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1411. Obama slums Trump

Former US President Barack Obama assailed President Donald Trump and Republicans on Friday, urging Democrats to deliver a check on the administration’s “abuses of power” and restore a sense of sanity to politics by voting in November’s elections...

1412. British Airways suffers embarrassing data breach

Financial information of potentially hundreds of thousands of British Airways customers has been stolen, during a data breach affecting online payments made through the UK flagship carrier’s website...

1413. Cyprus prepares new tourism body launch

A deputy tourism ministry is set to start operations by 2 January 2019, a long-awaited move expected to modernise Cyprus’ tourism industry...

1414. Monaco Telecom happy with MTN Cyprus acquisition

MTN Cyprus, a fast-growing telecommunications provider in the country, has officially been acquired by Monaco Telecom, with the new owner eyeing even better days for services on the island...

1415. Air force pilot dies after plane crashes

The captain of a Hellenic Air Force training aircraft who died in a plane crash during a training flight on Tuesday has been named....

1416. Bank of Cyprus CEO stays put through 2020

Bank of Cyprus CEO John Patrick Hourican will stay in his current position through the end of 2020, following a decision by the executive board at the largest lending institution in Cyprus...

1417. Odysseas says Harris was being stubborn

The auditor general is pointing fingers at the finance ministry’s handling of the Cyprus Cooperative Bank affair, telling an independent investigation committee that some actions were misleading...

1418. Legal department terminates Agusta helicopter probe

The Legal Services department is closing the case of the controversial purchase of Agusta helicopters, saying investigators did not find evidence of wrongdoing...

1419. Greek town loves movie score maestro Morricone – and it shows

Once upon a time in central Greece, a small town fell in love with famed film composer Ennio Morricone and painted a huge mural in his honor....

1420. Alexoui takes to Facebook after midnight search

Police are taking a beating on social media following a midnight house search of a Nicosia businessman with suspected ties to illegal activities...

1421. West Nile virus claims 2 lives

Health officials have confirmed two West Nile virus-related deaths. Both victims were octogenarian residents of western Attica....

1422. ARIS celebrates six month anniversary

ARIS, which stands for A Really Inspiring Space, opened its doors to its first resident startups in February 2018. Last Monday, on the 6th of August, the achievements of those startups were celebrated during a summer networking event entitled “Creating Value Through Innovation, in an Ever Changing Global Environment”...

1423. Wanted: A respected person for assistance effort

After the cries of despair come the calls for help and the need for long-term support. The victims of the lethal inferno that devastated eastern Attica on July 23 don’t just need words of solidarity but deeds too....

1424. Yay or Nay on Daylight Saving Time

Only one week is left as European citizens are asked to vote whether they want to keep or scrap Daylight Saving Time...

1425. Manafort lawyer blames Cyprus accounts on oligarchs

Prosecutors described Paul Manafort as a “shrewd” liar and accused him of misleading his tax preparers, banks, and US authorities in claiming that secret accounts did not exist...

1426. Minister says ‘serious indications’ of arson behind deadly wildfire

In what was seen as a bid Thursday to minimize the political cost of the natural disaster in eastern Attica, government officials did not rule out the possibility of arson....

1427. No more pretexts

The world will never be the same since Donald Trump was installed in the White House. In a sense, his election was unavoidable. Not because matters became unbearable in the last 30 years after the fall of the communist system in Europe. Rather, it was because they became in a way unnatural....

1428. President thanks parliamentary caucus for Sunday votes

President Nicos Anastasiades praised the ruling and opposition parties for approving state guarantees for Hellenic Bank as well as passing new foreclosure and bankruptcy laws, adding he would not respond to criticism...

1429. Probe ordered into injury of Thessaloniki sanitation worker

An investigation has been launched in the northern port city of Thessaloniki into the circumstances that led to a municipal santiation worker sustaining serious injures on the job....

1430. Cyprus improves but more work needed to combat human trafficking

A US report on human trafficking has reinstated the Republic of Cyprus back to Tier 1, saying the country meets minimum standards while the situation in the north is a lot worse...

1431. Kotzias: FYROM name deal 'best news in Europe in 5 years'

In comments on Monday, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias referred to the name deal agreed between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia earlier this month as "the best news in Europe in five years."...

1432. Probe countdown begins for Cyprus Co-Op debacle

Attorney General Costas Clerides is moving forward with the launching of an investigation into possible offences at the Cyprus Cooperative Bank, in connection with bad loans worth €7.5 billion...

1433. New push in the UK for direct flights in the north

The Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce is lending its support to a new petition in the UK, sponsored by a British conservative MP, who is pushing for direct flights to the north one year after the Pegasus restrictions...

1434. FYROM parliament starts debate on name deal with Greece

The parliament of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on Tuesday started debating a law ratifying an agreement with neighboring Greece designed to end a decades-long dispute over the country’s name....

1435. UN sending envoy to Cyprus for consultations

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is sending a special envoy to Cyprus in the coming weeks, hoping to get crystal clear views from both sides in order to assess whether or not a new push for peace is possible...

1436. Cyprus defence minister pays a visit to Israel

Cyprus Defence Minister Savas Angelides is heading to Israel on his first official visit, where he will meet with his counterpart to discuss military training cooperation between the two countries...

1437. Audit report on CCB made public amid negotiations

An audit report on the Cyprus Cooperative Bank (CCB) was made public on Friday, amid negotiations between the Co-op and its two bidders, making recommendations for improvement but also criticising the institution on a number of decisions...

1438. Government and Co-op begin consultations with bidders

1439. Cyprus gains on importance in satellite services sector

Cyprus is gaining on importance in the field of space technology services, as in recent years it has granted ten licenses to organizations to launch telecommunication satellites, using the space that Cyprus secures through the UN International Telecommunication Union....

1440. ARIS joins forces with Taurus Aurum to supercharge the Cypriot startup entrepreneurship ecosystem

ARIS, an early-stage accelerator launched by the Bank of Cyprus and Deloitte earlier this year and Taurus Aurum Global Property Fund Limited, a multicompartamental private-owned self-managed Alternative Investment Fund headquartered in Nicosia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the 24th of May 2018 in Nicosia...