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Markides says supreme court chief should not be pressured to resign

Markides says supreme court chief should not be pressured to resign

January 20th, 2019 Former Attorney-general Alecos Markides believes Supreme Court President Myron Nicolatos should not resign but he conceded the judicial system needed an...

Akinci hits out at Ozersay (Updated with full comments)

Akinci hits out at Ozersay (Updated with full comments)

January 20th, 2019 Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci hit out at his 'foreign minister' Kudret Ozersay on Sunday through his Facebook page over the latter's view on the Cyprus...

As reservoirs fill, desalination plants go into overdrive

As reservoirs fill, desalination plants go into overdrive

January 20th, 2019 By Lizzy Ioannidou It’s been the rainiest January in 30 years with water pouring into the island’s reservoirs, yet rather than this being an opportunity...

Child rapist was allowed public access to children

Child rapist was allowed public access to children

January 20th, 2019 By Ioannis Androlikou A convicted child rapist has been allowed to take children on horse and carriage rides along the Paphos coast and in Peyia since 2014...

Clerides: a ‘hopeless’ attempt to show my role in Nicolatos case

Clerides: a ‘hopeless’ attempt to show my role in Nicolatos case

January 19th, 2019 Attorney-general Costas Clerides has criticised as ‘hopeless’ a headline in daily Politis on Saturday, after the newspaper said he had long been aware...

Turkish Cypriot on Akel ballot for EU elections

Turkish Cypriot on Akel ballot for EU elections

January 19th, 2019 Main opposition party, Akel, announced on Saturday their candidates for the European parliamentary elections to be held in May and have included Turkish...

BoC CEO ‘outraged’ over claims of preferential treatment (V)

BoC CEO ‘outraged’ over claims of preferential treatment (V)

January 19th, 2019 John Hourican, the Bank of Cyprus’ CEO, said on Saturday he was outraged over allegations the bank has given preferential treatment to individuals with...

Many rural roads closed due to overflowing rivers

Many rural roads closed due to overflowing rivers

January 19th, 2019 Roads in rural areas have closed due to overflowing rivers and mudslides, police said on Saturday. According to authorities the Ayia Marina-Peristerona...

Gesy: a sick system from its inception, private hospitals say

Gesy: a sick system from its inception, private hospitals say

January 19th, 2019 THE private hospitals’ association (Pasin) on Friday criticised the government for cultivating “super expectations” among the public on the national...

Police still seeking two men suspected of illegally adopting baby

Police still seeking two men suspected of illegally adopting baby

January 18th, 2019 Authorities on Friday detained a 47-year-old Filipina and were seeking two men in a same sex partnership suspected of illegally adopting a baby brought by the...

Tighter controls on sex offenders in the works, Nicolaou says

Tighter controls on sex offenders in the works, Nicolaou says

January 18th, 2019 A bill to amend the existing law on the Prevention and Combating of Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Exploitation of Children and Child Pornography, provides for...

High school students stage two hour walk out

High school students stage two hour walk out

January 18th, 2019 Students across the island staged a two hour walk out on Friday, co-ordinated by student group Psem to protest plans by the education ministry to implement...

Nicosia water cuts to be over by noon, Paphos still has problems

Nicosia water cuts to be over by noon, Paphos still has problems

January 18th, 2019 Water cuts in Nicosia due to the technical problems at desalination plants will be over by noon, head of the Nicosia water board Nicos Zambakides said on...

BoC: nothing unusual in supreme-court link to out-of-court settlement

BoC: nothing unusual in supreme-court link to out-of-court settlement

January 18th, 2019 BANK of Cyprus reaches out-of-court settlements in hundreds of lawsuits brought against it, and there is therefore nothing unusual about the case involving...

State appeals acquittal of two former bank execs

State appeals acquittal of two former bank execs

January 17th, 2019 The state has appealed the acquittal of two former bank executives in December last year over the handling of Greek government bonds that eventually caused the...

Interim solution for British bases in case of hard Brexit

Interim solution for British bases in case of hard Brexit

January 17th, 2019 Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides on Thursday said that in the event the UK leaves the EU without an agreement, an interim solution would be applied for...

Historic number of tourist arrivals in 2018 with 3.93m visitors

Historic number of tourist arrivals in 2018 with 3.93m visitors

January 17th, 2019 A historic high of just under four million tourists visited Cyprus in 2018, which was a 7.8 per cent increase compared with 2017, date from the statistical...

Most areas to have water restored Friday morning, Paphos region on Saturday (Updated)

Most areas to have water restored Friday morning, Paphos region on Saturday (Updated)

January 17th, 2019 The protracted torrential rain may have fed the island’s reservoirs with much-needed water but even as skies cleared on Thursday, many areas islandwide have...

Fifth Paphos dam overflows as sun returns

Fifth Paphos dam overflows as sun returns

January 17th, 2019 The dam of Ayia Marina Chrysochous overflowed early this morning, making it the fifth reservoir in Paphos filled to 100 per cent of capacity. Ayia Marina...

Uncertainty for British in Cyprus after May’s deal crushed

Uncertainty for British in Cyprus after May’s deal crushed

January 17th, 2019 With UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal in tatters, the looming prospect of a no-deal arrangement will bring a world of uncertainty to Brits living...

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