Posts tagged with "Cyprus"

The English School: from colonial clerks to the ruling elite Cyprus

The English School: from colonial clerks to the ruling elite

January 20th, 2019 By Annette Chrysostomou A new book sheds light on how Cyprus’ most famous fee-paying school, the English School, developed from its establishment in 1900 to the end of British rule in 1960. Aptly, it was researched and written by a man who was not only an ‘old boy’ but lived at the school’s boarding house for four years,...
The composer who hears a symphony in everyday sounds Cyprus

The composer who hears a symphony in everyday sounds

January 20th, 2019 Unconventional Paphos-born composer has won awards for his monumental compositions By Bejay Browne The tak, tak of water dripping into a bucket from a leaking roof, the whoosh of steam from a coffee machine in a busy cafe should hardly count as music to the ear. But for Marios Joannou Elia, such sounds can become a...
Urgent need to reform Cyprus tax policy Opinion

Urgent need to reform Cyprus tax policy

January 20th, 2019 By Les Manison A former finance ministry advisor writes an open letter to Finance Minister Harris Georgiades on the need to reform tax collection and payments so that public services can be improved Dear Minister of Finance, Harris Georgiades, The need to provide high quality public services, a characteristic of an advanced...
An incredibly dangerous precedent Opinion

An incredibly dangerous precedent

January 20th, 2019 The fine levied on the unnamed woman for calling people who adopted Asian children Idiots is an incredibly dangerous precedent. Free speech is the voicing of one’s opinions and if the PC brigade get away with this, we are even further down Orwell’s road to 1984. The American constitution enshrines freedom of speech, thus Americans...
Increased contributions will affect spending and recruitment Guest Columnist

Increased contributions will affect spending and recruitment

January 20th, 2019 By Theodoros Mantis The social insurance plan and the imminent implementation of the national health scheme (Gesy) are among the most crucial chapters of the state’s social policy. From January 1, there  are be changes to the contributions by employees, the self-employed and the optionally insured to the Social Insurance...
It’s finally an employee’s market in Cyprus Guest Columnist

It’s finally an employee’s market in Cyprus

January 20th, 2019 By Katerina Andreou For all you Job seekers, restless professionals or simply curious people, 2019 is here and let’s take a look at what the local job market is doing. 2018 saw the Cyprus job market rather sluggishly get going, then subtly pick up pace around summer and then spike dramatically in the second half of the year. At HR...
Child rapist was allowed public access to children Cyprus

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 because a series of legal loopholes meant he did not need a police clearance certificate to obtain the necessary licence. The man was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2006...
Supreme court has power to rescind and reverse injustice Opinion

Supreme court has power to rescind and reverse injustice

January 20th, 2019 By Alper Ali Riza There is no reason in logic, precedent or principle why a decision of a final court of appeal should not be rescinded if it is necessary to correct an injustice caused by the court itself. Provided an unfair decision is not the fault of the parties to an appeal, a final court of appeal can rescind its own decision...
Bad loans decline through co-op deal a credit positive, Moody's says Cyprus

Bad loans decline through co-op deal a credit positive, Moody's says

January 17th, 2019 Moody’s rating agency said the decline of non-performing exposures (NPEs) by €5.6bn, or 33.6 per cent, stemming from the resolution of the co-operative bank (CCB) is a credit positive for the Cypriot banking system because it reduces asset quality risks and supports depositor confidence. The NPE improvement primarily reflects the...
AEK's Giannou named in Australia team for Asian Cup Cyprus football

AEK's Giannou named in Australia team for Asian Cup

January 3rd, 2019 AEK Larnaca striker Apostolos Giannou has been named by Australia as a replacement for injured winger Martin Boyle, with the Cyprus-based 28-year-old joining Graham Arnold's Asian Cup squad on Thursday. Boyle was ruled out of the tournament after suffering a left knee injury in Sunday's 5-0 friendly win over Oman and returned to...
The challenges facing the Cyprus economy in 2019 Guest Columnist

The challenges facing the Cyprus economy in 2019

December 30th, 2018   By Erol Riza   Over the last few months, we have witnessed a sharp deterioration in global economic and financial developments which should temper any positive outlook for the world economy in the coming year. With this background it is important for Cyprus’ policymakers to be ready to act if they wish to see an...
Letter from Japan Opinion

Letter from Japan

December 23rd, 2018 By Christos P. Panayiotides Distressed by Cyprus rolling down the road of partition, I decided to disappear for a short while, as far away as possible, in the hope that I would thus forget the misery of my home country. Unfortunately, my goal proved unattainable as a result of having daily at my disposal the electronic versions of...
National service is impacting our mental health Opinion

National service is impacting our mental health

December 23rd, 2018 By Angelos Sofocleous Each year, for over 50 years, up to 5,000 Cypriot males get conscripted in the National Guard, Cyprus’ military force. The amount of time they serve has differed through the years, from 18 months to 26 to 24 to 14. By the time conscripts of the past completed their service they had spent around 10 per cent...
A case of EU arrogance Opinion

A case of EU arrogance

December 23rd, 2018 By Akis Kyradjis Three reports were issued recently relating to Residency and Citizenship by Investment (R/CBI) programmes, all of which issued strong verdicts and diktats. The reports were: l The OECD issued a ‘blacklist’ of countries with R/CBI programmes. l The European Parliament Research Service (EPRS) called for the...
Foreign ministry tight-lipped on diplomatic hacking report Cyprus

Foreign ministry tight-lipped on diplomatic hacking report

December 20th, 2018 The foreign ministry neither confirmed nor denied a New York Times report claiming hackers had targeted Cyprus’ diplomats and exposed thousands of EU diplomatic cables by using a ‘run-of-the-mill’ phishing campaign. Ministry spokesman Demetris Samuel told state radio “we don’t want to confirm or deny,” in line with policy...
Cyprus, UK sign double taxation deal on government service pensions Cyprus

Cyprus, UK sign double taxation deal on government service pensions

December 19th, 2018 Cyprus and the UK on Wednesday signed a double taxation elimination protocol which will allow individuals to choose within a set period of time, which basis of taxation they want to apply to their government service pensions. This choice can be made from January 1, 2019, until December 31, 2024. The protocol was signed in Nicosia...
Cyprus, Greece, and Jordan discuss next steps in cooperation Cyprus

Cyprus, Greece, and Jordan discuss next steps in cooperation

December 19th, 2018 The progress achieved so far in the cooperation between Cyprus, Greece, and Jordan and the next steps and new fields of common interest such as education and innovation will be the focus of the tripartite ministerial meeting among the three countries, taking place on Wednesday. The meeting will be held in Nicosia with the...
Fears for sovereignty as the EU takes over members’ armies Cyprus

Fears for sovereignty as the EU takes over members’ armies

December 16th, 2018 Like other member states, Cyprus has signed up to Pesco which critics say means nations are effectively sub-contracting their militaries out to the EU, thus ceding their sovereignty By Elias Hazou A year ago, when the European Union was rolling out its Permanent Structured Cooperation (Pesco), some commentators cautioned that we...
Anastasiades expresses Cyprus' full support to the Finnish EU Presidency Cyprus

Anastasiades expresses Cyprus' full support to the Finnish EU Presidency

December 16th, 2018 President Nicos Anastasiades has expressed Cyprus' full support to the Finnish Presidency of the European Council during the second half of 2019. Anastasiades had on Sunday a meeting and a working lunch with Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä, at the Presidential Palace in view of the Finnish EU Presidency. He said in a post on...
Russia's military build-up claims 'absurd,' State Department says Cyprus

Russia's military build-up claims 'absurd,' State Department says

December 7th, 2018 The US State Department rejected as absurd, Russian suggestions of a military build-up in Cyprus, accompanied by a threat to retaliate. A State Department spokesperson said on Thursday that “in November the United States and Cyprus signed a non-binding statement of intent expressing both countries’ desire to explore opportunities...
Russia tweets that US inspected military and strategic sites for base (Update 2) Cyprus

Russia tweets that US inspected military and strategic sites for base (Update 2)

December 6th, 2018 By George Psyllides and Elias Hazou CYPRUS on Thursday rejected suggestions there was a military build-up as part of Nato plans in the region as the Russia repeated Wednesday’s claim tweeting that a delegation of US experts had recently inspected military and strategic sites on the island with a view to setting up a forward...
A festive meal for Nicosia’s homeless Cyprus

A festive meal for Nicosia’s homeless

December 3rd, 2018 One woman is determined to provide “a warm full tummy” for refugees and the homeless in Nicosia in the run up for Christmas. Rosie Charalambous, one of the founders of charity Cans for Kids, is organising a Christmas dinner for vulnerable groups on December 20 at the old municipal market in Nicosia’s old city. “I have never...
Forest fires: fanning the flames of vengeance Cyprus

Forest fires: fanning the flames of vengeance

December 2nd, 2018 Trees in the Paphos region have had a tough time of it down the decades as arsonists have used their flammable properties to wreak vengeance on both individuals and the authorities. Arson has a long tradition in the Paphos forest and this year has been no different. In a period usually marking the end of the fire season, the first...
What is Agros getting right? Cyprus

What is Agros getting right?

December 2nd, 2018 Judging by the ever-busy Rodon Hotel, Agros is a favourite destination for Cypriots and foreigners alike. But what is so different from other mountain villages, which are struggling to fill their hotels during most months of the year? It is probably a combination of factors. For one, there is the hotel itself which offers a range...
A guided tour of the complex Cyprus family tree Cyprus

A guided tour of the complex Cyprus family tree

November 26th, 2018 By Agnieszka Rakoczy Cyprus is a fascinating mosaic of nationalities and cultures, a heady mix that should be recorded in full, says Aristeidis Koudounaris, author of the “Biographical Dictionary of Cypriots 1800-1920”, which has just been published by the University of Nicosia. The seventh edition of this "Who's Who" of the...
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