12 results for "MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS"
Amid financial crisis, Cyprus convicts offer help
Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 8:37 AMWith Cyprus' economy falling apart, even those behind prison bars are pulling together to help people in need.
Cyprus to build gas plant with or without Israel
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 12:32 PMCyprus' offshore natural gas deposits are enough to warrant the construction of a gas processing plant to export excess supply, regardless of whether Israel decides to be a partner in the project, the island nation's foreign minister sai...
Cyprus bank workers to protest looming job cuts
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 11:17 AMBank employees in Cyprus will walk off the job for two hours and march toward parliament to protest against looming job and benefit cuts being taken as part of an international bailout.
IMF agrees to its part of Cypriot bailout
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 8:54 AMThe International Monetary Fund said Wednesday it will contribute 1 billion euros to an overall financial rescue package of 10 billion euros ($12.8 billion) for Cyprus.
Cyprus gains more time to achieve surplus
Monday, April 1, 2013 at 7:11 AMCyprus has been granted an extra year - until 2017 - to achieve a targeted budget surplus of 4 percent as part of bailout negotiations with international lenders, the government spokesman said Monday.
Bank of Cyprus big savers to lose up to 60 percent
Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 2:36 AMBig depositors at Cyprus' largest bank may be forced to accept losses of up to 60 percent, far more than initially estimated under the European rescue package to save the country from bankruptcy, officials said Saturday.
Little Cyprus thumbs its nose at EU 'bullies'
Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 12:31 AMThe moment word broke that Cypriot lawmakers in Parliament had voted down a bailout deal that would have raided everyone's savings to prop up a collapsing banking sector, a huge cheer rose up from hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside t...
No restrictions on local Cyprus card transactions
Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 1:56 PMCyprus' central bank tried to kickstart spending in a country left reeling by a 10-day bank closure and financial near-collapse by telling Cypriots Friday that there were no limits on domestic debit and credit card transactions.
Cyprus capital controls could be lifted in a month
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 1:56 PMThere were long lines of anxious people but no sign of trouble as banks in Cyprus opened Thursday for the first time in nearly two weeks, following an international bailout that sought to prevent the country from financial ruin.
Cyprus: cash withdrawals capped at 300 euros
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 12:33 PMCyrpiots will only be allowed to withdraw 300 euros ($383) in cash each day when the country's banks open for the first time in more than a week Thursday, the state news agency says.
