Theo Paphitis hot idea for High Streets
Theo Paphitis, 53, former star of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den programme, is given to blowing his own trumpet. But the owner of the Boux Avenue lingerie chain has come up with an idea that needs trumpeting...
View ArticleGreek Gov’t to step up legal pressure on Golden Dawn
More than 30 criminal cases involving Golden Dawn MPs and members are to be investigated by the judiciary, possibly under stricter laws relating to criminal organizations, as the government seeks to...
View ArticleLarnaca aims to create 50km network of bicycle lanes
LARNACA Municipality is planning to create a bicycle lane network 50 km long aimed at promoting alternative modes of transport Mayor Andreas Louroudjiatis announced to mark European Mobility Week. The...
View ArticleEnfield restaurant chain owner fined for creating banqueting suite
A RESTAURANT owner was fined £25,000 after being prosecuted by Enfield Council for setting up a banqueting suite without planning permission. Gursel Aksu, 49, of of Hyde Way, Edmonton, who owns and...
View ArticleCypriot communities work to make the peace process more inclusive
Cypriot civic, business and political figures from across the spectrum of the island gathered in Malta this week to discuss how an inclusive approach can help the Cyprus peace process. According to a...
View ArticleCyprus: Political parties to continue bicommunal dialogue
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political party leaders will meet on September 25 in the buffer zone in Nicosia, in the framework of the bicommunal dialogue organised by the Embassy of the Slovak...
View ArticleExcavations continued in 2013 at Ayia Varvara-Asprokremmos site in Cyprus
Excavations in 2013 at the 9th millennium site of Ayia Varvara-Asprokremnos focused on the recording of three structures, evidence of the industrial activities carried out at the site and documenting...
View ArticleCyprus Central bank boss says threats to his independence damage confidence
The head of Cyprus’s central bank, accused by the government of incompetence, warned his critics on Friday that threats to his independence were harming the country’s recovery from crisis. Central bank...
View ArticleApollon’s opponents Trabzonspor prize money withheld by UEFA
Six clubs currently participating in European football competitions, including Turkey’s Trabzonspor, will be temporarily withheld from their prize money for failure to comply with financial...
View ArticleApple fingerprint tech raises ‘privacy questions’
A senior US senator believes the fingerprint recognition technology featured in Apple’s new iPhone 5S raises “substantial privacy questions”. Senator Al Franken, chairman of the influential Senate...
View ArticleLabour: £60,000 earners ‘not rich’ and not tax target
People earning £60,000 are not “rich” and would not be taxed more under Labour, a senior party figure has said. Rachel Reeves said a Labour government would only raise taxes for the “privileged few” on...
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Athens among 32 cities bidding for Euro 2020 hosts
Thirty-two countries, ranging from Finland and Sweden to Armenia, Azerbaijan, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Kazakhstan, have declared interest in hosting matches at Euro 2020 which...
View ArticleRussians interested in further investing in Bank of Cyprus
The Russian investors have expressed interest in further investing in Bank of Cyprus, the Russian Ambassador Stanislav Osadchiy said Friday. Speaking to the press following a meeting with George...
View ArticleMoney saved from Cyprus Independance parade to go to the poor
To save money and help the poor there will be no tanks or armoured vehicles on display at the Independence Day parade. Funds usually spent on the October 1st military parade to celebrate the...
View ArticleUnemployment in Cyprus reaches 68,300 in Q2 2013
Unemployed persons in Cyprus in the second quarter of the current year reached 15,5% or 68,300 persons, a Labour Force Survey published by Cyprus Statistical Service reads. The unemployment rate...
View ArticleCyprus ranks 107th in women’s representation in national parliaments
Cyprus ranks 107th among 143 countries as regards women’s representation in national parliaments worldwide, according to data presented Friday at an event organised by the Mediterranean Institute of...
View ArticlePresident Anastasiades speaks in London
A new momentum that will again bring the need for a solution to the Cyprus issue to the forefront must be built, President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades has told members of the London...
View ArticleLimassol: Man dies when digger he was driving fell into ditch
A 51 one year old man was killed on Saturday morning when the digger he was driving fell into a 10 metre ditch, crushing him to death. The accident occurred around 10 am between the communities of...
View ArticleNicosia: Two men break into house and attack the residents
TWO men aged 53 and 32 were remanded for five days on Saturday in connection with an attack on a couple in their Nicosia home, and theft. At around 7.45pm on Friday, the 43-year-old victim and his wife...
View ArticleCyprus police hunt ‘French jobs’ fraudster
Cypriot authorities are searching for a man who allegedly bilked more than 260,000 euros ($354,000) from unemployed Cypriots by promising them non-existent construction jobs in France, police said...
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