A business tycoon in Turkish occupied north of Cyprus, along with members of his family and associates are being investigated over a real estate scandal concerning a £7 mln Kyrenia property deal. According to Turkish Cypriot media, businessman Vakkas Altinbas, his son Mehmet, his daughter’s father-in-law Mehmet Akacan and four others were taken to court
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Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini cut his official visit to Cyprus short due to a tragic traffic accident in Slovakia which resulted in the death of at least 13 people. A lorry carrying gravel collided with a passenger bus, killing 13 people in western Slovakia, near the city of Nitra, 90 km from the capital,
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. Recently we experienced a fallout between the main banks (Bank of Cyprus and Hellenic) with the union of bank employees (ΕΤΥΚ) that resulted in strike action. There were a number of reasons for this fallout but certainly, a major reason/obstacle is the demand by the banks to enforce a performance-based pay system. So, why
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Some 200 teachers marched in Nicosia demonstrating against the Cyprus Church’s influence in education and the archbishop’s involvement in granting Cypriot citizenship to a fugitive Malaysian businessman. Carrying banners saying ‘No to church despotism’ and ‘A secular state – a clean state’, protestors also waved imitation Cyprus passports and sticks in the air. The sticks
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Cyprus must implement reforms, boost competitiveness, maintain budget surpluses and reconsider its passport for investment scheme, Fiscal Council president Demetris Georgiades said on Wednesday. Presenting the Fiscal Council Autumn Report, he argued external risks such as Brexit, which could affect Britain’s purchase power, trade wars and a change in EU’s favourable interest rate policy could
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The British Sovereign Base Area police seek information concerning the whereabouts of Kyriakos Georghiou, from Trachoni (22 Tricomou Street), Limassol, who is a suspect in a serious case of domestic violence. Last night, the 39-year old escaped from the of Limassol Hospital’s psychiatric ward and is considered to be a dangerous person with suicidal tendencies.
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Cyprus firefighters are scrambling to put out a blaze burning in the Akamas National Forest, as authorities launch a large-scale operation to douse the blaze that was deliberately caused by arsonists on Wednesday. Authorities have launched the ‘Icarus’ plan which is used for such a large-scale emergency operations is as firefighters in the air and
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Budget carrier Ryanair has announced 2 new summer 2020 routes from Paphos to Warsaw Modlin and Poznań in Poland, both with weekly services commencing next March. “Cypriot travellers and visitors can now book their summer holidays to Poland as far out as October 2020, flying on the lowest fares and with the greenest/cleanest major airline
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A large-scale multinational exercise dubbed “Nemesis” was conducted within Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone involving a simulated emergency at an oil platform with participation of the US, UK, Greece, France and Israel. Wednesday’s exercise was organised for the sixth consecutive year. The main objective of the exercise is to ensure effective cooperation and coordination of services
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Cyprus’ Orthodox Church says it will return a fugitive Malaysian financier’s €310,000 donation if a probe into wealthy investors who were granted a Cypriot passport under the investment scheme finds he should be stripped of citizenship. In a statement, the church said it accepted the donation because it was deemed above-board since vetting procedures at
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