Topic: Demetris Christofias
Cyprus's former foreign and defence ministers have been charged in connection with a munitions blast that killed 13 people and crippled the ...
NICOSIA (Reuters) - An independent investigator accused Cypriot President Demetris Christofias on Monday of direct personal responsibility for a munitions blast that destroyed the island's main power station and hammered its economy.In particular, investigator Polys Polyviou accused him of ignoring safety ...
NICOSIA (Reuters) - An independent state-appointed investigator on Monday said Cypriot President Demetris Christofias's negligence led to a munitions blast in Cyprus in July that triggered a government crisis and talk the island may receive an EU bailout.Thirteen people died in ...
Cyprus's communist President Demetris Christofias swore in a new cabinet on Friday, giving fellow party member and new Finance Minister Kikis Kazamias the task of bringing the island back from the brink of economic meltdown.Christofias reshuffled his government after a ...
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cypriot President Demetris Christofias will ask his cabinet to resign on Thursday as he attempts to hold together a fragile governing coalition in the face of growing public anger over a munitions blast which triggered Cyprus's worst peacetime disaster ...
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus may need a bailout to cope with its worst peacetime disaster from a munitions blast unless urgent action is taken to improve the country's finances, Central Bank Governor Athanasios Orphanides has warned.Already under market pressure because its ...
When sirens sound at dawn on Wednesday they not only remind Greek Cypriots of the Turkish invasion but also serve as a wake-up call that Cyprus is on the brink of political and economic meltdown.President Demetris Christofias is struggling to keep ...
NICOSIA (Reuters) - One-third of Greek Cypriots believe Cypriot President Demetris Christofias should resign, blaming him for a deadly munitions blast which plunged Cyprus into an energy crisis last week.A poll by the leading Phileleftheros daily said 39 percent of respondents blamed ...
U.S. company Noble Energy is to begin exploring Cyprus' offshore Mediterranean Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) by the end of this year. Addressing...
The Palestinian foreign minister said on Sunday that EU-member state Cyprus recognises a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders.Riyad al-Malki told AFP the move was "formalised" in a letter sent by Cyprus President Demetris Christofias to his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas ...