Limassol Port at a standstill
Thousands of shipping containers have been accumulating at Limassol port as their recipients are either reluctant or unable to pay shipping agents for the deliveries, the acting Limassol harbourmaster...
View ArticleCyprus charity concert
More than 50 singers from Cyprus and Greece are organising CyprusAid, a concert to support the country in these difficult times. It will take place on Monday April 1st at the Constanza moat in Nicosia...
View ArticleCyprus public looks to buying safes
Companies selling safes have received an increase in calls asking for information, as people prepare to stash cash at home when the banks open. They’re asking about the size of safes, the cost and the...
View ArticleBank of Cyprus branch attacked in Greece
A Bank of Cyprus branch in Volos, central Greece, was attacked by unknown assailants early Thursday. The suspects threw two petrol bombs on the bank’s two ATM machines. The fire was put off by the fire...
View ArticleBank of Cyprus Church move
The Archbishopric has instructed legal advisers to apply for an interim order to suspend what they call the ‘elimination’ of the shares in the Bank of Cyprus. The church is a major shareholder in the...
View ArticleTurkish Minister proposal for Cyprus solution
Davutoglu submitted new proposal for the solution of the Cyprus problem Turkish channel NTV (online, 28.03.13), under the title “Davutoglu: Either a solution or a division”, broadcast that Turkey’s...
View ArticleCyprus will not leave the euro, says president
Cyprus has no intention of the leaving the European single currency, the country’s president says. President Nicos Anastasiades said: “In no way will we experiment with the future of our country.” He...
View ArticleTwo men die in Seven Sisters road car chase
The pair were killed when their Audi jumped a red light, clipped a van and collided with a bridge in South Tottenham in the early hours of Friday, police said. The car’s 30-year-old driver has been...
View ArticleN Korea readies missiles after U.S. bombers fly over South
North Korea put its missile units on standby on Friday to attack U.S. military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean...
View ArticleAKEL: not enough done
Akel has said that a commission of inquiry into the banking sector is not enough and that a criminal investigation should have been launched instead. The communist party says that several issues are...
View ArticlePeter Andre honoured for coffee chain
The Mysterious Girl hitmaker and his brother Danny opened the New York Coffee Club in November (11), and they were honoured at the Young Epilepsy Champion Awards in London for taking on an intern who...
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A game Barnet would like to forget
Until the 87th minute, Barnet’s home match against Dagenham & Redbridge was instantly forgettable. Few chances were created and little quality football had been played. Then Kyle de Silva was sent...
View ArticleUK Cypriots to form a solidarity committee
The formation of a solidarity committee with the aim of attracting and facilitating investments into the National Solidarity Fund approved by the House of Representatives in Cyprus has been decided by...
View ArticleFree calls from Cyta for Cyprus
Cyta, the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority will be offering free national calls on fixed phones to other Cyta subscribers – both fixed line and mobile – for the month of April in order to help...
View ArticleBig depositors in Cyprus to lose far more than feared
Big depositors in Cyprus’s largest bank stand to lose far more than initially feared under a European Union rescue package to save the island from bankruptcy, a source with direct knowledge of the...
View ArticleDrop in Cypriot deposits started in February
Consumers and companies withdrew deposits from Cypriot banks in February, European Central Bank data showed on Thursday, as the country’s financial system slipped deeper into trouble. Cyprus on Monday...
View ArticleCyprus:Robbers steal, then abandon safe with €8,500
A BOTCHED robbery took place in Anthoupolis thursday during the early hours when a safe containing €8,500 from a supermarket was stolen and later recovered by police. A police spokesman said the...
View ArticleStavros Flatley unveils new name for nursery
Britain’s Got Talent star Stavros Flatley visited a nursery yesterday to officially unveil its new name. The dancing dad visited Merry Days nursery in The Bourne Methodist Church in Southgate, which...
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North Korea enters ‘state of war’ with South
North Korea has said it is entering a “state of war” with South Korea in the latest escalation of rhetoric against its neighbour and the US. A statement promised “stern physical actions” against “any...
View ArticleCan the US trust the EU after the Cyprus debacle?
What happens in Cyprus. It has implications for the EU, and, to the extent that it reveals how the EU works, it also has implications for the US. That’s why the United States should take careful note...
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