MPs agree it’s time to change how Cybc operates to ensure impartiality
Lawmakers on Thursday called time on the way the island’s state broadcaster operates to ensure more press freedom and impartiality. The revision of Chapter 300A...
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Our View: Independent broadcaster would not serve party interests so unlikely to happen
In a report about last year’s parliamentary elections, prepared by Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) observers, the public broadcaster was singled out...
183 violations of broadcasting law reported
Decisions on 44 cases related to violations of regulatory legislation governing content and processes of radio and television organisations, stations and the CyBC were released...
CyBC journalist returns to news show after assured of independence
Presenter and journalist Dinos Phinicarides returned to state broadcaster CyBC’s prominent afternoon news show Apo Mera Se Mera on Tuesday after having received assurances from...
CyBC president fails to dampen interference claims
Amid a storm of protests, CyBC president Michalis Michail on Wednesday attributed a decision to scrap the participation of an Edek MP on a current...
In face of criticism, CyBC promises to modernise
The state-run broadcaster CyBC on Monday conceded it has financial and other problems, but promised to “modernise” so as to keep up with trends in...
New director general for state broadcasting corporation
Former chairman of the board of directors of the Cyprus broadcasting corporation (Cybc) Thanasis Tsokos, on Monday has been appointed as director general of the...
Censorship of gay kiss on Cyprus TV ‘another setback for LGBT community’
The censorship of a kiss between two men in the broadcast of a Greek series by a local channel was another setback for gay rights...
Corruption remains number one issue ahead of elections – poll
Corruption remained the number one problem for people whose majority also believe that an acceptable and viable solution of the Cyprus problem was out of...
New protest over Eurovision entry, ‘song promotes devil worship’
It may have won audiences in Europe, but Cyprus‘s entry for the Eurovision song contest has raised hackles at home, scandalising the faithful for paying homage...
