Could there really be a new passport scheme?
Dispute rages over how important the citizenship scheme was to Cyprus while the government has already hinted of a different scheme, as called for by...
Kyriacos Iacovides
Excess operations putting a strain on Gesy
An excess number of operations, even some that are unnecessary, appears to be latest problem facing the national health scheme Gesy, as these are seen...
Half of applications to Cyprus government’s Estia Scheme approved
About 50 per cent of the applications to the Estia Scheme forwarded to the Labour ministry by the banks had been approved, said the permanent...
Keeping up with shifting alliances
Cyprus has found itself in the middle of the US-Russia animus By Kyriacos Iacovides NEVER before have the foreign ministers of Russia and the United...
Varosha: a Catch-22
The plan to open the fenced area of Famagusta may have been announced more than a year ago by the Turkish Cypriot leadership, but the...
Italian think tank appeals to Cypriot businessmen to help save Ceta deal
An Italian think tank is appealing to Cypriot businessmen to help save the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Ceta), signed by the EU and Canada,...
Anad to report electricians association to the police
The board of the Authority for the Development of Human Resources (Anad) on Tuesday said it will report the Association of Licensed Electrician Contractors of...
Human resources authority tried to reach settlement with organisation that cheated it out of more than €350,000
THE BOARD of the Authority for the Development of Human Resources (Anad), a SGO that subsidises staff training seminars, has been exposed for trying to...
Air travel a delight in post corona world
On entry into the Larnaca Airport on Thursday night at 8.30pm, a young Hermes woman sitting behind a cardboard stall, politely told me to put...
New stimulus package could fall flat
Businesses balk at renewing job incentives, fear it would only delay, not stop likely layoffs By Kyriacos Iacovides UNCERTAINTY surrounds the latest package of measures...
UN official ‘mishandled’ crossing point dispute
Government takes Elizabeth Spehar to task over lack of objectivity By Kyriacos Iacovides ELIZABETH Spehar, the UN special representative, mishandled the issue of the crossing...
Shows we love: The Wire
Having watched all five seasons of HBO series The Wire twice I feel that enough years have now passed to justify a third viewing. I...
Outrage over reduced fees threatens Gesy inpatient care
Private hospitals say they cannot offer services at the new rates The start of the second phase of Gesy, scheduled for June 1, hangs in...
Coronavirus: ‘safe’ opening up baffles business community
THE government’s apparent unquestioning deference to scientists when it comes to the issue of reopening the economy is baffling many in the business community as...
Coronavirus: user-friendly e-government has arrived
After years of delays, some vital government services have been transformed within weeks E-GOVERNMENT has been given a big boost by the coronavirus, with...
Coronavirus: Cyprus will have to raise its own funds to cover economic measures
Cyprus would have to rely on itself for raising funds for its economic measures as the Eurogroup meeting that concluded on Thursday night decided to...
Shop owners appeal to church to show virus-era generosity over rents
Povek, the association representing small businesses, has written to Archbishop Chrysostomos asking him to drastically cut the rents charged for all church-owned shops. In a...
State contribution to Gesy reduces fiscal surplus in 2019
The state’s contribution to the national health scheme Gesy was the main reason for the 33 per cent smaller fiscal surplus in 2019 compared to...
Coronavirus: economy could contract by 5 per cent this year, Petrides says
The economy was heading for recession and could contract by 5 per cent this year said finance minister Constantinos Petrides on Tuesday. Speaking on CyBC’s...
Emergency aid package a race against time
Success of emergency package will depend on how long lockdown lasts By Kyriacos Iacovides Cyprus is better placed than some fellow EU states to support...
