Audit chief wants to slash ‘excessive’ allowance for diplomats
THE Audit Office has once again recommended to the foreign ministry to revise and reduce the “excessive” General Overseas Allowance (GOA) paid to ambassadors or chiefs of mission when serving abroad,...
View Article‘Pessimistic, cynical’ young voters uncertain of future
YOUNG Greek Cypriots choose to abstain from politics as it is linked with corruption and scandals, and ruled by people who serve their own financial interests, a research team announced on Wednesday,...
View ArticleMore than 20,000 patients visited Paphos heart unit in 2017
More than 20,000 patients visited the heart unit at the Paphos general hospital in 2017, either for a routine examination, the use of monitoring equipment or the installation of a pacemaker, director...
View ArticleWater flow to reservoirs second-worst in a decade (Updated)
The flow of water into the island’s reservoirs is the second worst in a decade, and the resulting dried up beds are revealing the extent of the problem of dumping. Reserves in reservoirs are standing...
View ArticleUnderground parking project for Homer Avenue
Nicosia municipality said on Thursday that contracts have been signed for the construction of an underground two-story parking lot on Homer Avenue, expected to be completed 16 months from the day works...
View ArticleAuditor-general finds boondoggles are rife in law commissioner’s office
Maladministration is pervasive within the office of the law commissioner, with hundreds of thousands of euros being squandered on boondoggles, the auditor-general has found. “Taking into account all...
View ArticleThree to be charged in connection with care home death
Three women will appear in court on Friday to be charged in connection with the death earlier this month of 70-year-old Andreas Kyriacou, a patient in a Limassol care home. Kyriacou was found to have...
View ArticlePresidential hopefuls focus on Cyprob, economy (Update 7)
Nine presidential candidates on Friday pledged to reunite Cyprus and boost economic recovery, some taking sideswipes at the incumbent, Nicos Anastasiades, while calling for change. Anastasiades was the...
View ArticleYoung woman with Cyprus connections murdered in London
A young woman adopted by a Cypriot family was found stabbed to death in London’s Finsbury Park, it emerged on Friday. Friends and family of Juliana Tudos, 22, had been looking for her since Christmas...
View ArticleShoe factory and government negligence created ‘cancer cluster’
Government services and now-defunct shoe factory Astrosol were inadvertently responsible for creating a ‘cancer cluster’ for people working in and living near the factory, Nicosia district court ruled...
View ArticlePaphos resident recognised in Queen’s New Year’s Honours List 2018
A British expat resident of Paphos has been awarded a medal in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List 2018. Ian Baddon, a retired UK television producer and journalist, has been given a British Empire...
View ArticleStorm Dylan expected to bring new disruption to the UK
Storm Dylan is expected to cause disruption across the country as the weather front brings a wet and windy end to the year. With gusts of up to 80mph expected in Northern Ireland and southern Scotland,...
View ArticleBeirut and Nicosia to deepen cooperation, new ambassador says
Lebanon and Cyprus aim to deepen cooperation, according to the new ambassador of Lebanon to Cyprus, Claude El Hajal, who said Nicosia would give assistance to Beirut in the field of exploration and...
View ArticleFamily of murdered Juliana call for stop to crowdfunding in her name
The family of 22-year-old Juliana Tudos, a young woman adopted by a Cypriot family, who was found stabbed to death in a park in London, asked on Saturday for a stop to the crowdfunding launched to help...
View ArticleAG to weigh in on ‘offensive ballot’
By Evie Andreou A LACKLUSTRE presidential campaign turned contentious on Saturday after two legal challenges were mounted over draft ballot papers printed earlier in the day. Less than 24 hours after...
View ArticleThe 12 days of Christmas animal abuse
By Evie Andreou THE Animal Party said on Saturday it had received scores of complaints of animal abuse, abandonment and neglect over the past ten or 12 days of the holiday period. As the island is...
View ArticleUS-Russia probe sparked by encounter between two players with Cyprus connection
The ongoing FBI Russia probe in the US that has dogged the Trump presidency was kicked off by two personalities with Cyprus connections, it emerged on Sunday. It was already known that George...
View ArticleCyprus exposed after failure to meet EU energy plan
By Charles Ellinas The Cyprus government has repeatedly stated that it has a national energy plan that guides the development of its energy sector. However, so far this is shrouded in mystery as it has...
View ArticleAnastasiades lauds “year of stability and development” in 2017
Economy and energy developments with a brief mention of the Cyprus issue, were the main focus of President Nicos Anastasiades’ televised New Year address on Sunday during which he said 2017 had been a...
View ArticleSpectacular closing for Pafos2017 Cultural Capital
Music, images, projections, mapping, and lighting, added to the emotional closing ceremony of the Paphos 2017 Cultural Capital, on December 30, 2017, at the same place it kicked off in January of the...
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