArticleGeorgiades says Cyprus is slowly losing pariah status
Author: Stefanos Evripidou CYPRUS IS slowly losing its pariah status among EU partners though the country still has a way to go before proving its reliability, said Finance Minister Harris Georgiades...
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BoC takes another step towards restructuring
Author: Elias Hazou STRICKEN Bank of Cyprus (BoC) has taken another step in the long road toward its restructuring by absorbing the balance sheet of Laiki Bank, the banking regulator said...
View ArticleBone marrow donors found for sick little boy
FIVE viable bone marrow donors have been found for five-year-old George Philippides from Kili in Paphos who has been diagnosed with leukaemia and needed urgent treatment.The good news was given to the...
View Article‘Where’s the logic in hiring Lufthansa executives for €1.3m?'
Author: Elias Hazou CYPRUS Airways unions are questioning the logic behind reported intentions by the airline to hire three executives of Lufthansa Consulting for a combined fee of €1.3m.The three...
View ArticleKurds outside the Ministry of the Interior [Video]
Around 150 Syrian Kurds – including many children – have been camped outside the Ministry of the Interior for the past two weeks, demanding that the government either give them ‘protection’ (i.e. the...
View ArticleOur View: Ministers’ mind-boggling CY decision makes no sense
THE BOARD of Cyprus Airways may have made many mistakes during their term but they deserve congratulations for taking a stand over the agreement on redundancy compensations between the government and...
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State committed to CY rescue plan
Author: Stefanos Evripidou ONE WAY or another the government will implement the rescue plan for national carrier Cyprus Airways (CY), Labour Minister Zeta Emilianidou said yesterday in a veiled...
View Article‘Spirit of cooperation’ needed at CY
Author: Stefanos Evripidou IT IS not the job of unions to decide who will run Cyprus Airways (CY), said pilots’ union head Petros Souppouris yesterday, in a clear dig at other airline employee unions...
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Medical school would be a waste of money, says DISY deputy
Author: Poly Pantelides SPEAKING out against wasting taxpayers’ millions to set up a Medical School by the University of Cyprus, MP for ruling party DISY Andreas Themistocleous said politicians needed...
View ArticleSoldier’s killer asks for leniency
Author: Nathan Morley A BRITISH teenager that pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter over the stabbing death of a British soldier will be sentenced tomorrow.In a change of plea last month,...
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