Anastasiades-Malas in second round, horse-trading to begin

Incumbent President Nicos Anastasiades on Sunday comfortably made it through to the second round of the presidential elections slated for February 4, garnering 35.5 per cent of the vote amid an electi [...]

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BY Elena Economou
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Jan 28 2018

Presidential Elections Round 1

Cypriots are heading out to polling stations today to vote for the next president set to govern for the next five years. Nine candidates are running for the coveted position, incumbent President Nico [...]

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BY Elena Economou
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Jan 28 2018

International media will cover elections

International media outlets, including media from Turkey and also the Turkish Cypriot community, have expressed their interest in covering the presidential elections that will take place on Sunday. A [...]

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BY Elena Economou
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Jan 27 2018

10 Tiny Houses You Can Buy on Amazon

Make your tiny home dreams come true (hello, cozy mountain house!) with these affordable and roomy options. They may be teeny, but these spacious and rustic homes come with everything you need to down [...]

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BY Elena Economou
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Jan 26 2018

Casino deal highlights win-win between government and business

In the business world, there is not a lot that happens in terms of altruism. When an entity helps another, it is typically a quid pro quo type of situation. For example, when the government helps a la [...]

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BY Elena Economou
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Jan 25 2018

Vodafone to buy CyTA Hellas

Vodafone said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy Athens-based CyTA Telecommunications Hellas SA for €118 million to expand its fixed line network in Greece. The purchase will add around 40,000 mobile [...]

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BY Elena Economou
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Jan 24 2018

Our laws surrounding title deeds reflect badly on the state

The government will have another try at solving the problem of the title deeds, said Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides. He did, however, acknowledge that this is a very complicated legal issue w [...]

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BY Elena Economou
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Jan 23 2018

Presidential candidates cross swords in TV debate

The big debate between the five main presidential candidates is now being aired by all major television. The two-hour debate, hosted by state broadcaster CyBC, began at 9.05pm. Five journalists of [...]

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BY Elena Economou
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Jan 22 2018

Illicit streaming highlights cost of legal viewing for Cypriot consumers

WHEN hundreds of television sets in Cyprus went blank, people first wondered what it was that went wrong. Perhaps they checked their innocuous device that so cheaply allowed them to view hundreds of c [...]

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BY Elena Economou
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Jan 22 2018

Amazon’s automated grocery store of the future opens Monday

Amazon.com Inc will open its checkout-free grocery store to the public on Monday after more than a year of testing, the company said, moving forward on an experiment that could dramatically alter bri [...]

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BY Elena Economou
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Jan 21 2018