Hilton loses tennis courts after rent dispute
The land on which two of Nicosia’s Hilton hotel’s tennis courts are standing has been returned to its owner the forestry department after the two...
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Gas dispute with Israel is in ‘no one’s interest’
By Elias Hazou Fresh reports this week of Cyprus and Israel resorting to arbitration to resolve a dispute over future earnings from the Aphrodite gas...
Plot owner waiting 34 years for land registry to correct error
Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides, urged the land registry to finally provide a solution for the owner of a plot in a Nicosia village who has been...
Thoc denies backing down in auditor-general battle
Both sides in the Thoc versus auditor-general dispute over the staging of Antigone in the ancient theatre of Salamis denied they had backed down on...
Schaeuble defends Bavarian ally in twist to German coalition row
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s veteran finance minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, jumped to the defence of her conservatives’ Bavarian sister party in the latest twist in a...
Deal reached on north water dispute
An agreement has been struck for the management of water channelled to the north from Turkey, it emerged on Thursday, presumably putting an end to...
MPs attempt to raise the stakes in shop hours dispute
By Angelos Anastasiou The House labour committee on Monday decided to prepare a legislative proposal raising the penalties for shop owners violating the legally-prescribed schedule...
Macedonia says “huge mountains” remain in name dispute with Greece (Updated)
Macedonia and Greece have ‘mountains to climb’ in resolving a dispute over Macedonia’s name that has dragged on for almost 25 years and frozen the...
Cabinet support for Hasikos in spat with auditor-general (Updated)
(Adds attorney-general’s comments) By Elias Hazou The government on Monday appeared to be getting behind Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos in his long-running public spat with...
Rural bus services resume (Update 3)
By Andria Kades Bus services affected during a dispute at the Nicosia bus company OSEL last week resumed on Monday albeit with some changes as...
Investors to sue Cyprus over seized deposits
By Angelos Anastasiou A group of Greek investors filed a notice of dispute against Cyprus on Monday over losses arising from the Cyprus financial crisis...
EKO stations to close for 24 hours over ‘broken promises’
All EKO petrol stations will remain closed on Wednesday in protest of the company’s “broken promises” to station owners, a statement issued by the Petrol...
Mugabe party claims Zimbabwe election win, rival cries foul
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s party claimed a landslide election victory on Thursday that would secure another five years in power for Africa’s oldest head of...
