The Public Procurement department has reversed its decision to extend scandal-hit Helector’s waste management contract at Kosi landfill in Larnaca for three years, it said in a statement. The department is now investigating how it can get back millions of Euros in over-inflated charges for waste management. Meanwhile, all payments to the company are being […]
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The level of dust in the air around Limassol is double the limit of 55 micrograms per cubic metre at 109 mg3, said the labour ministry. You can follow the dust and pollution levels on their website. People with respiratory problems, allergies, and especially children and pensioners should stay indoors until the dust cloud passes. […]
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Turkey has failed to use the Syrian refugee crisis to blackmail the EU to open five more chapters of its membership negotiations and allow visa-free travel for Turkish citizens. EU-member Cyprus continues to veto certain chapters to do with justice, security and human rights, namely chapters 23 and 24. These chapters are frozen for very […]
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While praising Cyprus for exiting the nine-billion-Euro bailout with 30 percent of the money unspent, the Eurogroup said that privatising CYTA would contribute to growth and was a last step that had not been completed. Whether there is any leverage to hold the Cyprus authorities to this promise is unlikely, given that the state no […]
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FXTM Research Analyst Lukman Otunuga comments on stock markets tumbling on China woes. Global stocks swiftly erased earlier gains during trading on Tuesday following the dismal Chinese trade data which dampened sentiment towards the global economy and consequently soured investor risk appetite. Asian equities surrendered to the bears with the Shanghai Composite Index snapping a six day […]
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The changes demanded by the nurses in the public health sector are going to cost around 40 million Euros per year, and the government will not make decisions under the threat of strike action, said Finance Minister Haris Georgiades in comments to the state broadcaster. Work is underway to make the public health system more […]
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The Pharos Arts Foundation, in collaboration with the Embassy of Russia in Cyprus and sponsored by the Russian Commercial Bank, presents a concert with the legendary Borodin Quartet. Universally recognised for its genuine interpretation of Russian music, generating critical acclaim all over the world, the Borodin Quartet has, for seven decades, been celebrated for its […]
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Reading between the lines of President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz’s balanced but pointed comments following his meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, it is clear that there are tensions over the issues of the Syrian refugees, Turkey’s bombardment of Kurds in the southeast, and media freedom after the government took over Zaman […]
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The publisher of Huryiet newspaper, the Dogan Media Group, is the only independent voice in Turkey’s media landscape to have survived the government takeovers, and it is next for the chop, says Robert Ellis, a former contributor to Zaman newspaper and commentator on Turkish affairs in the Danish and international press. Already, Dogan is under […]
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