Spare the scapegoat in the Co-op affair
By Christos Panayiotides Last Wednesday, at 12 midday, the report into the collapse of the co-operative credit sector was released. Given that the report extends...
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Co-op inquiry: Georgiades should have sacked ‘incompetent CEO’
Finance Minister Harris Georgiades was named as the main wrongdoer in the collapse of the Co-op bank, though the president, his cabinet and political parties...
Co-op probe findings presented to attorney-general (updated)
The findings of a probe into the collapse of the co-op bank were handed to the attorney-general on Friday with investigators recommending further investigation into...
Guterres report: a shocking volte face
The changed direction of the secretary-general’s new report raises fears of 50 more years of talks By Esra Aygin As revelations suggesting that the Greek...
Financial ombudsman delivers report on co-op loan set off debacle
Financial ombudsman Pavlos Ioannou on Friday delivered a preliminary report to President Nicos Anastasiades concerning co-op customers who had their deposits set off against loans...
Report criticises successive governments for waste management policy
The responsibility for infringements of EU rules on the closure of illegal landfills is collective and falls on all administrations tasked since 2003 with fulfilling...
Trump reads up on Crans-Montana
US President Donald Trump’s latest bi-monthly report makes reference to the period after the failed Crans-Montana talks over the Cyprus problem, the Cyprus News Agency...
Private sector indebtedness still a concern, IMF says
Despite the sizable and sustained improvement in the island’s economy, private sector indebtedness remained high, putting pressure on banks and limiting new lending, the International...
UN Secretary General report on Cyprus distributed
The United Nations Secretary-General’s report on his good offices in Cyprus has been distributed to the members of the Security Council, a UN spokesperson said...
Sides missed historic opportunity to resolve division, Guterres says
A historic opportunity was missed in Switzerland to settle the Cyprus problem earlier this year, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said, and it would...
Larnaca municipal report highlights irregularities on popular Mackenzie beach
Larnaca’s municipal authority is proposing evictions and tearing down illegal structures as it tries to resolve problems on the popular Mackenzie beach area, it emerged...
Education ministry rapped over freedom of religion in schools
ATTACKS against religious minorities and complaints against the education ministry for failing to observe the state’s neutrality with regard freedom of religion, are included in...
CyBC: a freak organisation and a poster child for dysfunction, American consultant says
An American consultant has called the public broadcaster CyBC a ‘freak’ and a ‘poster child for dysfunction’, according to a report published on Sunday by...
Assurances given that Solea fire will be scrubbed from UNFICYP report (Updated: leaders discuss economy)
The government has reportedly received assurances that the references to the recent Solea fires will be scrubbed from the final draft of an upcoming report...
Anastasiades: undermining the Republic hardly a ‘missed opportunity’
President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday issued a note of caution to “those who advise” the UN Secretary General when it comes to the information he...
Opposition parties accused Ban of interfering in internal affairs
Opposition parties on Saturday were angered by the latest report by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Cyprus, particularly the segment where he said the...
Cyprus needs to maintain reforms momentum, ESM says
Cyprus needs to maintain its reforms momentum in the public sector reduce NPLs, and ensure labour market flexibility to strengthen its long-term growth potential and...
Mistreatment of people in custody and asylum seekers most significant human right violations, US report says
Trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation and labour, police abuse and degrading treatment of people in custody, and asylum seekers, in addition to violence against...
Positive feedback from UN Security Council on Cyprus talks
The resolution on the renewal of UN Peace Keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) mandate contains minor changes compared with last June’s resolution, diplomatic sources have...
Cyprus: fewer people in psychiatric hospital since 1960… but electricity prices have gone mad
Electricity prices per kilowatt hour in Cyprus have not seen single digits since 2004 and were around one tenth of the current figure in 1960,...
