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Limassol shopkeepers ready to make last-ditch effort to agree with local council

Staff ReporterAugust 10, 2018

By Staff ReporterAugust 10, 2018040

By Kristian Chrysostomou Shopkeepers on Limassol’s Misiaouli, Kavasoglou and Yildiz streets have said they would make a last-ditch effort to resolve their dispute with local...

Cyprus

Shoppers boost sales with their 13th bonus

Evie AndreouDecember 24, 2017December 23, 2017

By Evie AndreouDecember 24, 2017December 23, 201716 42

CHRISTMAS is upon us once again and preparations are in full swing for the joyous occasion, exchange of gifts, elaborate banquets and, for some,...

Cyprus

Truck drivers rebuff Anastasiades as cargo floods port

Stelios OrphanidesFebruary 17, 2017February 17, 2017

By Stelios OrphanidesFebruary 17, 2017February 17, 2017035

The deadlock at the Limassol port continued on Friday, after lorry drivers defied President Nicos Anastasiades’s appeal to resume the delivery of containers whose number...

Cyprus

‘Let justice decide who is right’

Evie AndreouAugust 16, 2016

By Evie AndreouAugust 16, 201661 32

Archbishop Chrysostomos on Monday said that he had made many interventions to the government for shops to remain closed on August 15 and on Sundays...

Cyprus

Row over shop opening hours on August 15 holiday

Evie AndreouAugust 8, 2016

By Evie AndreouAugust 8, 201634 62

The head of small shopkeeper’s union POVEK Stefanos Koursaris urged on Monday the police and the labour ministry to report all those general shops which...

Cyprus

Napa mayor accuses water sports operators of thwarting competition

Andria KadesMay 5, 2016May 5, 2016

By Andria KadesMay 5, 2016May 5, 201612 45

Ayia Napa Mayor Yiannos Karousos on Thursday accused the Water Sports Association of conspiring to make sure there was no competition in tenders for setting...

Cyprus

Big shops vow to keep opening on Sundays

Evie AndreouDecember 30, 2015February 9, 2016

By Evie AndreouDecember 30, 2015February 9, 201625 29

By Evie Andreou BIG retailers yesterday vowed to defy the law on shop hours and remain open on Sundays and Wednesday afternoons after the government...

Cyprus

Small shopkeepers want assurances of Christmas Day closure

Jean ChristouDecember 22, 2015December 22, 2015

By Jean ChristouDecember 22, 2015December 22, 201539 38

The small shopkeepers association POVEK on Tuesday asked Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou in a letter to make sure the law was observed so that no...

Cyprus

Shopkeepers doing their bit for Cyprus solution

Jean ChristouJuly 15, 2015November 15, 2016

By Jean ChristouJuly 15, 2015November 15, 201613 40

Delegations from shopkeepers unions on both sides of the divide have decided to set up a committee to further business collaboration between them. The delegations...

Cyprus

Small shop keepers say Sunday opening a red line

FORMER STAFFJune 2, 2015June 3, 2015

By FORMER STAFFJune 2, 2015June 3, 201533 28

By Angelos Anastasiou Sunday shopping remains a red line for small business union POVEK and will not be accepted, its leader Stefanos Koursaris said on...

CM Regular Columnist

Is the Cyprob even news anymore?

Hermes SolomonMay 10, 2015November 3, 2016

By Hermes SolomonMay 10, 2015November 3, 20169 40

By Hermes Solomon As we approach at a snail’s pace yet another round of talks to solve the Cyprob, it would be nice to know...

Cyprus

MPs vote to shut shops on Sundays (update 2)

Elias HazouMay 7, 2015February 9, 2016

By Elias HazouMay 7, 2015February 9, 2016102 34

By Elias Hazou FRAMING it in populist terms – big business versus the mom-and-pop store striving to eke out a living – opposition MPs on...

Cyprus

Parliament shuts shops on Sundays (updated)

Jean ChristouMay 7, 2015May 10, 2015

By Jean ChristouMay 7, 2015May 10, 201555 26

Parliament on Thursday voted to close shops on Sunday despite warnings that people would lose their jobs. The bill was passed with the votes of...

Letters

Welcome to the dark ages

CM Reader's ViewApril 5, 2015April 4, 2015

By CM Reader's ViewApril 5, 2015April 4, 20158 22

I would like to express my gratitude to the great minds of AKEL who today returned Cyprus to the Dark Ages BC (Before Consumers). If...

Cyprus

MPs urged to deny minister right to set shop hours

CyprusMailMarch 12, 2015

By CyprusMailMarch 12, 201531 31

PARLIAMENT should take on responsibility and strip the Labour minister of her power to issue decrees on shop opening hours, the small business association (POVEK)...

Cyprus

AKEL tables bill to halt extended shop opening hours

Rachael GillettFebruary 5, 2015

By Rachael GillettFebruary 5, 201526 37

MAIN opposition AKEL on Thursday tabled a bill stripping the labour minister of the power to issue decrees on shop opening hours. The House labour...

Business

Minister: extended shops hours boosted economy

Rachael GillettJanuary 26, 2015January 26, 2015

By Rachael GillettJanuary 26, 2015January 26, 2015025

RETAIL trade rose 3.6 per cent and around 7,000 people were hired in the year that followed the government’s decision to allow shops to extend...

Business

AKEL to move against extended shop opening hours

George PsyllidesJanuary 19, 2015January 20, 2015

By George PsyllidesJanuary 19, 2015January 20, 201546 62

By George Psyllides MAIN opposition AKEL will seek to pass legislation regulating shop opening hours because they say the current hours only serve a few...

Cyprus

‘High prices show contempt for consumers’

Evie AndreouJanuary 17, 2015

By Evie AndreouJanuary 17, 20153 30

By Evie Andreou BUSINESSES are showing complete disrespect and contempt for consumers by not lowering their prices in line with an approximate 20 per cent...

Cyprus

New headache for small shops

FORMER STAFFNovember 2, 2014November 2, 2014

By FORMER STAFFNovember 2, 2014November 2, 2014030

By Marie Kambas BUYING groceries on credit, once a common practice in Cyprus, when communities were smaller and everybody knew everyone else, has made a...