Cyprus Police want to renew contract with a public relations agency to help restore public trust following the mishandling of foreign women reported missing who turned out to be victims of a confessed serial killer. The force requests that Parliament approve a EUR 14,280 budget to contract PR consultancy firm Opinion & Action Services with
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Cypriot holidaymakers planning a summer getaway will have to dig deep into their pockets just to get off the ground. Holidaymakers flying to any destination are expected to dish out a significant amount on airfares, but those choosing Greek destinations will have to pay even more as airfares to Athens and the Greek islands are
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Cyprus Airways has begun operating flights from Larnaca to Bratislava in Slovakia on a twice weekly basis, every Saturday and Tuesday. In addition to Bratislava, the company will also launch flights to Kosice in Slovakia, on 11 June. The weekly flight to Kosice will operate every Tuesday. Larnaca-based Cyprus Airways' inaugural flight to Bratislava took
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Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, will discuss with EU leaders taking possible measures against Turkish for its incursion into Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) at the Med-7 summit in Malta on Friday. Gathered at the Euro Mediterranean summit on June 14 will be the leaders of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus and Malta. This is
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. We report from time to time about our disappointment in a section of the younger generation that is not all the best. The crime rate is particularly high among the 16-30 age group and most crimes have drugs as the underlying factor, problematic families and even the pampering of parents, who, by spoiling their
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Petrol companies are accused of price manipulation as Cypriot motorists see fuel prices follow an upward trend despite a reduction in consumer tax. Continuous increases in pump prices have been recorded over the past few months eradicating a six-cent decrease in consumer tax on petrol voted in by Cyprus MPs in December. Motorists have seen
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. We were painfully slow in getting there but in spite of arriving a few decades late, Cyprus finally has a national health system that puts the focus on patient care rather than those who profit from delivering it. Cyprus public health system was a shambles with state hospitals neglected via underinvestment while the private
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As rents reach new heights with every passing month, pressure is building on the government to take affirmative action to ensure affordable accommodation for working families. Rental prices in Cyprus are increasing at record speed with rents going through the roof at an alarming annual rate in almost all regions of the island. According
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. About two years ago, the Council of Ministers announced that all cabinet meetings would become paperless, with state officials tapping away at their keyboards and documents swished from one laptop to another. But how naïve we all were to think that this e-Government change would be the next revolutionary ‘social reform’ which we have
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Riding on the Cyprus construction boom of recent years, Vassiliko Cement Works has seen its cement sales to local industry increase by 17% in 2018, continuing a steady but upward 4-year trend. Vassiliko said the increase is a continuation of the growth in sales of cement to the local market after the construction industry stagnated
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