“The solution that we pursue will not leave behind winners and losers, but will take into account the sensitivities and concerns of both communities.” President Anastasiades While staying firm on placing Morphou under the Greek-Cypriot constituent federal state, President Nicos Anastasiades assured Turkish-Cypriots living in […]
Continue Reading ...Police are seeking information about a fatal road accident at 10:30 am on October 8th in which a 35-year-old motorcyclist died in a collision with another car. A 34-year-old man driving a car hit the motorcyclist on the Nicosia-Palaichori road, injuring him so severely that […]
Continue Reading ...Greece has formally protested to NATO after Turkey sent submarines to the Aegean in September and changed the status quo in the region, reports Kathimerini citing official sources. Three Turkish submarines including the Dolunay were spotted off the coasts of Chios, Lesvos, Rhodes, Kastellorizo and Crete. […]
Continue Reading ...“Mesmerising, a beguiling jazz voice!” TEDx Nicosia. Jazz Music & Lebanese Cuisine! @ Zaatar Food & Arts Nicosia, FRI 14th OCT 2016 info & reservations @ 77776600 Magical Jazz Nights! Sarah Fenwick and Marinos Neofytou take you on a magical musical journey with songs from […]
Continue Reading ...The Cabinet has approved the first two national health bills, said Health Minister Georgios Pamborides. They will now be sent to the House of Representatives for debate and votes. The ball is now in the MP’s court, said the minister, adding that he cannot predict […]
Continue Reading ...Opinion In a classic culture clash, Auditor-General Odysseas Michaelides is taking on the state theatre organisation THOC, demanding to know about actors’ payments and who gave them permission to stage Sophocle’s play Antigone in the ancient Salamis Amphitheatre - located in the Turkish-held north of […]
Continue Reading ...Cyprus leaders President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci may take their peace talks about territorial parcelling abroad, said the president after their meeting on October 4th. In the latest development, the leaders have agreed on how the constituent states would make international agreements. […]
Continue Reading ...Opinion Since before the coup in July, the European Commission has been concerned about human rights abuses in Turkey. “Since the renewed security operations in 2015, the situation of the Kurds has sharply deteriorated. Prejudice against LGBT persons forces them to “stay invisible”, as neither […]
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What is prosperity to you? As long as you look only for material wealth or success in your career, you will be on an endless journey of wanting more and better. Only when you can find beauty in what you already have, you will be […]
Continue Reading ...What makes you dream? Is it hope or do you try to escape from a life you don’t like? Is it because you want to create a better place or think about what can be but is not yet? Today make your dreams come true, […]
Continue Reading ...The Foreign Ministry has announced an emergency number for Cypriots living near or in the areas affected by Hurricane Matthew. The number is for the Cyprus Embassy in the US: +1 202 681 1162. The Cyprus Embassy in Washington is also cooperating with the Greek Consulate in […]
Continue Reading ...Opinion Now that GOP candidate Donald Trump, aged 70, has managed to take the US and pretty much the rest of the world back to the abusively lowest level of high school ‘bad boy’ behaviour, it’s worth taking a look at what this says about […]
Continue Reading ...The reality is setting in that the UK’s exit from the European Union will be a long, difficult and complex process with plenty of economic uncertainties thrown in. The Pound Sterling is taking the brunt of investor’s fears, and as the US economy forges ahead, […]
Continue Reading ...Attorney-general Costas Clerides said he will assert Cyprus’ sovereign rights to prosecute ex-Laiki bankers Andreas Vgenopoulos and Efthymios Bouloutas, but first he has to appeal the International Arbitration Court’s ruling blocking their arrests. Cyprus has arrest warrants in Greece for the men, who refuse to […]
Continue Reading ...Bank of Cyprus’ old shareholders paid a disproportional price for the depositor bail-in during the financial and economic crash, said DISY chief Averof Neophytou after a meeting with the shareholder’s association. The weight of recapitalising the banking system was borne by the older shareholders, and […]
Continue Reading ...The United Nations is trying to release a 32-year-old Russian man who was arrested in Famagusta in the Turkish-held north of the island, reports the state news agency CNA. He was arrested after taking photos of the ghost town, which has been mostly uninhabited since the […]
Continue Reading ...October 4th is World Animal Day, and it’s being celebrated in Cyprus with a concert by the fantastic Cypriot singer Vakia Stavrou at the Presidential Palace tonight. The show is organised by the Cyprus Voice for Animals and World Animal Day ambassadors Anna Georgallidou and […]
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