Posts tagged with "CyBC"

Cybc unions protest ad ban on state broadcaster Cyprus

Cybc unions protest ad ban on state broadcaster

September 20th, 2018 By Evie Andreou ALL CYBC employee unions on Thursday expressed their opposition to a cabinet decision banning the public broadcaster from airing ads as of next year and want to have it reversed. In a joint statement, unions Evrik, Sytirik, Sidikek-Peo and the managerial personnel’s Sydipro, said they would “take every measure...
CyBC hits back at audit boss over pension fund Cyprus

CyBC hits back at audit boss over pension fund

September 8th, 2018 The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) on Saturday hit back at the auditor-general’s allegations this week regarding mismanagement of its pension fund. An internal investigation into the deficit in the public broadcaster’s pension fund, conducted as per the instructions of the CyBC’s board of directors, “showed no signs...
Audit chief hauls public broadcaster over the coals   Cyprus

Audit chief hauls public broadcaster over the coals  

September 6th, 2018 Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides hauled the public broadcaster over the coals on Thursday, even hinting that certain financial peccadillos within the organisation could potentially amount to criminal activity. Speaking at the House watchdog committee, reviewing the audit office’s 2017 report on the Cyprus Broadcasting...
Cabinet bans state-broadcaster CyBC from airing ads Cyprus

Cabinet bans state-broadcaster CyBC from airing ads

September 5th, 2018   The council of ministers decided on Wednesday to ban state-broadcaster CyBC from airing paid advertising spots and engaging in telemarketing, the Press and Information Office (PIO) said. “The council of ministers also approved an increase of the (government) grant to CyBC in the 2019 budget to offset the loss of revenue...
Akel boycotts CyBC (Updated) Cyprus

Akel boycotts CyBC (Updated)

April 13th, 2018 Main opposition party Akel said on Friday it has decided to boycott the state broadcaster’s news shows for the next few days over what it calls CyBC’s failure to publish the party’s statements over the past couple of days. The party said in a statement that it has repeatedly complained about being discriminated against over time...
Union appeals to government over journalist’s withdrawn benefits Cyprus

Union appeals to government over journalist’s withdrawn benefits

January 16th, 2018 The journalists’ union (ESK) called on the government on Tuesday to reinstate the disability pension to a reporter who worked for the state broadcaster and was diagnosed in 2007 with encephalitis, an illness the labour ministry had said was linked to the environment at CyBC. Evdokia Loizou, 44, wrote to the ombudswoman to complain...
Making history: the first Cypriot female journalist Profile

Making history: the first Cypriot female journalist

July 7th, 2017 At the front line in historic times, THEO PANAYIDES meets a woman who has always done her duty, whether for family, country or cause The black-and-white photo dates from the early 60s. That, at least, is a reasonable guess, given that the men at the head of the conference table are Archbishop Makarios and Fazil Kucuk, president and...
The TV show we’ll never get to see: Turkish Cypriots on Cybc Cyprus

The TV show we’ll never get to see: Turkish Cypriots on Cybc

May 28th, 2017 TWO newspaper columnists have raised an extremely interesting point in recent days: the exclusion of Turkish Cypriot politicians from the Greek Cypriot media (particularly television and radio). First, Christos Panayiotides, in an article published in the Cyprus Mail on May 16, wrote that he could not understand why the media – ...
Cybc veteran sports journalist dies News in Brief

Cybc veteran sports journalist dies

May 26th, 2017 REVERED veteran sports journalist at the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation Andreas Georgiades, with dozens of international-event broadcasts under his belt, died on Friday, at the age of 80. Georgiades was a physical education teacher, as well as a basketball and track coach. Having covered the Olympic Games and various classical...
Papadopoulos apologises after accusing journo of having agenda (updated) Cyprus

Papadopoulos apologises after accusing journo of having agenda (updated)

May 4th, 2017 Diko leader and presidential hopeful Nicolas Papadopoulos on Thursday apologised for accusing a state broadcasting corporation anchor of taking instructions to undermine him through specific questions. His public apology followed a strongly-worded statement by the Cyprus Union of Journalists, which censured him for his...
Papadopoulos accuses Cybc journalist of having an agenda Cyprus

Papadopoulos accuses Cybc journalist of having an agenda

May 3rd, 2017 Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos attracted criticism on Wednesday after he accused a reporter working for the state broadcaster of acting on someone’s instructions after the latter reportedly suggested that the party had contributed in the election of former president Demetris Christofias. It happened on a morning news show on CyBC...
Cabinet appoints Herodotou, Evagorou at CBC, Maratheftis at CyBC Cyprus

Cabinet appoints Herodotou, Evagorou at CBC, Maratheftis at CyBC

February 15th, 2017 The council of ministers decided on Wednesday to appoint privatisation commissioner Constantinos Herodotou as executive director of the Central Bank of Cyprus, the press and Information Office said. The cabinet also appointed Stavros Evagorou, an MP with Akel until last May, as non-executive board member, the PIO said in a statement...
Our View: Problem of headless state organisations needs to be addressed Opinion

Our View: Problem of headless state organisations needs to be addressed

January 28th, 2017 THE PRESS and Information Office, also known as the PIO, has appointed a new director. It had been without a head for some time, the duties being performed by an acting director until someone was eventually appointed. Having an acting boss, for a year, or two or three, is standard practice at state organisations at which the appointment...
Akel and CyBC make up after row Cyprus

Akel and CyBC make up after row

January 3rd, 2017 State broadcaster (CyBC) boss Thanasis Tsokos and Akel spokesman Stefanos Stefanou met in order to resolve the mini-crisis that erupted last week, after the party took offence at the broadcaster’s move to cut party leader Andros Kyprianou mid-sentence during last month’s municipal elections, it was announced on Tuesday. In a...
Neophytou berates CyBC for allowing ‘black propaganda’ (Update) Cyprus

Neophytou berates CyBC for allowing ‘black propaganda’ (Update)

December 30th, 2016 THE Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) must be objective and its officials must ensure it is not used for black propaganda, ruling Disy leader Averof Neophytou urged on Friday. Referring to the state broadcaster’s lead in Thursday’s night-time news, which read “President Anastasiades under fire from the parties”, Neophytou...
Mea culpa from CyBC after Akel blunder Cyprus

Mea culpa from CyBC after Akel blunder

December 21st, 2016 The Board of public broadcaster CyBC said on Wednesday it recognised the station’s mistake in interrupting live statements by Akel general secretary Andros Kyprianou during the parliamentary elections on Sunday night. The board said it was taking all necessary measures to avoid similar incidents in the future. Akel said on Monday...
Akel boycotts CyBC over ‘biased’ election coverage Cyprus

Akel boycotts CyBC over ‘biased’ election coverage

December 19th, 2016 Main opposition Akel has decided to boycott public broadcaster CyBC in retaliation for what it says is biased coverage. The straw that broke the camel’s back was apparently CyBC’s reporting on the municipal elections on Sunday evening. In a sternly worded letter addressed to CyBC chairman Thanasis Tsokkos,  Akel spokesman...
Audit boss to ask AG to probe whether his phone is bugged Cyprus

Audit boss to ask AG to probe whether his phone is bugged

October 23rd, 2016 Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides will on Monday ask the attorney-general to investigate whether his phone calls are being monitored following a suspicious incident, CyBC reported on Sunday citing an article in Phileleftheros. According to the article, on Saturday a CyBC journalist had called Michaelides, who was abroad, on his...
Hovig to represent Cyprus at Eurovision 2017 in Kiev Cyprus

Hovig to represent Cyprus at Eurovision 2017 in Kiev

October 21st, 2016 Young heartthrob Hovig Demirdjian will represent Cyprus at next year’s Eurovision song contest to be held in Kiev, Ukraine on May 9-13. State broadcaster CyBC, a member of the EBU network that hosts the annual song contest in the previous year’s winning country, said that it had chosen the young singer “because he is especially...
Top job changes at semi-government organisations (Updated) Cyprus

Top job changes at semi-government organisations (Updated)

July 13th, 2016 The cabinet on Wednesday named 162 appointees to 14 semi-government organisations (SGOs) and five other bodies for the next three and a half years. Top of the list of appointments was Andreas Marangos, a lawyer, as president of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus with Michalis Hadjipantelas, a chartered accountant as vice...
Cabinet set to announce new names on SGO boards featured

Cabinet set to announce new names on SGO boards

July 11th, 2016   The government will by Wednesday announce the names of the new board members of semi-governmental organisations (SGOs), government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said on Monday following a meeting of the cabinet. A preliminary list of the names had been drafted, with the final decision to be taken by or on Wednesday during...
Our View: Populist politicians ignoring the value of management Opinion

Our View: Populist politicians ignoring the value of management

July 3rd, 2016 GREENS leader Giorgos Perdikis, a ruthless populist highly-skilled in identifying and playing up issues that he believes would cause a public stir gave another demonstration of this expertise last Tuesday. During a discussion of the CyBC’s 2015 accounts at the House Watchdog committee he took great exception at the €80,000 annual...
MPs call on CyBC to put its house in order Cyprus

MPs call on CyBC to put its house in order

June 28th, 2016 As the public broadcaster, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) has an important role to play, but it must get its financial house in order so as not to unduly burden taxpayers, MPs said on Tuesday. It was an all-too familiar admonition as lawmakers reviewed the auditor-general’s recently-released report on CyBC for 2015,...
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