The Cyprus Mail reported: A convicted child rapist has been allowed to take children on horse and carriage rides along the Paphos coast and in Peyia since 2014 because a series of legal loopholes meant he did not need a police clearance certificate to obtain the necessary licence. The man was… Read More »Child rapist was allowed public access to children
Bank of Cyprus said it plans to shutter 15 branches as part of restructuring but no jobs will be lost at this stage, it emerged on Friday. In an internal memo to staff, the bank said the move would affect 15 branches, which will be announced in the coming days. “The move… Read More »BoC to shutter 15 branches, no redundancies
The Cyprus Mail reported………… The man who admitted kidnapping two boys from their Larnaca primary school in September pleaded guilty on Wednesday to two charges of giving them sedatives. Giorgos Nicolaou, 35, alias George, had pleaded guilty to kidnapping the boys back in November last year but denied administering Lorazepam to… Read More »Kidnapping defendant admits giving boys sedatives
The Cyprus Mail reported…………….. Cyprus could be inflating another property bubble through the citizenship-by-investment programme, and at a time when such extraordinary policies are no longer necessary, distinguished economist Christopher Pissarides has warned. Now based in London, the 2010 Noble Laureate in Economics tells the Sunday Mail he is monitoring developments… Read More »The next property bubble in Cyprus
The Cyprus mail reported: A group of 31 Syrian migrants were picked up near Kato Pyrgos late Monday. Despite the bad weather, their vessel had docked in occupied Limnitis from where the passengers were taken to Pyrgos. Among the Syrians on the boat were a family with two young children aged… Read More »Thirty-one migrants picked up in Kato Pyrgos
MPs seek say on ‘golden visas’ A LEGISLATIVE proposal is to be tabled to the House plenum in January aiming to give parliament a say in the criteria governing the issuing of passports to foreign nationals under the citizenship-by-investment scheme. The bill, authored by the Greens, is expected to go… Read More »MPs seek say on ‘golden visas’
Why does Cyprus need a Sex Offender’s Register? Tue 25Th Sep 2 boys aged 11 school Larnaca, they were led away by a cunning abductor, they were drugged and in his apartment for over 6 hours, until they were found by police asleep in his bed after being drugged! In response… Read More »A Petition for a Sex Offender’s register in Cyprus
Cypriots woke up Friday to the sound of sirens, marking the 44th anniversary since Turkish invasion. The invasion of Cyprus came only five days after the coup engineered by the military junta, then ruling Greece, that toppled the democratically-elected president of Cyprus, the late Archbishop Makarios III. Air-raid sirens sounded at… Read More »Cyprus – 44 years of division
I came up with the ‘One Minute Cypriot’ concept over 3 years ago, I was inspired by conversations that I had with Cypriots from different backgrounds who displayed a n unconditional love for Cyprus without the political, ethnic or religious divisions that has torn the island apart. We have waited… Read More »One Minute Cypriot
Agios Sozomenos (Greek: Αγιος Σωζόμενος Turkish: Arpalık) is largely deserted village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located close to the Green Line south of Geri, 3 Kms North of Potamia/Dereli and 6 Kms west of Pyroi/Gaziler. Before 1974, the village was a mixed village. In 2001 there were only… Read More »Cypriot Villages – Agios Sozomenos
