Fin Min urges parliament to approve key privatisation bill
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades urged parliament on Thursday to approve a bill on the privatisation of state telecoms company CyTA, thus meeting the conditions set...
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More consumer protection in financial sector
By Stelios Orphanides The government is looking for new ways to boost protection for insurance policyholders even if insurers lose their licence for failing to...
Troika’s pessimism costly for Cyprus, Georgiades says
By Stelios Orphanides Finance minister Harris Georgiades said that the troika’s downward revision to -0.5 per cent of an initial growth forecast of 0.4 per...
Tax cuts possible next year
The government could cut taxes next year if the economy continued to strengthen, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Monday. However, no cuts would be...
Our View: Now is the time to do something about state payroll
THE ULTRA-HARSH treatment of Greece by its euro zone partners may have shocked many people in Cyprus but it also served as a timely lesson...
Lifer threatens to go on hunger strike if not released
By Angelos Anastasiou Lifer Kyriacos Georgiades, 54, currently held at Central Prisons after being extradited to Cyprus in 2012 from the United States, where he...
Georgiades: we need to get serious (updated)
The future of a state and its people are not secured with nice words and slogans, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said on Tuesday, warning opposition...
IMF freezes funds, troika mission uncertain, Georgiades lashes at opposition (updated)
By Stelios Orphanides The troika may delay its next mission to Cyprus scheduled for January 27, to evaluate Cyprus’s progress in implementing its economic and...
Economy showing positive prospects: Fin Min
The economy is showing positive prospects and tangible results, Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said, but efforts to turn it around had to continue. Georgiades, in...
Cyprus aims to head back to international markets this month
By Constantinos Psillides Cyprus could return to the international markets as early as the end of June, 18 months earlier than it was originally expected,...
