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Police confident they will hunt down co-op robbers
Police said on Thursday they were confident they will be able to find out who was behind the armed robbery at the Limassol co-op bank in which more than €40,000 was stolen. Investigators have...
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Civil servants moonlighting as football coaches
A list with the names of some 60 civil servants who moonlight as professional football coaches has been forwarded to the Audit Service and prompted an investigation, it emerged on Thursday. According...
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Celik says talks are over’, Cavusoglu says Greek Cypriots making excuses
Turkey’s EU Minister, Omer Celik said on Thursday that the Cyprus settlement talks were “not suspended, nor frozen”, but “over”. In his statements following his meeting with UK’s Minister of State for...
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Van ploughs through crowd in Barcelona, killing about 12
A van mowed through crowds of tourists on Barcelona’s most famous avenue on Thursday, killing about a dozen people in an attack that was claimed by Islamic State. The head of the Spanish region of...
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Spain hunts driver who killed 13 in Barcelona, says foils bomb plot
Spain mounted a sweeping anti-terror operation on Friday after a suspected Islamist militant drove a van into crowds in Barcelona, killing 13 people before fleeing, in what police suspect was one of...
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Broadcasting authority goes on fines’ spree
THE Radio Television Authority (CRTA) slapped TV and radio stations this week with fines exceeding €57,000 in total, for airing among others, improper comments against President Nicos Anastasiades and...
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Turkey trying to legitimise invasion and occupation, government says
Turkish statements on Cyprus are nothing but proof of Ankara’s objective to legitimise its illegal actions on the island, the government said on Friday. Responding to comments by Turkish officials made...
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Future of Cyprus depends on the parties, UN says
The future of Cyprus will be dependent on negotiations between the parties, deputy spokesman for the UN secretary general Farhan Haq said. Answering questions on Thursday during the daily press...
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Technical committee operations frozen
Instructions issued to the Greek-Cypriot co-chairs of bicommunal technical committees to freeze their operations and meetings, aimed at avoiding turning their work into a substitute for a solution to...
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Cyta called to explain theft of personal data
The commissioner for personal data protection, Irini Loizidou, on Friday asked the telecommunications authority (Cyta) to explain the alleged leaking of personal details of its customers to a retired...
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Excavations at two mass graves to start next month
Digging for the remains of Greek Cypriot missing persons in two mass graves at Ornithi, an area just outside the Turkish-held village of Ashia will commence by the end of next month, the Greek Cypriot...
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Economy in check but still way to go, Georgiades says
Public finances are fully in check and within the targets set in the 2017 government budget, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters after a cabinet session at the...
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Troodos meeting signals campaign kick-off
IN WHAT could be seen as the unofficial announcement of the kick-off of President Nicos Anastasiades’ bid for secure a second term in February’s presidential election, the cabinet met at a special...
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Nearly €100,000 from three heists, no sign of the culprits
ALMOST €100,000 has been robbed from cooperative banks across Cyprus this month, in three separate robberies. Although the events surrounding the cases are widely known, the culprits are still at large...
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President averts protectorate status
President Nicos Anastasiades said that despite the disappointment felt by many about the deadlock in Switzerland last month, Cyprus could not become a protectorate of Turkey. In his address on Saturday...
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Doctors believe blind Dani will see
DOCTORS in Russia believe that a blind six-year-old boy from Paphos will eventually gain his sight after a series of ground breaking operations, the first of which was carried out successfully....
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Record arrival figures a credit positive for banks, Moody’s says
The record-high tourist arrivals, which rose an annual 15 per cent over the past 7-month period edging 2 million is a credit positive for Cypriot lenders, Moody’s Investors Service said. The increase...
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Cyta pledges ‘prudence’ in TV football rights bidding war
The Telecommunications Authority (Cyta) said on Monday it did not intend to squander taxpayer money following criticism at the highest level over the large amounts it was reportedly willing to pay...
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Sparring over Co-op pointless unless NPLs come down – CBC official (Update-1)
(Adds additional bacgkround and comment in second, fourth and sixth paragraph) By Stelios Orphanides The state-owned Cyprus Cooperative Bank (CCB) will increase its capital via a planned share issue...
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Anastasiades: I’m at peace with my conscience
President Nicos Anastasiades said on Monday that he was at peace with his conscience that he had done everything possible to achieve a settlement at the Cyprus talks in Switzerland last month....
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