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Our View: Outcry over paedophile’s release is forcing change Our View

Our View: Outcry over paedophile’s release is forcing change

September 22nd, 2018 THE PUBLIC outcry that greeted the early release of a convicted paedophile some two weeks ago and which refuses to die down served a good purpose as it shook up the authorities that for years exhibited inexplicable leniency towards these sick individuals. The judiciary imposed lenient sentences – this column has censured this leniency...
Almost €2 billion euros owed in overdue taxes Cyprus

Almost €2 billion euros owed in overdue taxes

September 21st, 2018 The audit office has called on the tax department to do all it can to collect overdue taxes – to the tune of almost €2 billion – that are increasing alarmingly, but accepted that collecting a large proportion of it is unlikely. According to the annual audit report on the tax department that was released on Friday, €3.5 billion...
EU commissioner on citizenship sale fact-finding visit (Updated) Business

EU commissioner on citizenship sale fact-finding visit (Updated)

September 21st, 2018 The European Commission plans to issue recommendations to member states selling citizenship in return for investment in November, the EU justice and gender equality commissioner said in Nicosia on Friday, noting also that Cyprus must improve enforcement of anti-money laundering legislation.. “We had a good debate about the need to...
News podcast: Reforms at the WTO, Italian film days and EU's new Asian vision Cyprus

News podcast: Reforms at the WTO, Italian film days and EU's new Asian vision

September 21st, 2018 The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local news – in audio form. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this week: The EU Trade Commissioner outlines proposals to reform the World Trade Organisation; Italian film days,...
May: Brexit talks at impasse, EU must produce alternatives (Update 2) Brexit

May: Brexit talks at impasse, EU must produce alternatives (Update 2)

September 21st, 2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday the European Union must come up with an alternative to her Brexit proposals, saying talks had reached an impasse after bloc's leaders had rejected her plans without explaining why. At a summit in Austria on Thursday, EU leaders said they would push for a Brexit deal next month but...
Nicosia mayor hails mini-bus success but wants more people to get on board Cyprus

Nicosia mayor hails mini-bus success but wants more people to get on board

September 21st, 2018 By Annette Chrysostomou Since it started operating in May 2017, the number of passengers using the Nicosia mini-bus service, which operates in and around the old town, has jumped from 80 people in its first week to 1,200 per week today, the capital’s mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis said on Friday. In a written announcement,...
Tired Londoners rent sleep pods for some zzz's Offbeat

Tired Londoners rent sleep pods for some zzz's

September 21st, 2018 Exhausted Londoners hoping to take a rest from their busy schedules are being offered an alternative to coffee breaks: a sleep pod where they can grab some shut-eye for £15 ($20) an hour. Inspired by Japanese capsule hotels, Pop & Rest in London’s trendy Shoreditch area boasts four "sleep pods" – rooms with dark walls and a...
Our View: Pipeline deal with Egypt a first small practical step Our View

Our View: Pipeline deal with Egypt a first small practical step

September 21st, 2018 THE SIGNING of the agreement by Cyprus and Egypt for the construction of an underwater pipeline to take gas to Egypt’s LNG facility in Idku was a small, practical, first step in the exploitation of the island’s hydrocarbons. A sense of perspective is necessary, however, because there is still a very long way to go before Egypt...
Guterres ‘eager’ to see Lute’s report to decide how to move forward Cyprus Talks

Guterres ‘eager’ to see Lute’s report to decide how to move forward

September 20th, 2018 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he was ‘eager’ to review a report prepared by his envoy Jane Holl Lute, which will determine the international organisation’s next steps on the Cyprus issue. “Like you, I am looking forward to her report, to see how we will be moving forward,” the UN chief told a press...
Brexit at breaking point? Diary dates for Britain's EU departure Brexit

Brexit at breaking point? Diary dates for Britain's EU departure

September 20th, 2018 British Prime Minister Theresa May has little more than six months to negotiate a Brexit deal with the European Union, sell it to her divided Conservative Party and win parliamentary approval. Below are significant dates as Britain nears its departure from the EU in March: EU LEADERS MEET - Sept. 20 European Union leaders will...
Fissure in Africa paving path for a new ocean (V) Offbeat

Fissure in Africa paving path for a new ocean (V)

September 20th, 2018 It seems like the world's second biggest continent is starting to create conditions for the world's sixth ocean! The two tectonic plates beneath the continent of Africa are slowly but surely moving away from each other. The tectonic movement has created a crack in the desert that could house a new ocean in the future.The fissure,...
New documentary revives memories of Cyprus train travel Cyprus

New documentary revives memories of Cyprus train travel

September 20th, 2018 By Annette Chrysostomou ‘Memories of the Cyprus Railway’, a new documentary celebrating the time of the railway, will be screened on Friday September 21 as part of the first international archaeological, ethnographic and historical documentary film and culture festival in Aglandjia. The Cyprus government railway (or CGR) ran...
Boy left forgotten at children’s shelter goes home after plea to president Cyprus

Boy left forgotten at children’s shelter goes home after plea to president

September 20th, 2018 By Evie Andreou A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY who was left forgotten for almost a month in a state shelter for minors even though allegations by his stepdad that he sexually abused his four-year-old brother were not proven, finally went home on Wednesday following the intervention of the justice minister after the teen wrote a letter to the...
Man critical after elderly couple hit by a car (Updated) Cyprus

Man critical after elderly couple hit by a car (Updated)

September 20th, 2018 An elderly man is in critical condition after a traffic accident early on Thursday morning in Limassol. The man, 86, and his 80-year-old wife were walking when they were hit by a car driven by a 70-year-old man at around 6am under conditions that are being investigated. They were taken to Limassol general hospital where the driver...
No joy for British MP seeking answers in Low murder Crime

No joy for British MP seeking answers in Low murder

September 20th, 2018 One of the suspects in the murder of George Low taunting family on social media By Elias Hazou A BRITISH MP, seeking explanations on why no one has been brought to book over the 2016 brutal murder of his constituent George Low, was in Cyprus this week, but appears to have got only verbal assurances from the British High Commission...
Our View: A new delaying tactic on opening up the energy market Our View

Our View: A new delaying tactic on opening up the energy market

September 20th, 2018 NOBODY would have been surprised to have learned on Tuesday that the liberalisation of the energy market has been put back yet again. The local market was supposed to have opened to independent electricity producers last year, it was subsequently put back to 2019 and the latest news is that it will probably not even happen in 2020. After...
EU must end migration "blame game" -Tusk Europe

EU must end migration "blame game" -Tusk

September 19th, 2018 The chairman of the body grouping European Union government leaders lashed out on Wednesday against those seeking to score political points by whipping up disputes over migration rather than helping each other respond to the challenge. EU leaders were meeting in the Austrian city of Salzburg later on Wednesday to tackle migration once...
State orchestra musicians will not take part in north concert, they say Cyprus

State orchestra musicians will not take part in north concert, they say

September 19th, 2018 By Evie Andreou The musicians from the state symphony orchestra who found themselves on the spot last week for their intended participation in a music festival in the north, withdrew their participation stating they were not aware it was under the auspices of the Turkish Cypriot ‘presidency’, it emerged on Wednesday. A number...
Remand for pair caught with 2.6kg of TNT on British base Cyprus

Remand for pair caught with 2.6kg of TNT on British base

September 19th, 2018 A British bases court on Wednesday remanded for five days two men aged 41 and 50, who were arrested on Tuesday after a gun and explosives were allegedly found in one of their cars. Initial reports suggested that one of the vehicles, driven by the 50-year-old was under surveillance by Cypriot police, who notified their bases...
Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie are not gay ... or straight Entertainment

Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie are not gay ... or straight

September 19th, 2018 It's official: Sesame Street's Muppet couple Bert and Ernie are not gay. But - according to Sesame Workshop, the organisation behind the popular U.S. television programme - it's also official that they're not straight. Bert and Ernie are simply "best friends". The final ruling from Sesame Workshop - in an attempt to draw a line...
Cyprus the 7th most visited country per capita   Cyprus

Cyprus the 7th most visited country per capita  

September 19th, 2018 With three visitors per inhabitant, Cyprus is among the most visited countries in the world, a new study by online magazine TravelMag has found. Numbers for visitor arrivals used for the survey were taken from a report released by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). With 6,600 visitors per 1,000 residents...
New novel looks at the future of peace on earth Cyprus

New novel looks at the future of peace on earth

September 19th, 2018 By Melissa Hekkers The last time I spoke to Dimis Michaelides was almost three years ago. At the time, the multitalented business consultant was putting on a variety show entitled God, Sex, Revolution and You that attempted to blur the lines between social and sexual revolution through various artistic expressions. On that...
Defendant denies premeditated murder in Peyia hit and run Cyprus

Defendant denies premeditated murder in Peyia hit and run

September 19th, 2018 A 35-year-old man pleaded not guilty to premeditated murder on Wednesday in the death of a British tourist who had been hit by a car in Peyia in June, in what authorities believe was a deliberate assault following an altercation. The defendant, a Georgian national, also denied an attempted murder charge against a second Briton....
The teaching profession is being derailed Education

The teaching profession is being derailed

September 19th, 2018 By Christos P. Panayiotides I CAME to realise that teaching is being derailed when I asked a 40-year old teacher, I have a lot of respect for, why the teachers were striking. Her response was disarmingly honest. She said: “I do not know”. Charis Charalambous, the general-secretary of the Teachers’ Union Poed in his posting on...
Our View: Orchestra slam the usual much ado about nothing Our View

Our View: Orchestra slam the usual much ado about nothing

September 19th, 2018 Our politicians seize any opportunity to show their bad faith. Nothing is trivial enough to dissuade them from displaying this trait. Last week deputies of all the parties expressed outrage because they were informed by one of their colleagues that members of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra (CySO), including the artistic director and...
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