Cyprus hopes to lift capital controls in the coming months
By Angelos Anastasiou PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades said the government hopes to lift capital controls, imposed after the March 2013 bailout, within the coming months. Anastasiades...
Qatar
Qataris voice investment interest
By Jean Christou THE GOVERNMENT was careful on Monday not to oversell the results of President Nicos Anastasiades’ round of contacts in Qatar after a...
CY deal with unions will save €4.0 million
Cyprus Airways (CY) has struck a deal with workers to cut its contribution to their provident fund significantly for 15 months, it was announced on...
The visit of President Anastasiades to Qatar
By Andrestinos Papadopoulos THE President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades will pay an official visit to Qatar from 26 to 28 January at the invitation...
CY, Qatar Airways finalising $20m sale of Heathrow slot (updated)
Cyprus Airways (CY) said on Wednesday it was in the final stage of a deal with Qatar Airways for the sale of the national carrier’s...
Qatar World Cup will not be in summer, say FIFA
By Mike Collett The 2022 football World Cup in Qatar will not be played in the summer months, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said on...
Anastasiades to launch investment ‘charm offensive’
PRESIDENT Nicos Anastasiades said last night he would personally spearhead a campaign to attract foreign investment and said the government was allocating an additional €1.8...
The wars being fought over natural gas
By Joel Bainerman WARS in the Middle East in the first decade of the new millennia used to be about oil. Now they are about...
Egypt presidency says diplomacy failed to end crisis
By Michael Georgy and Maggie Fick Egypt’s presidency said on Wednesday that diplomatic efforts to end the country’s political turmoil had failed and warned that...
Egypt’s Brotherhood rejects appeal to ‘swallow reality’
By Yasmine Saleh and Angus MacSwan The Muslim Brotherhood has rejected pleas from international envoys to “swallow the reality” that Mohamed Mursi will not return...
Afghan forces put down attack on presidential palace – police
By Mirwais Harooni Afghan forces put down an early morning attack by Taliban insurgents on the presidential palace and nearby buildings in central Kabul on...
Afghan peace bid stumbles on Kabul-Taliban protocol row
By Amena Bakr A fresh effort to end Afghanistan’s 12-year-old war looked in disarray on Thursday after a diplomatic spat about the Taliban’s new Qatar...
