TURKEY’S lira fell to record lows on Friday rattled by domestic political tensions and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to start trimming its monetary stimulus
MIKHAIL Khodorkovsky, the Russian oil tycoon jailed for a decade after posing a challenge to Vladimir Putin, was freed by a presidential pardon on Friday and immediately
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) on Friday approved the third tranche of Cyprus’ €10 billion assistance programme during a board meeting which lasted less than
HISTORIC theatres in London’s West End were undergoing checks on Friday after the ceiling of one collapsed, injuring dozens and raising fears about safety at some
PRIME Minister Enrico Letta told critics of his 2014 budget on Friday that Italy still needed to demonstrate its credibility to wary financial markets, rejecting calls for steeper tax
Three football fans were remanded in custody for four days on Friday in connection with attacking and injuring police officers during a football cup fixture
By George Psyllides UNEMPLOYED Bank of Cyprus (BoC) borrowers will not have to pay their regular instalment for a year on housing loans, the lender
The Kapnos Airport Shuttle on Friday announced its schedule for the holiday period. On Christmas Eve, December 24 and New Year’s Eve, December 31, schedules
Nicosia Municipality warned on Friday that it had given clear instructions to rubbish collectors not to ask homeowners for a Christmas tip. The municipality said
Parliamentary spokesman and frontline member of former ruling party AKEL, Nicos Katsourides, officially stepped down on Friday, as the party announced a change in the
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
