. Cyprus risks making the same mistake that Greece, Ireland and Spain made when they kept drawing the so-called “red lines” from which they would never retreat during the loan negotiations with
. By Nicolai Wammen Minister for European Affairs, Denmark Dark clouds hung over Europe on 1 January 2012, the day we took over the EU Presidency from Poland. The cooperation in the
. By Dr Theodore Panayotou Cyprus International Institute of Management Having suffered from the colonial rule of more invaders than we care to remember, we Cypriots are mildly xenophobic and allergic to
. Seeing as at 36, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation’s new boss, Marios Hannides, is just a year younger than Greece’s maverick left wing leader Alexis Tsipras, judging someone from his age would
. By George Mouskides President, Association for the Promotion of Property Development and Manager, FOX Smart Estate Agency A fact everyone agrees with is that without economic growth we cannot exit the
. Cyprus has applied for a bailout and representatives from the Troika – made up of the European Commission, the ECB and the IMF are in Cyprus to commence the negotiations leading
. Could it get any worse? Cyprus has lost all credibility within the Eurozone because of the government’s inability to implement strict austerity measures to keep public spending in check. The ruling
. Until recently, the average Cypriot thought that the four most trusted forms of investment was in real estate, government bonds, purchasing the shares and bonds of local banks and buying an
. By Pavlos Loizou MRCIS Lead Consultant, Leaf Research In July 2009, I approached a leading accounting firm with the following suggestion that, in my view, Cypriot banks have the following dilemma
. Our comments about the harm that cowboy economists are causing by their mindless and often childish comments on TV and radio chat shows have fallen on deaf ears – these people
