Commentaries
News archive
Community
Documentary: Traveling through the "Ghost City" of the Divided Island
New York.- By Vicki James Yiannias At the beginning of artist and filmmaker Vasia Markides’ documentary Hidden in the Sand, about the “ghost city” of Cyprus, a recollection by Markides’ Cypriot mother, Emily, as she looks at a photograph...
Greece
Protesting Truckers Obstruct Traffic
Piraeus.- Greece's licensed truck owners made good on their threat for further protest action on Friday afternoon by converging on Piraeus port, where they prevented trucks disembarking from ships from leaving the port area. The trucks arriving...
Greece
Two Arrested for Impersonating Police, Tax Inspectors
Piraeus.- Two men aged 42 and 46 years old, respectively, have been arrested and charged for impersonating public officials such as police, tax inspectors or hygiene inspectors and blackmailing the owners of cafes, restaurants and bars in Piraeus...
Greece
Samaras Tours Athens Commercial Centre
Athens.- Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras on Friday toured the commercial district of central Athens and visited several shops in the area. Samaras was briefed on the problems faced by local merchants and the owners of small...
Greece
FM Droutsas Holds Meetings on UN Sidelines
United Nations (ANA-MPA) -- Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas held a series of meetings on Friday with his counterparts from Panama, Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine, Republic of Korea as well as the UN chief's special mediator for the...
Cyprus
Finance Minister: Budget Deficit to Reach 6%
Nicosia.- (CNA) --- Cyprus Minister of Finance Charilaos Stavrakis has estimated that the 2010 budget deficit will be around 6%, according to the preliminary data. He also stressed that the main target for 2011 is to reduce the deficit to 4,5% of...
Cyprus
International Community Must Contribute to Cyprus Solution
United Nations.- Efforts by the international community, mainly through the UN Secretary General’s good offices, should assist the two sides in Cyprus to reach a mutually acceptable solution to the Cyprus problem, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...
Cyprus
Greek PM Calls on Turkey to Show Genuine Will to Solve the Cyprus Issue
New York.- The Cyprus problem was amongst the issues examined during a meeting Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou had with Turkish President Abdullah Gul on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Present at the meeting were the Foreign...
Cyprus