Minister approves five-year work permits

INTERIOR Minister Christodoulos Christodoulou has rubber-stamped new regulations making it possible for some foreigners working on the island to secure unprecedented five-year permits. “The regulations

The storms aren’t coming here

By a Staff Reporter THE CATASTROPHIC freak weather hitting Britain and Europe over the past 11 days is not about to arrive in Cyprus, the

Market up on BoC opening

THE ALL-SHARE index posted a slight gain of 0.49 per cent yesterday as it became apparent to investors that Bank of Cyprus (BoC) was not

Annan meets Clerides and Denktash in Geneva

By a Staff Reporter U.N. Secretary-general Kofi Annan held separate meetings in Geneva yesterday with President Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash as

Formalising the defence dogma

By a Staff Reporter DEFENCE Minister Socrates Hasikos said yesterday the Joint Defence Dogma between Greece and Cyprus was now anchored with a new memorandum

Bi-communal drug rehab centre plan

A SEARCH is under way for an appropriate site for a new bi-communal rehabilitation community to cater for the increasing number of addicts on the