Questions raised over Ocean Tankers’ CSE listing

Where did €50 million go in six months?

THE LISTING and track record of Ocean Tankers Public Holdings Ltd on the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) has raised questions on transparency, particularly in terms of informing investors about the risk associated with purchasing a company’s stock.

Still no sign of woman missing for six days

Daughters’ desperate search for 86-year-old mother

THE DAUGHTERS of an 86-year-old woman missing since last Wednesday said yesterday they beside themselves with worry and appealed for any information regarding their mother’s whereabouts.

Top public servants get €500,000 in bonuses

THE GOVERNMENT has given massive bonuses to 48 top state and judicial officials, on average tripling expense accounts to make their overall earnings more in line with those of a modern competitive economy.

House of AKEL legend targeted by vandals

VANDALS attacked the house of former AKEL leader Ezekiel Papaioannou on Sunday and torched the old red Lada he used to drive, drawing the ire of political parties across the spectrum.

Vandals broke into the house of Papaioannou off Makarios Avenue in Nicosia, now a museum dedicated to the life and times of the long-serving AKEL leader, at around 3.30am on Sunday.

A road for peace and freedom

RESIDENTS from several Nicosia suburbs and villages banded together yesterday to rally for the opening of pre-1974 roads in the buffer zone that would bring certain villages dramatically closer to Nicosia and alleviate isolation.

Harmonious finale to Europe concert

SATURDAY’S concert by the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, part of the festivities for Europe Day, was by all accounts a resounding success, with art supplanting politics.

Earlier gripes over the inclusion of six Turkish musicians did not spill over into the show, as musicians set their personal feelings aside and focused on the task at hand.