Hopes high to gauge solution financing interest at Davos
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said the attendance of the two leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos in Switzerland would help gauge...
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Reuniting Cyprus – Live link to Davos Forum (12.15pm)
On Thursday, at 12.15pm local time President NIcos Anastasiades will host a forum at Davos on ‘Reuniting Cyprus’ with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and...
President sees peace deal this year, seeks aid, land
By Paul Taylor President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday he aims to achieve a peace settlement with the Turkish Cypriots this year to reunite the...
Anastasiades kicks off Davos contacts
The exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus received a “confidence vote” by Claudio Descalzi, the CEO of Italian energy giant ENI, during...
No global meltdown, EU growth outlook unchanged – EU econ chief
By Paul Taylor CENTRAL banks still have more firepower they can use to counter a slowdown in global growth, which does not change the outlook...
Leaders to make joint appeal in Davos
By Jean Christou President Nicos Anastasiades departs on Wednesday for the World Economic Forum in Davos where he and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci will make...
As leaders chill in Davos, emerging economies going downhill fast
By Sujata Rao More than a trillion dollars of investment flows has fled emerging markets over the past 18 months but the exodus may not...
Richest 62 people own same as half the world’s population – Oxfam
By Alex Whiting The wealthiest 62 people now own as much as half the world’s population, some 3.5 billion people, as the super-rich have grown richer and...
Many young people fear losing their jobs to robots, survey finds
Four out of ten young people believe machines will be able to do their jobs within a decade, an international survey published on Monday has...
Eide: taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for a solution
The premise surrounding the financing of a Cyprus settlement is not to leave it to the taxpayers to foot the bill but to get the...
Our View: Anastasiades should not have bowed to party pressure on Davos meeting
IT WAS no surprise that President Anastasiades bowed to party pressure and ruled out the possibility of an informal meeting with Mustafa Akinci and the...
Leaders invited to joint meeting with Ban in Davos (Updated: adds Anastasiades)
By George Psyllides The leaders of the island’s divided communities have been invited to attend a joint meeting in Switzerland with United Nations Secretary-General Bank...
Possible Davos meeting sparks reaction (Updated)
By George Psyllides President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday reiterated his readiness to attend a joint meeting, if invited, with the UN Secretary-General and Turkish Cypriot...
Eide optimistic a solution is near
UN Special Adviser Espen Barth Eide is optimistic that a solution is near, according to comments he made to Kathimerini newspaper published on Sunday. In...
Anastasiades set to brief MPs
By Andria Kades President Nicos Anastasiades will brief parliament on developments in negotiations on the Cyprus problem on February 11, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said...
North Korea may send delegation to Davos – Yonhap
North Korea may send a delegation to the World Economic Forum meeting in Switzerland for the first time in 18 years, South Korea’s Yonhap news...
First leaders meeting of 2016 to take place on Thursday
By George Psyllides The leaders of the island’s divided communities will hold on Thursday their first meeting of 2016 which according to observers and the...
No talks planned at Davos
By Elias Hazou THE government denied on Wednesday that it has been sounded out to engage in reunification talks at another venue outside Cyprus. “With...
Omirou rejects any notion of multilateral conference with guarantors
By Angelos Anastasiou A summit between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities and Cyprus’ three guarantor powers – Greece, Turkey, and Great Britain – is...
Parties protest after reports of multi-party meeting in Davos
Though both President Nicos Anastasiades and Government Spokesman Nicos Christodoulides have ruled out a multilateral meeting between the two sides and the three guarantor powers,...