Audit boss to ask AG to probe whether his phone is bugged
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...
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Hovig to represent Cyprus at Eurovision 2017 in Kiev
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,...
CyBC: a freak organisation and a poster child for dysfunction, American consultant says
An American consultant has called the public broadcaster CyBC a ‘freak’ and a ‘poster child for dysfunction’, according to a report published on Sunday by...
Top job changes at semi-government organisations (Updated)
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...
Cabinet set to announce new names on SGO boards
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...
Our View: Populist politicians ignoring the value of management
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...
MPs call on CyBC to put its house in order
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...
CyBC’s absurd, selective patriotism
ON JUNE 9 the CyBC announced a ‘national’ achievement. It decided not to show the adverts of Turkish Airlines (THY) during its broadcasting of the...
CyBC rebuked over finances and employment practices
The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) cannot survive without the annual €24-million grant it receives from the government and has failed to follow the correct criteria...
CyBC employees hit out at fine for airing views of outspoken singer
State broadcaster CyBC employees’ union SYTYRIK warned the organisation on Tuesday not to pay a cent of the €21,000 fine imposed on them by the...
Turkish Airlines has been advertised in Cyprus in the past
Public broadcaster CyBC’s refusal to broadcast Turkish Airlines advertisements during the upcoming Euro 2016 football championships appears moot as it would not be the first...
CyBC exempt from broadcasting Turkish Airlines ads during Euro 2016
Though Turkish Airlines is one of the official sponsors of the Euro 2016 football championship public broadcaster CybC will not be airing its advertisements for...
‘Indifferent’ seems to win in elections, says CyBC poll
THE majority of people were not interested in the upcoming parliamentary elections, according to the results of a survey published on Friday evening. Carried out...
CyBC budget cut amid objectivity gripes
The House on Thursday grudgingly approved a supplementary budget for the CyBC, amid accusations that the public broadcaster is biased in its news coverage. But...
CyBC scriptwriter ‘blackmailed’ her daughter’s way on to TV
STATE broadcaster CyBC announced yesterday that it would facilitate investigations into one of its senior staff for possible criminal offences concerning abuse of power and...
Platform threatens to cut off three local channels
Digital platform Velister’s warning to three channels that it will pull the plug on them unless they pay increased broadcasting fees is illegal and against...
CyBC censured over ‘suicide’ lyrics
By Evie Andreou State broadcaster CyBC got in trouble with the broadcasting watchdog after playing a song about the suicide of a disabled man as...
Auditor’s report reveals full extent of CyBC’s state funding
By Jean Christou PUBLIC broadcaster CyBC’s ability to continue being a going concern is incumbent on the continued disbursement of state funding, Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides...
CyBC shows its true colours with visa lies
By Loucas Charalambous THE TALKS have not begun yet but the hysteria against a possible agreement has already become a daily phenomenon. The public climate...
Chairman of CyBC board resigns
By Angelos Anastasiou Board chairman of the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) Yiorgos Tsalakos resigned his post on Tuesday. In a statement, Tsalakos said his resignation...
